ava & bryce turn 7 and strawberry fields.

just catching up on a few things from may.  

the twins turned 7 on may 2nd.  i can't believe that!  7!  they invited the lucy family down to st. marys / folkston to celebrate.  we were going to go to the zoo on that saturday but the weather was bad so we went to see rio 2.  by the evening we were able to swim and cookout at mimi/papa's house. it was so fun!  we love those girls so much!

rio 2

riding together is always fun!

cousin love!

ring around the roses (or hayes calls it "pocket."  and she loves it.  and she never  falls down.)

also in may i took the girls to pick strawberries with amy & her girls.  our families ate pizza and played over at our houses afterward.

sk was determined to get plenty of berries so that she could make gma hazel's strawberry pie!  took 2 tries before we got a decent pie! the filling was hard to make!

resting=)

pizza

these 2 love each other!  alden busted it at the fields….her shirt got a little dirty;)

hayes!  such a mess=)

good times celebrating cousins and birthdays.  and celebrating strawberry season with friends!

lately. (in pictures)

memorial day - riding to deweese island

someone found the bag of lays…..even the tiniest consumer can't eat just one.

isn't this what most kids look like on the beach??  no?

waiting to cut the watermelon

enjoying LOTS of watermelon

appeasing their mama!  these 2 despise picture taking.

haysie loves her sissy!

sk had not been dressing up much - in fact, it had been months!  but hayes has started wanting to which completely rekindled sk's love of dressing up.  now it's a daily activity.

tutu sisters heading to enjoy the sunset and dinner on the boat

in their boat spot.  these 2 are such good boat girls!  we have been so pleased with hayes - she didn't want to test out her new jacket around the house but as it turns out she doesn't mind wearing it a bit on the boat.

sweet big girl

leaving the children's museum on friday.  picture taking wasn't really part of their plans!

sunday afternoon nap

my mermaid at play while sissy naps

a glimpse into our future=)

we are still working on our kitchen facelift.  i had a new farm table made for our little breakfast nook and we love it!  our window seat cushions are being made.  and i'm going to paint our chairs.

where we can usually be found during the week=)

can't believe that little lady will be 2 in 27 days and that the big girl will be 5 a week after!  thankful for them both.

WAY behind. (playing catch up)

recital is over.  school is finished for both girls.  sk graduated from pre-k.  trey's back from his vegas conference.  summer can begin - except that i caught the ugly tummy bug that still has me without energy.  summer fun is coming!

catch up time….

sk graduated from pre-k on thurs, may 15th at a parent appreciation luncheon.  it was so fun and sweet and special!  trey was in class that whole week so we were SO excited that he was able to sneak out and be a part.  she had made me a wonderful heart necklace and trey a fancy paper bow tie. ;)  they sang several songs, received their diplomas and we ate lunch together.

singing "skinny ma rink a dink a dink" 

"i love you!" and she pointed at us….she was so cute and excited.  she did a great job.

daddy's girl!

love her=)

sk with her assistant teacher, ms. morris, on the left and her lead teacher, ms. smith, on the right. sk had ms. smith in the 2's as well so we were blessed twice with an excellent teacher.  

getting her diploma

sk was a beautiful tiny dancer at her recital last weekend.  she was excited to have all her grandparents in town for it and she did great!

and lastly (for now)….

sk's end of year party was tuesday - her class met at waterfront park and played and had a picnic…

sk and her sweet friend, ethan.  they are super heroes and fight the "baddies" together on the playground with their special powers.  

when she's not fighting the bad guys she is swinging and singing!!  her favorite thing to do and boy can she go high!

the cupcakes were yum!

sk and her friend, "little mimi."  mimi and sk have been in the same class since they were one.  

sk was thrilled that we were taking 2 of her friends, caroline & sophia, back to the school with us.  she was also super excited to sit in the WAY back even if she had to sit in the "baby seat."  (the other 2 had a battle over the booster…ha!)

sk and alden.  they also have been in class together since they were one.  sk is going to miss all her "old" friends next year as they all go off to the many wonderful elementary schools that mt. pleasant offers.  her buddy calvert is going to her school and she's hoping that he's in her class.

hayes was at the school during sk's end of year party having her last day of 1k which i'll document later.  i also have pics from sk's last day as well - they had a pj and movie day at school the day after their park party!  it was a busy 2-3 weeks that's for sure.  glad to be on summer time….ya know, once i get my energy back.

summer is coming!

i'm working on a sk & hayes update for their busy month of may!  wednesday is the last day of school so i will plan to catch up when i come up for air!  we. are. swamped.  and i cannot wait for summer.

until then, here are some pics!

they're still precious=)

this sweet sweet big girl graduated from pre-k today!  post to come!

they are meant for each other.
hayes is wearing one of sk's old dresses and sk is wearing one of ava/bryce's old dresses. we have so many things like this because mimi often matches the twins to sk and then it all gets reused.  and i think it's special and fun!

my funny mother's day photo.  typical!  hayes was too busy to take a picture with her mama!

but she did pick a flower for me (or for herself…whatever…she's cute!)

bringing out the summer threads!  we're ready!

growing up WAY tooooo fast!  she is very 'big' in personality and she is independent BUT at the end of the day she loves to "nuggle" and "rock" and "get cozy" with whoever is putting her to bed.  sometimes she likes to do those things in the middle of the night!  and that's okay.  i'm not saying sleep is overrated because it isn't.  it's awesome.  but a midnight "nuggle" every couple of weeks is fine by me.