SWIM LESSONS

The kids have been taking some swim lessons over at The YMCA and have had a great time and are ready for some long fun days up at our community pool this summer!

Maleah is learning to swim without her life jacket. Big girl.....

Rena and Cameron were in the same class this time. Cameron didn't think he needed lessons because he already knows how to swim, but he has, of course, learned some strokes and had a good time.....

Big breath.....

AGAIN

EVERY spring/summer (no matter where we are) I somehow end up shoveling yards and yards and yards of beauty bark or rock in our yard. Washington was always bark, Illinois was rock and now we are back to bark in California. We arrived home from dropping Cameron off at school last Friday morning and this is what was in our driveway......

The girls thought it was fun!

We spent a few hours spreading, took a break and then luckily by Friday night our neighbors were over helping out. Jeff finished it up on Saturday morning (without me) so when I say "I" shoveled yards and yards and yards I might have been exaggerating a little bit! :) I really did help, tho!

SOCCER PICTURES

Cameron and The Bullets.....

Rena and The Sharks.....

Maleah and The Monkeys.....

ALL AMERICAN

La Costa Meadows Elementary First Graders present

ALL AMERICAN

Cameron Keyes as Yankee Doodle

Mrs. Mecucci's first grade class.....

Abraham Lincoln (Cameron's friend Adam) and Yankee Doodle.....

Cameron with friends Nicolle, Adam and Sarah.....

MOTHER'S DAY

I LOVE presents that the kids make!! Here's what I got for Mother's Day --

Cameron and a flowerpot bug candy holder, special card & decorated bag.....

Rena and a card and "cookbook" (the cookbook is actually recipes from kindergartens on how they think their mom makes their favorite meal).....

Maleah and the back side of her place mat that she made for me for the Mother's Tea.....

AND another (non-homemade) present -- since I live in flip-flops.....

OUR OWN POOL

OK, NOT REALLY.....but we were the only ones at the community pool and we were dreaming!

It was a beautiful day today so after another full Saturday of soccer games (9am, 12pm, 3pm & picture day for everyone) we headed to the pool and we were the only ones there! A few people came and went while we were there, but for the most part it was just us.....our own pool!

We also used the community barbeque and had a nice dinner.....

MOTHER'S DAY TEA

On Friday afternoon Maleah's preschool class had a Mother's Day Tea to celebrate Mother's Day. They made invitations last week and spent the week getting ready -- Maleah was soooooooo excited! She talked about it all week and on Friday morning the first thing that she said was "Tea Day!" When I got to the school Maleah led me to my chair where there was a special place mat that she made (that she wouldn't let me use because she didn't want it to get dirty), then the class sang some "I love Mommy" songs and then we ended the party with snacks and tea! It was a fun day for both Maleah & I!

THE BEACH

One of the best things about living in Carlsbad is how close we are to the beach. Jeff got off of work early yesterday so we met down at the beach for a little bit of play time. Cameron was at a friends house so it was just the girls with us.

Yesterday was pajama day at school and I forgot to bring Rena extra clothes so she played at the beach in her pj's.....

Maleah flying the kite.....

We needed some water to build our sandcastles.....