Six

Brayden turned the big 6! He was pretty excited to be only one year away from Jada who is 7 :> I went in to his classroom in the morning because his teacher makes a big deal about birthdays. She has us send in pictures and then they sit in a circle to look at the them, then each child tells what they like about the birthday person. Here is Brayden, basking in all his glory!

Then they sing "Happy Birthday" in  their special way

And then for the rest of the day he was the VIP

That night we celebrated with ice cream cake because that is what you need in the middle of winter to cool you down :> BTW,  like the muscle shirt?  Another middle of winter necessity!

New things Brayden did this year:

-started Kindergarten and is a great student

-started playing t-ball and soccer (indoor and outdoor)

-lost his first two teeth

-learned how to snow ski

- climbed Tiger Mountain, PuPu point and Bear's Hump

-watched Star Wars and loves it!

Happy Birthday Brayden!

Don't feed the wild animals!

On Memorial Day, it was still raining. It has rained the entire spring and it doesn't show signs of stopping! So, we packed up and headed to the zoo because there was no way I was spending another day in the house. The nice thing, was that the zoo was empty!

And it even cleared up for us at the end! That made me a happy woman!

What do you do when it hits 64 degrees in Seattle?

You go wakeboarding with the Kunos and uncle Mckay!

So much fun! Can't wait until it hits 70 degrees! :>

(Please, please, please let it be soon! It is freezing over here!)

Nayna

I got a couple cute pictures of Nayna and thought I'd share them

And uncle Tamer too!

Chocolate Birthday

We have a family tradition of pancakes on Sunday.  So, for his birthday Shawn wanted chocolate pancakes with chocolate chips...and they were fabulous!

And for dessert?

A 5 layer chocolate cake, with chocolate icing and chocolate shavings. Oh, if I could only have his metabolism! :>

Happy Birthday Shawn!

Boys

Who knew a laundry basket and a leash could be so much fun?

Who knew that the piano just needed a little color to break up the black and white monotony?

Mother's Day Tea

Around Mother's Day the preschools will usually do some sort of a program for their mothers. These are pictures from the previous year at Brayden's and Jada's preschool.

Now, here are some pictures from this year's Tea Party... see if you can spot any differences :>

Yes, they did each others hair and painted each other's nails. After the program, we had punch and cookies, and then Brayden decided to complete his makeover day with a little mud mask!

I thought that this would be the one day that we wouldn't come home absolutely filthy, but I was wrong.  I was glad I was able to catch some pictures because he came home looking like this for 2 straight months. Oh, how I love my prewash cycle on my clothes washer.