The Ring Bearer

LB did a wonderful job! Isn't he handsome? He walked down the aisle with his flower girl, danced with her, was introduced during the reception with her, and ran with the big boys during the reception. What a busy night!

My gardner

LB enjoys "Making the grass happy." Especially if he is wearing his new rain boots.

ROAR!

As of late, my son is obsessed with dinosaurs. His favorite song happens to be We Are The Dinosaurs. If you 're not familiar with Laurie Berkner and you have young ones, get familiar. She's a lot of fun! But I digress. Over Memorial Day weekend, we took the kids to the Natural History Museum. LB LOVED IT! I think his favorite part was the hands on section of museum where he was able to use magnifing glasses and touch an alligator head. So cool! We'll definatly be back soon.

Schools out for summer!

Yeah! My biggest stressor as of late is finished. At least my time with my students. It's always bittersweet. But I'm happy to have this summer to recharge, spend time with my family, and get myself ORGANIZED before school starts on Sept. 2. I've got lots of pictures from the past month. We've been to see the Dinosaurs, the pool, and LB is a ring bearer in a wedding today. I'll post pictures as I can.

Enjoy BB's 1st Birthday!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

1st Birthday Party!

We had so much fun celebrating with family and friends for Little Miss V's 1st birthday. When LB had his party, and the whole crowd started singing, he cried and got scared. Not my daughter. No, she clapped and grinned and thought it was WONDERFUL! She didn't really care too much for her first taste of cake. The icing however was probably her favorite part! I think I'll use smilebox to finish up her party pics!

New news

On Friday, LB took her first tentative steps! She's taking 2 to 3 steps before she stops, drops and crawls to what she was after. And to what was she trying to get to? Not her Momma, not her Daddy, but her brother. She is so interested in whatever he has and whatever he is doing! I love watching them together!

Martha Who???

For LB's 2nd birthday I attempetd to "Martha it out" with his Elmo cake.
I have offically out done myself with BB's cupcakes. Check it out! I'm so proud of myself!

Crazy Days of May

Is how my May has begun.
No Mike, planning BB's 1st Birthday, LB was ill, trying to get my house in order, have consumed my days. Not to mention the craziness at work. I really can't divulge to much information there, let's just say, June can't come too soon.
Mom and Nana are arriving tomorrow to celebrate BB's big day. I can't wait. I'm going to try and go all Martha'ed out and do cupcakes for the event.
I'll take plenty of pictures!

Finally! Another way to enjoy my april pics!

Make a slideshow - it's easy!

Blue Bottoms

Guess who had a stained blue ass this morning????

April in Pictures Part III

Our new favorite pasttime is rough housing with each other. My delicate, petite little flower loves to be rough and tumble with her brother. It actually can be a bit frightening when she takes a fall, but she rolls over laughing. I'll just have to get used to it!

April in pictures take two

Yeah! I got the pictures to load. It's planting season, which happens to be LB's favorite spring time chore. He's named the garden "Sunny Patch", after Miss Spider's home. Mike brought out sunflower seeds for them to plant and as soon as he saw the picture, he said.. "Ooohhh, Sunny Patch, Daddy!"
As you can see, he loves yard work right now. I wonder if he'll still love it in the next few years when it becomes his actual chore???

April in Pictures II

Blogger is being a pain in the rump.. it won't let me upload the rest of my april in pictures series.. I'll try again tomorrow night.

April in Pictures

Many new and exciting things have occured this April... I just show the pictures and narrate as necessary!

BB started using a sippy to drink her water.. as you can see she likes it!

BB is showing 1 of her new top teeth here.. she now has both.. but this was taken at the beginning of the month!

Little Bear got new shoes.. quite stylish.. and the best news.. when we had him sized at Stride Rite his foot is no longer the WIDEST foot in the world, it is now just a regular wide foot.. this means CHEAP shoes here I come!

Little girl also got her first pair on the same day. Guess what? She now has the widest, fatest feet in the world and can only wear Stride Rite. Can I get a break??????????
My two bears playing away so nicely together. It just makes me melt.

I'm here!

It's been a hectic few weeks. I've had Grandma in town, sick kiddos, I was sick, Mike is forever out of town, and I've had report cards due. Next up this month, Nana's visit, Grandpa & Grandma L.'s visit, no Mike for awhile. I've got tons of pictures and a few fun stories to share as soon as I have a few minutes to myself!!!!

OMG something naturally green?

Tonight for dinner, my son, the one who won't eat a damn thing unless it is yogurt, pasta, or McD's, actually ate BROCCOLI! Yes, I said BROCCOLI! I didn't even have to sneak it into anything, like I've been doing! Holy of holies! Keep your fingers crossed for me that he keeps it up!

Egg Hunt

LB had an egg hunt at school yesterday, which he proceeded to miss because he was Mr. Cranky McSpanky, and did not take a nap when he was supposed to. We thought we would have a little egg hunt here at home for him today. He loved it! He found all 12 eggs and even shared some with his little sister. Of course he ate all the jelly beans and candy corn in them. He then proceeded to run around the living room on a sugar high. Mike and I began to question our judgement. Maybe a jellybean in every other egg? Hhhhhmmmm. At least there was no major meltdown after all the candy had been consumed. Afterwards, he wanted to go on a second egg hunt. We obliged, but this time no candy was given!

BB found the first egg!

Counting eggs together. BB wanted to be in on the action!

LB was very excited about the jellybeans!

Easter Eggs

We dyed eggs this afternoon. I was helping LB put a few eggs into the bowls, when the entire egg carton fell off the table and on to the floor, scattering and cracking all but 2 of the 9 eggs left. My thoughts were echoed through my son's mouth, when he proclaimed "Oh shit!". He did have a wonderful time using his hands to dye his eggs. I wonder how long it will take to get it all off?