Zach's last day

Today was Zach's last day of school. Here he is getting on the bus for the last time this year. I wanted to get a picture of him getting off the bus but he thought he was a pick up and I ended up getting a call from the school to come pick him up :)  After his allergy shot I took him and Aiden to Graeter's Ice Cream for our end of the year tradition of ice cream. Aiden had Double Chocolate in a cup, Zach had a Mint Chocolate Chip in a cone, and I indulged in Cookies and Cream in a cup. It was quite yummy. So nice to know that tomorrow is not a school day, I'm sure in a month or so I'll be counting down the days until school begins but for right now I am thrilled to not have a schedule and to have both of my boys home.

Chris

Chris wanted me to take this picture for the blog because he was eating Ghiradelli chocolate (made in San Fran) and drinking a beer from San Fran too. I guess he misses California and wants to feel like he is back there any way he can.

Last soccer game

Saturday was Zach's last soccer game but he was only able to play for about 5 minutes before the officials sounded the siren due to thunder and we decided to postpone the game (we had already had a 30 min delay due to thunder). He had lots of fun this season and although he gripes at the beginning of the season he always has a blast with his friends.

Lunch with Dad

On Friday I went swimsuit shopping and the whole process was so depressing that I called Chris to see if he could have lunch with us. Luckily he could and we met at Ruby Tuesday's. Aiden loves seeing his dad in the middle of the day and so do I.

Awards for Zach

On Thursday Zach's school had an awards ceremony for the students. Zach received an Outstanding Academics award and a certificate of first grade completion. I wasn't able to attend because I was with Aiden at OT but Chris said for the most part he looked bored with the whole thing. What a stinker!

June 4th

Here is the guest room/scrapbook room. It was the boys shared room and now it's back to what it was minus the computers. I have already begun crafting in there. I love my space, no matter where it is.

Bathroom

Chris and I really wanted to gut the 1/2 bath (actually we'd like to gut all of the bathrooms but we're starting small) but money constraints made it an unrealistic project so we decided to do a little updating. Chris painted the walls a sand color, he put up a new light fixture and mirror, installed a new faucet and sanded and re-stained the cabinets and then added hardware to them. We both really like how it turned out and it only cost $400 instead of $1000+ if we were to gut it.

new room

Over the weekend we worked on switching the boys back to separate rooms and updating the 1/2 bath. Chris was in charge of the bathroom and I painted Aiden's old/new room and switched all the furniture around.  This is Zach's new (old) room. He is happy to be back in a room of his own. He was also really excited to get his own reading lamp.  Pictures of the other rooms to follow as they are finished.

baseball

Chris was able to take Aiden to a Reds game today. He took Zach last year. They had so much fun, Aiden had peanuts, cotton candy, a snow cone, and mountain dew! They gave every kid a red bucket hat from David Sunflower seeds so when Aiden got home he was on my lap looking at the hat and he said:

A:Know what this is made of.

M:No, what?

A:Sunflower seeds but you can't even feel them.   :)

Soccer

Zach's soccer season is winding down. We were down a few players this week so all the boys had to play the whole game and one of the boys had a 100 degree temp!  Now that's dedication.