Mary Poppins and Pre-Summer Fun

Bethany, my dad, and I took Kevin and Elena to see Mary Poppins back in May.  The Governor's School was lucky enough to be one of the first in the country to preview the high school version of the Broadway play.  And we had a great time watching it.  They did an incredible job.

I was very excited to be volunteer of the month in May at Elena's school.  Like super, nerdy excited.  I got my name on the school marquee and my own parking spot.  I would get especially annoyed when someone else would park in MY spot. :)

 

The kids helped Grandad to plant a garden in his backyard.  3 months later, it is quite impressive:  There's tomatoes, cucumber, herbs, squash, etc.

I love this picture so much!  Kevin is "fixing" the castle and Jonah is handing him tools.

The kids love our little backyard pool.  It's perfect for them to play in during that tough time of day from 4-6 when they would normally be fighting and cranky.  It's easy to fill and empty too.  But I learned last week that I just need to be careful not to leave the pool full of water long enough for the grass to start to die underneath it.  It made our backyard smell a little like a compost pile for a couple of days.  Yuck. 

We had a great group of kids over for Kevin's class' preschool graduation.  We had a pool party in our little pool and a picnic lunch.

  The graduates:

The boys' enjoying some flying time together:

I thought this moment was so cute, I just had to capture it.  When Jonah saw how Elena and Kevin were lying, he just had to be like them.

We got into the routine of going to Home Depot for their monthly kids' building workshop this summer.  It's been a lot of fun and a great free activity.  I love how they do it outside during the summer and give away free snacks (popcorn, snowcones, and sometimes hot dogs).

I love his cute face.  It's hard to capture on film, but Jonah does this wrinkled-nose smile a lot.  In this picture he is coming at me with a snake that is going to eat me.