Transformer

Dylan has a week long pre-school summer camp this week. Each day is learning about a different thing. One day it was China, so they made chinese hats and fans, learned karate and had fortune cookies. Today was Transformer day - they had a cake shaped like a transformer and got their faces painted.

Dylan's 5th Birthday!

For Dylan's birthday, we had a small party (8 kids) at our house. I made him a cake in the shape of a #5, with Toy Story stuff on it. The kids came over and had cake, opened presents, then hit at a piniata. We had a quick rain storm that blew over fast and then they played in the little pool and basically fought over the toys. Later that night, Papa Jones and Grandma Bert came over and brought more presents! He also got a visit from his Grandma & Grandpa Dorman, who came to visit the weekend before his birthday. Alyssa bought him this huge blow-up ball that you can get in the middle of and roll around. He thinks it's great! Lots of fun!

My new bike

ON a whim, I decided to by myself a present. This is a Raleigh beach cruiser. I really like it! It's really comfortable - instead of leaning over you can sit up straight. It's very pretty. The picture doesn't give it justice - it's a sea green (pale) with some pretty browns and beiges on it. I love it!

T-Ball

Dylan's first experience of team sports! It has been fun - he isn't as excited about it as we are, but he does pretty good. He is on a co-ed team with kids ages 3-5. They don't take it too seriously, which is good. He really wants to catch every ball that gets hit. It's usually like tackle football, everybody piles on top of the ball. And as you can imagine, attention spans don't last long, so there's always either a tantrum, some karate going on, etc. Pretty funny!

Summer 2011

So this year, we moved my garden (and expanded it) to a more sunny area! I'm seeing alot of better growth this year! So far I'm growing: peas, carrots, corn, onions, garlic, zinnias, pumpkin, watermelon, tomatoes, potatoes, beets, radishes, cucumber. After we cleared out the junk under our deck and put it in the shed, we made it into a little patio area and bought a new table/chair set for it. It's been really nice (shady all day) and we also hung some cute outdoor lights to light up at night. We also bought a fire pit and have had a couple fires with marshmallow roasting and all!

New Shed

Last year, we tore down our shed in the backyard. it was old and falling apart, and in a very inconvenient place. However, when we went to get a new shed, they were more expensive than we thought. So we went without, but our garage was getting really crowded. So this year, we hired my friend Carmen and her husband to build us a new one. It's very spacious and has cleared out alot of junk for us!

Old Friends

In June, my old friend from high school came to visit. Melissa lives in Phoenix now so we don't see eachother too often. She came and stayed for 4 days with her little girl, Lily. She's about a year younger than Dylan. They got along pretty well. They fought over toys alot and Dylan was really glad when she finally left. So other than that we had a really fun visit!

Shaving Cream

Eddy did it again ! While Dylan slept he put shaving cream all over his face. Poor guy - I wasn't home for this one.

Kites!

Dylan's cousins, Burkley & Brecken, came for a visit (with their parents!)!! It was a really fun visit, but the weather didn't cooperate much. So we took advantage of the wind and went kite flying. Dylan lost interest pretty quick, but got some cute pictures!