June!

Yikes! So much to catch up on! Before we even get to June, I have to finish up May!

Memorial Day 2016

We tried out the Hamilton parade this year, and it did not disappoint. Tractors, military vehicles, fire trucks, and candy galore!

The end of May, J started his very first season of t-ball! It's through the Hamilton school district, so some of his friends from school are on his team and teams they play against, which is so nice. He has lots of fun and really likes it!

H wants nothing more than to run out on the field with big bro. :(

How cute is he in the catcher's gear?!?!

The whole team!

May 31 was Adam's last day at CHS! Kind of bittersweet to leave the company he's been with for 10 years, but also exciting to look forward to new adventures.

That's a lot of CHS shirts. His closet is much emptier now!

And on to June!

June 3 was the long-awaited day of J's class field trip to the Critter Barn. He had been SO excited since he found out about it, and thought the day would never come! I was pretty excited, too, to go along as a chaperone. Fun to be a parent chaperone on a trip rather than the teacher (WAY less stressful)! :)

Quite a group!

June 10 was J's last day of Kindergarten. WHAT?!!?! I just can't believe it! He had such a great year, and he really loved his school and his teacher. I got all teary-eyed when he hugged his teacher and the principal good-bye- probably a combo of being sad he's having to change schools next year and also sadness because MY BABY IS GROWING UP!!!!

This little lady will miss school drop-off and pick-up!

She LOVED seeing all the kids, waving to the buses, saying "Hi-yo" and "Mo-neen" to people we saw. And of course she always lit up when brother walked down the hall after school!

J came home with a super cute Kindergarten memory book- I just love it! Love seeing his writing and his progress! A few of my favorite pages:

I mean, that IS pretty cool, right?!!?

Since school let out, we have been spending time packing and cleaning, but also trying to do some fun things "one last time." #1 on the list for J to do before we leave- go to Crazy Bounce! He's been begging to go for months and I always said we can do that on summer vacation. :) He even wrote an opinion writing piece at school about wanting to go there AND wrote us a letter from school about it, too!

How could we say no?!

So to Crazy Bounce we went- both J and H had a blast! H is a little too brave, in my opinion.

We wanted to see the Street Performers in downtown Holland one last time, and thankfully we had exactly 1 Thursday night when we could go.

We couldn't NOT stop at the Peanut Store one last time!

These street dancing/break dancing guys are Jeremiah's absolute favorites!! We had to make sure to put $1 in their money bucket.

He said to me on the way back to the car, "Mommy, those guys are my heroes!"

 And next up on our list was visit the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo. This was a first AND a last! Wish we had gone sooner- it was right up J's alley. He loved all the military vehicles, and of course the rides were a hit, too.

Flying Blue Angels!

Being a soldier, storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

On one nice hot day, we hit up the splash pad at Maplewood Park in Jenison (After our first pool visit this year with H, I realized that she is way easier to manage at a splash pad vs. pool).

They both had so much fun!

Daddy took J to the races for the first time! I believe J said we should buy a motor as loud as the race cars, and also he wants to drive a race car when he grows up! Yikes.

On one of our last trips to the library, a reporter from the Holland Sentinel asked J what books he's reading this summer. And lo and behold, there he was in Saturday's paper!

AND J finally lost his first tooth! He has been waiting SO long!

And he even pulled it out by himself. Mr. Tooth Fairy wanted to give him $2 and Mrs. Tooth Fairy wanted to give him $1. We tried to compromise at $1.50 but realized we had no quarters! So, lucky dude got $2. And was up before 5 am to tell me about it. :)

Father's Day 2016. These kids love their daddy so much! And so do I. :)

Popsicles outside on a warm evening! Hope's first Popsicle- she's a fan.

John Ball Zoo was also on our list of places to go before we move! Ever since H and I went in the spring with friends from church, J has been wanting to go. He really likes animals (especially ocean animals) so he always LOVES a good zoo.

Little sisters come in handy sometimes.

Cooling off/taking a shower

We leave in 1 week (yikes!) and have a few more things on our list to do (besides packing, etc). J really wants to go to Dutch Village one more time, possibly the beach, too. He also has 3 t-ball games left, and we can't possibly leave MI without visiting the Sinkes and taking a ride on Uncle Carl's train! It's going to be a busy week!

Packing up :)