May Madness

I always forget how crazy the month of May is for us - our anniversary, Mother's Day, end of school, as well as many other birthdays and anniversaries of our friends and family to celebrate.  It is all wonderful stuff, but the time gets away from me so quickly!

Casey and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary.  Maggie hung out with the boys while we enjoyed a night out ourselves.  We tried a new sushi restaurant - Happy Sumo.  Contemporary, but delicious.  I had the BEST martini of my life there.  I am not sure what has been wrong with the prior martinis I have had, but this one was awesome.  I could have had many of them, fortunately I stopped after one.  We were going to hit up Boondocks after dinner for go-karts + mini golf, but the weather took a turn for the worse.  So, we headed back to LMT and decided to go bowling and drink PBR from a pitcher.  It's always good to go back to your roots from time to time.  Ha!

Sunday was our actual anniversary.  Casey set up a nice little spot in our family room/play room - ha!  Doesn't it look loverly?  What you can't see on the other side of the room is all the couch pillows, blankets and a tent piled up from a day of fort fun:)  We enjoyed a relaxing, delicious dinner with a bottle of bubbly with homemade sorbet for dessert.  It's been a wonderful 6 years and cheers to many more!

Mother's Day weekend was busy, busy. Maggie + John got preview passes for us to check out the new Asian Tropics exhibit at the Denver Zoo. It doesn't officially open until next month, so it was fun to get a sneak peek. It was a pretty chilly day, but we had a great time! So happy that the elephants have a new home.  This was Milo's "first" visit to the zoo.  He has been before, but was always sleeping in his stroller oblivious to all the excitement going on around him. And we of course had to take in a carousel ride!

The unfortunate part of Mother's Day weekend is that I got a nasty cold.  It started on Friday evening and I woke up Saturday feeling so blah.  I made it through the day, but by 7:30 Saturday night I was in bed.  I beat Milo + Ian.  I was out and didn't wake up the next day until 8:30 AM.  What?!  Sleep - the best Mother's Day gift ever!  I felt a little better, but still a bit off.  I was determined to have a great Mother's Day with my BFF, Kate.  But first, I was awakened by my beautiful babies, fresh flowers, and gifts.  I am so blessed!  I couldn't get them to take a picture with me though, so I photo bombed their Star Wars movie time before sneaking off with Kate:)

 



Ian wrapped up the school year last Thursday.  I took the day off to celebrate with him and his classmates.  It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed a picnic on the lawn.  It is hard to believe the school year is over.  He is all about his summer break right now, but once that wears off I am sure he will be psyched to start the new school year.  I can't believe how fast the time goes.

 Ms. Geri

 Ms. Angie

 Max's mom knows how to make balloon animals!

 Da Boys of Small Wonders Preschool

We finally got Ian's bike ready to ride!  He was so excited to try it out.  He took us on a walk around the block to show off his new skills.  I was hesitant to start with the training wheels, but since we live on a fairly busy street I needed to have some reassurance that he would be okay on his own while I am trying to corral his crazy brother.  He does have a helmet, but it is getting too small.  We need to crack open the piggy bank and get a new helmet for the summer.  Next on the list, bikes for Mommy + Daddy so we can go on family rides!

Saturday was Ella's first dance recital and there was no way we were going to miss it.  I took Ian to pick out a flower to give her after the recital.  He was so excited!  I think his favorite part was being able to clap at the end of each scene.  Ha! 

 My silly little guy:)

 Ella did a great job and Ian was psyched to give her the rose (Bachelor reference not intentional) after her performance, but quickly became shy once everyone wanted to take pictures.  He really wanted Ella to take a picture with him on the rock, but she's no dumby.  She knew she wasn't going to be able to balance on that rock.  Ha!  So, Ian hammed it up and it actually turned out quite cute.  It was a great day and we were so happy to be a part of Ella's first recital. 

An ice cream treat post-recital to celebrate.