Finally, the end of the school year!

May was a very busy month for me. I had no time to make cards, but I did scrapbook a few more pages from last year's San Diego trip and finished a new poncho for S.T. We have three kiddles that celebrated their birthdays within three weeks of each other. I thought we were going to be broke after buying the gifts, cake, and dinners.

We don't do huge parties for the kiddles; usually they pick the restaurant where they would like to celebrate. This year, they opted to stay home and have McDonald's (3 YO), Burger King (14 YO), and BELUGA (12 YO)! I can't believe the 12 YO chose a sushi restaurant, but she did us proud with her mad chopsticks skilz.

Unfortunately, the Swine Flu scare forced our school district to cancel all events until May 11th- including MayFest. MayFest is a very big event and fundraiser for our school. It is a combination carnival complete with a petting zoo and pony rides, food, and silent auction the PTO plans every year to raise money for the following school year. I was in charge of buying food, making tags for the gift baskets, and a had a work hour shift at the carnival itself. We were so hyped about it so when PISD announced all schoolwide events were cancelled, I actually broke down and started sobbing.

My sister was visiting from Savannah, GA. She had some time to kill while her DH had army training in El Paso so she spent two weeks with us. She brought her kitty, Gloomy, with her and left Spooky, her dog, with her ILs in Louisiana. We had so much fun redoing some landscape in my front yard and backyard. She dug up the Crepe Myrtle tree we got from her three years ago and replanted it in the backyard. The roses in my front flowerbed reacted by reblooming lots of flowers. They loved the extra air circulation since the tree was gone.

We also hit a whole bunch of Salvation Army and Goodwill thrift stores. Since Grant was not with us, we had the luck of the Peralta girls on our side. Tiff found a whole bunch of Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit-themed items- three plushies, a cute ceramic lamp (ginger jar shaped with Beatrix Potter characters painted on), and a bag. I scored with finding a Wedgewood teacup, two Waverly Margaux vegetable bowls, the matching butter dish and cover, a Basketville pie/cake taker (minus the pie riser insert) and about 100 skeins of Spinnerin acrylic yarn for about $6.00! Woots!

That somewhat made up for the fact MayFest was cancelled. At least I don't have to buy new yarn for my winter projects, which mostly are make hats and scarves for my church Homeless Outreach. I am halfway tempted to go back to that particular store to buy up the rest of the yarn, but I am not happy about driving in 100 degree weather...

Oh, and we also stopped by Ulta AND Sephora. I do like shopping for good makeup and hair products. I bought the 12 YO a little Caboodle case for her new makeup. I knew she wanted to experiment with makeup so I bought her some eyeliner, mascara, and lipgloss to try. Philosophy was on QVC the other night and the hostess kept going on and on about the new Philosophy fragrance, Unconditional Love. I have Falling in Love and whenever I wear it, I get compliments. Unconditional Love is a "grown up" version of FIL. I tried it at Sephora and after wandering around the store for a few minutes, I was hooked. I also got a new Benefit "A Little Bit Bad Gal Lash" mascara.

I'll have to post the pics of the yard and back patio soon before all of the flowers wilt. BTW, my cheapie veggie garden is coming along just fine. I counted a few tiny tomatoes and green bell peppers. Hopefully, the hot weather won't scorch the plants.