Mother's Day

Roanna spent this Mother's day with us; my fifth Mother's Day to be exact. We had a wonderful day. Phillip and the boys got me a gift certificate to get a massage and money to shop with. I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day.

First Sleep Over

Lofton has been begging Phillip and I for months now to let someone spend the night with him or to spend the night with someone. Well, last night he finally got his chance. His friend Justin came home with us from school to play, and when I called his mom to get directions to take him home, she asked if Lofton could just stay over at her house. He has stayed with my parents for a week before, and he has spent the night with Phillip's mom, but that is the extent of it. He is so outgoing; I knew he do fine. And, he did great! Of course, he has been rather ill today from lack of sleep. He is a lot like me; my mom tells me that I was always grumpy after going to a sleep over. And, I know this myself because last night I went to a school lock in, and I didn't come home until 4:00am, so poor Phillip and Landon have been putting up with two ill people today.

Landon Screams for Icecream

One of the best things about summer most definetely has to be icecream, and though it is not officially summer yet, we have been indulging in the pleasures of summer. Yesterday, we drove through McDonalds and got icecream cones (Landon's favorite). We have to get icecream at the store, McDonalds, Sonic, or some other location other than the icecream man because Landon is terrified of the icrecream man, and I guess I don't blame him. Icecream "men" do have a common stereotype, but he isn't aware of it. I am not sure exactly what he is afraid of; I think it is the van that plays music box music. Anyways, when we drive thru somewhere to get icecream, there is no waiting until we get home, so instead of listening to him scream, I gave in and handed him his cone. Here is what happens when one gives an icecream cone to a child in his car seat.

Tea by the Sea

Lofton's class had a tea by the sea luncheon in honor of Mother's Day this year. Luckily, my classes were involved in field day, so I snuck away for an hour to go to his program and eat lunch. His class sang songs to the mother's, and when I say class I mean class. Lofton did not sing; he just sat in my lap and said, "Are you listening momma?" He was so sweet though. I felt so good when I walked in because he was so excited to see me and so proud to have me sit with him on his beach towel. He told me so many times that he loved me, and that was the best gift he could have given me; however, he had a few gifts in store for me as well. His class read a book called Memory Box for Mother, and he had made me a memory box that consisted of a bandaide for the care I give, a nut for our silly, fun times, Hershey kisses for the love I give, and gum because we stick together. Now though, my box has a bandaide in it and the gum because he ate my peanut and Hershey kiss. He had also made me a sweet card and drew a picture of us on a questionaire about me that he had answered. In my son's eyes I am, "as pretty as a bug; I am 1580 tall; I have green eyes, and I am best at playing games."

I am so lucky to have a sweet son like Lofton and Landon. They bring Phillip and I so much joy. We are truly blessed.

Creekin

Ok, so it has been raining since Friday, and after spending a day in doors, we just had to get out, so on Saturday, the rain let up for awhile, and we decided to get outside. I knew the boys would get wet, but I didn't know how much. Of course, the first place they wanted to go was the creek to "throw rocks". We hadn't been there long when Lofton started to take off his pants. I asked him what in the world he was doing, and he replied, "getting in." I decided it wouldnt' hurt especially since he had on crocs, but I forgot that little brother would be next. Landon didn't bother to take off his pants though; he just stepped in pants, tennis shoes, and all. They had a blast playing in the dirty muddy creek water for over an hour until Landon got in over his head, and I had to get in the dirty, muddy creek water. He didn't go under; he was quite the swimmer. He laid down, and his arms could touch, but he was having a hard time getting back up. When I drug him out, he pointed to the other side of the creek where it was much shallower and where I had been directing them to play all day and said, "other pool." Now, I am not sure why he likes to play in this "pool" especially when it was a little cold out because last weekend when it was 80 degrees we broke out the baby pool, and I even put hot water in it to warm it up, and he still wouldn't get in.

Yesterday, I went to Target to get Landon some crocs because I know we will be doing this everytime it rains this summer, and the lady at the checkout asked me what the shoes were called. I told her that they're knock off crocs, that I have to have since my little one likes to play in the creek, and she said, "Oh, so he can go creekin in his crocs." Yes, we live in Tennessee!

Landon is 2

It is so hard to believe that Landon is already two. He is no longer a baby, and he is insistent that he not be treated like one either. He has to do everything that Lofton does. The other day, he wouldn't let me get him out of the car. I unfastened his car seat, and then he did the rest- climbed out, got out of car, and shut car door. He also hopped across some rocks in the creek the other day because Lofton did it. And as most of you know, he has been in a "big boy bed" for months now. I just can't believe that he has grown up so quickly.

We had a ball at Landon's birthday party