Conversations with my beautiful girl today

Goats and chickens and campfire, oh my!

The kindergarten, first and second grade classes at our school were invited to the principal's farm last week and the kids had SO much fun!! Since my friend, Kara, is such a gifted, amazing writer, please visit her blog to read about the field trip from her perspective. (While you're there, have a look around. Her blog is lovely!)

You're just getting pictures from me! :)

Mr. Hanson checked the crawdad trap and found a huge one!

Carrying the littlest of girls across a huge mud puddle....

My child is the dirty one in the middle... :)

WHAT A FUN, FUN DAY!!!
THANK YOU, HANSON FAMILY!!

stop and smell the...tulips!!

My friend, Lisa, is forever doing super fun stuff with her kiddos. I was reading her blog the other day where she posted about the fun time they had at the Tulip Festival and I decided right then and there that we needed to go! We set our homeschool work aside and an hour later were out the door and on our way. The weather was a little up and down and back and forth but it turned out to be such a fun day! I can't believe we've never been before!! I apologize in advance for the photo overload! :) Thank you, Lisa, for inspiring me to be a more adventurous mom! :)

My kids have perfected the art of the fake smile!! :)

She went and turned 5.

It's official. After weeks of counting down the days with a paper chain, she finally turned 5. I can barely type it! Five is SO, SO, SOOOOOOOOOO old and kindergarten is just around the corner!!

We love her so much and are so proud of her! She is such a little character...so full of spunk and silliness!

Her and I took a quick walk yesterday and I snapped some pictures on the way. They may or may not be her official "5 year old portraits" but I love them just the same.

OooooOOOoo

Bubbles!

HOPSCOTCH