School's Out For Summer!

Today was the last day of school and we had our big end of the year "Patriotic" program. It was so precious. Each class sang a patriotic song, they all said the pledge and several of the kids had patriotic quotes. What a great morning. Wright did a wonderful job performing his song and singing loudly over the other kids :)

My sweet class...two of these kids will be going on to kindergarten. I am so proud of all of them and will miss them so much.

Wright's class sang "Happy Birthday to the red, white and blue." It was a huge hit!

Getting ready for the big show.

Goodbye Mrs. Gibbons! We will miss you next year!

Pajama day on Monday was big fun! Wright said it was his favorite day of school. :)

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend this year. Saturday Brendan let me sleep in until almost 10 which was so wonderful! Sunday, we had to get up and get everyone ready to go to the Arboretum to get a family picture taken. It was actually kind of fun and I was so happy to get it done - we sadly have never had a good picture of our family and never a professional one either. Then we met my mom for brunch and she offered to have the boys over to her house for the afternoon. So, Brendan and I went shopping for my new computer which I have desparately needed for a long time. It was so nice to be able to spend time making a decision without the kids there screaming to leave the store. Then we went back to my mom's and rested while they were sleeping. All in all a very nice day and relaxing weekend. I am so thankful for my precious boys and wonderful husband.

Wright made me a special card for Mother's Day at school that had a flower on it and each petal he said something about me. I was impressed at how well he knew me. Here were his answers:
- Her favorite color is purple
- Her favorite place is the beach
- She loves pepporoni pizza
- She plays Hungry Hippos with me
- She loves flowers

Wright Update

First of all, funny story. Wright is getting closer to making it through the night without a pull up. So as a result, he is waking up to go potty at all hours of the night. We have spent a lot of time and effort training him to never come out of his room without us coming to get him which has always been really nice. But having him call "Mommy Mommy!" when he needs to go potty in the middle of the night was getting a little old. So I told him that he was allowed to get out of his bed and go down the hall to his bathroom if he needed to. Well, this has opened all sorts of doors. So, last night Brendan and I were working on my new computer in the backroom and heard his door open. We both assumed he was going potty but did not pay enough attention to realize we never heard it close back. About 45 minutes later we heard someone running through the kitchen. I jumped up thinking it was an intruder and saw Wright in there. I went after him and he went in his room and closed the door. So I opened it and asked him what he was doing to which he searched for a lie to get out of trouble. At this point, I could hear the tv on from our bedroom. So I asked if he had been in there watching tv and coaxed a "yes" out of him eventually. After much scolding, I put him back in his bed and went to my room to turn the tv off. There I found where he had made a pallet out of his blankets and stuffed animals, gotten the flashlight out of the outlet to see better, and guess what show was on? Real Housewives of New Jersey! He can't work the remote, so he had been watching that for almost an hour. I will never get that part of his innocence back ;) I went to tell B and we both couldn't help but laugh and wonder how long he had been planning this stunt.

He is also (and has been for some time now) giving up his nap. I have been really holding on to it because it is the only time I can get work done. But recently it has gotten really bad and he just doesnt want to be in his room for 2+ hours. So Brendan and I decided we would let him watch a movie for an hour from like 1-2 to wind down and then go in his room to "nap" from 2-3 or 3:30. Today was the first day we tried this and so far so good. I had to post this pic of how I found him in the den when I went in to check on him. So precious...

Spencer 16 months

I have been telling people Spencer is 17 months old! So sad, I can't keep track. Then when I figured out that it was 16 months, I told Brendan and he swore he was 15 months. Poor child has 2 parents that can't keep it straight.

What he is up to:
- His favorite activity around the house by far is going into every room, saying "bye bye" and closing the door. I frequently find him closed in rooms by himself. He also loves going around and putting things in other things. We are always finding stuff in the trash or hidden in a cabinet.
- He is still very easy going. We are constantly being told that he is just an "angel" when we drop him off at church or bible study, etc. He never cries with strangers - seriously has no clingy or stranger danger bone in his body.
- He has mastered saying "bye bye" and waving and is so proud of himself when he does it.
- He is still a pretty picky eater and eats hardly any fruit or veggies and very few meats.
- He thinks Wright is the funniest thing in the world and cracks up at him all the time. He loves to wrestle with Wright too and is constantly initiating it.
- In the last month we have discovered that he has a very manipulative fake cry that he does a lot when we tell him no or if Wright does something he doesn't like. It is like this deliberate "wah" and sad face and then he stops immediately and is ok.
- His favorite toy these days is his new phone he got for Easter. He is very protective of it and will grab it from Wright and scream.
- He finally is interested in books although his attention span is still much shorter than his brother's.
- He still has no interest in TV.
He keeps us on our toes for sure but is also the cuddliest most loving little boy and we love him to pieces.

"Bye Bye"