To say it has been awhile is an understatement at best, I really just can’t even begin to describe how busy I have been and that would be boring, so I won’t. But as the pictures show, there have been some happy times interspersed with the stress and chronic lack of sleep. With May comes both my birthday and Mother’s Day. The picture of Grant on the rug is him with the present he picked out for me. He was just so excited, Jason said he saw it at Target and just had to have it for me and I really do like it, which is good, because he could not wait to give it to me and then could not stop asking questions like “do you like your new rug, Mom” and ‘what is your favorite thing about the new rug” and my favorite, “what do you like better, the rug from me or the clothes from Kyle”. He also made the card in the picture, the one with the caterpillar with a hat, because really, nothing says Happy Mother’s Day like a caterpillar with a hat on. I would be lying to say that I wasn’t disappointed that my children’s father put no more effort into the festivities then the shopping trip. I of course realize how lucky I was to be able to spend the day with my kids, I just ended the day feeling a little empty that to Jason, it was just another day, not even a “hey, your doing a good job as a mom” which is all I really wanted from him. But life goes on and I had an amazing birthday, as shown in the rest of the pictures, complete with strawberry cake a new point an shoot camera and an awesome dinner at the fanciest (and most expensive) restaurant I have ever been to while all three of the boys slept over at Grandma’s. It was a much needed break in what has already been described as a crazy break.
With school out and my super big work project wrapped up, I am feeling just a little better. Kyle is going to soccer camp this week and is in heaven, playing 3 hours a day. He can’t wait to do the full day next year. We have a busy June planned and a few things for July as well, so things are good in his neck of the woods. His school has a 1000 page reading challenge and he is going at it with a vengence, having already logged over 250 page (in the first week of summer). I think he thinks it more of an assignment and I don't know if he will stop cold turkey once he hits the 1000 page mark. I kind of doubt it, his reading skills really took off in the last quarter and he is easily reading chapter books, his favorite being the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series. Grant is going with the flow as usual. He loves to give people hugs, not just us, but the photographer at Picture People, the hostess at Waldo pizza, some random woman that came to the house to drop off PTA receipts, etc. It's like he just gets a huggable vibe from some people and goes for it, really, really sweet. He also admires cars and has said a few times (again to random people) "that's a nice car you have there". Ryan (aka Ry Guy) is along for the ride as well. When someone has something he wants, he has stated saying “that’s Ry Guy’s”. Since we are closing in on his 2nd birthday, this happens a lot. He really says all kinds of things that amaze us, today I took Grant and him to the zoo while Kyle was at camp and when Jason got home, he asked Ryan what we had done and he said “say monkeys, ooh ooh ahh ahh”, “monkeys eating”. When I asked if he remembered what the tigers were doing, he replied “sleeping”. Can’t believe he remembered 8 hours after the fact and could repeat it.
