Happy Love Day!

I love Valentine's day... it's so sweet & precious with kids.  Especially with these two sweet ones!

BOTH boys are all about superheroes.  Superman is a star in our house! And Batman, Spiderman, Ironman, Aquaman....

Reid is so good about hugging on his brother for pictures... Riley is over it in 5 seconds.  Riley will spontaneously come & give Reid a hug during the day. Brothers.  Whaddaya gonna do? I love this day.  Even if Hallmark did create it.  It's a wonderful day that just makes me plain happy!

Orange Belt

Reid did his Lil' Dragons testing for his orange belt last Wednesday evening.

A little practice before the individual testing. He never seems nervous. 

His new form was called "June Goon Ma'am."  Have no idea what this means...

As part of their testing, they have to break a board.  Reid loves this part! {This was the reenactment so mama could get a picture}

The next week (this past Wednesday) we went to the belt ceremony to see if he passed.  It was so fun to watch him get his new belt! He was incredibly proud!

Reid with his instructor Mr. Anderson. We couldn't be MORE proud of you, Reid!  You did awesome!  Reid really seems to love karate & is very motivated to go each week.  LOVE that.  Go Mr. Orange Belt!

 

 

Shower cap

Someone in our house wears a shower cap when they take a shower.  Not gonna say who... just sayin'.

 

This is the boy's fun new past time when they are about to get in the bath tub! (blurry picture... couldn't figure out how to edit this, but it was so dang cute, I had to post it!)

Love me some shower caps! I hate washing and blow drying my hair!  Anyone else??

Grocery Carts

My first attempt at letting Roo-Roo push the grocery cart around.... we are SO not ready for this, bubba! But it was fun while momma let it last, huh?

It's finally happening.....Sweet brothers, becoming the best of friends! 

Melt.my.heart.  Nothing makes me happier than seeing these boys smile & have fun! I could just kiss their sweet cheeks all day if they'd let me!

Superheroes unite!

It has been a crazy few weeks at our house.  First mama got the flu, then mama put her back out, then poor Reid got the flu this week!  This has been our week....get up, eat, Reid puts on superman costume,  lay around, watch tv, and get up to watch the garbage man go by...

Today Reid was finally able to go back to school. It was pajama day.  We couldn't miss that! Bet you can't guess what kind of pj's he wore?  

The boys took a trip with me to Buy Buy baby today & Reid found these adorable Superman shirts... complete with cape and all! They didn't even have his size, but I didn't have the heart to tell him. Reid is slightly obsessed with the big S man these days... and so is his little brother!  Riley watches every move he makes....

And then tries to copy whatever he does.  Dangerous or not!

 

I just love these two!  They crack me up!

Superheroes in action!

I just hope they don't decide they can actually fly one day!

They just love each other and are becoming best friends. 

My new favorite app

I just discovered this new app... it's really for parents and great to use with kids.  It's awesome because it's a no frills way to get fun conversations going with your kids!  I don't know about you, but I sometimes struggle to come up with interesting things to talk about with my boys.  My brain is not 5 (or 2 for that matter) anymore and I want to talk about silly things with them, but most of the time sometimes my brain is so worn out...lacking nothing something to say and wondering what my kids are thinking!  They're always thinking about silly things!

This app gives you fun topics (adventure, family, school, etc.) and hilarious questions that my 2 boys love to talk about!  Oh, and it has a recording feature so you can record your kid's voice as they are talking.  What a treasure to save for years to come!  It was created for parents by parents.  Love it! Just thought I'd share. And another awesome quality.... FREE!!

Mom's birthday

My mom turned 60-something this past week.  :)

She looks amazing.... I hope to have skin like that when I'm her age!

The boys {love} helping everyone open their presents. 

.... and seeing what's inside!

Happy birthday, Mom!  Your grandboys love you SOOO much!

Mom,

I am so thankful for you & all that you have taught me about being a friend, wife & mother.  I would not know what to do without you in my life!  Thank you for the treasure that you are & all that you have done for me.  You are one spectacular lady!  I love you from the bottom of my heart and thank God for you everyday!

I had to add this one in of Roo-Roo... those eyes.  Melt.me