Last month Maggie, my mom, my Aunt Cathy, and I all had our hair cut to donate. Between the four of us, we donated 39 inches of hair to be made into wigs for children with hair loss, in memory of my dad.

Maggie was so excited to go to the salon and jumped right up to get her hair cut first.

I think she was a little nervous when she saw her braid. She had ten inches cut off.

She loved getting her hair cut though (and making silly faces at herself in the mirror).

And she loves her new hair, especially swishing it around her face when it’s down. She’s told me a couple of times that she misses her braids, but that she is glad that someone without hair will be able to use her hair.

My mom was next. Looking at the pictures, I think she might have had the second longest hair (after Maggie). She and I had gone back and forth for a while on whose hair was longer, so I’ll officially concede here.

Another great cut! She donated ten inches too.

Then it was my turn.

Snip, snip, snip!

My Aunt Cathy had the shortest hair to start, but still managed to donate 8 inches.

Super cute!

And here we all are with our new hair cuts.

They all turned out fantastic!

Stacy held down the fort with the rest of the kids while we were at the salon. She had Adam, Luke, and my nephews color pictures for Maggie telling her how proud they were.

I’m pretty proud of her too.

One of my kids’ favorite things to do at my parents’ house is ride the vehicles around the yard. My goal this summer is to get a good picture of all 7 grandchildren in them. This was my first attempt when we were there last month.

There are enough vehicles for each kid to have their own (with one or two spares). Annie is all for getting her own.

Not really a milestone, just Annie being cute (that happens all the time).

At the end of last summer, I bought some matching things for the girls on clearance. Maggie loves dressing alike (Annie doesn’t have a choice).

Adam had his last soccer game of the season.

And his first baseball game of the year.

Maggie had her last soccer game too.

May is definitely the busiest month for us.

Adam and Luke had their Ninja Class exhibition last month too. The class is a mix of gymnastics, martial arts, and fun. They both love it.

Here’s Luke first.

Adam’s pass through – with a little Luke at the end.

A little martial arts.

And some flips, just for fun.

Maggie had her gymnastics exhibition (another May event) and since the boys were out of school, they got to come see it with Annie and me. Maggie is the fourth kid in line in the video below (look for the braids).

This was her first pass through the routine.

That flip on the bar gave her a hard time, but she stuck with it!

She got better each pass through.

Maggie’s doll, Fruity (formally known as George – like all her other dolls), was there too, in her matching leotard.

I was so excited when I saw this mini-session background at my favorite photography place. I found the perfect dress (after buying and returning one or two others) and hair bows for Annie.

Annie wasn’t really feeling it though. The poor girl was not all interested in the photographer.

Then big sister came to the rescue with a giant yellow rubber duck.

Maggie was able to coax a few smiles out, thankfully.

May also brought the last day of school for Adam and Luke. (Here is the first day for comparison.)

Luke got his name on the plaque for reading 1,000 books. We are pretty sure he was the only first grader to achieve that this year, so it’s a really big deal. He also got a couple of math awards too. He’s a smart cookie (and he’ll tell you that’s an idiom).

Adam also did well at his awards’ assembly. (We weren’t able to attend that one.)

When the boys got home, we continued our end of the school year tradition of going out for ice cream.

Maggie had her assessment for kindergarten.

We surprised Adam by signing him up for a musical theater summer camp (it’s a week long, just a couple hours each day). He has been wanting to learn a musical instrument and try acting, so he was really excited. This will be in addition to basketball camp, Camp Invention, running camp, and gymnastics camp. Our kids will be nothing if not well-rounded.

The boys had field day at school.

Annie learned a new trick.

She also turned 11 months old.

And joined the fire department.

We went to see another play.

Luke had his last soccer game of the season.

It was immediately followed by his first baseball game of the year.

Like I said, well-rounded.

I’ve done a pretty decent job of keeping up with “Bear in the Chair” pictures with the kids. I wonder how old they will be when we stop? 10? 13? 18? Never? I don’t know, but that answer is definitely not five.

Here’s a rundown of how we got here.

Maggie has a pretty fantastic fashion sense.

I’m not sure how well it will work for baseball though.

This Minnie Mouse outfit, with her new glittery Minnie sneakers, is my current favorite.

And those are my current favorite Maggie pajamas.

I got Annie the same pair and Lydia has them too. I need to get a picture of the three of them.