Grayland Camping Adventures

At the beginning of May we headed to Grayland Beach with the family. It was wine weekend at the winery of course! (: We had a great time and the weather was great, for the Washington coast! Gillian and Alistair were "forced" to play with each other since no other cousins came along on this trip. Alistair was convinced he was going to be SO BORED because there wasn't anyone to play with! (:

Saturday we went to the winery. Alistair and Gillian stuffed themselves silly with popcorn and oyster crackers while the responsible adults tasted wine.

 Alistair looks slightly less enthused than his sister to be there!

 Posing in front of the outdoor art sculptures

When we got back from the winery, we headed out to the beach for some kite flying. The sun was shining and the wind was perfect!! Gillian got to fly the turtle kite, Alistair the fish kite and my Dad had a cool F-15 kite that Alistair also got to fly.

We had a great time and dry weather. Aunt Donna, Uncle Dan and Auntie Ann all joined us for Saturday night and David & Judy's friends Jack & Sharon stayed the entire weekend with us. So we had a nice, fun weekend with lots of extra people in addition to the usual players! 

Alistair ready for the Major Leagues!

Alistair completed Preschool on May 23rd and graduated on May 24th. They had a nice hour-long ceremony. They spent the first 40 minutes singing songs that covered all the things they learned about and holidays they celebrated over the school year. The first half of that, Alistair was in the back row and barely visible!

Then they switched positions and Alistair was in the front row!

They finally sat down to have the graduation part of the ceremony. Alistair spied Seth! (:

And had construction paper motar boards placed on their heads!

Alistair being presented with his completion certificate and memory booklet.

 Alistair and Mrs. Bowers

Carrie and Alistair - next stop Kindergarten!

After the ceremony, both classes and their families headed to Blythe Park for a picnic. We were there for 2 hours and had a great time, the sun even made an appearance. Alistair asked the next morning if he was going to Kindergarten this morning. I told him he had a few months until it started, not sure if he was happy or disappointed about that! He is excited about starting Kindergarten...at some point!

Alistair David Hennessey - 5 years old!

Can you believe Alistair is now 5 years old! Holy Moly! He is such a big kid now! Baby cannot be used to describe anything about Alistair except maybe his sister - and even that is a stretch! For his birthday, Alistair wanted a pumpkin pie! We decided to "kid it up" a bit and add some helicopters. Alistair could not wait for his pie...but not for the pie, so he could take the helicopters off to play with! (:

We have this really cool ball that he got last year for his birthday. All the kids, and some adults, had a blast playing in it all day. Made for some tired kids later on!

Alistair received this silver reed and barton water plane bank from Grandma and Grandpa. Very cool!

Nana made him this very cool vest. Airplanes - GREAT! Orange - GREAT!

Getting ready to blow out the candles and looks extremely excited about it! Really he was EXHAUSTED! If someone had laid him horizontal, he would have passed out!

Alistair had his 5 year check up on Tuesday after his birthday. He is growing like a weed, which we kind of already knew! He is 42 1/4 inches tall (45%) and is 45 1/2 pounds (75%). His sight was 20/20 and she was overall pleased with his progress. She did recommend some gross motor PT for him as his lower legs are very tight and seem to restrict his movement, which is apparent when he runs and swims! Alistair continues to be OBSESSED with planes and helicopters and soaks up any information about them he learns! He is still swimming and is now also playing soccer. He seems to enjoy it and takes the class with a large handful of his friends!