My Once Upon a Time...

May is always a hectic month at our house, between the end of the school year, Mother's Day, Fox's birthday and my birthday, and it seemed to fly by in a flash. Fox was so happy when I showed him the decoration I made for his Minecraft birthday party. I really love how appreciative he was of everything I made or bought.  Pool season has begun! May is definitely still too cold for me to go into the pool, but the kids loved it. One of our last playground trips while Fox was still in school. This kid has no personality at all. We've had lots and lots of pool days. Fox doesn't really play with any toys anymore. He has his "lego station" and he reads, but that's about it. I posted this picture on facebook with this caption, so I'm leaving it here as well so it can make it into my blog book: 10 days. The amount of time I have left with my sweet, opinionated, cuddly, funny, and sometimes exhausting sidekick. Summer break is starting soon for Fox, and come Aug...

The boys and I always look forward to our annual camping trip with our friends. We packed the car to the brim and were ready to go! This campsite was located on a farm and even had a pond with paddle boats. The kids loved being so independent and paddling all by themselves. The parents were supervising...I was a little jealous of them being able to just sit there and relax, when I on the other hand had to follow Finn everywhere he went for three straight days, it was exhausting. Maybe next year he will be a little more independent and go off playing with the other kids more. One of my favorite things during camping is watching the kids go off explore and find games to play with their friends without needing toys or asking for their iPads.  Finn played some corn hole with Mia for about six minutes, so it had to be documented...ha.  Feeding the deer some grass. Making s'mores is probably the highlight for every kid each night. All the kids had gone to bed, besides Fox and Aria. ...