The Benbow Bulletin

May was a really fun month for us. We started the month with two days at the strawberry festival and swim lessons. Hayden has gotten really good at swimming - she always kicks her legs, loves going under water and can climb out and jump back in the pool on her own. She is very independent in the pool now. She also is getting better and better at gymnastics as well.

Strawberry festival strawberry tattoos.

Hayden loved her red balloon for Aunt Yomara.

Jake and Hayden

Going down the slide with Maya!

Carousel with Jake, Aiden, and Aunt Yomara!

Zane and Hayden on the Carousel.

Train ride!

Mommy and Hayden!

Uncle Mike and Hadyen at the end of the night!

Day two at the strawberry festival!

Next, we celebrated Zane's birthday!

Ready for Cake!!!!

Grandpa and Finn!

Maya and Mike's mom

Happy Birthday!


Grandma and grandpa feeding Hayden and Finn their cake.

Mother's Day was filled with swimming and park play date with just me and Hayden!!!

Hayden in her new Clemson dress for mommy.

At the park ready to go down the slide all on her own.

Swim lessons with daddy! Little did we know she also had her first ear infection so class was a little rough this week.

Getting ready to go in the water.

Practicing swimming under water.

Spider crawling was not in the cards today. After going under water with her ear infection class was not as much fun.

Lastly, we ended the month with a fun trip to the mountains with mommy's friends from Clemson. Hayden got to spend alot of time with grandma and grandpa.

Wine Tasting at Banner Elk Winery!

The old gang is back together again!

Clemson Boys

The girls!

Smile Everyone!

Enjoying a relaxing day watching corn holer

Aunt Julie reading to Hayden!

Split Rock on Grandfather Mountain

Top of Grandfather Mountain!

Uncle Russ playing with Hayden!

She really loves Uncle Russ bc he is just a big kid!!!

By the lake before we all headed home

Family!

Grandma and Grandpa with Hayden

Goofy!

Russ and Julie - enjoying the lake.

More to come in June!!!!

April was a fun month. Hayden had a big growth spurt, her vocabulary just keeps growing and growing and she learned to really spell her name. Its just amazing how much she has grown and changed. She also got really sick for the first time this month, poor thing.

Lets go to school mama!

We went to see Sesame Street Live with Aunt Susan and Finn. The kids loved it, with the exception of when the chararcters came into the crowd - Hayden of course freaked out and cried. But as soon as they went back on stage she was clapping and happy again.