Last Thursday was Logan’s final day of being an official kindergartener. Not sure if he’s technically a 1st grader or just in limbo. Let’s say limbo for now cause mommy’s still not quite ready. Last Tuesday, the kindergarteners at our school had a little “final get together” on their playground. There was an area for bubble blowing, one for popsicle eating, one for chalk drawing and then just playing on the playground. We missed the chalk because the event was called early due to rain, but I got a few cute pics with my phone before we made a mad dash for home.

Meanwhile, we finally got some actual warm weather (ok…HOT weather…as in the 90ies, but I can’t complain because it’s been so stinkin’ back and forth…I’m just glad we’ve settled on a consistent temp and clothing requirement). Our subdivision pool opened on Monday. Sadly, Logan and Aiden both got sick the day before (as in puking – gross…it was going around). We decided to keep them home in the morning and hit the pool later in the afternoon if there were no more incidents. Fortunately they were like 100% fine, so we got our first swim of the summer in that afternoon. However, Daddy, being awesome and wanting them to have something fun even if they had to skip the pool, made them a super cool toy for the yard first (see pics)

And finally, ducks: There is a mama / daddy duck team that wanders around our neighborhood. I think they have their eggs in our friend’s bushes, but they waddle around every where. The daddy is particularly fond of sitting on our roof. Logan has named him Roofie (his choice, not mine). We tried to think of something clever for the mama (we saw her quacking at the daddy one day like she was mad, but couldn’t think of a funny name to represent her being bossy). I named her Toaster since she sits on the eggs to keep them warm. Roofie and Toaster came through the yard tonight. Brian let the boys toss them some bread. Gosh…wonder if they’ll be back tomorrow. haha

Memorial day: here is what daddy created. It’s a series of PVC pipes and attachments along with three clear tubes that the boys used to squirt each other. You can run too far though or the tubes come out and all the water pressure drops making the whole fun thing stop working. Brian sat at the patio table drilling holes in PVC caps to make different sprinklers. They also rearranged the configuration a few times. Overall – very cool and very easy to store so we can play with it all summer!

Tuesday, May 31st: During our trip to the pool on Memorial Day, we had to fight for water space with like the entire neighborhood. I let the boys hit the pool for a while on Tuesday morning and we were the only ones there – it was awesome!

I didn’t want to get in the water that day so I let Brady wear his vest. He’s a good swimmer, but not for very long distances and the big pool kind of intimidates him. He had a BLAST jumping and swimming around all over. Unfortunately, he then totally freaked when it came time for actual swim class on Friday. He did NOT want to go into the water without a vest…and he usually loves swim school. He did OK near the end and I have since let him wear the vest only if he swims with me and practices a little without it too.

Tuesday afternoon: Kindergarten good-bye party. There are over 300 kindergarteners at our school right now because we were the test site for the full-day program which officially goes into effect next year throughout the district. Logan was only in 1/2 day though. This is Logan and one of his best buddies Jack D. eating popsicles.

Despite having attempted a bargain with ANYONE around him who had a green popsicle, he ended up with purple (I reminded him how much he likes grape and he finally admitted that purple was good and ate it up). He was pretty proud of his super purple mouth.

Everyone donated bubbles and chalk for the event. This is in the field next to the playground. Logan managed to find a REALLY cool bubble thing that made every kid in the near vicinity come running to watch and ask if they could have a try. I was SUPER proud because he shared and let everyone have a go…he let this cute little girl have the first try though. smart man!

And finally, this evenings entertainment: feeding Roofie and Toaster. They were super close to the porch before I got my camera (of course). Who needs to visit a pond when you have your very own neighborhood ducks wandering by!