Our new PET?!?

Last week the boys learned about octopuses in science class.  At the end of the day, the science teacher was handing out several of these creatures to a good home. Uh...really?!?  Connor of course was all over it and SO excited to bring it home.  It had just recently died and the teacher gave him gloves to use to explore.

 

I have to admit as grossed out as I was (will I ever get used to being a BOYS moms?!?) it was pretty cool to look at the tentacles and suction things on it.

And we can't leave out the little stinker (aka Reid) on this blog, so here is a video they sent Uncle Jason on his birthday.

 

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there but especially our very own Mimi, MeMaw and Great Nanny!

Connor's class had Muffins with Mom on Thursday and it was SO sweet and well planned.  When the moms first arrived, each child greeted and escorted their mom into the classroom.  There was a buffet of fruit, muffins, etc and the child prepared a plate for each mom then led us to our seat.  On the wall, there were portraits of each mom, painted by the children.  The moms had to guess who all the moms were, which was quite comical.  You could definitely tell which were the boys moms and which paintings were the girls!  I think this is the spittin image of me!!

  Mrs. Grant then read these "All About Moms" to see if we could guess which mom it was.  I knew it was me when the answer to "I like her to cook" was "shrimp and fish!"  That's Connor's favorite food!! 

 

 Then the kids lined up in front of the class and Mrs. Grant read the book, "Love you Forever" and when she got to the part where the Mommy sang, the kids sang the words.  It was really sweet!

I was then presented with a lovely crown (which I wore all day Mother's Day!!) and a plate that Connor drew on.  He said "I painted something I love...my mom and drew hearts around her."

He was SO excited all week about their Mother's Day surprise and when we left school, he said, "Mommy I had so much fun with you today!"

And here is the hand print flower pot that Reid made me:

I say it all the time but I am so wonderfully blessed and thankful to be able to stay home with my boys.  Yes there are VERY difficult days but I could not imagine not spending all day every day with them.  When I have those difficult days, I will try to remember these words:

Texas Stars

Last week, I received 4 free tickets to the Texas Stars playoff game.  It was so much fun!!!  This was the boy's first ever hockey game to attend and they loved it.

I told Reid to make a mad face!!

Can't go to an event and not eat cotton candy!!!

As soon as music started playing, Reid jumped up and would dance.  He even made it on the big screen for his moves!!  

They were not ready to leave but at 9:30pm we finally convinced them it was time to go.  

Love making memories...

Relay for Life

Relay for Life is a huge deal in Polk County.  Groups start planning a theme and raising money almost a year in advanced.  This started after I graduated and moved away so I had never been, although heard so much about it.  Finally this year, the boys and I were able to go and check it out ourselves.  The theme was Hollywood so each group did a different movie.  The boys had lots of fun playing all the carnival type games and I enjoyed running into so many people from my past.  I talked to everyone from my Kindergarten teacher to my 12th grade computer teacher and many in between.  There's something to be said about small town living!!

Mom's group, the Ding-a-Lings!  They were supposed to be from the movie Clueless.  That pretty much sums up this fun loving group!

 Shooting a paintball gun.  This was their favorite thing to do!

 Face painting.  Connor got a snake on his face and Reid a shark.  Anytime Reid would open his mouth, the sharks mouth would open as well.  He was walking around all night opening his mouth showing people we knew, and those we didn't!  He's definitely quite social!!

 They got to pick one sweet thing to eat and he picked a huge marshmallow covered in sprinkles.

 Connor chose a candy bar.

 The elementary school did Cat in the Hat.  Here we have Thing 1 and Thing 2.

 This was hilarious!! This group did Animal House and here was their game: Bra Pong.  You tossed the ping pong ball into the bra to win a prize.  They also had a keg of root beer!

 Wizard of Oz!

 Mimi, the Clueless Ding!

 This is a bad picture because they had turned the lights off to honor those who have passed away from cancer.  We were all supposed to be smiling...take a look at Reid.  Typical!

We love photo booths!!