May Roundup

Oh May.  I loved you and loathed you all at the same time.  We had SO MUCH RAIN this month.  Truly, it was rainy and chilly and overcast about 22 days this month.  We were stuck inside far more than I wanted to be.  It did start to warm up this last week, but only off and on.

For some reason these pictures uploaded in random order...certainly not chronologically.  On one of the supposed to be warm and dry days Sarah (Jacob's sister) and I took the kids to the splash pad.  It was beautifully sunny and warm when I loaded kids into the car.  By the time we got to the park it was overcast and raining...

We decided to do it anyway.  I guess that's what you do when the whole month has been a rainy mess. You just get tired of not doing anything so you do it anyway.  The kids had fun and it cleared up pretty quickly.  It was a chilly first splash pad experience of the season though.

We also went to the park with the Bills the day before they moved on to Arkansas.  I'm so sad about that.  This day was actually really warm and sunny, until all the sudden it wasn't.  We had ominous clouds and a few sprinkles but overall it was a good park day.  And certainly noteworthy because Ben climbed the mammoth for the first time and I hadn't even gotten pictures of Isaac climbing it.  Ben was so proud and I think Isaac was too because he helped Ben do it.  I was scared about it.  It's actually really big and I don't like climbing it.  Luckily I could get Ben to slide down a little ways and then I could grab him.  He really was that smiley about it and said proudly "my doing it!" over and over.  Then when I got him down he said "Again, again, again."

I think Isaac was equally as proud having helped Ben achieve the accomplishment.  Maybe even more so than Ben.  It was adorable to watch, though a little frightening.

We also attempted a little miniature golf the other day.  We thought we might have to pause and let some showers pass for a few minutes as it had been sprinkling now and then that day and the days prior to golfing.  Well, we made it to hole 10 before a down pour set in.  It was a good ten holes while it lasted.

These boys really did love it.  We'll have to go again some time.

And that is what I look like these days.  Feeling large!  Just two more months before this baby girl arrives (I'm personally hoping for more like 6 weeks rather than 8 but it will probably be 9 or 10...don't you wish you could just know?)

These next few pictures are more what the month actually looked like.  These were from the beginning half of the month.  Lots of playing inside, trying to stay busy without killing each other.  Seriously, I did not realize being the referee would begin so early.  They are only 4 and 2 and are at each other all the time.  I get the rough play from boys just is a fact.  But, it ALWAYS ends badly.  I'm trying to set some good rules and help the boys realize limits but it's a work in progress for sure.  They just do so much better when they can burn off some steam playing outside.

I resorted to pulling out a new toy.  I picked this magnet board and metal pieces up at a thrift store and have been saving it for an appropriate time.  This seemed like it.  They loved it for a few days so it worked okay.

We also worked on a Father's day project.  The kids drew pictures on fabric and I sewed them to a pillow case.  It's cute.

In between rain and workers putting up siding on our house we also did a little biking outside.  Ben took a handle bar to the eye and ended up with this nice shiner.  Poor thing. 

More coloring and crafting.  We burn through a lot of paper at this house.

And that, folks, is our May in a nutshell.