happy birthday "M"!!!

my sweet boy turned 5 today. i cannot believe how fast the time has gone! he is such a sweet boy. he is my funny, crazy, always smiling, lovey boy. he is so excited to start kindergarten and to be at school with his brother. we had a fabulous party for him yesterday. it was a pancake and pjs party. papa told a "pop-up" story, decorated pancakes, gave awards, and played a game. everyone had a great time! happy birthday "M"--thanks for letting me be your mama. love you lots!!! xoxoxox!

summer 2009 highlights

here are a few of the things that have made this summer so great!
*daddy had 3 weeks off! that has not happened in years (or ever, now that i think about it!)
* 10th anniversary trip to lava hot springs!
* summer school (for"M")--he loved it!!!
* bright ideas camp for "A"
* thanksgiving point camps for both boys
* swimming, swimming, swimming at nana and papas!
* having our neighbors home from hawaii!
* weekly library trips
* playlands
* sleep over at the aunties
* being with family!
* stadium of fire!
* ice cream
* popsicles
* tae kwan do

we have had a marvelous summer! we will continue to play, play, play until school starts!

my sweet girl

i cannot believe that my little "H" is one! her birthday was 6/29. she is such a joy. we love her so much! we had a fabulous little party for her. it was a princess party/pinkalicious party. she loves the book "pinkalicious" so we played off of that. she had the pink cupcakes, purple cake (from purplicious), etc. it was so fun to watch her with her cake. she is a lot like "A" where she was very careful at first, but then she really dove in! thank you all for spending her special day with us!

vacation!

my cute hubby and i leave tomorrow for our long awaited anniversary getaway! for christmas my sisters surprised us with a trip to lava hot springs. thank you! my wonderful parents also surprised us with "trip money"-how great! thanks! we are sooo excited to play! it has been a long time since the two of us went somewhere alone. i absolutely cannot wait! we will miss the kids dearly, but they are so excited to play with their aunties!
happy 10th anniversary honey (on the 25th)--love you so much!
thanks for asking!

last day of 1st grade

summer is officially here! today was "A's" last day of 1st grade. before he left for school this morning he said to me--"don't tell me that you are going to cry"--does this kid know me or does he know me? he has had a fantastic year. i have loved, loved, loved his teacher. she has a very similar personality to "A" so they really jived. i feel so blessed that my hubby, mom, dad, and i were all able to volunteer in his classroom. i will miss that group of kids. i am so proud of my sweet boy. he is such a joy--he loves learning and life. i am so blessed to be the mother of these 3 amazing children.

last day of preschool

today marks the end of preschool for "m"--my sweet boy. i cannot believe that he will be off to kindergarten soon. it has been so exciting to see the changes and growth that he has experienced over the past 2+ years. he has come such a long way. i am so grateful for the many speech therapists, teachers, aides, and bus drivers who have made his experience so wonderful. no on to kindergarten!

it's been a while!

it has been a while since i have blogged. my sister often tells me--"you should put that on your blog!"--but then i never get around to it.
so--i am taking a minute and just jotting down a few things that come to mind.
school is almost over for the year. i cannot believe how fast the time has gone. "A" has a fabulous 1st grade teacher. she is really wonderful! it is so neat to hear him recall his day. "M" will graduate from preschool in a few weeks. he has done really well--it is so great to see the progression in his speech. we feel so blessed to have the services that offered in our community. "H" is my little princess. she is the sweetest little girl. she is very pleasant and just a joy to be around. she loves her brothers and daddy and squeals with delight when they are around. she is rolling all over the place. i still love dressing her and putting her little bows and flowers in her hair.
last night "A" had a choir concert. as we were leaving i was chatting with one of the mother's. i then told her 4th grader how neat i thought he was and thanked him for being such a good example to the other kids. "M" chimed in--"just like Jesus Christ!"--hmmmmm--maybe something does get through to them!