the end of May

Hi all! Let's catch up from a deceptively busy end of May, shall we? Wayne and I got to have a mini vacation when we traveled to Isle of Palms, SC, for the wedding of our friends Hugh and Meredith. We stayed with many of their friends in a gorgeous beach house (with a pool!) for the long weekend event. Wayne and I took time Saturday to drive into Charleston and walk around. It was College of Charleston and Citadel's graduation weekend, so the place was mobbed. We had a fantastic lunch at Jestine's Kitchen before strolling the cobblestone streets.

When we returned, we finally got to enjoy our updated patio.  We added the bead board knee-wall, made the columns more substantial and replaced the tile.  Our furniture was delivered just before we left town.   We just have to add the fan and replace the wall light.  It's so nice out there, we almost feel like we're on vacation in our own backyard!

Miles finished one round of swim lessons, and we'll start daily lessons next week. He also had his "graduation" from Preschool. It was a bit anti-climactic as every boy in his class will be in PreK (not Kindergarten) next year. So we'll go through it for real next year. Here he is with some of his best buds, Eli and Patrick.  They loved the reception which had a table full of cookies! 

And here are Miles, Eli and Patrick's little sisters. They are also classmates!  Guess which one is the ringleader? 

Now I'm off to study.  I'm starting some of my grad school classes this summer (yes, I'm a nerd) and I'm trying to get ahead in the reading (I meant, total nerd).  So if the posts are far & few between, I apologize in advance.  I'll at least try to get some photos on here!

ice cream for Daddy's birthday

Chillin' with ice cream & M&Ms & marshmallows & GummiBears & sprinkles. yum!

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Children's Festival of Reading

Here is Miles watching Judy Schachner draw Skippyjon Jones.  We also saw Chris Raschka read Yo! Yes? and Billy Jonas perform songs like What Kind Of Cat Are You?!  Tons of fun and we even got to eat Moe's for lunch!

The fashionista & my sweet boy.

I finally had a second to share the fashion show that is Audrey. While I took these over several days, it would not be unusual to see all these outfits in one morning. I don't think we're quite ready for our little. lovely. debut!

For Mother's Day, Miles wrote a little something about me. How sweet is this:

"My mom is 26 years old, and she has long hair. She wears a size 26 shoe and is about this larger than me.  She looks beautiful when she wears her church clothes.  My mom loves to make us dinner.  She always says thank you to my dad.  She likes all of the colors and likes to eat soup and pasta and drink iced tea.  My mom loves me because I try new things, but really gets mad when I pinch and pull Audrey.  Her favorite rule is to never pinch or pull Audrey.  Mommy is funny when she laughs at words that are funny on TV.  Someday I hope that just me & mommy can go to Sonic together.  She is so special to me because she gives me good stuff to drink!"