This week is crazy busy–so I’ve opted for a week of pictures instead of posts.  It’s my last week of teaching before the recital, plus both Chloe and Josiah have Track and Field on different days.  So, I tried really hard to get a bunch of stuff done yesterday, so hopefully that will give me a little more breathing room this week.

Also, yesterday was Tim’s Birthday!  Whooo hoo!!!

Jen brought him a bag FULL of goodies, and Chloe made him his favorite cookie (oreo balls) and I made him a cake (although I didn’t take a picture of it because it ended up looking like a giant donut…haha!).  Clearly we were not lacking in sugar!

I’ve been trying to hard to be consistent in posting Monday through Friday, but the days just get the best of me!  My teaching schedule has been extra crazy since we are down to the final weeks of school.  There are tons of swaps and cancellations and extra lessons because of sports, recitals, etc.  One more week of chaos and then things will calm down nicely.

Last weekend was fun but full.  We had Allison over for an extended sleepover (Friday night through Sunday noon), Tim helped some of our friends move all day Saturday, we had church on Sunday morning, the Chilsons swung by for a visit on Sunday afternoon and the kids had their final swim lessons Sunday evening!  We managed to fit everything in, but it was busy.

Josiah passed his swimming class but Chloe did not… so they are officially in the same level now (Level 4).  Crazy, right?  Chloe is not a fan of putting her face in the water, so she’s not progressing as quickly.  Perhaps now that they are in the same class she’ll have the motivation to push herself a little more.  Time will tell…

• Bullet points.  Those make me happy.
• Lists.  I also like those.  Which tend to go hand in hand with bullet points…
• Coffee.  Yes.  I like coffee.  Especially the smell of coffee shops… mmmmm…
• Watching Levi push Maddie on the swing.
• Hearing Chloe and Josiah use their imagination together.
• Seeing Chloe’s beautiful cursive handwriting.
• Hearing Levi say, “Mama, I wove you”
• Getting the new How To Train Your Dragon 3 movie!!!
• Only two more weeks of teaching until summer!
• The smell of freshly baked Cinnamon Banana Muffins.

The other day, a friend of ours snapped this picture of Maddie at church.  She had (obviously) been thoroughly enjoying her chocolaty treat in between the services and had the evidence to show!

Today Tim is out in South Dakota with his siblings for the funeral of his Uncle Dan.  Dan was Peggy and Patsy’s younger brother.  He passed away this past week and today a bit unexpectedly.  I didn’t know him very well, but I am still sad for the loss and for everyone that knew him more.

Someone took this picture of Tim and his siblings at the funeral, and I just had to share.  I just love sibling pictures.  I’m glad they were all able to be there to say farewell to their uncle.

The other morning, Tim left for work early.  He had a few minutes to spare after picking up the dump truck so he swung by home again to let the kids see the huge truck.  They thought it was the BEST. THING. EVER.

Levi wanted to stay in the truck forever.  He loved “driving” the big wheel.  And of course, Maddie needed her turn as well.  It really struck a chord with her, because she talked about it for the rest of the day.  She kept saying, “when I grow up, I’m going to have a dump truck!”

We had a gorgeous Mother’s Day weekend here.  Originally it was supposed to be rainy for most of it, but we didn’t end up with any rain!  In fact it was sunny and lovely most of the weekend.  So, I took advantage of the sunshine and mowed the lawn for the first time! It’s always a little weird on the first mowing, since parts of it really don’t need to be mowed yet, but others REALLY need it… but it felt good to get it done anyway.

Then on Sunday we enjoyed a lovely day:  going to church, a delicious cup of Caribou Coffee, eating Chipotle (my choice!) for lunch, I took a nap (I know!  Super strange for me!), we went on a walk/bike ride/roller blade/skateboading as a family and then Tim took the big kids to swimming lessons while I stayed home and called my Mom and made waffles for supper (and for the next few weeks.  I actually made 6 batches of waffles.  What would that be called?  A Sextuplet batch?  Either way, it was a lot of waffles.

The kids made me cute cards in church and school.  Here are the ones from church.  I love seeing what things they write about each year.  My personal favorite this year is “She give good hugs”  😉  Oh and “Her voice is beautiful.”

Maddie somehow got the wrong impression at church and thought when we got home that she was going to open a bunch of gifts.  She was devastated when we told her there were no gifts for her.  Ha!