Play date fun!

Today was a fun day! I met up with some old teacher friends (that I don't see nearly enough) and we let the kids play and play while we talked and talked! First we went to the splash pad and it was awesome! Tons of shade for the moms and we had the whole place to ourselves. Everyone got along really well and the only drama was that the mommas forgot to pack snacks. Seriously, 4 moms, no snacks. How did that happen?? Any-who, since everyone was starving and we weren't ready to stop playing, we hit McDonalds and played some more. Not one fight the whole 4 hours - that has to be some sort of record!! I hope we do it again soon!

Here is what Jimmy looked like on the ride home!

Ewwwww

Okay, so 3 days in a row now, Jimmy has walked up to either me or Jim and shown us a dead bug he is holding! On Monday he showed Jim 2 he found in the weight room. On Tuesday, he walked up to me (while I was on the couch) and said, "look mommy, bug!" I looked over and screamed - yes screamed thus causing my very sensitive son to drop the COCKROACH on the floor at my feet and start to cry. I tried to backtrack, I went with "Jimmy, mommy is sorry, you didn't do anything wrong. Let's go wash your hands, bugs are kind of yucky!" (insert super cheery voice) so I calmed him down and vacuumed up the offender. I asked where he had found the  12 inch large bug and he told me he found it by the window.. ewww. We get our house sprayed every 3 months, (which explains the dead bug he brought me rather than a live one) but still, to think it was in our house makes me sick. I know we live in Texas and I can honesty say this is the first one I've seen in the house.. but it makes me wonder! Then, today, he brought me a dead spider. Seriously, does he think he is a cat bringing home his kill? We had to have a "no more bringing mommy bugs" talk! Boys - so different!

Father's Day 2012

I saw this idea on Pinterest around mother's day and ran with it. Super simple but cute! Jim is always telling me he needs more pictures of the kids in his classroom so I put these in a pretty blue frame for him. We also gave him a new mouse pad with one of my favorite pictures on it. Then we spoiled him even further with a huge tub of double bubble, a bag of chewy jolly ranchers, a DQ gift certificate, and a new car charger for his phone. Jimmy may or may not have broken his other one! Tonight we are headed to dinner at Saltgrass (Jim's pick and Nana's money!) and tomorrow Jim asked that we allow him to watch the last day of the Masters in peace. Well, he can watch it, but there is no guarantee it will be in peace! Ha                   Here is the mousepad we ordered. Don't you just love that picture?

Wedding Fun

Last night was one of the only times Jim and I slept away from the kids. I think this might be the third time ever and the other 2 times were when they were tiny infants and wouldn't have know if we were there or not!

We were invited to Kelly and Troy's wedding in Austin and decided that we really wanted to go and we really wanted a night to be away from the kids and be a couple. This is when I get insanely really jealous of all our friends that live near their parents. How nice would it be to call up grandma and have free babysitting? Anyway, I digress, we were lucky enough to have an awesome teacher from the kid's school come over for the night. She is amazingly good with kids and both Skylar and Jimmy puffy heart love her!

So, we got to be in the car on a road trip without kids and then we got to go out dancing, have dinner, and sleep in the hotel without kids. It was wonderful! I was ready to get home though and see those babies. When we walked in, we got big hugs and squeals - it warmed my heart.

I love Rock and Roll

Every time we get in the car to go anywhere, the kids start demanding to hear "their" songs. What songs are theirs you ask? For Jimmy, it is the Michigan Fight Song. For Skylar, it is Joan Jet's I love Rock and Roll. How random is that? They are such goobs when they sing it too... take a listen. Yes, they think the part where Joan cooly sings, "oww" should sound more like she is in pain! Love them.

Last day of pre-k

Skylar's last day of pre-K was celebrated without much flair. She had splash day yesterday but Jimmy was today. It was a day like all the others except for the sweet goodie bag Miss Courtney gave all the kids. I am sad her time at that school is over. She has learned so much. This year she learned her letter names and sounds, counting to 50 + on her own, doubles up to 5 + 5, recognizing friends names, and about 25 sight words! She also seemed to have learned maturity, an attitude at times. We love the school and they seem to love her too. Here's hoping kindergarten goes as smoothly as pre-k did!