Making Fossils

We went to the Dinosaur museum in Utah the week after Aspen Grove while we were at Grandma Barb's house. The Taylor cousins came too. Maddox loved making fossils, you can tell he took it quite seriously too. 

Swimming at Aspen Grove

Finally, my first post of our Vacation! Aspen Grove was so much fun. I really had a good time and I know the kids had fun. Unfortunately, it did rain quite a bit, so swimming days were limited, but the days they did get to go, they had a blast. I think this is Griffin's first time in a pool.  Sad, I know. But hey, we live in Oregon, not a lot of options here. 

The kiddie pool next to the big pool. I miss that Utah scenery!

(That small head in the middle is Griffin--I need to learn photoshop so I can add little arrows)

Go Super Stompers!

And now for the kittens.

 Maddox and cousin Ella with their class.

Happy Days

Preschool Graduation

Okay, so obviously I'm way behind with this blog. I will TRY to be better. But, to keep things in chronological order, here is Maddox's Preschool graduation. Yes, this was forever ago.

And the last day of class

Griffin can't wait for his first year at Dove this fall. I'm sure he'll have no issues, seeing as he thinks he belongs there already!

Oregon Children's Theatre

Maddox's last day and class performance at the Oregon Children's Theatre. It was fun, he enjoyed it, but not sure if we'll take any more classes. It was a LOT of work bringing all the kids downtown for 90 minutes every week. And it's not like I was going to have Maddox start auditioning for roles or anything, I just thought the class would add to his confidence skills and help him break out of his "no pretending" rules. And both of those goals were reached. So, I would say it was a success. Sorry I only have before and after pictures of the play, I was holding Reese and the video camera, so my hands were full!

Already too cool for mom to take pictures in front of girls. Check out that tough face, which I've seen quite a bit lately. Must be the age. 
And Griffin has no problem chattin' up the ladies. Aaron actually had to take him out to the hall when the performance started, because he didn't understand that he was supposed to sit in the audience and not be out with the other kids. Poor guy, always watching Maddox. But don't worry, we have classes lined up for him this summer. He will have soo much fun.
The play was based on Eric Carle's book "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See"

And a big thanks to Molly for bringing her girls to see Maddox perform! That was such a treat for all of us.  Oh, and another huge thank you to Molly for coming over to our house an hour befor class started to trim Maddox's hair. You are awesome, thank you.