t-ball

Last Saturday was Jack's first t-ball game. He showed some improvement from last year!
He had a great time though. Next year he will be playing real baseball. Um, we will have to see about that. He'll need a very patient coach...

the boy

Jack is officially finished with preschool - I am not ready for Kindergarten! I know he is ready and will really enjoy kindergarten, but I will be so sad those first few days. My big boy. Now, if I could just get my little chatterbox outta here for the day I'd have it made!!!!!!

gone fishin'

A couple weeks ago we went fishing on Derek's dad and Nancy's lake - Jack had so much fun! He caught a fish - all by himself ;o) He even made Derek clean the little guy, it's sitting in our freezer waiting for some company! Emma wanted to touch the fishie...

Prayer request

Please say a prayer today for Jack's "best friend" Jacob. He was burned last weekend and is in the burn unit at University of Iowa Hospital.

I will try to post later on today for those of you who are begging for new posts - all 2 of you!!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhcA4Ry65FU

Click on this it is so funny!

The zoo

Today we went to the zoo with Jack's preschool class. I shoulda left my kiddos there with all the other animals!!! No, they were good and we had a great time. I like to take my kids to the zoo, the one here is pretty close and is not too big so we can do the whole thing in a couple hours easily. There is a train and a carosel (how is this spelled?!) Emma skipped the train but I put her on the carosel and stood with her, she was scared, but then when we got off she said "again"! She can not make up her mind, I don't know where she gets that from :o) I feel so sorry for those poor animals at the zoo though, I hope they take good care of them at least.
Life as usual around here. We are trying to get our yard in order, flowers planted and hopefully we can do our garden on Friday. I made the mistake of planting 2 types of mint in my flower garden around the hot tub a couple years ago and now it is all over, even in the yard. That's ok though since we can't get grass to grow in the back yard maybe we'll just have mint. it will smell good anyway! My Dad just retired so my sister and I are full of ideas of things he can do (for us!) to keep himself busy. Painting, new screen door...
Derek is busy at work this month, only 1 day off a week so he is tired and the kids and I miss him. Our anniversary is this month, 15 years. I got married when I was 12. Time flies!

bathtub paint

Yesterday I made bathtub paint for the kids. It is mad with cornstarch, tear-free baby wash and food coloring. They had so much fun with it!