Memorial Day Weekend

Well, my birthday usually falls on Memorial Weekend, but not this year! So, we had to make other fun. After rescuing one of our suburbans out of the shop on Friday (and I won't even go into how much it cost us to fix the old beater! $%*@&), we started our weekend celebration.

We had dinner with the Bucks at Lupe one night. We hung out with the Blakes another night and then FINALLY the sun showed up on Monday morning. Matt set up the waterslide and the boys had a blast.

The boys were their usual daredevil selves!

I love this pic of Cade! He looks like such a surfer boy!

Cannon even loves the slide (but you can't tell from this picture)! He would try and try to climb up the back of it. We had to keep hauling him up there or setting him up from the side so that he could slide. BIG BOY!

Cannon did some chillin' too!And laughed at his Daddy...His Daddy is kind of Silly!They all enjoyed homemade popsicles. How old school are these?I LOVE this picture of Cade!And Mr. Rotten had two! Go figure!!What a fun holiday weekend with friends and kiddos! We can't wait to do it all over again!! I am SO READY for summer and to be home more and on the road less. School is out this week (it was supposed to be last week, but they tacked on an extra week b/c of the swine flu mess) and I am happy to not have to shuttle them back and forth for such a short day. We have a college girl who is helping out a few days a week and she is WONDERFUL with them! So far, she has only had Cade and Cannon, but I am really impressed. Now, I'm cleaning like a maniac and my chores are never ending, but it is worth it to have happy kiddos. We hope that all of you had as much fun as we did!

End of the School Year Fun

Well, we are getting very excited about the end of school over here! They have been having fun galore as summer approaches.

First off in the fun department was Cade's splash day. Luckily, it was on a Friday, so I got to go and watch. I took Cannon's swimsuit too, and that turned out to be a good thing because he wanted in on the fun and wasn't about to sit in the stroller!

Oh boy! Cade's teachers had no clue what they were in for with the waterslide! He just cruised up there and jumped off of it like they do on ours here at home. They weren't so comfortable with that!

After a couple of jumps, he got into a little trouble and was told he'd have to slide on his bottom like the other kids.

You can imagine how that went over....we moved on to the splash pools!

Cannon had a blast chasing his big brother and friends!

Next stop! Pre-K graduation!! Aren't they looking so adorable?

And this big boy is just the sweetest! When I was putting him to bed that night, he said, "Mommy, you looked so cute at my graduation!". I don't know what brought that on, but I'll take any compliment from my boys and that one melted me!

Carson and his Daddy before graduation. Daddy took us all out for a special lunch of Carson's choosing that day and he was so proud!

Oh! I was so emotional during this, and I don't know why!! I am so excited for Carson to be going to the big school, but I guess the end of preschool is kind of monumental. I was fighting back tears waiting on them to come in (the sappy music and slide show of pictures didn't help!).

Looking so handsome!Singing songs on stage for us.

And he is done! Officially promoted on to Kindergarten!

They had a reception afterwards and gave us all scrapbooks from the year, and yes, I cried looking at that too! I am going to have to toughen up....I have two more times to get through preschool graduation!

Carson also had a splash day, but much to his dismay, I had to miss that one. I just couldn't be out of work anymore. I hate to miss his special things, but sometimes that is the crappy part about being a working mom. No complaints though, I have amazing flexibility and get to do way more than a lot of people!

On a side note - a funny little story about the little toot! I had gone up to school on Friday for the "summer birthdays" celebration for Cade (he never gets a school bday since his in August). Afterwards, I went to find Carson. Well, Cannon was like a tornado in Carson's classroom! He grabbed a hermit crab cage that some kid had brought to show and share and was shaking it and walking with it!!! I was busy picking up books he swiped off the shelf and didn't see him going for the poor crab. THEN, we went out on the playground to find Carson and get out of there and he plopped himself down in a mudhole that was a good 4 inches deep with stagnent, stinky, muddy water. NICE. He was furious when I yanked him out of it and tried to throw himself down. I'm sure the teachers are impressed and can't wait to see him in the future!

Notice he now stacks things to get him up to higher ground. He's a climber!

Luckily, I had extra clothes after he pulled that stunt. We went on to chick-fil-a for lunch where he swiped Carson's icecream cone. I had gotten him a cup, but he MUST have whatever the older two are having. I should have known better! Matt and I just laugh and laugh at him lately. He has QUITE the personality!!

Mother's Day Weekend

I had the BEST mother's day EVER this year!! And guess, what? We just stayed home, had no plans, it was just us....we grilled and had a blast. It is so nice to do that sometimes. We had Carson's last t-ball game on Saturday and then came home and put up the giant waterslide. We had not done that yet this year, so the boys were beyond thrilled about that!

The boys going up for the first slide!

Yes, they are still maniacs on this thing.

They don't just "slide" down it. They propel themselves off of it.

Cannon had a great time and just jumps right on in with the other two, most of the time. He is all about climbing right now, so getting on and off of this chair was big fun for him.

We have discovered that this kid LOVES watermelon! He ate a ton of it!

Cade acting like the silly Bean that he is! Oh, this kid makes me laugh!!

Mother's Day morning, they hit the ground running and ready to hit the slide again. It is such a production to put that thing up that we normally try to get two days out of it. They were thrilled!
Cannon enjoyed the slide! I had to keep carrying him up there to let him slide back down though. That got old pretty quick!Lots of jumping and sliding!
Carson told me to get my camera ready for this one...he said it was my Mother's Day Picture. I'll take it!

Crazy Carson again.


We both totally enjoyed Carson and Cade playing together so well this weekend. Having them so close together is really starting to pay off now!! Those two can't stand to do much of anything with their sidekick.


I even slid down a few times with the boys.
Wait...what is this?? Daddy relaxing on Mother's Day??Cannon loves to put on hats and sunglasses these days. Unfortunately, he won't leave either on for any length of time.We set him up his own little personal splash pool, and he enjoyed that.Cade and Cannon both love this little swing. Doesn't Cannon have a rough life?Cannon was about to fall asleep here. He LOVES this little blankie!! I really need to get another one because we are screwed if anything happens to it.A quick pose with his brothers before napping.
Trouble...that's all that I have to say about this! (No, he didn't drink it...)
All four of my boys were so good and so sweet to me this weekend! I loved every minute of it!! I feel so fortunate to have such wonderful boys and to be a mother to them. It truly is an amazing gift and I am so thankful for them. Thank you boys for a wonderful Mother's Day!