Love is all I Need

I am feeling utterly blessed.  

After this wonderful weekend/week, I am feel like the belle of the ball. 

Nate and the kids have spoiled me all week.  

I have gotten hand written notes all week and a special gift everyday for the last week. 

Nate has reminded me (about a dozen times) that he has out done himself, so I will 

not have high expectations next year.  Okay, Honey? 

But I felt the love this week.  

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous too, so who doesn't love that? 

Lil Miss and I have been spending our days buying flowers for the yard 

and vegetables for the garden. 

Everything is in full bloom around here.  

With such a bad cold winter, I was wondering if all my plants 

would make it and it looks like sadly I lost a pear tree in the back yard. 

Oh well, off to the nursery to replace it! 

"Mom, get that one and that one and that one!"

{windowbox in progress}

We have gotten in a routine, Lil Miss and me, on watering the pots in the

morning after the kids go to school.  

Sometime watering is dangerous work, so we make sure to wear safety gear!  LOL

The garden has bloomed and we have sprouts peeking through the soil.  

Even our meals have gotten fresher and spring-ier.  Yes I just made a word up, 

but what else describes colorful food on our plate that is good for you.  

Oh yeah...... Vegetables.  

The kids have started full board into spring sports.  

We spend many nights at baseball games, volleyball games, 

and now track practice. 

{father and son]

For the weekend, I got to call the shots.  

The world was my oyster, and I would like to think I wasn't that demanding. 

I requested a picnic outside under the crabapple tree, hiking, exploring nature and 

a Habeneros.  I would like to say I was pretty easy to please. 

{the making of flower crowns}

Flower crowns... even for the boy! 

Since Rosie has started running track, I have promised her
that we would start running together.  On Saturday we
got our first run in.  I am totally in awe of my girl.
1.28 miles in and she wasn't breaking a sweat.
Double the mileage next time.

On Sunday, I woke up to breakfast cooked by my favorite people.
I won't lie, Nate's breakfasts are my favorite!
He wows me with his concoctions of delicious breakfast food.
Mother's day morning he did not disappoint.
Strawberry Confetti Pancakes... Yum!

My "day" was perfect with no where to really be. 

We went out and hiked a park near by and discovered new areas so close to our house.  

Nature so intrigues me!

The ones who call me Mom.  

 

I became a mom almost five years ago, and no one 

could have ever described to me how it feels.  It is truely the 

best feeling ever to have someone love you so.  

The best part is all the handwritten notes that said why I was the best mom. 

"because you kiss me goodnight"

"because you cook me my favorite meal... mac and cheez"

"There's no one like you"

I love every part of being a mommy. 

Summer Mommy Camp

For the last couple weeks I have been preparing for the kids to be home all summer from school. 

I have been pinning things on pinterest to do, printing out worksheets to do over the summer, and organizing things for us to keep busy over the summer.  Last year, I really tried to use the summer to keep learning.  Rosie was attending Sylvan 2 days a week and I was trying to do a few creative things and science things with the kids every week.  This year I have expanded on that and am prepared even more. 

I am calling this summer "Mommy Camp". 

Every week we are going to have some learning worksheets (math, reading comprehension, time, and money counting) and fun things to do.  I have compiled some learning themes for each week to make it even more fun.  One week will be Space where we learn about the stars and planets.  I have pinned many things on pinterest to help emphasize the lesson.  Learning the phases of the moon with Oreos, sewing with thread different constellations, star gazing, and even space themed snacks.  Rosie can't wait for this one because I also picked up a Magic School Bus Space kit and she can't wait to open the box. 

Our other themes are: 

Bugs

Fruits and Vegetables

The World

Plants

Cooking

{my summer mommy camp board on pinterest}

 

I have added to my binder from last year and compiled lots of math worksheets (most from www.math-salamanders.com) and book reports.  The kids each have a reading log hanging up in the laundry room to keep a list of all the books they read over the summer.  For Rosie, I am having her write a short book report for each book she reads to help with reading comprehension.  We will see how this works. 

 

   

{book logs}

I have reorganized the kid's boxes and added new things into each for busy work over the summer.  I had to add harder stuff to Rosie's box, adding multiplication and division work for over the summer.

{inside Rosie's box}

 

So we will put all this to the test next week. 

Doing little things like this each week, keeps us always doing new things and off our butts.  Excited for summer to begin!!

4 days!!