Family Movie Night

We decided to have our first movie night… Pizza, popcorn, the big screen. We even had our movie picked out earlier in the week. A friend recommended Secretariat. The pizza happened, but since it didn’t come out until later than expected, we ended up just watching it downstairs. The movie was a hit for both kids & adults. My soon-to-be 7 year old now knows that you need to win the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Beltmont in order to win the Triple Crown. He also learned that the last time it was done was before Uncle Mike was born- June 1973. His comment was- “that sure was a long time ago!”
After the pool today, they wanted to watch it again. They spent the next hour taking turns being Secretariat & racing around the house winning. It was fun until Maggie joined in & started chasing too!

Jack's 5th Birthday Party

Jack has had quite the busy week. He had his end of the school year party, as well as, his last day on Thursday, he graduated on Friday, and his birthday, as well as, the celebration on Saturday. Needless to say, we all rested at the Richmond pool today after church! Jack’s party was at the Partridge Plantation in Irvington, AL. There were pony rides & a hayride for the adults & children. They got to play on an old tractor, see a lot of different animals & climb on a jungle gym area. The kids had a great time. The pictures that daddy took will tell the story much better!

The Birthday Boy 

Jack & Talus on the Horse Swing

Aren't they Cute? 

My 1st attempt at a Cupcake Cake

Super Fun Day!

The Graduate

Our baby, Jack, has finally entered a new phase in his life. He is now moving onto Kindergarten & joining his big brother at Hutchens Elementary. He just finished up at Cottage Hill Presbyterian Preschool. It was a place where he met lots of new Alabama friends and he will even be going to Kindergarten with one of them- Emily. As per Jack’s request, we had dinner at Bonefish Grill & then went right to graduation- Friday, May 2oth. It was a great ceremony of singing & reading & then of course the scrolls were passed out. Many of the girls got bouquets of flowers, but Jack got a cookie bouquet… which he & DJ were quite delighted with as they munched on it during our journey home.

  

Maggie

So much to update once again….I haven’t been keeping up & we have a new dog, a new grad & a birthday. We will start with our pup. She is lucky Jack & mommy saw her. We were driving along Jeff Hamilton Extension in Mobile, AL & we saw her playing chicken with a few cars. Our plan was to get her off the street, but unfortunately, a large black dog had other plans for her. We saw Maggie get attacked before our eyes. It was heartbreaking, but don’t worry this story has a happy ending. Maggie was treated by a local vet & she is making a full recovery, Her back & hind leg look nasty, but she is healing. Emma and her are best buds & play continuously. I wanted to find her a good home, however, I was informed she had one! We are now a 3 dog & 1 cat household.