My little boy

Lately I've noticed a big change in Isaiah. For the first time, he has started to strongly prefer Dan to me. He is obsessed with Daddy, wants to do everything he does, imitates him, can't wait til he gets home, runs to give him pictures when he gets home, pretends he's calling him on the phone, and on and on. I'm not going to lie. I don't like this new trend at all. I mean, I guess I knew it was bound to happen, but still. I thought he was my boy. =)

Mother's Day

This morning the boys and Dan surprised me with breakfast in bed. The boys looked so cute bringing in my food while wearing their matching monkey pajamas. Sam said, "Happy Mother's Day!" After church and lunch at my in-laws, the boys gave me a shirt, necklace, and lip gloss. So cute. Isaiah picked out the shirt at Kohl's. They also each gave me a card. Sam scribbled on his. Isaiah drew a thomas train inside his and wrote "To Mommy from Isaiah." He was so excited to give everything to me.

Dan's mom gave me a cookbook filled with cookie recipes. Yum! The boys were excited about that one. My mom planted some flowers the planter that hangs from my deck. I feel spoiled and loved. Many thanks to my amazing family.

Lately...

Today we went up to Greenville to see my grandma, aunt, and dad. They boys were fairly well-behaved, which made for a nice, relaxing day. I managed to sqeeze in some bead shopping with my aunt and a mini coffee date with Dan at Fresh Grounds. I actually didn't take any pictures today, but here are some I had from when the girls were here last week.
S heard K waking up from her nap and wanted to go give her a hug. He couldn't really hug her without getting in the pack n play. =) Then they kicked their feet and shared the blanket. Too cute.
Another picture of the four of them. They were all strapped in and couldn't run away or wiggle too much! This was on the way up to see my grandma in Greenville last Wednesday. Katherine and Matt met us up there, so in case you think I was in charge of keeping four kids under control in a nursing home, that was not the case. =)

As much of a group photo as we could manage... =)

The oldest kid took this one. And many many many others.

K loved sitting at the boys' desk and playing the Thomas laptop. She kept climbing up there by herself.

This is what they are studying in school

A friend's status update today:

"A little help please? My mom is doing a civil rights unit in her 4th grade classroom. They are looking at gay rights in addition to the usual study of MLK, Rosa Parks, etc. They are looking for leaders in the Gay Rights movement to study. Other than Harvey Milk, any suggestions? She also wants to highlight lesbian leadership, and other than Rea Carey I'm drawing a (really sad) blank...."

A glimpse into what's going on in your local school. Makes me not want to send my kids there.

Clarification... this is not Pine-Richland. I don't know where this woman teaches. But it's just more proof of the increasing liberalism being taught in schools today . We live in a fairly conservative area of the country, so it may be a while before we see stuff like this.

Cousins

Cousins coloring...

Bucket heads!

Boo!

@Buffalo Wild Wings

Boy AND girl shoes. =) (And mine for comparison...)

Silly faces

The littlest one pulled a bunch of clothes out of her bag.