A spring day

At the park on a beautiful spring day

 

 

the sun was shining and the sky was blue

One reason I guess I should be thankful for winter is that spring days like this are oh so sweet

Oh so sweet, just like this little guy

Boston Strong

I took these pictures of Ben in Arizona a few days after the "Boston Marathon Bombings" that shook Boston, New England, and our whole country to the core.  What a sad and tragic day for sure.
Yet, love, courage, and strength came from this tragedy and that must also be acknowledged and remembered.

I knew many people running the marathon and even more family and friends there supporting people they love who were running.  Thank God all those people were unharmed, physically at least. Emotionally, well that's another story, they will all carry invisible scars from that day for the rest of their lives.

 

So Ben was wearing his Boston Red Sox hat to show his support!

BOSTON STRONG

Gumball maker

Ben was given a new playdough set for Easter from his great Auntie Joanne.  It's a "candy store" themed set and Ben LOVED it!  He played with it for a long time and I may have also played with it for just as long.  I actually love playdough, always have and probably all ways will, and am so glad my kids love it too.

 

 

 

So, as you can surely imagine, I have played with a lot of different playdough sets. Most of the time I kinda think they are a waste of money and that regular old kitchen things are much better.  Like rolling pins, cookie cutters, and meat pounders. 

But this, oh this was GREAT!  My favorite playdough set ever!  So much so that I bought it as a birthday gift for a cousin's birthday.

Thanks for sharing Ben and thanks to Auntie Joanne for a great gift!

My mothers day!

I am so blessed

 

I love my family

And, oh these children, they are my world

Every smile and giggle

Every dirty face and muddy hand

 

Watching them play and explore

 

Learn and grow

 

Their "amazingness" awes me every day

I'm so glad I was picked to be their mommy

Connor and Connor

This is Connor and Connor!  For this post we will call my Connor,CJ, as to not confuse the two.
Connor lives down the street from us and the boys have become quite the friends.  The boys played all day yesterday and were having such a fun time.
CJ and I were supposed to have a Mom/CJ date last night.  I asked CJ if he would like Connor to join us and he was thrilled with the idea.  So off we set to go to dinner and do a little shopping.

It was fun but a little crazy and I discovered that taking two boys out to dinner is a much different experience then taking two girls out!  We went out for Mexican, yummy.

I tried to get some cute pictures of the two great friends, like I do with the girls, but unlike the girls they refused to take a "cute" picture and only wanted to take "silly" pictures.  Oh well, they are goofy boys so that's ok.

After desert we decided to head home for a sleepover instead of going shopping.  It was CJ's first time having a friend sleep over at our house and they had a great time!  They were together for almost 24 hours and didn't bicker one time.  It went really well and I'm sure it won't be too long before we do it again!

Video games

As most kids this day-in-age, Connor loves to play video games.  We try to limit it because if we didn't he would probably play a lot more then he should.  Last week Connor had a couple challenges at school and as a consequence Chris and I took all "electronics" away. 

Yesterday Connor made me laugh when he told me that since he isn't allowed to play electronics he decided to create his own!  This kid has a great imagination and I LOVE it!

He created a game console, game discs, and a controller.  Today he even created a controller for Ben so he could join in the fun.

The boys played together all morning!  (The girls weren't home) I just loved seeing my boys playing so wonderfully together and having such a fun time. 

One of the games is called "Go" which is a game you play inside but today Connor created "Go 2" which you play outside.  It was just beautiful to watch as my boys ran around the yard using such a creative imagination and getting a good dose of vitamin D in the process!

I love these boys! 

They don't play together too much as there is quite an age difference between the two but when they do it brings a smile to their mom!

I hope they continue to "play" together for the rest of their lives!

Sometimes when I go out with my bestie, Neala, we walk around the same store for hours looking at everything.

We try different things on and LAUGH like it is the funniest thing in the world!

 

I'm thinking she should have bought this hat though, as I am pretty sure she can pull it off! 

These shoes however, well who in the world can actually wear them???  Yes, I was a few inches taller but OMGoodness my ankles were killing me in two minutes!

We were laughing so hard that my stomach hurt and I could barely walk!  (Although part of that was the shoes)

I just LOVE hanging out with my bestie!  And no, we weren't drinking although I am sure some of the people who saw us probably thought we were!

(Sorry Neala but I just had to!)