The Grasshopper Room

Mason walking with Lukas & Addison to the bus stop. 

And now Mason is ready for his first day in the Grasshopper room! 

And we were so happy that Coy changed daycares and was in the same room as Mason!! These two are best friends :) 

Mason cruising on a trike on daycare. 

Pictures from daycare from the large group. 

Mason doing some water color painting at daycare. 

We were excited to find Cyclone Beer! Ha! With all the controversary around Bud Light, we got a big rebate for this beer. They are practically paying us to drink BL :) 

Mason's swimming lessons! He's getting a little better and is not quite as scared to get his face wet. 

Picture day for Addy! We were practicing her smile :) 
 

First Day of 2nd Grade

Ballard West Open House August 2023

2nd grade in Ms. Mikkelsen's classroom 

Mason insisted on being in all the first day of school pictures :) 

Lukas and Addison walking to the bus. 

Ironically I'm writing this as next week is the last day of 2nd grade! One of the things Addison was most excited about when starting 2nd grade was the last day of 2nd grade. Ha! On the last day of 2nd grade, they invited all the parents to come and make a tunnel to give hi-fives. Addison has been looking forward to this day all year..... I hope it doesn't disappoint! 
 

Paw Patrol to the Rescue & Parent Picnic

 

The kids liked to play "Paw Patrol" with Mason's bike and the Paw Patrol car. Someone plays Chase and the other is Marshall and they are off to the rescue! They make up different scenarios of people in trouble, then go off to rescue people and arrest the bad guys. 

They love kinetic sand..... but for some reason it really sticks to Mason! It's not supposed to be messy, but if Mason is involved....it's messy! 

Mason helps to install the TV behind the bar. 

Our giraffe picture at the zoo for Tracey :) 

Mason's Parent Picnic! There was an open invite to parents to join the picnic. I showed up on time..... no other parents were there. Ha! Only one other parent showed up. It was awkward. Ha! 

We went outside for the picnic and just as we were putting together sandwiches..... big raindrops started for fall. So we all moved back inside! The kids had a good time with their picnic. Ironically, Mason has his picnic in the next room today! Parents weren't invited this time :) 

In August, Mason had his last day in the Butterfly room. He had been at Lilypad for 3 months with Miss Cassie and Miss Jess. Next up, the Grasshopper room! 

Adventureland!

There was a deal on season passes last September for Adventureland, so I jumped on it. We didn't have passes throughout the summer, so the kids were SUPER excited. 

Mason has been begging to go back to Adventureland for the last month or two. All he wanted to do for his birthday was go to Adventureland, but they weren't open. They open this weekend, he can't decide if he wants to go to the farm or Adventureland.... he wants to do both! 

We went twice last fall and even got to enjoy the water park one hot day. I'm pretty excited for another summer going to Adventureland :) 

It's hard to see, but his hands were SUPER messy..... I wish I could remember what we were eating! It might have been a chocolate covered granola bar that melted. He was a giant mess.....hence why we are sitting on the ground outside the car. Ha! 
 

Mason's Hair-do, farming, Mario Kart, and a little cleaning too

Mason loves to have his hair done, and it drives Ryan crazy! Ha! 

Just doing a little farming. 

Addison finished her bunny rabbit Lego. 

Mason told me he trapped a bug (his right hand) and was waiting for me to get a Kleenex to get him. I laughed because he fully expected the bug to be alive but he sort of squished him when he was "watching" him for me. Ha! 

Playing Mario Kart! We introduced them to the wii and Mason struggled but wanted to do it so bad! 

She wanted to start piano lessons :) I told her I would start teaching her and we did pretty good for a couple months. Life got a little insane in February with Girl Scouts, basketball, swimming, dance, not to mention my life got a little crazy, so we have taken a hiatus. We are going to start back up when school gets out! 

Right before school started in August, we got Addison a Gizmo watch. She would be riding the bus home and be home alone for a couple hours a few days a week. So we wanted her to be able to get a hold of us. She is calling Grandpa Ron in this picture, she is pretty proud & excited! 

Mason wanted to show Grandma Rita that he was eating a WHOLE ice cream bar. He was on a big ice cream bar kick for a while. 

Flashbacks to my childhood as the kids help me out - ha! 

If only a superhero would help me clean more often!!