Mothers Day

Mothers Day - what a wonderful day.  The saturday before we took a shopping trip with my mom and 3 sisters.  Then on sunday we went to the Breast Cancer walk at the MOA - with almost 50,000 other people, yes, that's correct - it was crazy - what a wonderful problem to have, too many people!  We followed that with a picnic at our house, and then my boys giving me tulips (they were hiding in the bathtub all day)!!  I am so blessed with two amazing, precious boys!  What more could a mother want?

Mommy and Me Day

OH, it was soooo fun.  Kobe had mommy and me day at school last thursday!  He had to bring a photo of his mommy, then all the mommies got to come for the last hour of class.  We sat in a circle and they sang songs to us while holding our hands, telling me how much he loves me and that I take such good care of him.  It totally melted my heart - it was so hard to hold back the tears of joy!  I'm so proud of him, and he has such a sweet singing voice (and totally in tune).  Then we got to do some songs with actions and tapping some sticks (Kobe was perfectly on beat, he has lots of practice with his drums at home).  After circle time we got to pick out stuff to do a scrapbook page and they took our picture to put on the page we made.  It was a blast.  He also had colored a picture of me (I have only 4 fingers and toes, is that a problem?).  And they filled out some fill in the blank as follows:

My mommy looks pretty when:  she puts stars on her dress????  (no clue)

My mommy's favorite food:  pizza (that's what we had for supper the night before)

My mommy's favorite thing to do:  clean  (yeah, he knows me)

Soccer 4 Kobe??

Kobe, my big boy, started soccer this spring.  It's adorable - he's with 4/5 year olds learning the basics and even playing a few games (if they remember to go the right direction, and don't get too distracted when the trains go by).  It's totally hilarious to watch, and so cute in their uniforms!  Daddy even got hooked into helping coach!  Oh, and get this - there is another Kobe on his team of 9 kids - that's crazy - we've never met another Kobe!  Brennan and I can't wait to go to the next practice/game!

Home depot

Kobe and daddy have started doing the Home Depot projects every first saturday of the month.  It's a great thing home depot does.  They get an apron and then a pin for each project they complete.  So far they've made a race track w/cars and a bird house that hangs on the window and has a clear back so you can see the bird in it.  As you can tell Kobe loves it (doing anything with daddy)!

Real Bird nest

Yes, it's true - we have a real birds nest under our deck this year - it's been fun to watch the 3 blue eggs turn into 3 baby birds, and the mommy constantly bringing worms to the nest, and getting upset about us being outside (especially when we had a bonfire).  Kobe insists there are 4 eggs, it's hard to see between the deck boards!  God has made some amazing creatures!

Bird nests

Kobe and Brennan have really been into imaginative play lately - Kobe always has them playing something different, usually something that he's experienced lately (bird nests, baby jesus, crop farming).  Brennan loves it, and Kobe loves having his "buddy" to play with.  He often asks when his buddy is going to wake up (brennan loves his sleep - he sleeps in until 8:30 usually and then takes a 3 hr nap!).  It's so wonderful that they love playing together.

Early Bday present

Kobe got an early birthday present from daddy.  Daddy couldn't wait to give him his new "real" golf clubs.  No more plastic ones!  Daddy even took him to the golf course to do the practice putting green.  Kobe had a blast.  (so did daddy!)