I Spy with my little eye...

One of Hayden's new favorite things are ISpy books.  He loves playing Ispy as well, so since we had a busy weekend, I thought it would be nice to have a low key Ispy day! :)  We read some ISpy books, played with our ISpy puzzles, as well as made our own ISpy book!  Hayden loved going through his play room trying to find categories for our pages!  He did an Awesome job with it!!

 ISpy Muffin Tin Lunch- ISpy letter fruit snacks, animal crackers, fruit salad, cheese squares, veggie pizza, and juice with Star ISpy "magnifying glass".

Happy Memorial Day

In honor of Memorial Day today, we went to the parade in Oswego.  Hayden's favorite part was the firetrucks of course... his least favorite part was the gun salute... cried just a "little" bit at that! :)  After the parade, we cooked out on the grill and then went and saw Kung Fu Panda part 2.  Although the movie was a little violent, it still had a great story line!

He was excitd to see what the inside of a pineapple looked like... and of course, how it tasted. :)

Memorial Day Party

Over Memorial Day weekend, we had a fun cookout!  Although, it was rainy for the majority of the day, we were pretty lucky to have some nice weather later in the evening for our Cornhole Tournament! :)

 (Sorry you didn't win the tournament, Randy... I have the trophy on my Mantel...
maybe next year you can bring it home! :)

Start of the 3-Day Memorial Weekend

Not only was Jake happy to have a 3 day weekend, Hayden of course was happy to have Daddy home for 3 days... he always asks him when he will be staying home next! :)

Decorating for Memorial Day

 Catching up on Thomas Cartoon :)

Practicing his grilling/ice cream scooping!

Family Movie Night- Ant Bully

Since we have been observing our Ant Farm the past few weeks, I thought it would be fun to have an Ant Bully movie night! 

Shrunken Ant Subs, Ant hill (potatoes & black beans), Grass(green beans),

Sweet Rocks (jelly bellies), and Ant Hill Shortcakes

We "shrunk" ourselves just like in the movie too! :)

Tin Can Telephones

Since The Wonderpets use a tin can as a phone, we thought we would give it a try today too.  Although, it was hard to hear clearly... we are going to try paper cups next after our trip to the grocery store... I read those are suppose to work a little better.

 "Meow, Meow, Meow."

National Turtle Day

In honor of Turtle Day today, we spent a little time learning about turtles.  We went to the library to check out some turtle books, and stopped at the pet store to watch the turtles swim around in their tanks.  Hayden also enjoyed a turtle snack, craft, and using the laundry basket as his own turtle shell. :)

Fumble scared the "turtle" so he is hiding in his "turtle shell". :)

Dinner on New Patio & Summer Sand Pail List

Tonight we were able to enjoy dinner on our new patio... Jake did an AWESOME job on it!!  To go along with dinner and the end of preschool, we decided to make our new Summer Sand Pail List.  We had so much fun with our list last year, so we were excited to get started on it again this year! :)

Waterpark Surprise

Since Jake took the week off to get things done around the house, we decided to end the week by spending the weekend at Grizzly Jack Waterpark in Utica!  It was a complete surprise for Hayden!  We originially told him that we had to take a boring trip to Daddy's work, and then he would have to take a nap when we came back home.  So, when we pulled into Grizzly Jack's he was definitely confused, surprised, and excited!! :)

We spent the weekend "playing" mini-golf... more like watching all the waterfalls and avoiding way too many mosquitoes!! :(  We also hung out in the waterpark, game room, pizza parlor, playground, and in the room... he enjoyed climbing on the bunkbeds! :)

Had to make a stop on the way home in Norway, Illinois to check out the sculpture! :)

Last Day of 3's Preschool

(His last day was Mismatch day... he actually did a nice job matching his clothes more than mismatching:)

I can't believe Hayden finished his first year of preschool! :(  If I am this sad about that, I can't even imagine how I am going to be for his last day of high school or college! Hayden had such a great year!  His teacher was wonderful, and definitely helped Hayden grow so much this year!! 

Hayden and I made her a cute little gift to say thanks!!

First day of Preschool Pic and Last day of Preschool Pic