Sutton's Kindergarten Graduation

I just realized that I totally forgot to post Sutton's kindergarten graduation photos from earlier in the month - oops!  

 

He was so nervous to be up on stage in front of everyone! Being the super awesome parent that I am, I brought my camera, but left the SD card in my computer so the camera wouldn't even turn on...luckily Mitch had my parent's card with him, but it was nearly full, so I was only able to take a couple of pictures. That also means that I didn't get any video of the kids performing their songs either. Oops again!

Sutton fidgeted around like crazy and couldn't stop whispering to his pal Brody. Again, being the superstar parent that I am, I didn't even notice that he had buttoned his shirt crooked until we got home later. Triple oops!

When his name was called, he quickly walked across the stage and collected his diploma from Ms. Martin and a sunset colored rose from Mrs. Bryant. 

Simon and Sawyer watched the show, and Sawyer sang along quietly since the classes performed the same songs that Sawyer performed at his graduation last year. It was actually a really good thing that Sutton sang the same songs because I knew what to expect and didn't get nearly as weepy this time around.

The happy kindergarten graduate! I think the most exciting part of the day for him was the fact that he got to leave school early at 10:45, go out to lunch, and then stay home for the rest of the day. Sawyer got to come home early too since he had an ear infection, and I didn't want to leave him at school when he wasn't feeling 100% ready yet.

My boys munching cookies and strawberries after the ceremony. After I took this picture I tried to get Simon to put his berry down so that I could get a nice shot of all three of them together (since that never happens!)...and then the camera battery died. Oh well!

"Rumpus in the Rainforest"

Last week the boys performed in their annual school musical - this year's show was "Rumpus in the Rainforest."

Sawyer the Army Ant

Sutton the Boa Constrictor

Here's Sawyer's song...

I probably won't post Sutton's video since I accidentally left the camera running after his song and there's over 10 extra minutes of video that needs to be edited before it will upload. He was in the back, and it was pretty hard to see him anyway. We'll see...

Enjoying fruit kabobs after the show.

Simon loved to intensely watch all of the singing and dancing, but he had a meltdown every single time the audience clapped and cheered for the kids. Ten songs = ten brief meltdowns. What can I say? The kid doesn't like loud noises and crowds. When we left the performance he spent the rest of the afternoon singing the songs from the show though, so he definitely enjoyed the musical parts!

Sutton's 6th Birthday Party

We had Sutton's sixth birthday party at Extreme Gymnastics this past weekend. He has been taking classes there recently, so he was really excited to show off his gymnastics skills to his friends. He had just a few friends at the party, and it worked out perfectly because there wasn't any waiting in line or overcrowding of equipment. It was a super fun, energetic and sweaty party!

This kid was SO excited to be there and allowed to run free around the gym floor! 

(listening to the rules is boring...)

He was pretty much a blur all afternoon! This kid is fearless!

I think we were ALL feeling this exhausted and wiped out by the time the party was over! :)

Spring Break & Easter

The highlight of Spring Break was dyeing Easter eggs with the big boys while Simon was off at an Easter party at Andrea's house. Though I gave them a zillion fancy schmancy options, they decided to make good old-fashioned simple food coloring dyed eggs, and they chose to dip dye almost every egg in at least two different colors.

Sutton picked out this hat from the dollar store, and the boys have all been taking turns wearing it. Sawyer has the top of it smooshed funny and bubbled up in these pictures, but it's actually pretty darn cute. They remind me of mini versions of my grandpa when they wear it. They love it so much that Sutton even wore it to school today!

Andrea gave Simon a pair of bunny ears for Easter, and he wore them for the ENTIRE day! That's crazy since he usually hates to wear hats!

He loves to dip the bubble wand and then make someone else blow them lol!

The boys had a sleepover in our room on Saturday night, and they woke us up bright and early on Sunday after the Easter Bunny visited us.

Sawyer got new flip flops, a couple of new books, candy and other little stuff. His favorite thing was a set of Uno cards. We have now played Uno about a million + uno times since Sunday.

 Sutton also got new books, a mini Mario race car, Math Dice, and candy & little stuff.

 Simon (in the ears again!) got the game Zingo, and he loves it!

It poured all morning long, but by the time we headed to my parent's house in the afternoon the sun had started to peek out. It was actually really nice and warm!

Me, Kari, Lesley, Kelley & Jessica. It was so funny that Jess and I wore the same (but opposite) bright color combo that day!

 Sawyer being goofy and trying to make his littlest cousin, River, laugh...

 ...it worked.

 Ready to hunt eggs! "Can we go yet? Is it time? Please, please, please!?!" There had to have been around 300 eggs hidden all around my parent's yard. They have the BEST yard for egg hunting!

My parents had rigged up an elaborate plastic canopy over a big chunk of their yard just in case the rain continued. It ended up being sunny out from 1:00 until 5:00, and then the wind suddenly picked up, and it started raining again. It was SO nice for the entire afternoon of barbecuing and egg hunting though!

We tried to take a nice family portrait, but the big boys wouldn't stop for long enough to take a picture, and Simon was squirmy, so this is all we got. It is SO us...I think I need to frame this one!

 Sutton was the winner of the special super-duper-hard-hidden $5 egg!