week{endings}

may is over.

can you believe it?

 the boys have just a few weeks of school left

and then it's summertime!

 we anticipate some seriously beautiful weather

in our near future.

{did you hear that mother nature...

in our near future!}

with the threat of frost far behind us

we planted this weekend.

boy did we plant.

 in between bouts of downpours!

 and even though it was nowhere near warm this weekend

we ran through the sprinklers anyways.

because that's just what you do!

 it was a quiet weekend

we snuggled.

we planted.

hubby and i snuck away for 2 hours after the boys went to bed

our sweet neighbor came over and sat with them. {bless her}

may seems to have come and gone.

what a whirlwind month.

june promises slower paces

longer days

warmer weather

and plenty of smiles.

hope you had a wonderful may!

second season{soccer star}

 this kid.

we are so proud of his growth.

his determination and interest in succeeding in everything he does.

start.to.finish.

if you were to ask what inspires me.

it would be this kid.

he's making it in this big scary world.

 he had an amazing second season at soccer.

not always on the front line.

but sticks with the ball

grasps the consept of the game

and enjoys it!

 he's not sure if he wants to play again in the fall

or if he wants to try baseball like his big brother.

either way, the sheer fact that he wants to play a sport

brings joy to my heart and tears to my eyes.

 for just a few years ago,

this sweet little boy would have wanted nothing to do

with being in a group of people.

the chaos.

the noise.

the amount of people on the field

(there were 27 teams of 6-year-olds, 7 to a team, and their families each saturday)

 the fact that he did a second season

and enjoyed it....

shows amazing growth in this sweet little bear.

he did amazing.

we couldn't be more proud of him.

he is our middle boy.

our shining star.

our little bear.

Children's{rules}

1. if i like it....it's mine.

2. if it's in my hand...it's mine.

3. if i can take it from you...it's mine.

4. if i had it a little while ago...it's mine.

5. if i'm doing or building something,

all the pieces are mine.

6. if it's mine, it should NEVER appear to be yours

in any way.

7. if you are playing with something and you put it down

    it automatically becomes mine.

8. if i saw it first...it's mine.

9. if it looks just like mine...it's mine.

  10. if it's broken...it's yours.

happy weekend y'all!

mid{week}random

you better believe it!

nothing new going on here.

i'm the fundraising coordinator for our towns little league

and this weekend is my big "ta-da" hit-a-thon fundraiser.

so i'm only slightly freaking out more by the second

and i heard it's supposed to be cloudy/raining saturday

{of course it is}

this one has been like this for the last 5 days

double ear infection

possible strep throat

fevers in the 100s.

glad he's finally feeling better

aren't antibiotics amazing!

starts take 2

we have about 2 weeks before we can start putting things into the ground

safely

most of these are just sunflowers

we can grow them, but once they bud from the ground

something comes and bites the tops off.

hopefully we can get them started indoors and transplant outside

when they are big enough to not bite the top off.

hubby brought these home on friday

because i was bragging about how my sweet momma sent me flowers

for mother's day and how much i love flowers.

{i think he got the hint.}

mother's day was good.

the boys hubby made breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

we had breaks of sunshine mixed with sprinkles of rain

so we got out and put some more seeds into the ground

spruced up the yard a bit

and just enjoyed being together.

it was brought to my attention a few days later how funny it is that on mother's day

we seem to do chores, work in the garden, clean, etc.

but on father's day...

it's fishing, golfing, something outdoors and fun.

{interesting}

dinner was delish!

these 2 couldn't be any cuter!

{am i right?}

things are good

just busy and scatter brained by this fundraiser.

next week hopefully i will be back to normal.

happy wednesday!

one for the books

pre "i want to be black" phase.

this is how serious we take life...he's a rock star!

nolan{ism}

you know something is wrong when your loudest child

is extremely quiet.

i mean like the kind of quiet that makes you question

if you forgot to pick him up from school.

{you know what i'm talking about}

 he says, "i wanted to be black today."

 with absolutely no clothes on

he colored himself.

black.

e.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e

 we try to never fully question little bear

for his mind is far more complex than ours.

 we don't know where he got the idea to be black

but we love his passion that he fully thought a black marker

would do the trick.

 the best part is after he was done

he gets his jammies on

grabs his blankets

and head to our room for their "nighttime cartoon"

all the while acting as if nothing was different.

 he was so happy.

truly content with his creation.

and as we looked at him with our "wtf" faces

he simply looked at us with his

"what's wrong with you guys" face.

{like we were the weird ones.}

 it's all over his back and back of his neck

you would have thought he had some help doing this

but this was a one-man-show.

9 months ago i would have walked in to see this and freaked out

i would have thrown him into the shower

scrubbed his skin until it was raw trying to get all the marker over it

and packed up markers like a mad woman.

however, thanks to all we have learned about our sweet little bear

 in the last 9 months

hubby and i simply laughed hysterically

took this as a perfect photo op

and then left him alone.

i have to take him to therapy this morning (marker and all)

and with a straight face am going to try to look miss lynn straight in the eye and say,

"seems like something here isn't quite working."

because humor is how this family rolls

priceless!