Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! I hope you were able to celebrate your mom and/or be celebrated! C.J. gave me a precious written quilt with thank yous for things I do for him. It had everything from making him a baby blanket to holding his hand at the dentist. It was especially meaningful, because I know how he struggles to write these ideas! Getting him to write a teacher appreciation card was like pulling teeth, and he adores his teacher! So a quilt with NINE thank yous... wow! Brendan invited me to school for a morning and we had lots of mother/son time. He sang songs about mom, served me muffins and juice, made a bracelet, read books about mothers with me, and planted a flower in a hand painted flowerpot. I thought would be it, but he made me a card to open this morning as well! It continued the flower theme and said that his love for me grows and grows. Aww. Abbie is learning. She made a cute flower for me at school, but she still claims that it is "her" flower.

I was lucky enough to get to spend part of the day with my mom today!

What's Missing?

Brendan got hit by a ball this evening and finally lost the tooth that has been dangling by a thread. I was quite excited that I didn't have to look at the loose tooth anymore, but Brendan was rather concerned about the blood gushing from his mouth. I did assure him that blood loss goes hand in hand with tooth loss. Well, usually. Toothfairy, we have a pick-up request!!

Thanks Uncle Craig & Aunt Ginny!

C.J. had a great birthday, and he especially had fun playing with the gifts that arrived from Uncle Craig & Aunt Ginny.

Here he is at TGIF's eating the glow worms. C.J. was nice enough to share some with Brendan and Abbie!



Next up, he's learning to fly the helicopter. It doesn't *quite* fly like the one seen on tv, but it's been a lot of fun for all three of my boys to fly. I keep hearing whirring noises even after the younger boys have gone to bed. Hmmm.



Finally, C.J. practices his dunk shot with the new basketball.



C.J. also enjoyed Animal Crossing from Nana and Gramps but we don't have any action shots to share of that gift. In the second picture, you can see his new bike from Grandma and Grandpa. He's quite excited to have gears! Another added bonus is the jealous younger brother. Mom and Dad gave him Guitar Hero, but there was a delay with the purchase (okay, okay, Mom screwed up) and it isn't arriving until tomorrow.

And, just so that you don't think I'm teasing... here are a couple photos with more inclusive pictures of the pool and sport court progress to date.



I know, I know... they aren't the best pictures. I'll try to get some more photos later this week. The pool gets its caulking (although the pool company has a fancy name for it) so we are practically done. Yeah!