How many posts have I titled "Another Busy Weekend" ?

This was another big weekend for us. First, Evan had his pre-k graduation on Friday afternoon. What a big boy. He and his classmates were so proud. We are amazed at all he has learned. He and his friends showed off several of their alphabet songs and a couple of poems; they spelled all the numbers - up to ten - and counted to thirty in English and French. He has one more week of school, but graduation was really a fun event.

Pretend you just heard his teacher call out "Evan McCarthy"

Saturday was the last soccer game of the season, so we had a nine a.m. game, followed by an end of the year party at Fellini's where the kids were awarded trophies for their participation. I don't know if Evan will want to play soccer again next season - he was losing a little interest as time went by this season - but we enjoyed participating and meeting a great group of kids this spring.

I wish I had a photo of him with his trophy, but I can't be the perfect photog mom all the time. Plus, his camera-happy Poppy wasn't able to make this game....

Saturday was also Pressley's friend Benjamin's birthday party. His party was at his grandparents' house and featured a Spiderman jumpy house. It was big fun as well. Helen's prayers for no rain were more-or-less answered. The kids got plenty of jumping time, they ate lunch, and had just finished cake and ice cream when the rain came. Russell had to deflate the bounce house when the rain started, and Pressley was most concerned and kept returning to the window over and over to ask: "What happened to the jumping bean, mommy? What happened to Spiderman?" (She called it the jumping bean, I guess because the 1st jumping place we frequented was called the Little Jumping Bean.)

Pressley and Benjamin inspecting the fallen bounce house through the window...

Finally, last night, the kids went off to GranNan and Poppy's and we hosted a shower for our good friends, Jim and Laurie, who are getting married next month in Highland, NC. We are very excited about their wedding and we were happy to have some close friends over to celebrate their happiness.

Whew!! Next stop... Evan's birthday weekend/ Memorial Day weekend. After that, I think I might hibernate.