Our favorite part of spring has to be May Day. It has been so fun working together to figure out what kind of basket, what kind of flower and what goodies to include. And then making a list of all our family and friends that we want to give one to. The kids helped me make those pony bead and wire heart flowers. Madi liked picking out the colors and patterns for her beads and then trying to decide which friend would like it the most. Evan just did his randomly of course but he was so excited to give his best friends Mari and Ella their own flower. And of course the most fun is the ding and dash. Our dash was a little more relaxed this year since we did our deliveries during the day and most were at work. But we still had a lot of fun. I overheard Madi at one point talking to herself saying "This is the best day ever!" I love that the kids enjoy giving to others and sharing kindness.
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| April showers bring May flowers and what do these May flowers bring? Happy thoughts and sunshine smiles And wishes for a wonderful spring! |
Since Madi's birthday is after school is out, she was able to celebrate early with her classmates on May 2nd. We had a Cardinal cupcake and treat bags for everyone. She had fun but still a little confused. "Is my birthday tomorrow? No, just your birthday party." Getting a little excited for that birthday!
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| Evan enjoying his cupcake, I mean frosting! |
Our big fun so far this month was the Flywheels annual tractor drive. We had 43 tractors travel about 41 miles. Almost the whole route this year was on dirt roads traveling south of Salina. The trip was a lot longer this year since we had two extra stops but they were great stops. We had our regular, stop on the side of the road stops and then we also stopped at a farm where he had a shop full of old hand tools, a car, a couple of tractors, it was pretty amazing all the things he had in this shed. And then we stopped at a car museum that one of our club members owns in Mentor. They put out a wonderful spread of food and drinks for us. It was above and beyond generous.
We had six tractors in the drive this year. Chris worked his tail off getting all those tractors up and running. We also had two new drivers and two new passengers this year. Chris' brother Jon drove and my mom Sandy drove this year. And then we put some old seats in our little wagon so the kids could ride with us. They had so much fun. They had drinks and snacks and plenty to look at. We left Lane Diesel at 9:00 am. We had a pretty uneventful trip until the ball on Chris' tractor fell off which let the trailer the kids were riding in come undone. Chris said he felt a bump but didn't think anything of it, just the road. But Madi said the trailer fell and they skidded for a ways and Daddy just kept going so she had to yell at him to stop. Thankfully we also installed seat belts so the kids were unharmed. Between the trailer falling off and Mom's tractor being slower than all the others, they were pretty far behind us. They met back up at the tool shed stop. From there we travelled about 20 minutes to Lake Wasey where we all parked for lunch. The organizers for the drive arranged for food to be cooked and available for us. Chris' mom drove out at lunch time to pick up the kids. They were covered head to toe with dirt. They got a lot more dirt kicked up at them than we thought they would. Madi was ready to be done but Evan threw a royal fit when we tried to load him in the car. So he stayed and finished out the drive. He just absolutely loved it! The next leg of the trip, Evan even managed to get a nap in! Our last stop was at the home of Rex Russell, one of the Flywheels members. He collects old cars and has a museum in Mentor, a small town just south of Salina. They provided drinks and barbecue sandwiches with all the sides to go with. It was unexpected and so very nice. Evan enjoyed looking at the old fire trucks. The best comment from him was "I'm going to drive allll these tractors!" He just loved seeing all 43 of those tractors parked in rows and he wanted to sit and drive on all of them. Other than the fire trucks he didn't really care about anything else but the tractors that day! After our stop in Mentor we had just a couple miles to drive back to Lane Diesel. We pulled in there about 5:00. We loaded the two slower tractors on trailers which Chris, my mom, and Evan pulled home while Dan, Jon, my dad and I drove an extra 15 miles back to our house with the other four tractors. We pulled in at our house at about 6:30. It was a great day but it was long, hot, and dirty.
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