Riley's BIG boy bed

So many big things have been happening lately, and I just don't have time to document them all on time.  Reid graduating from pre-k, Riley getting a BIG boy bed, last t-ball game of the season, karate testing... The list goes on! Where are more hours in the day, cuz I need 'em!!

 

Here's what happened a couple of weeks ago...

Memorial Day weekend, the boys spent time at their grandparents house.  We cleaned out, organized, moved furniture, and decided it was time for Riley to have his new BIG boy room.  I hadn't shopped, really even put a whole lot of thought into it, but I knew that this was a good weekend to do it if it was gonna happen before summer truly hit.  We managed to pull together some cute bedding and just pulled Reid's trundle out from underneath his bed for little Roo-Roo to sleep on. 

It turned out perfect and from the smile on his face, he LOVED it!  I wasn't sure how this would all go since we hadn't really talked about it much lately.  We started potty training after school got out, so I figured, why not do the big boy bed too! 

Riley LOVES being upstairs with Reid and they are just happy as clams up there together!

This just proves it.  He jumped right on top of Reid the first night up there & gave him a BIG OLE little brother hug!

Just look at those smiles, will ya?  Now we just have to keep them from waking each other up every morning!  They play more together now than they ever did, except it's at 6:30 am!!  Ack!

Pre-K graduation

Reid graduated from pre-k this last Thursday.  

This was a BIG deal for all of us and I could hardly believe it was happening!  

Kindergarten in August.... What??

Walking down the aisle to his "graduation" music.  Tears were already rollin' for this mama!

Singing "God Bless America!"  (sorry about the red eye... bad lighting!)

I just {LOVE} this picture of all their little faces!

Reid's precious, amazing teacher this year!  She was wonderful and we will miss her BIG!

After getting his little diploma.  Sweet boy is so proud! And he should be!

The school had a sweet little reception for all the pre-k graduates afterwards.  It was so fun to celebrate their accomplishment with parents, teachers and their friends!

All of us with Ms. Kelly.  Yes, Reid was over pictures... for a boy, can you blame him?

And both precious teachers.  Mrs. Jen & Mrs. Kelly.

My mom got to come to see Reid graduate.  He was so happy to have her there!  Thank you, Mom for coming! It meant the world to us!

Reid's sweet friend Luke.  They were the BEST of friends this year!

Happy pre-k graduation to our sweet Reid!!  You are the sweetest boy I know and we SOOO proud of you & all that you've accomplished in your short 5 + years of life!  Way to go BIG Reid!!!  Kindergarten here we come!

Mother's Day Serenade

We had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.  My hubs was incredible this weekend!  We had all the moms over last night for dinner (minus my sweet mom who was sick).  Today was church and an amazing brunch!  My sweet boys started today by serenading me with a precious little song.  Instruments included!  More pics to follow of our weekend, but for now, I'll leave you with this!

Pre-school mother's day gifts

When I picked the boys up from school, they were both SO thrilled to show me what they had made for me at school this week!  Reid was just jumping for joy when he saw me and ready to open the present he made for ME!  Riley ran up to me immediately and showed me his flower pot with utter sheer delight!  It was the BEST pre-mother's day presents I've ever gotten!  Riley even told me Happy Mother's Day in the best way his 2 year old vocabulary would allow!  "Happy Mu-Mu's day, Mommy!"  Precious! I've got that one on video to prove it! 

Big boy haircut

Reid got his haircut Monday.  I decided to go with a shorter cut for summer this time.  This was the BEFORE picture...

AFTER!!!  Oh. my. goodness!  What a difference a few little snip snips make!  Mr. Bobby cut off a whole bunch of hair this time! I started to have him spike it, but as he was cutting, I said, "No, no! I'm not ready for that yet!"  It was shorter than I expected it to be, but it turned out WAY cute, I think!  He looks like such a BIG boy... no more baby in this picture!  I can NOT believe he is done with pre-k in just 2 short weeks and then only 3 VERY short months till kindergarten! 

While Daddy was away....

This weekend was a double header weekend in t-ball.  A game Friday and one on Saturday.  This picture is actually from a few weeks ago, but I love it because Reid is so focused on watching what his coach is telling him to do!

That particular game was so cold, Reid got to wear his batman gloves.  A little proud moment there, no doubt! Batman & Red Sox go hand in hand, right?

On Thursday after I picked them up from school, Reid was full of stories about his 100th day of school party!  I don't remember ever celebrating the 100th day of school!  This is such a neat tradition!

The boys & I had fun hanging together just me & them all weekend long.  We found lots of fun stuff to do...

On Saturday, I took the boys to our neighborhood painting place and they got to paint a canvas for $5.  This was Riley's 1st time to do this & he was SO proud!  He even asked for more paints!

The boys got to sit outside & eat meals on their new patio table we got!  We christened it with corny dogs on the first night.  Way to go mama on the healthy eating! It is so fun that they have a place of their very own and it fits them perfectly!

I got to go out on Thursday night to paint a picture of my own at our local painting place.  A little peacock feather action!  It was a fun night with friends!  I'm not an artist, but it sure is fun to act like one... :)

On Sunday, Reid helped me clean out our flower beds.  We never quite got to the planting part, but he was my big Mr. Helper today!

At some points, it was not his favorite thing to do, but he seemed proud & happy with all of our hard work.  :)  Now we just need some plants to fill up all those holes in the ground!

It turned out to be a great weekend with the kids and although we missed Daddy, I definitely bonded more with the kids and got more time with them to play & hang out than I usually do.  

The boys and I are so glad you're home safe!  We missed you tons! Here's to a new week... May here we go! 

Pool time --- already??

We went to one of Reid's best friend's houses today after school.  It was 85 degrees and sunny.  This picture cracks me up!

All 4 of them got in some pool time, ran through the sprinkler,  and were just happy as clams!  This was so candid, I didn't tell one kid to look at me!  Awesomeness! Tomorrow is supposed to be a high of 57.  Pool today, jackets tomorrow. Crazy Dallas weather!