My Big Girl...

Madalyn's front teeth have been wiggly for months. A week ago we were at the dentist and he said they would be coming out very soon. Two days last Friday, she lost the first one. She worked on it and worked on it till, quite frankly, I was grossed out. Out it came and the tooth fairy showed up as expected.

Then just yesterday, five days later, the second one came out. It was hanging from a thread for two days. We all tried pulling on it. My friend Tara popped over and pulled it with one little yank...whatever. Anyway, my toothless girl is adorable. The dentist warned me she would look so much older.

Well, adorable most days....goofy here.

Flying High....

We were looking for something to do on Saturday. We had wanted to go to the beach but the day got away from us and it felt like too much to pack us all up with food and gear. Matt and I remembered how before we had kids, he and I went to the beach to fly kites and had a great time. So we loaded up the kids, stopped at Walmart for the $1 kites and off we went. We ended up with a "Piderman", Ariel, and Barbie. It was a great late afternoon activity. But man, still scorching at the beach at 5pm. So here's us having fun.....


There was no way you were going to fly his kite for him.

I just love love this face...

Getting a little help from Daddy...

Kenzie showing Matt the dead crabs she found...

We said "don't get wet"......yeah, right.

Blueberry Pickin'

We always miss the fall season of picking your own apples and pumpkins but here in Florida you can pick your own strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. We found a "pick your own" blueberry farm about an hour away called Blue Bayou Farm. So we packed up for a mini road trip and off we went. Madalyn will eat an entire pint of blueberries in one sitting so she LOVES them.


Off with buckets in hand.....


Guilty as sin I think. He didn't get the concept of not eating them before you pay for them. We should have done a weigh in on him before we started and then after to get an accurate account of what he ate!


There he is again.....

We ended the afternoon with a picnic in some park we found along the way. Oh, by the way, we picked almost 6 lbs of blueberries. I'll be freezing some for pancakes, blueberry crisp, and muffins....YUMMY.

Mother's Day

Matt surprised me with a weekend at the Dolphin Hotel and this was my view from the comfy hammock I settled into. It was the most relaxing weekend I've had in a long time. We played for hours in the pool, enjoyed the sun, but mostly I just enjoyed being with my hubby and my bugs.

This is a huge checkers board. Madalyn is beginning to learn strategy...

My Joy Girl.

My Handsome boy couldn't get enough of the pool.

Sweetness.

And for whatever reason, they're aren't any pics of just Matt but if there were, the caption would be "The Love of my Life". Thanks Honey. I really had a great time.......

Georgia Part 3.....

Mason is at that age where he is obsessed with trains. The Blue Ridge Scenic Railway would open its season right after we were leaving so we were bummed to have missed it. But we took the kids down by the train to take some pics. Mason was so excited.


Like the rain boots, by the way?

Bigger than life for this little guy.

Loves choo choo tracks.

He got a new train that makes noise in lieu of riding it and was happy with that.

After visiting the train, we headed out to find a suspension bridge we had read about. It was off some little country access road that was described as "a 3 mile bumpy trip". Now remember we are in a rental minivan. We found it and headed on up. It remains the talk between Matt and I. It was a one lane, curvy, muddy, hold your breath kind of trip. But once we began we were sort of commited...lol. We made it to the top and it was worth it.

A long view. It was pretty solid but did move as you walked across it. The views were pretty in either direction.

A sepia shot.....

So, remember I said it was muddy? We were nervous about the trip down and making jokes the whole way. Seriously, if we had ran into someone coming the other way, not sure what we would have done. The snow was melting so some places were muddy, particularly the turns. We were sure we were going to get stuck but in the end, all was well. However, you can see the mud up on the sideview mirror that had been kicked up onto the van. Later when we got out, red streaks of mud were splattered all over the white minivan. We were glad to be in a rental at that point!

We then headed up to Amicalola State Park to see the waterfall. It is also the beginning of the Appalachian Trail. A beautiful state park.

My handsome dude.

A cabin in the mountains is proving to be my favorite kind of vacation......

Kenzie Loses a Tooth!

She has been working this for a couple of weeks anxiously awaiting for it to fall out. She could not have been more excited. She was diligent in putting in a baggie for the Tooth Fairy so she could more easily find it. The Fairy left $2 and she decided to save it, for what, I don't know. Madalyn couldn't spend her quick enough...lol.

Itty bitty....

So proud!

This is just part of how Mackenzie has matured over the last six months or so. Can't believe she will start Kindergarten this fall. She is still (and will always be) my baby.....

Fashion and Declarations....

So Mason couldn't find his crocs so he insisted on wearing his next favorite, his rain boots. Then we ventured outside to play and this was his get up including a helmet that is way too small. He didn't care.

The girls had to get in on the photo shoot.

In other random news, Madalyn wrote this a few days on her chore board, "Hello Welcome to the Prostak Family! I wanted to put this sign up because we love God and Jesus". This is hanging on our fridge just as you enter our house from the garage. That's my sweet girl and her heart for Jesus.....