Field Day 2018

All the boys had an afternoon Field Day at school, so Wren skipped her nap and we became spectators for a couple hours. We would start out watching the Kindergarten class, then switch to the second graders half way through a rotation. Then we'd follow the older boys to their next rotation and, half way through, go find the Kindergartners again. Back and forth, over and over. With a slightly disobedient but sometimes sweet daughter in tow. I was kinda glad when the event was called early due to an incoming storm. They had plenty of fun. See:
























































(Grey's really giving it his all...)

Mother's Day Photos

On Mother's Day, Sean captured me with each of the kids. I love them all!

Dash and I





Wren and I





Liam and I





Grey and I





And for a bonus, we got a couple of Rachel and her kids!

Dash and Liam's Mario Party

Dash and Liam had a birthday party to celebrate turning eight! As usual, I barely took any photos despite having it on my shoulder the whole time. Luckily Sean took a few with his photo, so we'll put both here.

It's a Mario theme! This was before I put most of the food out.


1-up cupcakes


Everyone got to have their own hats


We set up an obstacle course to rescue Peach. There were balloon chain chomps to punch, water to swim though while avoiding squids, tunnels to traverse, and piranha plants to leap.


They also got to stomp goombas, who would not stop drifting away with the wind.


Grey stomped a little too agressively.


Goomba glamour shot!


Here's how we handled blindfolding for Pin the Letter on Mario/Luigi


Who will get closer?


All over the map!


Everyone had mustaches too but they were a little distracting, you might say.


The cutest Mario


The only photo of "pinata" we made. A ? block full of prizes!


Pinatas scare me but this one didn't involve any swinging bats, just verticle punches. Way better in my book. And very Mario-like. (despite the saggy-bottomed block!)


There were other games, like the Yoshi Egg race and Mario Kart time trials but those didn't get photographed. Before we knew it, kids were getting picked up so we did a quick birthday song and had cupcakes. The boys loved it and I hope the guests did, too! Happy birthday, kiddos!