Night Fly

We love night flying! Flying in the evening, picnic dinner, playing in the dirt, and watching the sun go down - all out in the middle of nowhere. 

We flew in June this year instead of later in the summer, so the evening was extra long. Lots of daylight and lots of twilight too. 

 

After dinner we got glowsticks out. Nora has a pink trident and Zeke has a green ax. They had a ball having battles with their super-powered weapons. 

Family photo at the flying field (say that 3 times fast!). 

As the night got darker the lights on the planes showed more. So fun to watch. 

 

We also watched the stars come out and did a little stargazing. Zeke asked what the zodiac sign was (Gemini) and we looked up how to locate it. We think we found it, although we weren't there long enough to see all the stars in it. 

End of School

May was super crazy busy. In addition to the marathon, Fancy Nancy, and the track meet, we had a bunch of school activities. Some in the evening, some during the day. We had quite an active schedule for the whole month!

The school did an arts night, and both kids performed with their classes. After performances we went to stations for music, dance, drama, and drawing. The whole family got to participate and I really enjoyed it.  

Zeke did a presentation on the kookaburra. He did a fantastic job! He and his partner really wrote great dialogue for their interviews.Learning all about birds for the last 6 weeks or so of school was really fun for him. 

Nora's class had a picnic and playtime in the park that Aaron and I joined her for. 

Nora's class also did a performance for parents to show us what they learned in kindergarten.

And everyone got an award. Nora got the 'colorful' award - the only problem was her reward was skittles, which is the one kind of candy she doesn't like! We traded her life savers for skittles and she was happy. 

This school year was a great one for both kids and we are glad to finish strong and head into summer!

Marathon

The kids did a 'mile-by-mile marathon' this month. They did 25 miles at home (my kids did most of them by walking home from school) and then did the last 1.2 miles with a huge group of kids. Aaron and I were near the back of the group and the view up ahead was impressive. They pretty much filled the trail! And Zeke ran nearly the whole way. 

At marathon's end, they got a medal and a tshirt that they immediately wore (Zeke wore his backwards, silly kiddo). Then they got to hang out at the safe kids fair. There was so much to see and freebies to get. We toured an air ambulance helicopter and then watched it take off. It sounded like they were a little worried about the weather getting worse and wanted to get back to the hospital in case lightning started. 

Very tall fire truck ladder. 

The Sherrif's office did a car crash simulator. The kids loved 'crashing' at about 5 mph. It made my neck hurt just to watch them. 

It was lots of fun and the weather held out. Everyone enjoyed all the extra walks this spring.

Fancy Nancy

Loved taking this cute girl of mine to Fancy Nancy again this year!

We brought her newest friend, Rosetta the fairy, because she is super fancy and cute. 

The theme this year was stargazing. There were stars everywhere. So fun!

Fancy N is for Nora!!

We love sharing this with cousins and Grandma. 

We read books, painted nails, made a telescope craft, picked out new hair bows, and had delicious treats. 

Nora even won the pedicure gift basket! She was so excited. Among other things, we got purple nail polish and chocolate. She was in heaven. 

Loved spending the day with my fancy girl!