Last week, Jim went on a fishing trip with his dad for three days. I was worried about being alone with the kids for so long, but we did great. Laura and I had a slumber party each night so I had a warm body in bed with me. We stayed pretty busy playing in the sprinkler, going to the park and seeing the motorcycle entry at the Special Olympics. That was really neat. I love this picture of Laura and Grant waiting by the window for Jim to return.
Laura finished up school last week. It was a great year for her with a lot of maturity gained. I'm proud of her academic accomplishments as well as developmental growth. She went from crying her eyes out when we dropped her off to entering school with a skip in her step. We decided to delay Kindergarten one more year due to her late summer birthday and other reasons, so she'll go to Pre-K again next year on Tuesday and Thursday.First day of school picture
Last day of school picture
The past two weeks we have enjoyed watching our caterpillars grow into butterflies! Laura especially loved watching them form into cocoons and coming out a butterfly. We fed them sugar water for a few days and released them this morning. I think we'll order the caterpillars again later this summer. 
Goodbye Butterflies
Grant was only interested in getting in and out of his car while we released the butterflies!
7 comments:
Love your new layout....can't wait to see the finished product! Laura certainly has gotten bigger :) We are definitely going to have to get some caterpillars...the kids would love them. They had such a good time with all our birds which sadly have all flown the nest now. Grant is such a cutie!
I also love the new background. Very summery and fun. I just realized that Laura and Alec will be starting kindergarten at the same time! How crazy is that? She looks more and more like you as she gets older. Pretty girls!
I love your new blog layout, I need a new one. I love the picture of the kids waiting for Jim. Where did you order your caterpillars? I would like to get some for my kids!
Fun pictures! Good move on keeping Laura back another year. You will be so glad, especially when she is about 17!
Love it! What a great idea - the caterpillar/butterfly... May have to steal that one.
The website for getting the caterpillars is www.insectlore.com
Looks like you are going to have a great summer! I love how excited Laura looks in the pictures of releasing the butterflies. I have been browsing through the same website trying to decide on a new look for my website. Love the way yours looks! Now if only I could get a few more posts up!
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