Will Graduates From Half Pints

Today Will graduated from Half Pints. It was a very exciting day, but it also was a little bit sad, as it reminded us of how fast our little guy is growing up. The class had a little program prepared for all the parents, and in our case, both sets of grandparents too. We got a folder with lots of pictures of Will and how he has grown through the year, a poster of all the children in the classes handprints, and Will got a stuffed graduation dog with all of his classmates names on it. He had a fantastic 1st year of preschool and is looking forward to going back in the fall. When we were leaving the graduation, he asked me if he was going to the big boy classroom next week. I guess he is anxious to start his next year of preschool.

Will Waiting To Start The Program

Will Excited About His Graduation Dog

Getting Ready For Wheels On The Bus

Proud Of Our Half Pints Grad

Mrs. Frame, Mrs. Jones, And Will

Witney Dressed Up For Her Big Brother's Graduation

Half Pints Graduation Video

Half Pints Graduation Video #2

Trip To Rhode Island

This past weekend we took a trip to Rhode Island to visit Uncle Jeff, Aunt Robyn, Rylie, and Avery. It was an extra special trip as Uncle Jeff and Aunt Robyn recently moved into a new house, so we were getting to see it for the first time. Will was super excited to see his cousins, and they were super excited to see him. Rylie and Avery just adore Witney and were constantly wanting to help with her. It was really cute.

Rylie And Witney

Rylie Feeding Witney

Open Wide

Rylie Feeding Witney A Bottle

Avery Feeding Witney A Bottle

Witney And Uncle Jeff

Wide Open Mouths

Avery Feeding Witney Some Cereal

On Saturday Rylie and Avery both had soccer games, so we got a chance to watch them play. Will and Avery enjoyed running around a nearby soccer field while Rylie was playing her soccer game.

Rylie Playing Soccer

After the soccer game we met some of Uncle Jeff and Aunt Robyn's friends out for dinner. Then we took all the kids bowling, and everyone had a blast!

Avery, Will, And Rylie

Will Waiting To See How He Did Bowling

Will, Rylie, Witney, And Avery

Cousin Love

Aunt Robyn, Witney, And Uncle Jeff

Will, Aunt Robyn, Witney, And Uncle Jeff

Me, Avery, Bill, And Rylie

As always we had a great visit and we can't wait to see them again soon!

Witney has been doing a ton of babbling lately. She has been making a lot of MaMa sounds. I just assumed that she was making the sound without actually saying Ma Ma, but lately she has been saying Ma Ma whenever she gets upset or is crying. We have decided that Ma Ma is her official first word. I have been trying to get a video of her saying it for awhile but have had no luck. I decided to video tape the monitor one night as she was saying it a lot.

Witney Sits Up

Today Witney reached a big milestone. She sat up all by herself for an extended period of time. We have been working on sitting up for the past week or two and she could do it briefly. Then she would start to get top heavy and her torso would begin to sink towards her feet. Eventually she would start to cry because she could not sit back up. She loves to play sitting up now. She is getting to be such a big girl.

Happy Mother's Day!

I had an amazing Mother's Day this year. The boys started the day making me breakfast in bed. I had french toast and it was fun to have the family eat in our room. We went for a nice family walk with the dogs in the morning and then we met Nana and Papa (Grandma and Grandpa Zink) at TGIF's for lunch. It was a gorgeous day outside so we took full advantage of that by heading to Tinker Park after lunch. We walked the nature trails and saw some turtles and geese and frogs. We finished the walk with a trip to the playground. The day could not have gone any better than it did. Spending the day with my family was wonderful!

Happy Mother's Day Mommy

Family Fun At Tinker Park

Will And His Papa

Papa, Will, Nana, And Witney

Having a Blast Throwing Rocks

Getting To Touch A Frog Another Boy Caught