May began with Star Wars Day! May the 4th is Star Wars day and Hudson was just so excited about it. He really wanted us to have a cake and he gave me this basic design for it. He made the cutest decorations for Star Wars day and we invited some friends over for cake and watching "The Phantom Menace". I'm pretty luke-warm on Star Wars, but I love this kid more than anything.
We had a lovely Mothers Day this year! Ben got me some pretty flowers and made a wonderful breakfast and the boys made the sweetest gifts and cards at school. I love being a mom so much- it really is a dream come true for me. These three little boys (and their dad) are the best!
Just a random Davis- he stole this knights helmet from a neighbor a few weeks ago and has worn it a LOT since then. Like he's taken baths with it on his head.
Baseball started! Both Chase and Hudson are playing this year and they are doing awesome! It's made for some fun nights at the ball park- although having four baseball games a week has made life a little crazy.
My little cookie thief- this baby boy loves cookies more than anyone I know. He stole this one right off the counter shortly after it came out of the oven.
Totally normal attire for Huds
We snapped these pictures with Davis before church one morning and I love them so much. He's such a darling kid and we are all obsessed with him. How could we not be?
Our neighbors, the Hickmans, are really into sidewalk chalk and frequently when they are outside doing chalk my boys wander down. Davis always insists Lindsay draw him a Mickey Mouse and talks to her excitedly about Mickey the whole time. And Hudson drew this darling R2D2, which I loved.
Chase had hat day at school which was exciting because he rarely takes his hat off. He even sleeps in it. When people ask (and they frequently do) if he's a Red Sox fan, he usually responds with a shrug and says "I'm mostly a hat fan." I put one of Davis this day and he immediately said "Big like Chase!"
Instead of a pinewood derby, our ward did a lego derby! It was the best thing ever! The boys all built their cars that night, Chase and Luca decided to build one together and they won first place! We laughed because our bishop jokingly asked us if Chase had practiced building lego cars in prep, but really his whole life had been prep for this! He also spent hours and hours at the discovery gateway building lego cars on their derby track. All those boys loved this event- it was low key and awesome!
Davis has been majorly attached to his dad this last month. I will ask if I can hold him and he'll say "No, daddy!" One night he woke up in the middle of the night crying and I went in to comfort him. He immediately said "Hi mommy. I want daddy."
Memorial Day marked 4 years of living in our home. This home means so much to us. We put so much into fixing it up. We've loved living here so much. We love our beautiful view out our back windows, the great school the kids attend, having enough space for our family to live comfortably and just so many small things about this home. One of the best parts of living here has been the wonderful people we've met. The friends we've made here have been amazing- they've literally laughed and cried with us, supported us in times of sorrow, celebrated with us in the good times, loved our kids (and we've loved theirs), and created hundreds of happy memories together. Over the last few months we've had the experience of truly seeing how great they are, and I'll always be thankful for their love, service and friendship. I never want to move!
We finished up the school year! This has been such a great year for my boys. I'm amazed at all they learned. They both had the best teachers this year. Before school ended the boys and I wrote them thank you cards and included a little gift card, and I wished I could have done more for them because they were really so great. They loved the boys, appreciated their unique gifts, were patient with their quirks, and just made school such a great experience for them. They started riding their bikes to school this spring and loved it, so for next year I'm planning on ditching the carpool and having them just ride their bikes every day. Only, Davis tries to join in and gets disappointed I don't let him ride to school.
This was their last day of school- Kindergarten with Mrs. Turner for Hudson and 2nd grade with Mrs. Evans for Chase. We got their report cards and they did amazing. Both are testing way above grade level. Chase's end of level tests were 100% in everything. He's being doing online homework all year and he's finished all the 2nd and 3rd grade material and is well into the 4th grade material. Hudson has really grasped reading this year, his writing is amazing and just his general creativity and imagination continues to just blossom.
This is how excited we are about summer! (Although while they were doing this, they were pretending to be riding the slinky dog coaster at Disneyworld)
As a fun start to our summer, Ben took the older two boys camping! He arranged a little overnight camping trip with a few neighbors and their kids and they all had a grand time. So us wives and our babies had a fun little girls night together, and I got in a lot of quality time with Davis. The boys said sleeping in the tent (with the Joseph boys) was their favorite part.
They tried a little fishing the next morning with no luck. However, Ben took extensive video footage of Hudson in his little imaginative world hunting for tug-a-lugs (one of their caves is pictured below) and also working on "nanotech" with this "business partners" for "Stark Industries". Oh we love that kid.
So that was May! It really was a great month. We ended the school year on a really great note- but also so excited to start our summer vacation. It is time for a change of pace!
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