Off to the FIRST GRADE!!

The Kindergarten class

Codey and his teacher Mrs. Impson

Receiving his diploma!

My Codey graduated kindergarten today!!!! We are so very proud of him. They sang lots of really cute songs, showed a video of their school year and then we had cake and took lots of pictures! Where does the time go???? I keep saying before I know it he will be graduating college!!!!!

Picasso???

Chandler and his portfolio (see brother Codey in the back wreaking havoc!)

One of my personal favorites~

I couldn't draw this!

Chandler's famous works of art~

Chandler brought home all his artwork from his second grade art class. I must say...I was quite impressed! I am pleased that the schools encourage art and creativity. I believe art is so therapeutic and allows both adults and children to express themselves in ways they may not have been able to do otherwise. For me, well I am not an artist by any means, I lack creativity especially when it comes to decorating my home. I just don't have the knack for picking the right colored walls, the right furniture...I tend to feel everything needs to match and then I end up w/ the same color all over my house and it becomes a bit overwhelming. I have dreamt of hiring an interior decorator to just walk through my home and "fix it" as neccesary, but could certainly never afford the expense! My mother on the other hand is creative, she majored in Art in college and can sit down a draw amazing sketches in just a matter of minutes. She loved to paint when we were young...so I certainly did not obtain that creativity gene from her :) So any creativity from my children can only be contributed to those traits that they obtained from grandma!!

WILD BOYS!!!

My boys LOVE to wrestle...whether it be on the floor, on the sofa, in their room, in our room, on the stairs everywhere I look they are taking off their shirts to wrestle eachother! Should I expect anything different from two boys?????

It's Mommy's Day!

Chan and I before my mommy's day dinner

Codey and I on Mother's Day before our special dinner together

And...Codey knows his mommy so well...yes I do wear lots of SHORT PANTS...Capris!! Lol!

Codey's book he made me...I love his artwork! That's me sitting on the end of his bed ;)

Codey made this....so cute!

Another gift from Chandler

Picture Chan made for me of him and I

Codey's heart he made me

Chandler's teapot he made in school for me

Codey's plant he brought home from school for me for Mother's Day

So this morning my boys woke me up w/ really sweet cards that they picked out, hubby gave me a really sweet card too and then they made a coupon for a free spa package of my choice!!! They must know me a little too well! I love massages, but the best gift of all is having my family! I told hubby how thankful I am for making me a mom and told the boys how special they are to me as without them I would not be a mom! We spent a wonderful day together and then all the boys (inc hubby) took me out to dinner to Black Angus. It was delicious...I had my favorite appetizer, fried zucchini, steak and topped it all off w/ chocolate cake w/ ice cream!!!

I love being a mom...I remember the day I found out I was pregnant w/ my first I was worried about everything, was he moving enough, would it be a healthy pregnancy, etc...and a friend of mine told me from this day forward you will worry for the rest of your life and she was right. The worry did not end w/ my pregnancy nor the day I delivered him...I worry everyday that he is safe and when I became pregnant w/ his brother the worry intensified b/c I had two beautiful sons to watch over now. I am sure when they are thirty and even forty I will still be worrying b/c that is just what mother's do! Having children has completed me and provided me a greater sense of fullfillment and purpose in life. They truly are a gift and I feel so blessed to be their mother!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you special mommy's! By the way, hubby will have his TESA procedure this week....we are one step closer to our princess (I hope!)