May 2021 part ONE

 K it's been a hot minute, let's see if I remember what I'm doing here...

May! Jack and Carma went to the arcade! Feel like a responsible adult went with them, no doubt Chuck.

No idea what's happening here, but it's adorable? Carma writing in some sort of journal?

OH MAN. I remember too much about this, haunts my nightmares sometimes. This math project and my (nonsensical) and Chuck's (slightly heavy handed) attempts to help Clyde with it will go down in history.

PLEASE admire Chuck's homemade.... whateverthehellthatis. Atlas? Will tells me it's a compass.

Six a gon... Hexagon. 

And now it has multiple dimensions. The main thing is that Clyde will pass his math class.

Carma and Elyscia killlll me. Elyscia already has a DARLING little sister so that fact that she is still so sweet with Carma June is the best.

Had to take a picture of the invitation to Dorothy's quincinera before i even opened it - so beautiful!!

Dramatic tennis practice picture?

Rainbow! Light!  Photosynthesis? Roy G Biv?

Star Wars day, aka May 4th. I did Princess Leia hair:

Jack got stung by a bee INSIDE HIS MOUTH:

Here's the stinger.

K that wasn't like part of the Star Wars day celebrations, just happened. He was running laps during Walk and Run Club with his little mouth open and the bee just zipped in, stung the inside of his lip, and died. 

But Jack is hardcore and rallied for a sibling picture:

And now let's all just sit and enjoy May 4th pictures from years past...

BINGO game at work; I accidentally won and got crumbl cookies.

I love a decent amount of people in this cafeteria ;). Like almost all of them!

Part of the joy of coaching tennis is keeping athletes occupied when it isn't their turn to play at matches - this day in Caldwell we used rocks to spell stuff haha.

It kept them out of the street!

Some sort of cookie at work?!

Had to grab something from the boss' truck, so obviously I took a picture in there too.

Is this a second cookie? The same one from before? We may never know...

Spring choir concert at Columbia!

Crazy proud of Clyde and how hard he worked to earn and keep his spot in Chamber Choir. Mrs. Sene is the BEST.

Random adorable picture of Jack being smart.

Carma Junie and dad had a special date to "Hippie Hoops and Holes".... 

and girlfriend came home with PIERCED EARS!

Carma and Chuck hatched this plot a while ago and it was super cute to see them (attempt to) keep it a secret. 

Some tennis in Caldwell for Clyde:

Yo yo girls sneaked out for food and shopping the day before Mother's Day because we're moms and we wanted to haha:

These five plus Nic make me a much better mom than I would be otherwise. So grateful for them.

Also I one hundred percent bought this for myself. I am the best! 

Carma posing with her new jewelry:

Aaaaand some forced happy mom and kids pictures for Mother's Day:

Grandma Pam and Jack created this masterpiece of a cake, complete with candies that spilled out once it was cut into. So cute.

Back to the grindstone on an at home day I guess?

Ohhh I love this. Mia B aka L aka T (?) was in my office and cleaned out my desk for me!!!

It will never look this good again - despite the cute "keep it clean!" notes she left me haha.

Took a break from Sudoku to handle some work emails. 

Sometimes my boss writes me complimentary notes on fun, bright pieces of paper ;).

Speaking of bright, Career Week and the dress up day is "Your future is bright" and I nailed it.

FFA kiddos came over from the high school and brought animals!

Me and Rylie and a rabbit!!

Took this to send to Clyde

Mia E/B/V and Jaidyn P and a bunny!

Instagram caption: Will accidentally matched me one day of Career Week and Mr. Loman the next day and he was mad about one and happy about the other 😑🐏(is that an antelope??)

Cute bracelets to go around my watch:

Feel like this was college day for Dress up week?

Sneaked outta work for a bit to drive down the road and see Jackers!

Cute elementary school track meet:

Jack ran his fastest at his track meet which included walking ALL the way to Columbia and then back to Park Ridge🏃🏼

Sheesh I love this baby boy.

aaaaand back to work. Maybe this was like army day?

Clyde and Will got their first shots and we literally can’t wait to see whom they become with the altered DNA 🤩😉🧬 (via insta)

Love them.

Jason rolling around in the golf cart:

Probably three of the coolest people you could ever meet right here.

I mean, why wouldn't I end up in Ms. Gorman's classroom taking pictures with my faves??

Ona K. Hardest working, most genuine kid ever.

Mia B/L/T aka the one who cleaned my desk out and leaves me a million sweet notes and is just amazing.

and Ms. G herself!!!

Okay and we apparently also did a hallway office door mirror selfie with me and Ona and Mia haha.

I sure love holding Chuck's hand.

Church cleaning. Pretty confident that these two did equal amounts of work ;).

Weekly calendar, slightly taken over by Carma:

Carma's little Jesus corner - killllls me.

Sneaked out to watch some soccer and cheer on some EVMS kids!

Clyde headed over to help Uncle Lee (and Uncle Kevin!) with some roofing:

Bday party for Carma June:

My favorite birthday party hack is making cupcakes and letting the kids frost and decorate them. Takes up time, makes them happy, I don't have to frost a bunch of cupcakes.

Music at the Square that evening - Will wisely brought a book.

My darling East Valley band kiddos!

and Clyde's choir:

Carma and I each had a cute boy to walk to the car with ;).