May is always nice, with spring in full bloom and the unofficial start of summer at the end of the month!
I got this Casper pillow because I'd read good things about it. I wasn't disappointed, and ten months later, I'm still not. This is a great pillow!
John had his final elementary school band concert. This was his second year playing the trombone, and he enjoys it much more than he did piano. He also happens to be quite good at it! He was the second-chair trombonist in 6th grade.
Can't see him? He's on the right side, second row from the back, second one in.
This is as close as we got to Hawaii last year--a tax bill. 😔
Meanwhile I'm still dying to go to
Aulani!
I love this picture. Brody liked resting on the loveseat in the living room and looking out the window.
It was one of his favorite spots.
Storytime! John read Walter the Farting Dog to Sam. Hilarity ensued. Silly book and silly boys!
Brody under the table. He liked it under there because it was hard for me to catch him, and when we ate he could be close by for any falling scraps of food. This was the cat who really wanted to be a dog!
My baby doll, all bundled up.
My baby doll, helping in the kitchen.
My baby doll before his swim lesson.
We went to see Peter Pan performed by Theatre Cedar Rapids. John recognized one of the actors as a (very mischievous) boy he went to summer camp with a couple of years ago. Lost boys indeed!
I got a box of delicious chocolate-covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements for Mother's Day.
The included note was pretty funny.
For Mother's Day I gifted myself this Willow Tree "Mother and Son" figure. I love it!
Two of my favorite dresses on the drying rack. I love wearing navy blue, elegant little polka dots, and pretty flower prints.
This was during a tornado watch! We just got heavy rain and wind, thank goodness.
We hung out in the basement during the tornado watch (except for when I ran upstairs to snap a few pictures from the back windows--see above).
I caught Brody reading the paper again. He's so smart.
I love miniature roses! They usually bloom better and last longer than bigger roses.
I took the boys to see the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie. I thought it was pretty dumb and not nearly as good as the other three movies with the original cast. The boys liked it, though.
We went to Orchestra Iowa's "John Williams at the Movies" concert, where they played popular music by John Williams from movies like Star Wars. It was a really fun concert and we all enjoyed it.
The Paramount Theater is beautiful!
One of the musicians wore a dinosaur costume for the second half of the concert because they played the Jurassic Park theme. It made me LOL! Some of the others wore costumes, too, as you can see in the two pictures below.
The boys built an epic car track down the stairs.
Fidget spinners were all the rage and were pretty hard to find, so I ordered two from amazon and they finally arrived after a couple of weeks.
A pretty sunset stripe in the sky over the church on a Wednesday evening when we were there for Scouts.
I liked the cover of the Bas Bleu catalog (again).
Last day of school!
John was dressed up for 6th grade graduation that morning.
This was the last day the boys went to the same school together. 😢
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