Wet breakfast

We went to the Country Breakfast on the Farm this morning (part of the Rochesterfest events happening this week). It rained the whole way there and then continued to rain while we had breakfast. But, we were prepared! We wore tennis shoes and rain jackets, brought our umbrellas, and brought the rain cover for the stroller. We ended up having a fun time as the kids got to walk through the puddles and get muddy.
Felt good to be out in the rain.

Family Fun Night

We headed on down to Rochesterfest (which is going on all week long) for Family Fun Night. They had a bunch of things for the kids to do (face painting, train ride, sack races, spraying fire hoses at targets, etc..). Unfortunately, the lines were really long for the train and fire hoses, so we opted out of those. But we were able to some unhealthy fair food and do a few things.
Maria rocked at the sack races. And Ray almost made a basket in the bean bag toss :)
We were surprised by how many people we ran into that we know or at least recognized. But, I guess living in the same city for 10 years, you're bound to get to know people. (yes, we've already been here for 10 years!)

Smoking VB

I subbed last night for a coed volleyball team. It was fun to get some exercise outside. We played the first place team and didn't win, but it was still fun.
There was a person sitting at the picnic table next to our court smoking. Even though we were outside, the smoke was really bothering me. Nothing like getting some second-hand along with your exercise! I guess I'm becoming hyper-sensitive to smoke now that Rochester is smoke-free (no smoking in restaurants, parks, etc.).

VBS

The kids are in Vacation Bible School this week each morning. I'm helping by leading in the Nursery. Figured that since I'm still nursing Greta that would be the best way for me to volunteer (otherwise I'd have to take a break to come feed her each day anyway). It's going good. The kids are all really well behaved. I'm just exhausted to be taking care of extra kids and getting my crew up and out of the house by 8:30 each morning (with breakfast).

Here are some pictures from our adventures last week (Maria's Kindergarten Graduation, camping and horseback riding)

Out of town

Haven't posted here in a week because I was out of town. We went camping last weekend (Saturday night) at Sibley State Park. The weather had been calling for thunderstorms, but the weather was perfect. Not a drop of rain!
We then went up to Albany for a graduation. Dave came back to town Sunday night, and I stayed with the kids until Thursday. We had a fun time. The kids got to go horseback riding, sleepover with cousins, check out the local library, feed a baby lamb, and go fishing (Ray's first time - and he caught one!).
Now we're home for one night and then the girls and I are off the other direction for my sister's bridal shower.
Busy mid-June.

Kindergarten Graduation

Maria graduated today. I'm surprised at how fast her first year of school went.
She was crying yesterday and asked me what to do if you don't think you're ready for first grade. She's such a sensitive and sentimental soul. Hopefully she won't cry every year at the start of summer vacation :)
She is concerned about not seeing her friends and wants to keep doing 'fun stuff'. It's true, the past two weeks have been all parties and field trips. How am I supposed to compete with that this summer with all three kids at home with me?
Guess I better start planning some craft projects.

The Greta tree

We bought and planted a new tree yesterday. It is a tri-birch, so has three trunks (since we now have 3 kids). We thought it will be nice to watch the tree grow and know that it was planted the year Greta was born.