Gareth's Kindergarten Picnic

There was an end of year picnic for Gareth's kindergarten class. Brian took the afternoon off so he could attend also. We ate lunch and played at the local park.

Brian and Iris being chased

one of the last times lining up as a kindergarten class

look at the excitement my kids exude!  Zane is ALWAYS ready for a good time! 

Iris is holding Gareth and Jordyn's hand - super cute! 

Iris LOVED hanging out with her!

This slide is steep and scary!  The kids love it! 

having fun

Daddy and Iris

cuties ;)

Gareth is hanging on to the pole at the bottom left being a bit sulky. 

Class of 2024

It was hard to decide which group one was best so I included them all. 

had a great time with parachute

Brian says he is not good with kids!  sheesh!  He is like a kid magnet! He is such a good daddy! 

Here he is getting off the bus at the end of the day.  His report card was pretty good, showing improvements in all areas except a slight decline in PE.  I officially have a 1st grader. :)  Way to go Gareth-O!

PTO - School playground grand opening

Gareth's grade school received a grant for new playground equipment and had several fundraisers to raise money to complete purchase and installation for new playground equipment this spring. They had a grand opening celebration last week. There was music, playtime, and snow cones for all the kids. The PTO helped with making and passing out of snow cones. The kids had a great time!

ribbon cutting ceremony

Gareth 3rd from left dark blue shirt

fellow snow cone mommas

Zane with some ol' pre-k friends

shaving ice

adding juice

standing in line

Iris with some big girls who "adopted" her for the afternoon.  She was thrilled.

Zane with his pre school friend

Most of the new playground! 

Gareth's 4H project: Gardening

Gareth is in 4H Cloverbuds. It is for kids 5-7. We have all enjoyed being part of it this year. The last meeting is in June where Gareth will present his project. He chose gardening. He planted marigold and pumpkin seeds in peat pots and will be taking care of them the next month until his meeting. Hopefully, there will be some little seedlings that the members can take home.We planted these last week and there are already several marigolds coming up. :)

Tour of CSA

A friend invited us to go with her homeschool coop to take a tour of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. I am so glad we went! I asked a lot of questions and was very envious of her greenhouses! Seeing the CSA farm, I had renewed hope that we could make a bit of money from our land, even in its imperfect state. I am reluctant to take risks of this business nature, often verbalizing concerns that things just are not ready to do that kind of thing around here. I am anxious that since things are not perfectly ready, then we could not start....where, as in fact, things are never going to be perfect. There is always going to be too much work to do, too many weeds, too may projects, too many things to get done....one just does the best they can. This year has been the first year I have been able to stand back and truly see some things coming together around here. It feels good. I think we are on the right track! I think we are doing things in a good way. I am excited to see what the future holds for us and this farm.  The farm was located NE of Charleston. 

 

we transplanted tomato plants into bigger pots and took them home

I WANT A GREENHOUSE!