Glen's Last Day

At the end of preschool the kids have a celebratory march up the hill to the picnic pavilion and there they get presents and snack.

 This is only Glen's last day of 3 year old preschool, he still has one more year in this program, however he got to march.

 His teacher Mrs. Combs gave him his presents.

He was a very happy boy.  I am so glad that Mamaw was able to also attend and get these wonderful pictures.

Here is to my 4 year old preschooler!

South River Falls Hike

 Before school let out, we took a Saturday to go hiking.  We usually have a hike that we do, but we decided to try a new hike out.  The South River Falls hike.  We hiked till the kids were done.  We did not get to the end, but it was fun what we did.

 It is just more of a reason for us to go again and finish the hike and see the full falls.

 Along the way we saw lots of millipedes.  We were counting how many live and how many dead ones that we saw.  It was very entertaining for the kids.

 My sweet little tree huggers!

 I hope to see many more hikes and camping trips in our future.

Mother's Day 2016

The Kindergarten classes at Grace's school had a special Mother's Day Tea.  I was able to attend.  Grace sang a few Spanish songs with her classmates, and she even had a solo!  Then after all groups sang, the kids went to sit with their mothers and have cupcakes, fruit, and tea.  

 It was a fun way to celebrate the little girl who made me a mother.

 On Mother's day we went hiking.  We hiked up Mole Hill which is an extinct volcano.

 Glen did not go with us, but Grace, Matt, Amy, Austin, Adam, Carol, and Mom had a great time.

 We even got a picture of all of the ladies that went on the hike (yes, Lacy was one of those ladies).

It was a great Mother's Day!

Spring Break

 In April we decided to take a short trip during spring break to see some of our friends in Reston.  Vitaly and Violetta had invited us to their house, now that they had some extra space in their new house.  So we decided to go up and see them and see the sights in northern Virginia.

 They have a great place.  The kids loved all of their stairs that are in their house (Grace later told me that she wished that they were her parents so that she could live in the house with all of the stairs).  Grace helped makes supper, while Glen played with his blocks and colored on paper.

 First we went to Great Falls National Park.  It was a short walk to see these wonderful falls.

 And there were lots of rocks to climb on.

 Everyone one was very happy.

 We spent the night with our wonderful hosts.

 And the next day we went to the Air and Space Museum in Dullas.

 There is so much to see, there is so much to read.  We did not have enough time there, but it was fun to go.

 Glen got to see a real rocket (he has been a bit obsessed about rockets recently)

 They liked looking at the displays.

 It was a very fun family trip.  And my little rocket man was tuckered out and ready to go home.