Sum, Sum, Summah Time!

W and G's last day of school was last week, and boy are we ready for summer! But, prior to school being out, we had W's end of year field trip to the park and G's class party.

The Friday before school let out, all the 3K classes at W's school walked down to the locate park for some play and a picnic lunch. I brought our wagon and half a large watermelon to share with the kids. It was a hit! Unfortunately, severe weather is a normal occurrence in the South this time of year so our class trip was cut short due to a severe thunderstorm warning so we had a quick trek back to the school in case it got bad.

G's party was in his classroom so no big trips in his age group. They had party food and played a lot. At this age, they are so thrilled to have mommy or daddy pop in. Thankfully, one of the fellow moms took lots of pics and offered to send them to the class so I didn't have to pull out my camera.

Now that it has gotten hot, - yes, it's only May, but we've hit the 90s more than a few times already so it's going to be a HOT summer, for sure - we've pulled out our big inflatable pool and the boys are having a blast. The first day I pulled it out, they played for 3-1/2 hours nonstop! I imagine we will be party city for the kids circuit this summer. We've already invited a few of our friends over for some playtime.

With numerous playdates scheduled, involvement in MOMS club, a Zoo membership, a mountain vacation and a beach vacation planned, this summer is sure to great one and fly all too quickly by!

mother's day and other stuff

Slowly but surely catching up. W's class hosted a tea to honor their mothers on Mother's Day. We had a fabulous time and W was super excited to give me his present and card. It's these moments that you want to wrap up and keep forever.

Speaking of moments you love capturing. Here's one of lil'G and his daddy. I would think that it's fair to say that is the look of love.

With all these kid moments, it is easy to miss out on the adult time so we took advantage of a local fundraiser to get some time out alone. Since we were all pretty, I had someone snap pic us the two of us. These days the cameras filled with pics of the boys or of one of us and the boys so its nice to actually have a recent picture where neither one of us look like a hot parenting mess.

This was piece of art for auction at the fundraiser. It cracked me up to see some space robot thingy interposed with some peaceful but dated nature scene. I may just have to recreate this and see what kind of response I get from guests to our home. Ha!

Easter 2011

Getting caught up again...le sigh. We stayed in Birmingham this year for Easter and the boys were totally into egg hunts this year. Maybe the realization that these eggs represented candy had something to do with it? Ha! Little G was the beast though when it came to the egg hunts. He'd run, find an egg, pop it open and throw the empty egg down on the ground for another to excitedly pick up only to discover no candy. Cruel. With that said, we had a great time getting caught up and visiting my aunts, uncles, cousins and their children.

Family picture. W kept on doing "pirate eye"

which was a bit frustrating at the time, but looking back I love this pic.

Will's Easter basket

G's basket

Daddy giving a helping hand

Going to town

Stopping to pick his eggs clean

Daddy allowing them to have at it.

Needless to say, the boys had a blast even after the egg hunt was over with all of their cousins on my mother's side.

Trampoline time.

Colored bubbles. Thick like paint. Mama's not a fan.

But the boys like them.

Looking like Rob Roy.