80 degrees

I didn't take any pictures but this morning was one of those really good ones. Celia, Micah and I picked Noah up from school and stayed at the playground for about an hour before sitting down to a picnic lunch. The weather is so perfect today and everyone was happy and relaxed. Delightful.

Then we got home and happy turned to exhausted, meltdowns ensued and I was reminded why the good feels so good. :)

Mother

Last night before going to bed I went into each of my kid's rooms like I do every night. I love seeing them so peaceful and feeling full of peace myself. It is my time to let anything frustrating from the day go and know that we have a fresh start tomorrow. Sometimes the groundhog day-ness of being a stay at home mom wears on me. Cleaning up the same things over and over and over, fighting the same battles day after day, what to make for dinner. I never expected to have such a range of emotions as a mother. Highest of highs and some pretty low lows. I think the strong feelings stem from loving them so much that I get passionate about all that they do and say, who they are. Mother's Day provides me with some time to think about just how lucky I am to be the mother to these sweet kids. Being their mother is my life's work and all said and done I couldn't ask for a more fantastic job.

Spring Soccer

Noah started soccer on Thursday night. He played last summer and I just can't get over how cute these little kids are out on the field. He says he scored a goal, I'm not sure if he did because I was chasing after Micah and trying to calm Celia who apparently is not a big soccer fan yet.

Can you tell he loves posing for pictures? Ha!

Fives after the game.

Most exciting part of the night - snacks.

Spring Program

Noah had a program at preschool last week. They also had one in the fall. He sang a little but spent most of the time standing on stage like a deer in headlights. Wow have things changed since then. He was doing all the actions with the songs and was one of the loudest singers. Shawn could hear him in the back row of the church. Woohoo for Noah. It was so darn cute. These school events make him seem so grown up. They give me that want to bawl my eyes out feeling.

Could these two be any more handsome? Love them!

Here's what Micah wore to the program.

Afternoon art

The boys were doing some drawing this afternoon and I thought they looked so cute sitting next to each other on the barstools.

A little black ink on the face never hurt anyone.

Here's how Noah felt about my picture taking.

Then of course our parrot had to get in on the action.

Tummy Time

Celia's tummy time coach

Smile

Celia has been smiling for a while now but I don't really count it until the full body smile comes, when the legs and arms are in on the action. This week we've had a lot of those. We like it!