Mother's Day

A sushi dinner, lots of hugs and kisses, and beautiful homemade cards.  I'm a lucky mama!

Touch a Truck...

Dinner with the grandparents

Dinner with Gamma and Boppy (and of course, a photo-op).

Caroline's First Communion

On May 3rd, Caroline took her first communion with her class at St Joseph. The Mass/ceremony was so beautiful and so special. Caroline was just glowing. I am so proud of her :)

Caroline, Ella, Luci, and Aly

Elizabeth and Caroline

Caroline and her 8th grade buddy Maddy

Macyn, Caroline, Macaire, Elizabeth

Elizabeth, Macaire, Caroline, Macyn, Tierney

Caroline and Father Trout

Caroline and her teacher, Miss Nowokunski

BB and Papa with the kids

American Girl Doll First Communion

We all went for "fancy brunch" at Prairiegrass Cafe after the ceremony to celebrate. Yum!

Caroline's Godparents surprised her with a brand new pink bike! She was ecstatic!

Art Adventure

I got the opportunity to teach Clayton's kindergarten class a mini art class about Keith Haring.
They were enthusiastic and adorable and created their own "Keith Haring-like" pictures.

The cutest moment was when I was explaining that Keith Haring's art was abstract are. I asked the class if they knew what "abstract" meant. One little girl eagerly raised her hand and said "I know. I know. We use it when we're cooking."  I was a little puzzled. Then she went on saying "Yeah - we use vanilla abstract when we make cookies."  All of the adults couldn't help but chuckle.