May the Good Times Roll

May is by far one of our busiest months out of the year, as with most families. The school year is coming to an end along with many extra curricular activities. When you are a teacher and a mother, you find that you are trying to be in two places at once, in this month especially, in order to take care of everything that needs to be done.

For our family, we had some good times in May. The girls took swim lessons. This is Nora's third year for swim lessons and also her third different place to take lessons! We have stuck with the local recreation centers for lessons since they tend to be way more affordable than private lessons or swim schools. Janie has always been too young to take lessons on her own, but this summer she was able to take a "preschool" aged lesson! She was pretty excited about it...

Being that our lessons were in May, I took them to about 1/8 of their classes. Daddy stepped up and took the girls just about every time, with an occasional assist from Mimi & Pops. It was convenient since they fall into the same class grouping and could take class at the same time, but it was also quite inconvenient for their teacher who had to battle with them to listen rather than play with each other the whole time! They got a little better after both mommy and daddy had some discussions with them. Neither child is able to swim independently, but they are both a lot more comfortable in the water and putting their face in and all of that after their lessons in Keller this year. That is a huge win!

Looks like trouble if you ask me!

We celebrated Grandma's birthday, but it was still a little cold to swim in our pool at home.

We celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week! I took advantage of some free & discounted food after school one day and the girls helped to spoil their teachers, too. I thought their interpretations of the questions were pretty cute. And LOOK - Janie can write her name!!

I officially purchased my dress for Krista's wedding so that's a big check! Can't wait to get things rolling for that in a few months! We tried these green Bloody Mary drinks beforehand... Interesting. But that IS a fried green tomato on top!

Justin and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary! Cheers!

I took the girls to see Pinkalicious the Musical with Mimi. It was the local high school's production and was super cute! The girls loved it and got to take a picture with the cast afterwards. Janie was a little star struck!

We ventured out to watch the community band play selections from Disney movies! The kids had a blast dancing with their friends for the music, especially Frozen!

We finished up the month of May with a friend's wedding. Beautiful venue and of course, we had a blast! Mimi & Pops kept the girls overnight and look how sweet they were after church when we came back...

This tired, teaching mama is ready for SUMMER! Come on, June!