May 2011

May was gorgeous.  Just gorgeous.  And as a result, we spent most of the month outside in one way or another.

Daniel had been campaigning hard for a skateboard, since his classmate Brody who lives in the neighborhood has one.  So for his birthday, he got to go to the skateboard shop and pick out one. 

Not surprisingly, he picked the black and red one with a skull on it.  And like most things with wheels, he quickly took to it and has been zooming around the cul-de-sac. 

 

May also had the end-of-school activities, field trips to the reservoir, and field day competitions.  Everyone participated in the the egg carry, bean-bag toss, races, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel got invited to Greta’s birthday party at a park in Denver.  She won the “pin the tail on the donkey” competition.  No prizes were given for “Twister” and it was universally agreed that 4-year olds can’t twist.   She also got a chance to go to “Build a Bear” at the mall and redeem her gift certificate from aunt Erin for her very own creation – “Brownie” the dog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On a random Saturday in May, we decided to head up to visit Buffalo Bill’s grave, just outside of Golden.  Somehow, we’d never been to the actual museum, which is VERY well done, and worth the trip.  The reason for mentioning this story?  Well, as soon as we got back, Daniel dug out his cowboy hat, and wanted to ride around on his bike doing “Buffalo Bill tricks”.  It being 2011, he still had to add the bike helmet.  Oh – and Rachel is a master at the scooter – she’s pretty darned fast when she gets going on those strong little legs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yes, it was the spring of Roller Derby and skating.  With Anida practicing to make the league, there were plenty of trips to the local skating rink, and also around the cul-de-sac.  More on Derby in a later post, but suffice it to say that Daniel and friends have gotten reasonably confident on skates.

 

 

And finally (for May) – the big end-of-Kindergarten concert.  Daniel actually had the starring role as – well – the little Eskimo boy who gets to fling a spear at the teacher.  It was quite memorable, and I have all 28 minutes recorded in high-definition video.  One of these days, I’ll figure out how to upload it without complete loss of quality and/or upload time.