Puppy haircuts

Dan and Lady got haircuts at Petsmart a couple months ago.  I wasn't very happy with the cut - in fact, I was embarrassed for them.  But there has been alot less hair around the house and the puppies have been staying nice and cool.  I may consider keeping them shorter - but not this short.

Dan got a "business in front, party in the back" cut.  They left his hiney and tail long but shaved everything else.  It's a puppy mullet.

 Look at Lady's cute bows, she is lady-like even when shaved:

 

Wagner Visit

Shane and I went home to visit Memorial Day weekend.  Derek, Lacie and their boys were there and I couldn't believe how big the boys had gotten.  They were so much fun and Caleb is talking so good now. 

I love the farm in springtime.  The fields are so green and I love Mom's flowers all over the yard.  Even Lady who isn't so spry anymore took a dip in the pond and cooled off. 

 Caleb discovered Grampa's air hose and liked blowing things around with it.  Look at that grin :)

While the little guys were playing with the air compressor, the big guys were fixin' bikes:

It was fun to Caleb & Eli adventure all over the place and dig into things.  I wish I could see them more often - they are so fun!

Smackdown Live

Kennedy loves WWE - she knows all the main characters on Smackdown vs. Raw.  John Cena is one of her faves.  Shane and I asked her how she could watch it knowing that it wasn't 'real' wrestling and she quickly told us "It's just entertainment."  Like duh parents...who wouldn't enjoy it?  I remember Dad watching WWF every Saturday morning with Hulk Hogan - I think that may have ruined my chances for enjoying WWE.

WWE Smackdown Live! came to Tri-Cities a couple months ago.  Kennedy's Papa Don got tickets and just the two of them went to it.  It was on a Thursday night so the deal was Kennedy had to have all her homework done so she could go.  She worked really hard the weekend before and finished her book report (or 99%) of it. She was ecstatic!

He bought her Smackdown paraphernalia like an autographed tshirt and a DVD set (yahoo - more Smackdown action to watch later! oh sorry that was my sarcastic voice). She had a great time and it was a special night for her to be one-on-one with her Papa. She is still talking about it months later.

Slide!

Isabella is growing so fast - it seems like she's getting so tall.  She still loves playgrounds and when we were at the carnival there were a zillion games to play, bouncy houses and kids but she was very content playing with us on the playground.

Shane and her tried to race but she won everytime:

 I attempted to win but even with a head start she still won:

 Reach!

 

Planter Box

I have been missing doing yard work - yes - I know that sounds crazy!!!  Shane made me a big-size planter box so I have a little garden.  I love it so much!

The girls helped me pick out some herbs and flowers and they found a couple of fairies to put in the garden.
Isabella didn't want your ordinary fairy - she found a fairy dog.  She loves hiding it in the plants and now that they've grown so big you can barely find the fairy dog.  

Kennedy picked out a more traditional fairy girl.  Usually she is resting with her elbows on the edge of the planter box although Isabella likes to hide her too - and likes to hide her face down in the dirt. 

Debbie bought them two new little creatures for the planter box.  Kennedy got a lizard (of course).  I'm hoping this is as close to having a lizard in my house as I will ever have (I'm STILL anti-chameleon).

 Isabella got a snail and he's made friends with the fairy dog - they hide out together.   

Unfortunately, the girls found catepillars (Isabella said it was NOT a catepillar, it was an inchworm) in the garden this weekend which solves why many of my leaves have holes in them now.  Definitely not an organic farmer, I sprayed the heck out of them this weekend with pest control.  Hopefully those pesky inchworms go away.

Carnival

Kennedy had a end-of-school carnival.  There were tons of games and bouncey houses to pick from. 

Isabella went "fishing," painted with sidewalk chalk, and did a cupcake walk.

 She also got her face painted - it turned out MUCH better than her happy face-face paint in the park last year. 

 Kennedy and Laney were pretty independent.  We didn't see them all night until it was time to go home.  They both got their faces painted too - Thing 1 and Thing 2 (except it looks like they are both Thing 2 - oops!). 

 

The Big Shoe

At the end of school Kennedy's music teacher puts on "The Big Shoe." Each class sings a song or puts on a musical performance.  During the changeover of each class to the middle of the gym stage, the steel drum band plays and the kids in circus club show off their skills.  Kennedy has been in circus club the last two years.

We thought the class - I think it was 1st or 2nd grade - did an awesome job with their dragons.  And they were fun to look at:

This is Kennedy with her friend Lainey Lacey showing their circus moves with spinning plates:

Kennedy on rode stilts & a unicycle:

Kennedy's entire 5th grade class performed with muck buckets - who knew a bucket could make such a great beat: