Cute Big Boy Saturday

They have such a sweet relationship. I love watching these two together!

Friday Five

Look at my sweet, baby boy.

Two years ago, Jack took a selfie of himself. He took another one last night. Oh my goodness how he's grown! Where did my baby go?

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It's book order time again, and Jay has been begging to buy a new book. Which? Yay! He wants to read a new book! But...the book he chose is the Ultimate Mapping Guide for Kids. It also comes with a bonus compass.

He has no idea why he wants this book, but he does know he must have it. It will be the end of the world if he does not get this book. Apparently, he needs to map things. And use a compass. So...yeah. lol.

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Shawn , our more reluctant reader, has really started to embrace reading, which has been fabulous to watch. He regularly requests our nightly story time, and often wants to read the pages with me. I love it!

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Jack is all about drums and making music lately, and we've found that he really enjoys the hard beats of heavy metal music. (Like his mommy!) We played a few of the metal classics for him, and it didn't take long for him to start dancing and rocking out. Put some hair on the kid, and I KNOW he would have started head banging. It was hilarious. Maybe he'll grow up to have his own rock band?

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The countdown to the end of the school year is ON. Only 18 more days to go! Bring on the summer vacation!

Little Comedian

Him: Mom. You're American going into the bathroom. And you're American coming out of the bathroom. What are you while you're IN the bathroom?

Me: I don't know. What are you?

Him: Mom, you're a PEE-ing! Get it? You know, like you're from Britain?

The last part made me laugh harder than the joke. ;)

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Bedtime Silliness

These two...

They love each other, even if they do drive each other crazy. ;)

They're Hooked

Last month, I was super excited to start the Harry Potter series with the boys. We didn't get very far, only to Harry going to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies, before the fear of something scary happening settled in, and they no longer wanted to read the story. Boo.

Fast forward to this week. Jason began talking about how he only had 126.8 AR points and there was no way he'd ever be able to reach his next goal of 150 points before the end of the school year.

"You know, Harry Potter is worth a LOT of AR points." I told him. "If we finished reading the story, you'd only have about 10 more points to go to reach your goal. You could do that easily."

He was hooked, which in turn, (mostly because he is less loud about the topic) hooked Shawn, too. We started reading and they are super excited to read! I expect we'll have the book finished before the weekend is over.

I can't wait!

Story Time

A story about a dinosaur (transcribed exactly as written)...

I have a pet dinosaur named T-Rex. He roars. He stomps around all over my house. He is a carnivore. He eats meat. T-Rex sleeps with me in my bed and makes a mess in the kitchen. My mom was mad. I had to give T-Rex away.
~Shawn

I once let a veloceraptor into my home. he fit nicely. I gave him some steak for dinner. "He loves me." I said. I pat him on the head. He takes me for a ride. "You are my friend forever." I said. I named him Bane. "I love him." I said. Then 30 weeks later I set him free. "Bye Bane." I said. The End.
~Jason

Portrait

This needs to be documented, even though it's past Mother's Day. Momentos like this need to be remembered! Love it!