Kindergarten Graduation :)

I can’t believe how quickly B’s first year of school has passed.. Such a proud, proud momma : )

Super special “Thank You!” to Mrs. Raburn.  Brayden absolutely LOVED having you has his teacher this year : )

One of his little gifts he brought for teacher appreciation week last week.  His handwriting makes me smile  : )

So, so proud of you B!  Before we know it, you’ll be graduating high school..  oh, how I wish I could keep you this way forever!!

today.

Today, Aunt LaLa came over to visit and to dye Easter eggs with us..

He ending up using mostly his fingers… and dipping and re-dipping into all of the colors..

Today, I cooked dinner on my new grill… salmon with grilled pineapple salsa and grilled romaine ..

B actually tried it.. and ate it.  Every bit of his romaine salad, over half his salmon AND the pineapple with peppers.. left momma kinda shocked : )

Today, me and B had strawberry shortcake for dessert on the patio.. (I added raspberries, too.)

Today , B was introduced to Silly Putty..

Today..

Lyla wanted to take all of the dye cups..

Ly loved on her Aunt LaLa and gave her sweet smiles..

B caught a caterpillar..

Ly brought me all of the bananas from the counter.. she obviously wanted one..

Today, was a good day.

soccer

The Spring season of soccer started last weekend.. These were from their second game this morning.. B has such a great time playing : )

brayden’s sixth birthday.

Ly “helping” with decorations.. by helping I mean – tearing down and rearranging everything as I tried to do it. : )

and with wet bath curls, too.

and attempting to eat Nerf darts :/

He wanted a Nerf gun themed party, so everything was orange and yellow, with some other bright colors too.

Lys fave.. cheesy puffs.

Target practice made with plexi glass..though most of the darts ended up hitting walls, and windows.. and vehicles..and people..

Sweet baby girl..

With Poppy and Nana..

Ruffles and orange leggings : )


Making a wish..

One Nana caught, B telling me a secret..

Nom Nom..

I still cannot accept that he has turned six.  One of my biggest fears with this little one is that one day – he will no longer be that.  He will grow taller than me, and I don’t think I’ll ever be prepared for that.

pancakes

Both kids LOVE pancakes.. and lately B has been asking for special ones.  Today he asked for red ones, so we had red and green..

These are the little moments I enjoy when it comes to the holidays.  In all honesty, holidays stress me out.  It’s all about trying to get things done and plan around everyone elses’ schedules and making sure everyone is happy and satisfied.

Neither of them will be home with me on Christmas Eve, which is okay because we had today together, and they’ll be home on Christmas day.  The date on the calendar doesn’t make a difference to me, as long as we get to enjoy it.  So this is what we did today to celebrate our “Christmas Eve.”  - absolutely nothing.  Because to me, that’s the way holidays should be spent.  At home…all day long in our pjs, eating imperfect pancakes.. just playing and watching movies and enjoying one another.

I hope you all have a great holiday and a Merry Christmas!