Last Day of School

Yesterday was The Boys last day of Pre K...for this year.  He will go again next year since he is only 4.  A friend of mine suggested dressing him in the same outfit he wore for the first day of school.  She did it with her son and it was so fun to see how different the clothes fit, how small they were.  So, I did!!

First Day

First Day

 

Last Day 

Last Day

Strawberry Picking

Today, I took the boys to a local farm to pick strawberries. There is nothing better than fresh strawberries. They are so sweet and delicious!!! I wasn't sure how The Baby would do, but he had fun. He picked a few red ones, green ones mainly and tried to eat a few. The Boy, however, knew exactly what to do. He looked for the biggest, reddest strawberries he could find. Everyone one he picked he said, "oh this one looks great mommy!". It was a beautiful day to go pick our berries. I hope to make it out again very soon!

Mother's Day

The Boy came home from school on Thursday so excited about his Mother's day gift for me. I asked if he wanted to wait until Sunday for me to open it, but he couldn't. When I unrolled his gift I almost started to cry, and being 30 weeks pregnant did not help. He had painted a flower using his handprints for the petals. In the middle of the flower was a picture of my sweet boy. On the back, this really made me cry, was a questionnaire about me...

My mommy is "5" years old
My mommy is "100" feet tall and weights "90" pounds.
My mommy has "black" hair and "green" eyes.
My mommy's favorite tv show is "football"
My mommy's favorite food is "pizza"
My mommy's favorite color is "pink"
My mommy always tells me "work"
A special place I would love my mommy to take me would be "museum with airplanes"
My mommy loves me because "we play in our dreams"
She's the best!! I love you mommy!!!

The last one really got me. Every night when I'm tucking him into bed, we talk about where we are going to meet in our dreams to play. When I leave his room, I look back at him and together we say, "see you in my dreams.". I love that boy so much!!!

Water Slide!!!

Yesterday was such a warm day, almost 90 and full on sun. What better way to spend it than playing in the water slide and sucking down Popsicles! The boys had a great time. The Baby is still not a fan of the slide being on, but lives it with just a tiny bit of water or splashing in the puddles. A few time, The Boy would turn the water on high to surprise The Baby. He did NOT appreciate it!!

Carriage Hill

Today was a very busy day.  I had a million things to do and one was to make a grocery run.  After loading the boys in the van, I realized how nice it was out.  It has been a bit chilly these past few weeks so it was nice to have some great weather.  I decided to take the boys out for some fun to one of our favorite farms.  After all, they had been cooped up most of the week and had to deal with my chores for the day...not much fun for a 4 yr old and 19month old.  We headed to a nearby farm where they boys could see how things were done back in the day and LOTS of animals, including a lamb and 6 brand new piglets.  During the warmer months we make many trips to this place.  It will be one I miss once we move.  I asked The Boy if we should take one home and his response, "What?!  A piglet?!  In our house!? I don't think so!!"  He makes me laugh!!! One fun thing we saw, a man was out plowing the fields...using horses and an old plow.  The Boy had a hard time understanding why he didn't just use a tractor.  This is one of the things I love about this farm.  They don't do or use anything modern.

Here we go!!!

The Baby checking things out

No horses here

Talking to the chicken

Loose chicken can only mean trouble with The Baby near

And he's off!!!!

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The Boy joined in

The Piglets

The Baby really enjoyed himself.  This was the first time he really got to explore the farm.  He is usually in the stroller.  He talked to all the animals and LOVED the chickens.  He would have talked ones ears off but eventually started chasing them, as did The Boy...one of their favorite things to do.  He was not too much of a fan when the horse came right up to him though.  Every time he heard the rooster crow, he would throw his head back, point up to the rooster, and laugh.  For some reason, it was really funny to him.  I am so glad we stopped for this outing.  The boys, and  myself, had such a great time getting out of the house and doing something fun on such a nice day.  We have been soooo busy with other things it was great to have some fun!  Too bad the General Store was closed...or maybe not.  We will just have to go back on the next perfect day!

Easter

Today was such a fun day. They boys woke up and discovered their Easter baskets. When it was first mentioned to The Boy, he looked out his window Looking for the bunny. The Baby was much more interested in his yogurts in his basket than hunting for eggs, so The Boy was able to find them all!!!
We had a few hunts throughout the day and The Baby never really got the hang of it. Once he discovered they was something inside, he just wanted to open them up. As I would hide eggs for The Boy, The Baby would move them elsewhere. He may not have understood the hunting part, but he had fun in his own way. For dinner, we went to a friends. The boys were able to hung for loads more eggs after we ate. Again, The Baby did his own thing. The Boy was more concerned about what had happened to the bunny and where he was now.
They both had a very fun day spent with their friends. We even were able to get in some adult conversation so I call it a perfect day!! ;)

Easter Egg Dying

Today, we are getting things ready for Easter. We made Easter cookies yesterday and dyed our eggs today, well, The Boy dyed the eggs. We all had to watch because he wanted to do it alone. He did a good job being careful and not getting dye everywhere. The Baby desperately wanted to join in but I would have been a nervous wreck!!! So, he got to watch.