Emmy's 6th Birthday Party...

Tonight we celebrated Emmy's 6th birthday at her grandparents swimming pool...the kids swam and played on the HUGE slip and slide.  As always with the Bounds family, super fun time and what better reason to get together than to celebrate Emmy!

 Emmy, the birthday girl...

They like to jump off the end of the slide just as much as slide down the slide...

Rileigh, Emmy, Grayson, and Anna Lauren...

Elliot...

Emmy...

Rileigh...

No fear Cooper...he can do anything the big kids do...just make sure he has floaties on, and he is good to go!

If you cannot tell, he LOVES the water!

All smiles...present time!

Anna Lauren, Emmy, Grayson, and Rileigh...

This child has the SWEETEST face!

Cooper didn't slide but he sure ran up and down the slide...

Let's just say Jeremy and Matt are older than they use to be...I'm thinking they will be sore tomorrow...

Rileigh and Anna Lauren sliding...

Every time we go to the grandparents house, Cooper finds this lawn mower...he will push it for hours!

And yes, the slide was for sure more fun for these two!

Thanks for letting us celebrate Emmy Bounds family!  We love her and had so much fun tonight!

Splish Splash...

After church, I took Anna Lauren to Nanna for the week so it is just us and the little man until Friday.  For the past couple years, Anna Lauren has gone to Vacation Bible School with Nanna at First Baptist Brookhaven...she loves it there...our church does the same VBS, but she likes Nanna's better.  I think just because it is something different and she is spoiled by Nanna all week.

So since Anna Lauren is gone, we did a "2 yeard old" activity with Cooper this afternoon...the splash pad.  He had so much fun running and playing and was for sure the man of many faces as you can see in the pictures...

He is growing so fast...BUT...in this one picture, I think he still has a "baby" face...sweet boy!

Young 3s at St. Paul Learning Center...

At St. Paul, they promote in May so this cute little man started a new class today...he is in Ms. Rachel's young 3 class.  He was such a big boy when I dropped him off this morning...as long as there is KJ and Coop Coop (the other Cooper in his class), he is just FINE!  He was all smiles this afternoon and seemed to have a super fun day.  We have been so, so pleased with St. Paul...we waited and waited and waited for him a spot, but it was worth the wait for sure!

Cooper's (or should we say Mommy's) first homework assignment that we had to give his new teacher today...

Back to Ridgecrest Weekday...

Yesterday this little cheerleader posing girl went back to Ridgecrest Weekday for the summer.  She is super excited about being at Ridgecrest this summer because she is with all the little girls she went to daycare with birth through 4 year old preschool...and most importantly her best friend, Holli Grace!  Her summer calendar is jam packed with fun activities, and I know she and her friends are going to have the best time! 

And although the kids are at two different places again and it will be somewhat logistically challenging, I'm so thankful she is happy and I can leave her with a smile on her face everyday.  And...it is only 8 weeks...we can do anything for 8 weeks!

Memorial Day Fun...

The little man has been at Nanna's since Friday...so glad he is getting to spend some time in Brookhaven and be spoiled rotten, but I am missing him and ready to see him tomorrow night.  However, I am so thankful that my mom has been able to help us with Anna Lauren and Cooper in between school and starting summer daycare.  Anna Lauren starts tomorrow and Cooper starts Wednesday...whew...kind of been a juggling act this past week!

Today we had a "big girl" day and Anna Lauren got to invite Ava to come swim/play for most of the day.  I really enjoyed our time at the pool because I got to relax in a chair...that never happens because someone chases Cooper and someone plays with Anna Lauren.

Here are a few pictures from today...and yes, you know...they are cheerleaders and they "stunt and flip" all the time!

Last Day of Kindergarten...

This past Wednesday was Anna Lauren's last day of kindergarten.  I was not emotional about her "growing up" but I was a little emotional about the year coming to an end because we have had the BEST year!  I could not have asked for a better school, teachers, friends, and parents...going to be hard for first grade to compare, but I know it will.  

First day of kindergarten (left) and last day of kindergarten (right)...she matured ALOT, but I don't think she looks much different.

Just a few pictures before her last day of kindergarten...

All smiles in the car rider line...she jumped out of the car like a champ every morning.  I can remember just one morning I sent a text to her teacher to make sure she was ok because she was a little sad in the car rider line.  But not one morning did I have to "push" her out of the car.   

And on the last day of school, we got her class picture...such a sweet group of kids!

Can We Say ZEBRA?

About a month ago, Anna Lauren asked me if she could make the upstairs bathroom "her" bathroom.  I asked what she meant and she said she wanted to decorate it in zebra and hot pink.  I told her she could do that once she started using the bathroom rather than our bathroom.  Well, for the past two weeks she has slept in her room, woke up to her alarm, gone in "her" bathroom and put on her clothes, fixed her hair (the short hair is easier), and brushed her teeth.  She has then fixed herself something for breakfast and played quietly on the IPad until time to go to school.  You mommas trying to get out the door by 7 AM know this is a HUGE help in the mornings.

So...this weekend she got some zebra and hot pink stuff for her bathroom.  We still need a few more things, but we will get it slowly but surely.  Now...if she doesn't continue cooperating in the morning, this zebra stuff is going to find itself in a box in the attic.

And yes, she and Cooper share this bathroom.  Poor Cooper...but...I decided to let her do it now before he realizes that he is sharing a "girl" bathroom.  Think we have a while as he walked to his closet today and asked to put on a dress, then rode outside in a pink Barbie jeep, and pink goggles.  Lord, bless our little man who will hopefully turn out ok!  Ha Ha!

Now the poor grandparents that use this bathroom when they visit...all I can say is bring your sunglasses...it's wild and bright!

I put everything in "her" bathroom while Matt took them swimming this afternoon...she was so excited when she returned to a ZEBRA bathroom!

The cup and soap dispenser were big deal to her...she REALLY wants the zebra garbage can too...