A Beautiful Day

It snowed.
It was beautiful all day long.
It was a perfect day.
We rode the trolley with Santa.  
One of our favorite ways to see him.
Seri has been wanting and wishing to go ice skating so we went...in the snow...with Christmas music...and Christmas lights.  
It was wonderful.  

Jett asked if he could go tell Santa something.  
He walked up to him...tapped him on the back and said, "I am going to make you a lot of cookies."
Sweet.
He also asked him what his favorite color is.  "I knew it was red." ~Jett

Our day was finished off with 

Polar Express by a cozy fire 

while it snowed outside.

A beautiful day.

Our Wonderful Weekend...in pictures

It was a nice LONG weekend and we had the best time just enjoying our time together.  

No schedule.  No timeline.

Just doing what we want when we want.  

It was a good preview of the summer to come.  

We can't wait.

There was a lot of bug hunting.

 

Dancing.

Friends.

My boy has grown like crazy these last few weeks.  

Can you say GROWTH SPURT!  

My girl is determined to learn how to rollerskate.    

My peonies are blooming and this Mama love them.

My yard, which was once almost completely dead 3 years ago, is finally flourishing.  

We walked the Greenway to one of our favorite play spots for a picnic.

 A weekend wouldn't be complete without 

an art project.  

Ladybugs for the garden.

 We visited Grandy and Papa.

 Last but not least, we celebrated Clara's birthday.  Miss Clara is 5.  

We had cake to celebrate!

 Only 13 days until Summer Break. 

Woohoo!

things I love right now.

-I love Jett's kisses he gives me when I get him dressed in the morning.  


-I love that Jett and Seri tell each other how much they love each other on the way to school in the mornings.


-I love that Jett wears his cowboy boots with everything.  


-I love my coffee in the morning.


-I love listening to Seri read to me and see how proud she is that she can do it.


-I love how excited they get for hot chocolate on Fridays.


-I love sticking my foot out of my bed and feeling Gus laying next to me on the floor.  He makes me feel safe.


-I loved the look on Jett's face when he buckled his seat belt all by himself for the first time this week.  Seri and I cheered and he grinned from ear to ear.


-I love watering my pots in the evening when the kids are asleep and everything seems so peaceful and quiet.


-I love that school is almost out.


-I love a clean kitchen sink and an empty dishwasher.


-I love that I have gotten to be Seri's Kindergarten teacher.


-I love that my peonies are almost ready to bloom.


-I love that my neighbor Jimmy comes over to discuss the $2.50 he was charged for overloading his garbage can.  


I know these may seem random but my memory seems to get worse with my age and I know I won't always remember these things I love right now.

Mama's Boy

A moment I want to remember...

Scene: Jett is in his blue football jammies dragging his big brown nigh night (blanket) across the wood floor to me in the living room.

Jett: "Mama, can I give you a kiss?"

Mama: "Oh, yes. I love your kisses."

Jett climbs into my lap, gives me a kiss on each cheek and a smacker on the lips. A HUGE hug follows and while holding on to me tightly he says,

Jett: "Mama, I loooooove you all the way to God and back to our house. I love you so much."

Mama: "Oh, I love you too buddy. I love you to the moon and back."

Jett: " Mama, I love you to the sun and back."

We sit and snuggle for a few more minutes, then he climbs down and heads back to bed.

Sweet thing. Mama's boy.