Goodbye Ms. Devoria!

I LOVE Owen's preschool teacher, Ms. Devoria. She is calm, patient, creative and runs an unstructured, freestyle preschool room. And did I mention how calm she is? So, I was beyond disappointed when I found out she was leaving to move to Washington with her family. Sniff, sniff. I was really hoping she would be around for Adler too!

Well last week was her last week as head of the Raccoons room. We spent some time with her at the school, took her to lunch, had a party and even made a scrapbook for her filled with pictures and art from the kids.

Bear Hug for Ms. Devoria!

Last week Owen's school also celebrated Music in May. Each class performed a couple of songs. Here they are singing I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee.

And this was another song where each child was dressed up as an animal.....Owen was a fish!

And here are Owen and Sofia with Ms. Devoria on her last day. I hope the new head teacher is just as good!

Gone Fishin'

Micah is really excited about fishing this summer and already took Owen out last weekend.

Owen was so proud they caught a fish! And they even brought it home for lunch.

Mother's Day

I had a lovely Mother's Day weekend, starting on Friday at a Mother's Day Tea at Owen's school. They had the room nicely decorated and Owen even pulled my chair out for me to sit down. Then all the moms were served tea and cookies and then we were given a gift.

Owen made me this cute picture frame.

Owen has been learning how to button a shirt. Here he is buttoning his friend Harmony's shirt. Look at that concentration.

Micah and Owen gave me this cool bird house for Mother's Day. Owen loves to watch the birds in our garden and was very proud of his work on this.

We went into Reno yesterday and enjoyed some shopping and lunch.

Last night Owen and I had a date! I took him to see the movie How to Train Your Dragon in 3D. It was the best animated movie I've seen in a long time.

On Saturday we went to Orrin's 4th birthday party and watched a bunch of kids get crazy at the gym.

The babies also had fun!

Mikki, Maureen, Tessa, Brenda, Kelly, Adler, Gaby & Jimmy

Micah remembered his days as a gymnastics coach.

Beer & Cheese

Last week Adler and I took a trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a National WIC Conference. She has become quite the traveler!

I presented at the conference on our Bring Your Baby to Work program. Adler even entertained the audience while I spoke!

My mom met us in Milwaukee to babysit while I was attending the conference. It was so nice to spend some time with her there and I know Adler enjoyed her Grandma!

Lake Michigan

I'm not much of a beer drinker, but while in Milwaukee we had to try some beer and cheese! For those of you that know my mom well, you'll find this picture hilarious! My mom.....the woman who never drinks:

What a great way to take a nap.

Adler Swings