May

May has been a month of ups and downs so far, we have gone from winter jackets to swim suits, and we said goodby to Seth's grandfather and watched our baby girl graduate from preschool.  Ben is turning into a little boy and no longer my baby.  He can put on a jacket or sweat shirt by himself and drink out of a big boy cup.  He LOVES playing outside and going to the park!  and we have finally been able to do a bit of that.  This week, Poppa Mike is working in Hutch so we get to see lots of him which is great! 

 Our little gymnast!

 the neighbors got out the water slide today

 just chillin with daddy

 our little swimsuit model

 Ben discovered his pockets

 our walk to the park today

 having a picnic

 Ben saw daddy mowing the lawn, so he went in the garage and got out his little 4 wheeler and started following him around.

 a rare picture of me and the kiddos

 just hanging out at the park

 a spontaneous moment of sibling love

 tryin out the new swing at Grandma Cindy's

 preschool Graduation

 Flowers from Grandma and poppa Rusch

these swim trunks were Seth's.  this is the third year Ben has been able to wear them!  I will be so sad when they don't fit anymore  :(

Crazy and Cute

I was uploading my pictures from my phone and camera and realized there sure is a lot of cute and silly pictures of the kids this spring so far so I thought I would share. 

 Ben thinks chapstick goes on the bottom of his feet.... I have no idea where he picked that up

 gotta love spaghetti face pics.  Ben brings it to a whole new level

 he insists this is how to wear a baseball cap

 from when we went to chuckie cheese. 

 hey,  at least she has a helmet on right- backwards counts!

 on our way to go swimming he insisted on wearing the Dora life jacket

 just chillin in mom's nightgown

 showing off her new bling from Grandma Cindy

 this guy is gonna break some hearts!

just decided to "take a nap" on his table

doing "train rides"  on the slide

can't believe he can climb this alone already!

look mom!  we're climbing trees!

Ben playing dress up with Eleanor

"crazy dress" day at school

Ben found this backpack at a garage sale and wore it all the way home.

playing doctor

a genuine smile that is hard to catch in pictures

blowin bubbles