Goodbye School, Hello Summer!!

It is official! School is OUT for summer!! We are SO very excited at our house and are looking forward to a summer of sleeping in (at least mommy is!), staying in our pj's, playing at the pool, and going to the beach.

Before our summer began, we wrapped up our school year with some very special events. Anna Caitlin was part of Evening in the Garden which she loves. The school did such a cute program and Anna Caitlin was very excited about her dance with the party hat!




Dancing party hat...




The first graders celebrated the end of their year with Economics Day. They earned money for their good behavior and got to spend it at the Ford Mall. Anna Caitlin had a great time with her friends. She went to the salon to have her nails and hair done, danced with her friends at the Disco, and shopped at the Thrift Store. Such a fun day!

Fun at the disco...

My sweet Drewsey finished up his last year at Ms. Carol's house. It has been very bittersweet for me. I am so very thankful for the wonderful five years he spent with Ms. Carol who is without a doubt, the VERY best teacher in the whole world! She is an angel to our family and has loved my children unconditionally. And she has taught them so much. I am so sad that Drew is growing up so fast, and I love watching the sweet little boy he is growing into.

Drew has made so many wonderful friends at Ms. Carol's house. He loves the time he has spent with Tate, Chappy, Mariella, and Ella. Ms. Carol celebrated the 2011 Graduation of these sweet babies with a sleepover at her house. They had such a blast and made memories that will last forever!


As always, Ms. Carol held the annual Spring Festival to show us how much the children have learned throughout the school year. It is amazing! She is such a fabulous teacher and they have learned so much from her!

Drew wrapped up his baseball season with an end of the year party at Dairy Queen. He had such a good time with his buddies and loved having his daddy as his coach! We are so proud of our little Cubbie Bear!

So proud of his trophy...

To kick off the end of the school year, we had Macenzie and Abbie over to play in the sprinklers for some good backyard fun. There is nothing like watching the kids play in the water for the first time each summer. They had a blast!!

Pure joy on his face!

Sweet brothers...

Good times!

We are looking forward to a fun filled summer and will try to keep up on the blog. Happy summer!

Easter Weekend

Our Easter weekend started out a little bit chaotic. On Saturday night, when we were about to dye Easter eggs, Joshua took a bag of M&M's to Drew and asked him to open them. While I was turned the other direction, Drew opened the bag of M&M's for Joshua with a pair of scissors and took the corner of Joshua's left thumb off! Not cut or sliced, but GONE! I was in a pure panic and have never seen that much blood in my life. We wrapped it in a washcloth and headed to the ER. They asked if we had the piece of thumb...REALLY? He is a baby!! It is tiny!! We were treated by a female version of Doogie Howser who informed me, the hysterical mother, that his thumb may never look normal again, and that he may have to have a skin graft and plastic surgery. REALLY????

We got home from the ER with it wrapped in a bandage around 11:30. Jonathan and I then spent the next 2 hours cleaning because we had about 40 people coming to our house the next day for Easter lunch. (FYI...his thumb is going to recover fully and he does not have to have plastic surgery thanks to the wonderful doctors at Scottish Rite. No more Kennestone for us!)

The next morning, we got up bright and early to do Easter baskets before church. The kids got "Gigi God's Little Princess" and "Will God's Little Warrior." And as always, bubbles, bathing suits, and candy. They also got Resurrection eggs and I am looking forward to using those in the years to come!



After church, mine and Jonathan's family both came over for Easter lunch. The food was yummy and the company was great! The kids had a blast hunting Easter eggs and playing outside. We always enjoy spending quality time with our families!



Getting ready to hunt eggs...

Easter egg hunt...

Cute kiddos...

Spring Has Sprung

Spring is a VERY busy time at our house! We celebrate ALL of the Hayworth boys birthdays (Jonathan, Drew, and Joshua) AND our anniversary all in 13 days! Each year, Jonathan and I try to go eat at a nice restaraunt downtown for our anniversary. A little change of pace from the normal La Parilla and Stevie B's dinners that we eat each week with the kiddos :) This year we went to the Atlanta Fish Market and it was yummy!!



Drew has also been playing T-Ball throughout the Spring for the Cubs. His daddy has been the coach and has loved every minute of it. Drew has come along way this season. He has made a few great hits without the tee and has even made some outs.

He even got the game ball for his great play...

This year, we hunted Easter eggs at the Seven Hills Easter egg hunt. The kids had a great time. Joshua was more interested in opening the eggs to see what kind of candy was inside than in looking for the eggs.

Ready, set, hunt!!

They also had a petting farm with baby farm animals. The kids got to hold the animals. We have come a long way since Drew terrorized the bunny during live bunny pictures when he was 1!!

Fun at the hunt...

Mama Judi and Papa Johnny had a special birthday celebration for all of our boy's birthdays. We had a yummy dinner and the kids had a pinata. They loved hitting it! Drew stuffed all of the candy into his pockets. I had no idea they would hold so much!!

Good times...

The birthday boys...