Love him....

Just love this boy... he cracks me up!! 

Summer's here... what have we been doing?

We started off the 1st week of summer slow... a picnic here..

A splashpark there...

Riley visited the dentist for the 1st time last month! He did awesome, sat so still for the whole thing, and was as quiet as a mouse!  Crazy!

And then we got busy.... Reid took a tennis camp the 1st week of June and LOVED it!!!  I have never seen him so happy about playing a sport!!  On the first day he said, "Mommy, I love tennis!" Yay for TENNIS!!!

Reid testing for his purple belt last week! He breaks those boards without much effort at all!  Hi- yah!

And he got it last night! He will be starting the BIG boy karate class come the fall!  Can't believe he has been doing this almost a year now!  He {LOVES} it!

And the boys have been in swim lessons all week.  Whew! We made it through week one!  One more to go.... This is Riley's 1st year to do it and it's safe to say he is LOVING it!!  

He is the only kid in his class not crying, which makes me super duper happy!  He does what the teacher says and has put his face in the water all week!  

Reid is swimming like a fish again and jumping off the diving board.  SO proud of my boys!!  Summer's here... bring on the fun!

Last t-ball game of season 2013

Warming up for his 1st hit of the last game of the season.

And he hits...

And makes it to 1st base! 

And now we're playing in the outfield, makin' superhero poses... nothin' unusual at this age! Or definitely not for this guy!

Game over. Good game guys! Time for snacks!

Reid had a great time playing t-ball this season!  He got to play with some good buddies and even though he didn't love every game, he still always looked like he was having a great time!  Love seeing this smile on his face! Makes my heart smile every time!

We are so proud of you #3.  You did a great job and ALWAYS gave it your all for every game and practice!  Way to go BIG Reid!

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!