Summer Days (or Daze?!?) of May

First is a picture of our house.  I don't know about you, but I always forget what people's homes look like, so I decided to post this shot of ours!

The kids have all LOVED riding their bikes around the neighborhood this year.  Tornado still has his training wheels, but doesn't let that slow him down one bit.  We also now have a paved path behind our house that they ride on.

Cloudburst and Sunshine both finished their first few months of piano lessons.  They have both done so well and had a good time at their recital.  It is hard to find a good time to practice because they both like to have me help them, and then Sunrise is running loose around the house, and Tornado is whipping up a storm somewhere else.... but they both love being able to play songs.  Sunshine especially loves The Ode to Joy.

Two handsome men!  Love those blue eyes.

And here are two friends enjoying the fruits of a big storm!  Cloudburst and her friend T. were in the same class at school and were also carpool buddies.  This is how they celebrated the last day of school!

And yes, Cloudburst is missing her two front teeth.  They've been gone for 2 months now.  We're hoping for an appearance of some teeth soon!  She wants to eat corn on the cobb!

On Memorial Day weekend, we got to have Nana and Papa come and visit.  They are always so fun!  The kids love it when they actually get pushed on the swing, or someone to play a sit-down game with them.

And here is a fun addition to the family!  Thunder found this online and the kids LOVE it!

We even got a few of the adults to go down....

... and the kids didn't want to come out even though they were freezing!

We really enjoyed the time and are looking forward to the next visit.

And if any picture could sum up our summer so far, it would be the grill!  We love a good BBQ.