Back to Campland on the Bay

Before we headed to Campland, Tatum and I enjoyed a special treat on her first day off from school.  Summer's here and that calls for a pedi!

With pretty feet all set, we headed to Campland on the Bay!  I use to camp here a lot with my family but I hadn't been back in years.  This trip was extra special because not only were Leanne, Ryan and Isaac joining us, but the Lizano's as well!  Tatum's bestest friend!  She was so excited to have Kaitlin come since usually Isaac and Ty have each other and she's kind of left out.

As soon as camp was set up, these two got right down to business.  Love it!

We all tried to sport the poof, but I think mine kind of fell. 

After dinner, we headed down to the concert being put on in the park.  Garrett left us just before dinner since he was bartending with a friend for a wedding.  He missed all the fun!

The ladies. :)

And thanks to Ryan, the kids had cool glow sticks!

The girls on their rides.

The next day, we grabbed a spot on the bay and enjoyed lots of fun in the sun.

We were also enjoying our girlie drinks. :)

All the kids loved being at the bay and playing in the water.

These two are really too cute.  So sweet and they get a long so well.  I hope they're friends forever!

The men.  Garrett made it back to camp and got right into sunning.

The little boys.

It's not very often this happens. :)

Sadly, the Lizano's had to head home that evening since Ian had a fever and felt awful.  We missed them but after dinner, we all headed down to the concert park again for some more music and glow stick fun!

The night time was a bit rough at this camp ground.  Since it was summer, it was packed and every site seemed to have numerous families on it.  Also, even though it's quite time after 11, we head lots of late night partying, car alarms, kids talking in their tent about subjects our ears didn't want to hear till 3 am!  Ugh!

But besides that, we had a great time.  Especially going down to the market and buying fun things like these blinking ball necklaces that Ty unknowingly had on his butt. :)

After riding around after Kaitlin all weekend, Tatum got home and was ready to take her peddles off her bike. She coasted a few times, got the hang of the balancing act, and when Garrett put the peddles back on, away she went!

She was so proud of herself and so were we!  Now she says she can't believe she didn't know how to ride a bike, it's so easy. :)  Oh Tatum, many more of those ah ha moments to come. :)

Final days of school!

Wow, how is it possible that I'm posting this only a few days from the beginning of a new school year!  Where did the summer go?  I realized I skipped over this post somehow and definitely need to share the last days of school and all the fun.  I organized our end of the year gift for Ty's preschool teacher and here it is.  I modge podged pics of each of the classmates on a flower pot and then planted a pretty indoor plant for her classroom so she'll always have these cute faces in class. 

Ty LOVED Mrs. Friessen and was sad to say good bye to her.  Luckily, she'll still be at the school so we hope to stop by  and say hi often.

Here's silly Ty with his bros and teacher.  A wild last day of school.  Ty enjoyed his first year of preschool and all he learned.  He's a great cutter, knows all his shapes, colors and counts to almost 20!  He also loved story time and of course, recess. :)  And he's looking forward to another fun year at North City Preschool!

And look at these almost 1st graders!  Kaitlin and Tatum sporting their matching sun glasses, they couldn't be cuter.  They've become quite inseparable this year.  Total besties!

And here's my big girl heading off to her last day of school.  Sporting her class t-shirt and a sharpie to get lots of autographs. 

And here's the presents she took to Mrs. Kirchmeier and Ms. Bush.  She couldn't wait to pass them on.

Last story time.

The final day was filled with fun crafts with friends and lots of laughs.

And signatures of course. :)

BFFs!

Then class headed outside for some wet fun!

Everyone got a few tries to hit some targets with water balloons and this huge sling shot!

Tatum with Nina, Scarlett, Kaitlin, Madeleine, and Lila.

Look at Madeleine's focus!

Then after a pot luck, it was time to say good bye to kindergarten.  Each kid went up to receive their graduation certification.

She did it!!!

The class of 2013!

Tatum absolutely LOVED her kindergarten experience.  She enjoyed her sweet teacher, taking little books home every night and learning to read, alpha friends and homework pages, Arts Attack projects, friends, field trips, and lots more fun.  A wonderful year!

My little graduate.

And there's no better way to end the year than with a delicious cup of Golden Spoon!

Tatum got invited over to a friend's house to swim so Ty got to open the front door and find the summer basket!  Lots of great summer toys, activities and fun!

And it wouldn't be the end of the school year without a traditional trip to the drive in.  Lots of fun!!!