Sunday, May 17, 2015

Ordinary Moments, Part II

Some more "ordinary moments" from spring.  These are my favorite times!

Driving the bus!
 Brothers:)
 A rare kiss from Andrew!
 Come on Mom, let's get these photos & go!
 So happy to be two!
 This kid is one of a kind!
 Teaching little sister his superhero ways!
 Happy Girl!
 Just happy to be outside!

Friday, May 15, 2015

Spring Break 2015: MeMe's House in NC

The kids & I took a special road trip down to Grandma's during Spring Break, leaving Chris behind to work and have a few quiet moments to himself!  We hit the road early Saturday morning...


Let's just say thank goodness for DVD's & snacks.  Honestly, we made the almost six hour drive there without even having to stop.  Pretty awesome car riders!

My mom had to work most of the time while we were there, but that doesn't stop us from hanging out with her.  We took a fun trip to school one day where Aiden was in "teacher" heaven!

 Here are some other highlights from the fun week!

Marbles Children's Museum, where I almost lost Abby but thankfully did not!


This girl was not the best napper, but thankfully she slept through the night.  I think this day she managed to take off all her clothes, diapers, & pull things off the hangers from Grandma's closet.


 Everyone needs some down time on Spring Break!


 Smiles for Grandma's house


 My mom had to go to a dinner with work friends one night so I decided to take the three kids and my amazing Grandma out to dinner.  Andrew fell asleep, so that made it 1/3 easier!


 Bananagrams from the master.  We love playing games with Grandma Snow!


 We took our annual trip to Krispy Kreme with my grandma. The kids LOVE donuts.  It's a bit crazy how wild they get over donuts.


 Pullen Park is our favorite, but now that I have three active ones-I made MeMe go with us one night instead of attempting to do this park run by myself.  The kids love, love, love this park, especially the big old train!  Thanks Mom for helping me chase my wild crew!



 And after the train, we did the boats.


 And after the boats, we did the carousel.


Another day, we went to another park favorite: Bond Park. 


 It's another one of our favorite parks down in North Carolina where the kids can play and play!





We had such a fun & exhausting Spring Break at Grandma's this year!  
Can't wait to return this summer :)

Monday, May 11, 2015

Ordinary Moments, Part I

Here are some of my favorite just "ordinary"moments from this spring!

 Aiden's kindergarten self portrait
 Smiles for Sunday.  Our weekly family coffee date after church makes this kid happy!
 Me & my mini me
 Bedtime stories
 Someone had their big 2 year old check-up
 And someone passed out in the car & couldn't be woken up!
 Passed out again, this time in mommy's bed!  It's tough being the third child sometimes because you just have to keep going!
 My triple after school load!
Spring is finally here! 
Easter party at Andrew's school.  He moved seats just so he could sit next to his little sister!

Friday, May 8, 2015

It's Park Weather Again!

These are pictures from the end of March, but we are so happy that park weather is back again!  My little monkeys love burning energy at the park & this makes their mommy super happy.  Abby has no fear & can totally keep up with the boys nowadays.  So much fun that we are finally able to be outside again!













Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Mother's Day Tea with Andrew


It's hard to believe that this sweet boy is almost done with another year of preschool.  Thankfully, he still has one more year to go so I am not as sad as I will be next year!  These kids are just growing up too fast.  Andrew had his special Mother's Day tea yesterday & I just cherish the moments when I get alone time with him.  They are rare & infrequent, but yet so special!  His class sang songs on stage (& although he didn't sing, I was proud that my somewhat timid boy did do the actions with a smile on his face!).  Then, we proceeded to have a special lunch together where he filled up on fruit, cookies, & brownies.  He loves preschool & has had such a fun year making new friends and learning new things.  What a fun & special way to kick off May!