Mother's day came and I got to go to Bentley's school with her. They had a presentation where they sang some really cute songs, one about mother's that I almost cried in! They also did a fashion show where each child walked down a red carpet. It was adorable! Bentley was a little nervous I could tell, but also very excited and she did a great job. Afterwards we painted a shirt together for me, with both of our hand prints on it. Crafting is right up Bentley's alley! Then we had some snacks and left, Bentley got a shorter day of school that day.
On actual Mother's day Bentley had a surprise for me in her room. She had literally been preparing for weeks because she wanted to fill her entire walls with pictures her and Deacon had drawn! She just about did it, most of her walls were covered, and she also made me a card and had Jeff buy me flowers and blow up some balloons. She even did a little dance for me. It was very cute, and very Bentley!
On May.11 there was a ward temple trip to Cardston because the Calgary temple was closed. Jeff had to work, but my parents came with me so I had some help in the van and we all went down in the morning. The ward had prepared babysitting for Leo and activities and lessons for the primary. It was a gorgeous day so the kids played outside as well, and just had a blast with some of their friends and I was told that Leo did great. I had packed them all lunches so they had some food and then they also provided ice cream bars at the end. I hadn't been to the temple for a long time, since it's just so hard with kids to find the time to go, but it was great to do a session with my parents and some people from my ward. I was really glad I went!
After stopping by Debbie's house and visiting Grandpa briefly we headed home to catch Jurassic Quest. I had bought tickets long before I knew about the temple trip and decided to try to do both! Jeff was supposed to come with us but it turned out that he was really sick and couldn't make it. So, my mom stepped up again! We made it home around 5 and I quickly fed the kids some cereal for dinner and headed downtown. We ended up being there for almost 3 hours, which was a little shorter than we could've done, but we were still able to do just about everything there! It also wasn't very busy and I heard that it was crazy in the morning and afternoon so we went at a great time. There were lots of animatronic dinosaurs everywhere that made roaring noises, bouncy castles galore, and lots of rides! You could go on the t-rex and it would move and roar, there was one that walked, and another that we all rode around and had to use our feet to make it move. The kids also loved the dino dig in the sand and there was a block they were given where they had to shave it down to find a fossil inside. They didn't have time to finish it but brought it home with them in their bags they were given. I was also astounded by the amount of dino balloons that were sold because I thought they were given out for free by the number of them I saw around, but turns out you had to buy them and they weren't cheap! But, since I love living in the moment I couldn't pass it up, and the kids were literally SO happy when I snuck away and surprised them with their balloons. It was a fun-filled day and I didn't get home until almost 9 so we were all exhausted, but it was so fun! I love these kind of days.
This month the weather has been pretty amazing, and we are loving going outside every moment we can! The kids were thrilled when a day came where it was windy enough to finally fly the kite Jeff had bought for them last year. It was pretty fun watching Bentley fly the kite while Deacon was wrestling her and trying to pull her down. She never did let go though. Leo had fun crawling around the grass.
We did some exploring with Lena one day and went for a bike ride around fish creek. We went to the Votier's flats entrance and found a little creek area that the kids played in for a bit and then they rode their bikes for quite a ways around a little loop. It was beautiful! Afterwards we were so hot that we stopped to get screamers. Then we went to the splash park for another couple of hours. You can guess how tired the kids were after all this! Deacon fell asleep on the way home at 6 and slept the entire night! It was a great day.
Jeff and I also took the
kids to Fish Creek and Annie's for ice cream on May Long weekend. It
wasn't the warmest day though and we all got hot chocolate at Annie's to
go with our ice cream! We saw a baby and mommy owl in a tree, it was
very neat! Our kids sure love exploring outside, and Bentley sure loves
riding her bike. We also went later in the month with my parents to a
different part of fish creek for a picnic, bike ride, and throwing rocks
in the water. It was so nice of them to pack a lunch for us and play
with the kids!
Deacon is obsessed with worms and it's really gross!!
May was a really good month. I just love this time of year where the weather gets warmer and the mosquitoes haven't come out yet, and the kids get worn out from all the outside fun! In my next post I'll write about our fun trip to Banff we also did in May.
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