Our little hula girl

Chloe's first dance recital went off without a hitch. It was a little stressful juggling everything yesterday but that's pretty normal at our house.

Chloe did such a good job - she did most of the moves and really wasn't scared to be on the stage in front of a packed auditorium. As she was waiting to go on stage, she kept peeking out of the curtain looking for us. Then you'd see her snap back in as someone grabbed her. 

Now that dance is behind us, Chloe wants to go back to gymnastics. I think we'll take the summer off and start that again in the fall. We're thinking about joining a swimming pool this summer as both kids really love the water.

What a difference a day makes

The virus that had Parker down on Thursday and Friday was all but gone when he woke up on Saturday. He even got to enjoy some playtime outside!

Sick Day

Parker woke up yesterday with a fever and got progressively more sick as the day went on. We fought a 103 degree fever all night. He seems to be feeling a little better this morning, or maybe it's just the ibuprofen.

Here he is with some of his favorite snuggle toys - bubbles the cat, his trusty (falling apart) duck and the Ford truck we got at our neighbor's garage sale on Wednesday. He loves it!

Berkshire Weekend

Ray worked all of last weekend for the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. It was tough on all of us. He worked his butt off all weekend and the kids and I did lots of running around. We went out with grandma and grandpa Gouger to Hectors on Friday night (per Chloe's request). They had quite a fiesta going on for Cinco de Mayo. Both kids really enjoyed the mariachi band! Shirley came over on Saturday and we went to Elkhorn for some yummy Dairy Chef ice cream.

While Ray was working on Sunday, the kids and I went to Lowes and bought some flowers and then to Scheels to get the kids some Teva shoes for summer. Parker wasn't too fond at first but then he realized how nice it was to liberate his toes from his shoes and socks. Plus it's really easy to dump the sand out! Here they are playing on the swing set.

Our prairie fire crab tree opened up on Sunday - isn't it beautiful? It smells good too. This is the best of at least 5 pictures I took with the tree. It seems to be impossible to get two smiling faces in the same shot. They are growing up so fast!

Chloe has her first dance recital in a couple of weeks. I completely forgot that last Saturday was picture day so imagine my humiliation when I walked in to dance, two kids in tow, and saw all of the girls in costumes and makeup. Yep, I'm that mom. Fortunately another mom sensed my my teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown, grabbed Chloe and proceeded to put her hair in the requisite bun and apply her makeup (including mascara for the first time). They loaned me a costume and voila! She was in the pictures. I can't wait for dance to get over!!!