Tennis Team

Ranae made the Tennis Team!

And the girl's team went to the Championships!

Woo Hoo!

Spring Ballet Performance

 Sarah Kate performed today with her dance class.

 She loves to have flowers in her hair

blush on her cheeks

and sparkles on her costume.

 Backstage she was all smiles.

 And afterwards she was all smiles too.

It was special to have Papa and Fifi come see her dance.

So no more ballet until the fall.

It is feeling and looking like summer

everywhere we go.

Kayak Trip on the River

 Our 4-H Kayak trip was today.

The river was great.

The weather was just right.

And the scenery was beautiful.

Our guide showed us to a great fossiling place.

Ranae found a sting ray jaw.



We were looking for tiger shark teeth.

Sarah loved getting cooled off in the river.



And Kevin did find a tiger shark tooth.

And some of us didn't look for fossils.

(Isn't Alex so smart to catch a nap?)

(Tonight is prom and he's going to need all the sleep he can get.)

Muffins for Mom

 Today I got to go to Sarah's preschool!

(Literally one of my favorite places.)

We had muffins

and made necklaces

and colored

and glued

and planted seeds

and all the moms talked

about how we can't believe

that our children will be "graduating" soon

and going to kindergarten in the fall.

~  ~  ~ 

Sigh.

~  ~  ~

Yes.  They will be "graduating".

But I can't help but compare it to my son Alex.

He's a senior and also "graduating" this year.

Only difference is....he's leaving home.

For college.

In 3 months.

~  ~  ~ 

Heavy Sigh.

Wince.

Stray tear.

~  ~  ~ 

And I'm sure he'll be o.k.

I really think he's ready.

Prepared.

Head screwed on straight and all that.

~  ~  ~

I just hope I will be o.k too.

Kindergarten I'm looking forward to...

College....not so much.

Hatching Eggs

Second time charm?

We are trying to hatch eggs once again.

Our homemade incubator is being put to the test....again.

This time they are Button Quail eggs from a local farm.

They only take 16 days to hatch.

Here's hoping they do.

I distributed 50 fertile eggs to all my 4-H club.

How many could we possibly get?

Care to guess?

Grad Night

Grad Night was at Disney today.

And the Seniors left their cars in the school parking lot

and jumped on a school bus to Orlando.

With the Seniors gone the Juniors will play.

And they did.

When the Seniors came home the following morning....

their cars were "decorated" with:

paint

toilet paper

peanut butter

and vaseline....

among other things.

Alex's nickname at school is "DANGER".

Hence the colorful sign on his window.

~ ~ ~

I wonder if a sign like that on my car

would keep people from following me too closely.

.....just thinking.....

The Chickens Are Here!

These are my first two chickens EVER!

Aren't they the cutest!

We aren't sure what breed they are yet.

That's because we ordered 40 eggs

with at least 10 or more different breeds in the order.

But from the looks of his feather head

we are guessing he's a Polish breed.

We will love them no matter what breed they are.

They are a farm dream come true!