Teach a man to fish...

I often wonder what the kids can do to help out more around the house.  Today I started thinking that maybe they can make their own sandwiches!  When offered the opportunity they were pretty excited about it - Zack even jumped without excess nagging (I mean "encouragement").

In the end they had made a couple of pretty good PB&J's.  It took a bit of supervision and instruction, but it's a start!

Zack's 5th birthday

Zack requested a Monster Truck cake for his birthday, and this is what I came up with (oops, forgot to cover the board before I put the cake on it...). That is Grave Digger, pretty awesome!

We had the grandparents over for some cake, ice cream and presents. Zack was thrilled to be getting this Lego set that he wanted.

That is one happy birthday boy!!

Zack waits in anticipation of blowing out the candles...

Sydney is being quite motivational! He did a great job blowing the candles all out. It was a great birthday :)

Bowl-a-rama!

Today the Summer Camp program went bowling. The kids had a lot of fun. It was funny to watch them hurl the balls down the lane, and then the balls barely even rolled at all! Sydney won on her lane, with a score of 91!

Hey, pay attention - maybe you're getting a spare!

Sydney and her best bud Gabriella. :)

Swimming party day

Appropriately, we spent the first official day of summer in the pool! I thought it was a supposed to be a sunny day, but it ended up being quite overcast. The kids didn't mind a bit. They had some water gun battles, and played with all of our pool toys and rafts. They are all turning into accomplished swimmers, how nice to see them improve!

Sydney is Jacob's target...

Zack appears to be plotting his revenge on both Sydney and Jacob!

Everyone enjoying a snack after swimming. Good times!