May in One Post

I cannot believe that I've gone this long without truly blogging. Life is just so busy and I feel as though I am constantly playing catch up. This will be the longest post EVER as I try to cover most of May...in one post. Thankfully this blog is mostly for my family and me, because I don't think anyone is going to stay with me to the end of this post!
In April and May we had a big scare with Gracie. She was very sick for awhile. We spent quite a bit of money to do tests and have her checked out. The diagnosis is Leukemia. We made the decision not to invest more money into treatment and when the time felt right we would put her to sleep. She was so sick that I thought it was time to put her down, but Colin just wasn't ready yet. Well...she made a miraculous recovery and seems to be doing perfectly. Colin jokes that we should rename her "Jesus" since she basically came back from the dead...I'm not so sure about that. As much as the dog drives me crazy I am really glad that she is doing well.

We've been "blessed" with two litters of baby bunnies in our backyard this Spring. Henry was in Heaven, he just loves animals. One morning Henry woke me up with a baby bunny about an inch from my face and just said "Hi." Needless to say, I was not amused. :) I later went downstairs and this is how I found two of the bunnies on the couch.
Tulip Time 2010...the kids loved going to Kinderplaats like we do every year. Abigail especially liked the Camp Geneva stuff since she'll be going to day camp there in July.

The kids LIVE for holding this snake every year. They know that it terrifies Colin so the love it!



This was Abigail's first year marching in a parade. She LOVED it! She was SO excited to march and see everyone yelling for her. She asked her teaching if she could be on the left side and knew to look for us in front of Froggy's. Doesn't she look proud?

Johanna LOVES noodles. One day I gave her a bowl of spaghetti and she just went to town. I had to take pictures because it was cracking me up seeing this little girl shoveling down a whole bowl of spaghetti without flinching. :)

Henry had his preschool graduation at the end of May. It was a great program! He had a wonderful year with a wonderful teacher. We are very blessed that he will have her again next year for Young Fives. I love watching these programs...they are so cute!


The "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song.

So proud to be getting his graduation certificate from Mrs. Zwart.

Johanna chilling at Tunnel Park during Henry's class party on his last day. Fingers in the mouth of course.
This is the pot I made for his teachers. I painted each of the kids' hands with a special paint and put them on a big planter. I then wrote their name on their hand, planted flowers and put a sign that said "Thanks for helping us grow." They also got gift cards from the class.
Henry's class of 2009-2010 with Mrs. Zwart and Mrs. Mulder.