Lake Ray Roberts

We took a trip to "the beach" last week.

The closest we get to a beach in North Texas, anyway.  Sam had a great time playing in the sand, wading through the water, and casting his fishing line with Daddy - all firsts for him.  We brought a picnic lunch and enjoyed having the beach pretty much to ourselves.   It was bright and sunny but not too awful hot because it was sooo windy, which worked out great.  The water was the perfect temperature, too.  We'll definitely be taking a trip back there soon!

Look!  It's Mommy!  I had Daddy take a picture for proof that I was there, too :)

Red, White and Blue

Sam had fun at our Memorial Day playdate.  Really, he did.

We were back at our favorite McKinney spot, Chestnut Square and he had a good time running around with his friends.  It's nice to see them playing together more, now that they're older.  Happy Memorial Day :).

Pwactice

"Let's go outside, Mom," he said.

"I need to pwactice riding my bike".

Day "Done"

Schooool's out for the SUMMER!

(Click

here

to see our Day One post from the first day of school last August!)

We said goodbye yesterday to Ms. Bonnie and Ms. Amy.  They were fantastic teachers and sent Sam home with several photos taken throughout the year.  Next year he'll go to the same school, and will officially be a "preschooler".  Eek!  Below are some pics of the sweet memories he brought home with him.  Looks like he had a great year!

photo of Sam and me taken at the Mother's Day Tea last week

photo of Brian and Sam taken at Donuts with Dad last winter

lunch placemat made with family pictures

(teachers chose the pictures from a laaarge stack!)

Class photos!

Pool Day

Lobster swim trunks - check.  Monkey floatie - check. Super-cool guy sunglasses - check

.  We're ready for the pool.  And yes, he wore LOTS of sunscreen.  That is one pale kid.  I can't

imagine

where he gets that from...*ahem*.  And if you think that's the whitest tummy you've ever laid eyes on, you should see the

before

version of this photo.  My eyes were burning... :)

Jellybeans for Our Favah

"Forgive us our debts,

and we can get our debtors

".

Sam earned two lollipops at MDO the other day, one for taking a nap, one for saying The Lord's Prayer in front of the class. Ms. Amy sure knows how to get my kid to do something...Dum-Dums. I wanted him to say it for me at home and he did, until I asked him to do it again for the video camera. That took some bribing. Being close to Easter, we had a healthy supply of jellybeans on-hand, and thankfully that did the trick. Interestingly enough, he hadn't had a jellybean before, but was smart enough to know it was something tasty he should agree to. And as you'll see at the end of the video, Sam has an excellent memory and holds you to your promises.

Bluebonnets and Butterflies

Bluebonnets at sunset and a picnic!

These were taken with the new camera, and for our first time out, with me feeling a bit under-the-weather and dealing with swift-moving clouds that kept hiding, then showing, then hiding my sun, they didn't turn out too bad!  After our photoshoot in the flowers, we had a picnic dinner before heading home.  Within a few days, the flowers were gone.  We got them done just in the nick of time!