May Events

The past week and a half have been pretty busy so I'm trying to be good and stay on top of the blog updates!  Not to mention this coming weekend is going to be busy, too!

Noah is getting so excited about Kindergarten and loves practicing writing and also has a (fairly) new interest in drawing.  It's pretty cute!  :-)  We actually had Kindergarten Orientation last week and he was SO excited about that also.  Mommy and Daddy, on the other hand, have a little bit of mixed emotions about it!  We are excited but it's pretty crazy.  What happened to our baby boy???

Noah drew this picture and wrote all of the names himself!

Here is Kylie just before bedtime one night - silly girl!!  :-)

Saturday, the 12th was a super fun day!  Our neighborhood had a big party called 'The Meats of Spring'.  :-)  A few of the guys got together and planned this big party/competition.  I think there were 9 guys who grilled/smoked different types of meat and the whole neighborhood voted on which one they liked best.  Waylon did Eastern NC BBQ and came in 3rd place!  It was  fun but very long day.  Waylon (and Noah) got down to the pool parking lot around 9 am and started cooking (and playing).  Kylie and I went to Target together for a bit and when we got back, we had a picnic in the parking lot.

This was the set up in the morning

After lunch, I brought the kids home to rest a bit before the 'real' party started.  Of course Kylie fought nap so I gave in and let her lay on the couch and watch a movie with Noah and this is what happened.....

The party was great.  So many people came and it was so much fun!!  I think the last RSVP I saw had 77 adults and 66 kids!

Noah had fun driving the pink Barbie car  :-)  Kylie enjoyed it also!!

Our friends Megan and Dave joined the party too!

Waylon pulling the pork!

The set up during the party!

Kylie had fun drawing with chalk and started drawing all over herself with it!!  :-)

It was all over her face, too!

Sunday morning, we went to the Sharpes' house to celebrate Mother's Day.  We had a great lunch and as always a fun time with the kids!

Mom and "kids"  :-)

Andrea and Savannah

Happiness!!!

Nana and her grandkids!

Monday morning, we woke up to a nice surprise.  A text from Megan and Jason letting us know that Baby Peyton was born the night before!  After work and school that afternoon, we ALL went to visit them at the hospital.  The kids were beside themselves to meet Peyton and he was such a doll baby!!

 

Sweet Peyton

Noah didn't want me to take his picture but when he got to hold Peyton, he was all smiles!!

Kylie got to 'hold' him also (I helped a bit)  :-)  She was obviously thrilled, too.

Mom and new baby Peyton!

So sweet

With Daddy, too!  (Ryan was with his grandparents at the time)

Saying goodbye (and asking lots of questions!)

 Last week, we got Noah's graduation pictures back.... I mean, I really have no words for this....

When we were on our way to Kindergarten Orientation, we saw this bird.  It was standing over 4 eggs and chirping loudly at us!  When we walked away, it stopped.  And it was still there when we came out and hour and a half later! 

This shot is out of order but really cute - this is from the previous week

Noah's last day of soccer was last week.  He has said he wants to try something different next.  Don't think soccer was exactly his cup of tea.  We'll look for something else - he says he wants to try basketball!

Last team cheer!

Friday, I finally got to stay home with the kids for the first time in a while!  We went to the mall and the plan was to come home to rest a bit and wait for Grammy and Papa to arrive but they were ahead of schedule and met us at the mall for lunch instead!  We ended up on a huge shopping spree and they got the kids a bunch of adorable clothes and shoes!!  So fun and what a treat!

Cuties in the play area at the mall!

 Here they are modeling some of their new clothes and shoes.  Noah was VERY excited about his new light up shoes!  :-)  (Yes, I finally caved - I'm surprised I was able to hold him off this long on light up shoes).

How adorable is this?  And check out the shoes...

That weekend was a treat for everyone, I think!  Grammy and Papa took the kids for the weekend and Waylon and I got about 30 hours away on our own!  :-) 

Around 10am, they took the kids to a festival in Raleigh and Waylon and I left the house around lunchtime.  We went to Durham and had a nice lunch, checked into a hotel and went to a nice dinner and went to see Wicked (a Christmas present from my parents!).  Then we stayed over night at the hotel, slept in Sunday morning and had a leisurely breakfast and then a little shopping before getting home on Sunday around 3!  So fun.

Here are pictures from my parents of the weekend....

Kylie riding the carousel with Papa

More rides  :-)

Kylie got brave and fed the goats!

So sweet

Digging in the corn

Milking a cow

Papa reading to the kids that night

A self portrait before we left for dinner

 On Sunday, Grammy and Papa took the kids to the zoo and they had a blast!!!

They now have a dinosaur walk there!  Noah loved it.  Apparently, Kylie wasn't all that sure about it.  :-)

Noah took this shot.  :-)

Uncovering fossils!

We were so excited to see the kids when we got home and I had to get silly with the kids as usual  :-)

Noah loves to do this 'yoga' pose.  Aunt Leah would be proud!  :-)

Kylie had to join in, too

Sunday night, we went to dinner at Japanese steak house where they cook on the table.   We've been promising Noah we'd go and we finally did.  He loved it!  Kylie wasn't sure during some parts but she has been talking about it since so it definitely made an impression.  Today, she said to me, 'The cooker guy cooked the table last night!'  HAHA. 

After dinner, we took Papa to the airport and he flew home while Grammy stayed an extra few days with us to do something special with each of them before she left.  Yesterday, she had a Noah/Grammy day and they went to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.  They have a new wing and Noah really enjoyed it!  Today, she had a Kylie/Grammy day and they went to the park, then met me for lunch (and Kylie got a little haircut) and then they went to a bookstore for a long time!

Tonight, we went to the pool for the first time of the season.  It was a VERY quick trip because it started thundering not long after we got there but it was just enough to get out some wiggles.  They were SO excited about it and it's going to be so fun to spend lots of time there this summer - especially since we know all the neighbors so much better this year, too!

First time in the pool!  :-)

And the last picture - tonight before dinner.  It looks like a sweet picture but Noah wasn't really thrilled with her laying on him!  :-)  HAHA.

This weekend will be another big one.  I'm off to MD on my own for Julie's shower and bachelorette party and also Leah's bachelorette party!  It's going to be a weekend of parties for me - while Waylon is back here with the kiddos!  :-)  Hopefully, he'll make some fun plans and keep busy!