It is hot. Pools open on june 1st and we are very excited about this new pool that was built close to our home. yeah for swimming. Olivia is out of school on thursday the 28th. Also there is no school on monday because of the holiday....so that makes 4 days left of her kindergarden days.

I am emotional about that. She has learned amazing amounts. counting by 2's to 100, how to read, singing, all about the earth, dinosaurs, butterflies were born in thier class, The voted for a name for the class pet and learned about the election, they grew flowers from a seed, they have been to wonderful places on field trips, I could go on forever. She has had a fun year. We are going to have a fun summer to. Today we made playdoough...It didnt really work out but they still had a lot of fun with it (which really is the point afterall ).

baby garden

Here is our baby garden. it is what a garden looks like when you have a tiny city yard. Its plenty for us...for now. Also our containers of herbs and hot peppers are started. I love to watch it grow, and to teach the kids about how it all works. And look!!! we have some blueberries...several bunches like this one. yummy yummy

Jonny spent a lot of the day at school....trying to graduate i guess :) So I took the kids for a walk.

We went across the street to the graveyard. the kids liked it a lot,  its a little bit of peace and quiet in a bustling city. Olivia was most interested in the mausoleums...which she was unable to get into because they are sadly locked up. The really old headstones were her next favorite and she would ask me to read them to her...She might have had more luck in reading them as they were all in German. There is a big section on the graveyard where the stones are so old they are just small flat and worn, or fallen into the earth and no longer legible...So you cant really tell anyone was buried there. It looks like a big open field and In the middle of the area is a big old tree. They spotted the tree and were anxious to get to it.  Olivia is pretending to be a warrior in the picture by this old tree. And here is a random one of lincoln trying to get to the green balls. S

OUr little plant box is doing pretty well. We may have to only end up buying bell pepper plants. We plan to get our compost and grasses all tilled into the garden this weekend...and then we plant! woo hoo.