Last Day of School - A Recap

The last day of school was filled with so much fun, partying and friends, I am exhausted just thinking about it. But what a FUN weekend we've had celebrating the kick-off to summer vacation!

We started it all off with a special breakfast Friday morning:

No, I didn't let him eat the candy bar for breakfast. :)

The kids only had school for a half day, so when they came home, we greeted them with an all-out surprise water attack! It was SO much fun to ambush them as they came happily riding home on their bikes.

Payton rides to school every day with our neighbor Avery, so her family and ours hid behind the brick entry wall to our neighborhood with all sorts of water guns, water-soaked sponges and buckets of water.

Here we are waiting to surprise them.

The minute they came around the corner we soaked them!

To be fair, we let them have their own bucket of sponges, etc. and they definitely retaliated!

It was SUCH fun!

The kids then immediately jumped into the DeAngelo's pool - clothes and all! And soon after, many of the neighbors arrived bearing lots of food and good times.

Payton & his buddy, Macklin.

Parker enjoyed the cupcakes!

The party went on well into the evening and we took two very tired kids home and crashed.

Of course the party started back up the next afternoon and the kids swam and played and ate lots of sweet Florida corn on the cob.

By Sunday we were all a little pooped, so a night in was just what we needed. God helped set the scene with dark skies and lots of thunder and lightening. Perfect for watching a movie, making popcorn and setting up a HUGE fort!

A great way to end a wild weekend.

Oh, and I have to share a couple of cute bunny pics before I "sign off."

Our little Mocha is growing like a weed! I bet she's doubled in size since we got her only a few short weeks ago. She eats a LOT and loves to run around the house.

And she is finally starting to play with the boys.

At night she loves to hop around and sniff and nibble on your clothes. Then she'll stand up on your leg, or head - depending on how you're laying - and sniff all over you. It's really cute.

This boy LOVES his bunny.

 

Tomorrow is the first official week day of summer vacation!

We're dog sitting, but other than that, there is not one single thing on the calendar.

I wonder if I'll be pulling my hair out by 5 p.m. or relishing in the slow pace of things... we'll see!

Happy Monday y'all!

Meet Our New Baby

Well, it's not a human baby, but still a baby to us.

This is Mocha, the newest member of the Heckman Family.

She is a 4-month old Holland Lop bunny (did you hear that...the bunny is a SHE!)

We have been missing having a pet in the house since our sweet Rohy passed away last October. What we have not missed is the obligation of walking the dog 2-3 times a day, expensive vet and grooming bills, and coordinating schedules around when the dog has to be let out (especially those middle-of-the-night outings - I do NOT miss those).

So, Payton's art teacher's daughter, whom is also a neighbor (did you follow that?) recently showed her bunny in the State Fair. After she showed her, she decided to breed her since she is a specialty bunny (with registered papers and everything!). Payton watched the bunny (named Waffles) as she became pregnant and then eventually gave birth to 5 sweet little baby bunnies. And all along he was begging me to let him adopt one.

I'm still not clear on how the final decision was made (I swear Brian gave the final "yes" he swears it was me) but I guess he finally broke us down enough and talked us into how it would be a good idea to bring home a bunny.

Four months later - after much online research, many library books, lots and LOTS of discussions with the breeder, we were delivered a sweet little baby bunny on Monday afternoon.

As you can imagine, the boys (and our neighbor Avery) were just a bit excited!

 

The breeder said not to take her out of the cage for at least 24-hours so she could adjust to her new environment. So Payton got his beanbag chair and sat next to the cage all night and the next morning until he was allowed to finally hold her.

She doesn't require much work at all thus far. Payton feeds her and refills her water when it's low. And every couple days we clean out her cage. Other than that, we just let her run around the playroom when we're in there and put her in her cage when we're busy.

She doesn't bark. She doesn't require walks. And she is starting to enjoy being held.

And maybe, just maybe, she's already found a friend in the only other girl in this household...

Welcome to the family Mocha!