this year came and went with a blink of an eye....there was a neighborhood celebration of the school year coming to an end...and max loved each moment of it...
silly string was a must...
Max and Kiri fighting over a can...
I finally gave Max his own can to spray others*
*so long as I was excluded from said list of 'others'
Kiri and Lia Had a difficult time with the silly string spray and how tight it was...each time the can went off I would look over and see that she had accidentally sprayed herself or her sister!
after the initial festivities...I asked the girls to ride their bikes with me to get the mail...knowing that this would seem like a drastic let down...I was surprised and impressed by their eagerness to comply.
right as we rounded the corner and the bouncy house was in sight we were greeted by Max and a plate full of treats he had gotten for us..."see, mom, I picked the two pieces of bread with the most cheese for the girls,' because that's how much I love them. One worries as a mother that you are not doing all you can to train them to face the world...I believe this is proof that my mothering style is indeed love with/by food, just as my mother did...I remember the night before I got married...very nervous and full of questions...wanting desperately to have my mom calm my naive fears...her answer, 'let's make banana bread,' and went to bed before it was done baking...
cutest little Brighton.Ever.
You're my Popsicle, from the very first time I met you girl, you captured me!
I can hear Kiri saying, "I mean who doesn't like Popsicle?"
Max and Emme...aah, young love...
there's a ladder that goes from one cul-de-sac to the other bridging one house to our next door neighbors...
Emme and Max were my helpers in making some food for the block luck!
how could you have a bouncy house without some healthy (and totally safe and signed for liability papers) adult competition?! Here are some square offs that I captured!
they're laughing because I made them fave off like they do in the UFC match ups...
without a doubt a hit with all!!!
such fun friends and great food!!!
after the dads got off work it was great relaxing and felt just right!
then the water balloons came out...
...and the launcher...
my kids loved the balloons...no need to throw them...they just liked holding them...all night...
they were so cute....
How lucky we feel to be blessed to have such fun opportunities and happy times for our family, friends and kids!
I felt like this pictured some of the satirical aspects of the night...all the mom's watching over and caring for each others' children while the husbands are talking about...fishing? something about boats? We are all blessed with great husbands and partnerships in life...and I've always felt a partnership with absolutely no friction is not working together perfectly, just separately. What a wonderful way to start the summer!!!
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