Where does the time go? Or should I say- where did May go? I am not sure, but we kept very busy during the month. Here is an update on our happenings:
1. Ellie did great during her dance recital. She was a Lollipop Kid from the Wizard of Oz. Each class danced, and then they did a medley with all of the various characters from the movie. It was very cute and she loved celebrating with frozen yogurt after the recital! I cannot wait for the video to arrive in the mail, since I was behind the scenes and didn't get to watch the entire dance.
2. I was the "Dance Mom" for Ellie's class. Thirteen little girls in the basement of Stephens Auditorium... I didn't lose a single one and kept them pretty busy while we waited to go on! I did have help getting the girls up to the stage, off the stage, in a new order for dancing and back on stage for the medley. Not sure I could have done that myself!
3. Our oldest nephew graduated from high school a couple weeks ago! I cannot believe it... he cannot be that old! Nick and Ellie went to the graduation, Neve and I joined them later for the party. Our nephew is bright young man, we are very proud of him, and wish him the best in the next stage of his life.
4. I cleaned the windows on the outside of the house for the first time! Sad, I know. But they cleaned them before we moved back in after the fire and I never got around to cleaning them last summer. They were looking pretty dirty. Six hours of hard work later they were sparkling clean inside and out. Let me tell you--- as pretty as the super tall windows look, they are not fun to clean. Hoping I can wait to do it again until next spring/summer. Although the clean windows are really nice to look through.
5. Two + years later, we are almost done with our bags set (corn hole set). I had made the actual bags a while ago, but we hadn't finished the wood portion (dang the legs that are not that fun to cut). I only have one more coat of polyurethane to put on, then Nick has to add the handles and lights under the holes and we are good to go! I have to say- they are pretty fancy and I love how they turned out. The upgrade is a longer board set than our original ones (regulation size). And the lights under the holes. The slight downgrade is we opted to do a decal instead of hand painting the Tiger Hawk head. They still look pretty nice- although I do miss the original ones we lost in the fire. Nick and the neighbors tried them out yesterday and they seem to work great. Just need to break the bags in a little.
6. Our spare bedroom is officially cleaned out! It had sort of become a catch all room for the past three years. My brother and sister-in-law came to stay with us this past weekend, so it forced me to do a little organizing and cleaning. I made two trips to Goodwill and had a bag or two of trash. The closest still needs a little organizing- but it is a great start and I love looking peaking in at it when I am downstairs.
7. Nick, my brother, my sister-in-law, and my sister all ran the Dam to Dam race on Saturday. Megan and Nick trained together each week, while Eric and Jess kept active in Iowa City. I am very proud of all of them--- not something I think I will ever do.
8. We had everyone over for a pre-race dinner on Friday night, although the timing worked out that the Ankeny crew had to leave before the IC crew arrived due to work delays and kid bedtimes. We ate in shifts and it worked out just fine. We had a great time and loved seeing everyone over the course of the night.
9. Ellie loved having her IC cousins spend the night. We would not let her sleep downstairs with all the girls (because she wouldn't sleep), but did let the second oldest cousin sleep in her room... the cousin may have wished she was downstairs when Ellie turned on the light at 3AM because she was awake and wanted to play! They were up and ready to go at 6AM (most likely because Ellie was awake).
10. All six girls and I ventured down to cheer the runners on at the race (signs and all). My parents, brother-in-law, nephew and niece joined us there. Pretty fun having all 12 of us there to cheer everyone on (even if it was a little cold).
11. Ellie graduated from preschool on Friday! It is hard to believe that she will be moving on from the place that she has gone to since she was 7 weeks old! I did get a picture of her with her best friend, another little girl that started a week after her and has been there the entire time. Super cute!
12. On Wednesday I joined Neve and her class on a field trip to the zoo. Neve loves the zoo and was very excited to see the lions (since she is known as the Baby Lion).
13. We have been making the most of my Christmas gift--- memberships for Nick and the girls to LifeTime for the summer. Seriously--- Nick did a great job with that gift! The girls LOVE doing the classes (they did yoga last Monday and we have already highlighted other classes like tennis, cheer, and karate that they want to try) and we have been to the pool (indoor and outdoor) multiple times since they joined over Memorial Day weekend. I had the day off on Wednesday (for the field trip), so I picked the girls up from day-care after nap (and after I had my errands completed) and we hit the pool. It was a beautiful day and none of us wanted to leave when it was dinner time. On Sunday Ellie was asking if she could go to a class at LT. She enjoys going to a class and I get a workout in--- how can I say no to that? So Nick biked to the gym and joined the girls and I for a swim after I worked out and the girls did an Arts & Crafts class. It was perfect. I can already tell it is going to be an amazing summer!
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