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!
