Some people say the madness comes in March.  For us it comes in May.  It seems that the end of the school year always brings a wave of craziness. Lucky for us, this year the wave also brought Aunt Dottie Jo!!  She flew in for a visit last Wednesday and left late Sunday night.  And at least she won't go home saying that our lives are boring:  Within minutes from leaving the airport we were stopped in a massive wreck on I85.  All but one lane (of SEVEN) were blocked.  So we had plenty of time to enjoy the night skyline of downtown Atlanta.  An hour, to be exact.  At 11:00pm.  We finally squeezed past the wreck.....just to run into a second one.  Some luck, eh?  We were just thankful that we were only delayed and not the ones in the wreck.

Abby was so excited to share her favorite Thursday activities (story time at the library and lunch at McDonald's).  Then Kaydee shared HER favorite Thursday activity by taking Aunt DJ to her last soccer game of the season and end of season party.  Frankly I don't know how Dorothee (aka Dottie Jo) stood the excitement.

Friday was Kaydee's Field Day.  I dropped her off at school, drove home to pick up Abby & DJ and just as I walked in the door the phone rang.  It was the school nurse with words no Kindergartener wants to hear on Field Day: "Pink Eye." (I swear to you she looked fine when I dropped her off!)  So I turned around and went to get her. Of all the days to have to leave school before the first bell even rang! I felt so bad for her.  She had been looking forward to this day for WEEKS---the school REALLY builds it up--it is a HUGE HUGE deal. She was crying when I picked her up, cried all the way home.   Aunt Dottie Jo and I did our best to make it up to her with a trip to the mall, a new stuffed puppy and a ride on the carousel.  (Don't worry, you germ freaks--I made sure Kaydee washed her hands every five minutes so she didn't spread any germs around town.)   We also played in her new sprinklers from Meema.  Of course it really didn't make up for missing Field Day fun with her friends.  Poor thing.

Saturday we went shopping and out to lunch and played games and basically had a fun day.  Sunday was church and more games, Dorothee made us yummy chicken alfredo for supper and then we all loaded up in the truck to take her to the airport for her trip home.  It was so sad.  Abby kept saying (in her pitiful little voice) "I miss Aunt Dottie Joooo." 

This is Kaydee's last week of school (GLORY HALLELUJAH!) and she's enjoying all of the themed days--today was Camping Day (they ate s'mores). She's also enjoyed Picnic Day, Circus Day, Baseball Day, Clifford Day.....you get the idea.  Her graduation is Friday....so the May Madness continues!! :-)  There are lots of fun pictures in the May Media Gallery and 365 Gallery---go check them out! :-)

Some days are good.

A great big shout-out of thanks to Pap and Meema for the new back yard and play set for the girls!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for your help!!!!!  WE LOVE YOU!

On Saturday we went fishing at Fort Yargo.  Amazingly enough, Abby caught DOZENS of fish....no....wait....she caught the same fish dozens of times.   But each time she reeled that little minnow in she'd say, "Me caught ANOTHER fishie!!!!!" with such excitement and enthusiasm we couldn't help but smile. 

1.  This morning Abby was laying in my bed at 5:30 (don't ask) and leaned over to me and said, "Mommy.  I need to go to the doctor."  I asked why?  She lifted up her pajama shirt and said, "My belly button."  I asked her, "What's wrong with your belly button?"  She said, "It goes [pop pop pop"] (she was opening and closing her mouth making a popping sound).

2.  We were outside drinking lemonade the other day.  It was about 85 degrees so Kaydee didn't put any shoes on.  Abby asked her: "Tay-dee....why is your feet naked?"

3.  I don't take my iPod for walks anymore.  I take Abby.  She sings the entire time and has quite the song collection in her little head.

4.  She's started bossing Kaydee around.  (We knew these tables would turn one day---that day has come.)  Yesterday Kaydee took a toy Abby had.  Abby got mad and yelled at Kaydee: "TAY-DEE!!  You don't just wip [rip] things out of my hand.  It's WUDE. [Rude] "

5.  Pap was telling Kaydee and Abby about life when he was a little boy--he had to walk to school in five feet of snow with bare feet, uphill both ways.  Kaydee just rolled her eyes.  Abby said with awe, "WOW, Pap.  How did you DO that?!?"

Spring has sprung!! Well, it sprung and then Summer sneaked up from behind and shoved Spring aside and now we have 90 degrees and beautiful sunshine!!  Of course, Thursday Spring plans to fight back with some rain and lower temperatures....we'll see who wins.

We had a fun Easter weekend--Pap came down Friday to help us re-landscape the back yard and put up a new playset for the girls.  Saturday and Sunday were General Conference--working on the back yard in between sessions.  MeeMa also gave Kaydee the canopy bed she bought in 1971 before she was even married---there are pictures of Kaydee's "new room" in the April Gallery. 

I've spent the past few days putting Kaydee's room together--moving and re-moving furniture to get it to fit into her tiny bedroom.  I think she's finally ready to settle in. 

MeeMa is flying down on Wednesday to enjoy the rest of the week with us.  YAY!!!

For pictures of Easter, working in the back yard, and Kaydee's new room, see the April Gallery.

Daddy went to the race in Bristol this weekend with Pap and brought back some souveniers.  And today Kaydee brought home a book from the library about Kurt Busch.......

This morning I took the girls to have brunch with Barbie at the Winder Library---they LOVED it!!  They made bracelets and crowns and had their fingernails painted and ate cookies and drank punch.  BIG success!!