Sunday, June 4, 2017

May 2017 Recap

May was a whirlwind of a month for us, between illnesses (not so fun) and visitors (much more fun). Here's what we were up to:

Our major event for the month was the college graduation of Matt and Andy's youngest uncle. Jon's mother came to stay with us for several days, and we were able to see all of the family members who made their way out here for graduation. Unfortunately, since Andy was not well at the time we were not able to spend as much time with them as we all would have liked, and I also have very few photos since my hands were full with Andy. I'm afraid these are all I have:

Grandma reading Matt a story

Grandma helping Matt do his new puzzle that came all the way from Austria (Thank you, Great-Uncle Sepp!)

 

Matt with Aunt Ane checking out the keyboard at the rental 

Matt had another rounds of his Mini Kickers soccer program. (We lucked out: we had good enough weather to play once a week every week in May as scheduled!)

Listening to his coaches

Getting ready to kick the ball

"Graduation"
Posing with his certificate

Our library moved to a temporary location for the next couple of years while they do some renovations. We checked out the new space.

(photo courtesy of the library)

Building with Legos

Doing a puzzle

Listening a story at storytime

Using glitter glue while doing a craft after storytime

We are continuing to attend the weekly art & nature program.

Looking at birds' nests

Expanding upon his marbled paper collage

Print-making

With his mixed up animal creation

Butterfly shadow

Matt has been inspired to work on art at home.

Stickers

Color mixing

Erasing with Andy

Stamping with dinosaur sponges

Matt and Jon went to the Museum of Science a couple of times.


We also spent a little time at the playground.


We had fun at home inside...

Reading books

Helping with laundry (one is putting it in, the other is taking it out)

Enjoying fresh kiwi and strawberries

And outside.

Bubbles

 
Sandbox time

Going for a ride

Climbing up the slide

Having fun on the deck

Finally, Matt has been proudly showing off his Lego Duplo creations. Here is a gallery of some of the hits: