Dinner with the Clines

Lauren, Luke, and Mae joined us for dinner tonight. Mae brought over her own handbag and proudly carried it inside before passing it off to Mama so she could get into mischief with her cousin, Rooster. Sister already knows how a lady works it. She tossed that bag over her shoulder when it was time to go like she'd been doing it for years.

Less than 3 months until the 4th member of the Cline family joins us!

Summer is here!

We spent the afternoon at the pool today. Lil and Rooster are both wiped out - I haven't seen Reid this tired in a long time!

Olympic Hopeful? (Part 2)

Lil's last gymnastics class was this afternoon. Like Reid, she too had a medal ceremony at the end. Between the tattoos on her legs and the orange underwear creeping out of her leotard, she looked just like a professional gymnast.

Don't worry - I did NOT cry there.

Last Day of School (Part 2)

Lil is officially on her way to kindergarten! Time to pick up the shattered pieces of my life and move on (until September, that is). :) Lil was so sad to tell her teacher goodbye, but I promised her we could go visit next year. She and Reid were both so lucky to have such wonderful teachers this year - hopefully next year will be just as great!

Last Day of School (Part 1)

Today is the last day of school.... I was doing just fine until Catherine picked them up in tears. She said, "This is the last time I'm going to take Lil to school!" I think I'm officially cried out. Thankfully I have a few months before September 4 (that would be the first day of kindergarten) to stock back up on tears.

Who knew I had such a flair for the dramatic?

Sidewalk Chalk

The mosquitoes continued yesterday's vacation by sleeping in this morning. Lil and I got a big box of sidewalk chalk yesterday, and she made all sorts of masterpieces in our driveway before she left for school this morning. Reid enjoyed riding his bike all over them until he realized 1)it wasn't going to mess them up; and 2)she didn't care.

Mosquitoes on vacation

Lil, Rooster, and Mae were able to enjoy the backyard yesterday as the mosquitoes apparently decided to take the afternoon off. I'm sure they were either multiplying or resting up for a summer of torture (or both), but we did enjoy the respite.

Graduation

Lil's preschool had a graduation for the Fours classes this morning. Susu and Aunt Lauren joined Trey, Reid, and me at school for a very sweet celebration. Lil has had a wonderful five years there - it will be hard to say goodbye on Friday! I'd like to think I shed all my tears tonight, but I'm not counting on it. You'd think I was about to ship her off to Africa.
Please, go ahead and say some prayers on my behalf for when this child graduates from high school.

Olympic Hopeful?

Reid has his last gymnastics class this morning. Ms Gayle (the teacher) finished it with a little awards ceremony - complete with medals. He was really into standing up on the podium and having his picture taken with that medal around his neck!

Friends (and a Barbie movie)

Lil and Reid's friends Gracie and James came over late this afternoon to play and have dinner with us. James went home after dinner, but Gracie is spending the night with us tonight. Fortunately, she and Lil have been very sweet to Reid and even invited him to watch a Barbie movie and have popcorn in the den with them. I think he'd probably change the movie if given the chance, but he's not about to mess this one up. He didn't even want to leave long enough to take a bath - I guess it might give them time to realize they don't want a boy around after all.

Sweet Lil

Lil waited in the front yard for Catherine to take her to school this morning. Only one more week of preschool to go!

Birthday Party + No Nap = DRAMA

Lil's friend Leslie had her birthday party this afternoon, and because Leslie's brother, Howard, and Reid are tight as ticks, Reid was also invited to the party. Reid went without a nap today so between school, walking Catherine's dog for an hour, and 2 hours of birthday party, he is not exactly pleasant this evening. Early bedtime, anyone?

Field Trip!

Lil's class went on a field trip this morning to the NC Museum of History for a program on music. It was her last preschool field trip! (Think I'm overly sentimental?)