Lately...

Here's what we've been doing lately....

(And by lately, I mean like the last month or two.)

Eating ice cream
(Addy has decided that she likes ice cream. So now I get it for her just about everytime she asks for it because I'm super excited that she's added one more thing to her very limited diet!)

Playing Candy Crush (First I got Nick hooked & now Alex!)

Riding our bikes & being superheros

Eating donuts

And reading a 3D book. (Thanks MawMaw for the new book.)

Playing baseball in the backyard

And on the field.

Collecting bugs

And playing in the flowers.

Playing hide and seek

(Can you find Addy?)

and playing soccer.

Going to The Little Gym for Addy's dance class.

(And Alex has even been joining in the gymnastics part at the end. I'm so proud of him & I think I'm even going to sign him up for a class in the summer.)

We went to Peyton's birthday party 

Where I got to spend some time with my BFF!

We've done a little shopping 

And my son took off all his clothes & drew tiger stripes all over himself. Roar!

We painted our room. It was brown mustard yellowish color & now it's a milk chocolate color.

And bought a new mattresses. Alex helped me pick it out, the Serta icomfort Savant memory foam mattress. 

I was doing crossfit 5 days a week until I strained my lower back muscle.

But now I'm doing this instead. (But at least I get to do it in my new comfy bed!)

And we celebrated Mother's Day by going to lunch at Don Julio's. And Nick got me a Kindle Fire HD since the kids have taken over both iPads & I can't ever read my books on them.

And the kids made me these super sweet cards!

And of course, we've been loving on each other. (I just love these pictures! They're proof that as much as these 2 fight, they really do love each other!)

We also went on Addy's field trip to the Bayou Wildlife Park, went to Camp Misty Meadows for a Girl Scout Horse program & Addy had tug of war & field day at school. I hope to do a separate blog post on each of those soon. 

Happy Mother's Day!

First off, I want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to 2 wonderful ladies in my life, my momma & my mother in law. You both are such amazing women who love their families & have been great examples to both Nick & I. I love you both so much!

And now, let me tell you about my Mother's Day.
(Well, it was really more of a Mother's Weekend than a Mother's Day.)

It started on Friday when there was a knock on the door & these 2 dozen roses were waiting for me.

And then a few hours later, this giant red box was delivered.

Curious as to what was in the box??? I know I was!

It's this really cool picture frame collection from Red Envelope. It's so nice, but I have no idea where to hang it just yet. Anyone have a suggestion?

And when I picked up Addy from school, I had even more Mother's Day surprises.

A card that Addy made at school

And a cute little planter that she painted at school. The butterflies on it are her fingerprints.

On Saturday, I got the kids to help me wash my car. I told them it was a great Mother's Day present for me.

Sunday morning, we woke & were hanging around the house. Nick told the kids, "You know today is Mother's Day." Alex said "Oh yea, I love my mommy!" He's such a sweetie!

I asked Alex "What do you want to do for Mother's Day?" And he told me "Well, I already washed your car yesterday!" Lol! That he did! I guess he's all settled up then!

But when Nick suggested that we go swimmming, both him & Addy said "YES!" (So I guess Alex could do one more small favor for me on Mother's Day. He would go swimming, but only if mommy really really wanted him to, lol.)

And so I spent Sunday swimming, eating, playing in the back yard, laying out & reading! Basically, I got to have a lazy & relaxing day with my family. I even had time to organize my Pinterest boards!!!

I couldn't have asked for a better Mother's Weekend & I definitely couldn't ask for a better family. I'm not sure how, but somehow out of all the kids in the world, I have the 2 most amazing ones! I absolutely love being a mother to my sweet sweet kids!