Busy month of May & Ryan graduates Preschool

May has been a busy month for us with lots going on. Lots of Birthdays, graduations,sickness and FUN. Life as usually is busy and keeping up with everything has me spinning some days. Our family calendar had lots going on, with preschool leader day,Keaton's field day,family fun night, friends and cousins B-day parties,Ryan's 4th Birthday,Ryan's preschool graduation and much more that I wont list. So much to do and so little time to relax has I guess lead us to where we are now.....FIGHTING a bad bug. Everyone but me has thus far been very sick. At this moment Keaton,Ben and Aiden are on antibiotics, Aiden has a double ear infection for the 6th time. Ryan thankfully just has a cold and is doing fairly well. There has been no rest for the weary around here as I've been run into the ground trying to take care of everyone. I pray I'm not next. If I go down it will be bad news.

As mentioned above Aiden has his 6th ear infection and we are on our way to probably getting tubes. We going in a few weeks to see the Dr. about this and we'll go from there. He has had an ear infection a month for since Jan. it's been a nightmare to say the least. He's such a happy little guy for all the turmoil he is going thru with his sore ears.

Ryan celebrated his 4th Birthday on Sunday the 23rd at Nancy Lewis Park. It was a beautiful afternoon shared with lots of friends and family. Ryan was just so happy he was having a Star Wars Birthday. The day before and after the party were extremely windy (65mph gusts) so we were blessed to have a day with little wind and clear blue sunny skies. I made him an adorable Star Wars fighter jet cake which I have to say I am extremely proud of. The day was wonderful and I can't believe he'll be four years old soon.

Yesterday the 25th Ryan graduated from his 3/4 year old preschool class. It was a special day as it was his first graduation and he was so excited. He doesn't really understand what took place to be honest. He woke up this morning asking if it was a school day as he wants to go to school. Poor guy doesn't get that he is staying home with me now till Sept. Will post pics of graduation soon. One funny note to share is Ryan is not good in front of groups so the entire program he sat stone faced. I don't think he sang a single word the entire program, and when they called his name to get his little diploma he did this funny walk to his teachers and acted all shy and goofy. Oh my Ryan, you keep me forever on my toes and always smiling as you are so unpredictable and true.

So busy, busy is our life but loving it all the same.

Mother's Day 2010

This year's Mother's Day was more special than ever after spending last year in the hospital with baby Aiden for several day. This year I was just thrilled to be home with all my boys. Ben made me a wonderful breakfast along with the boy's "help". I headed to church with the two older boys and Ben elected to stay at home with Aiden for me as they didn't have nursery service for him that morning. So I was excited that the boys could go to Children's church and I could peacefully sit and enjoy church for once. Well......god and church had other plans. They closed children's church so kids could sit with their moms. Several of us moms were wondering who came up with this brilliant idea. Now I had to sit with my 6 and 3 year old for an hour with nothing to do. I was not prepared for this you see and this left me a bit frazzled. Thankfully I found some paper and pens and they drew for a while and then just wriggled and giggled in their seat. Not sure who came up with that idea but I was feeling better as the family with 7 kids sat in front of us and they had it much worse off. Yikes! After church the boys gave me my gift which was some plants for the yard. I love planting things on special days. I love watching things grow and remember the special day that we planted it and it shows growth and life , which are so amazing. The rest of the day was spent at my parents home. Eating, playing outside and trying to relax. There's not alot of relaxing with a 13month old I've found. It was a spectacular day and I feel so blessed to be the mother of 3 amazing boys.

Brother OHHHHHH Brother

Well,we have reached the stage where the boys either love one another or can't stand one another and it has Ben and I pulling our hair out recently. I do the best I can to try and let them resolve conflicts on their own for the most part but lately all the bickering is driving me nuts. Hmmmm....not to mention the fact that my 3 year old knows exactly what to do to make his big brother lose it regularly. I know this is normal and for the most part they enjoy each others company and it's wonderful to watch them interact but when they fight WATCH OUT, it's a brawl and howl fest! Holly Cow. I'm a girl, I played barbies and tea sets for god sakes. I didn't wrestle or play Kung foo. This is all new territory for me and I'm wading thru this the best I can. They are good boys but they are ALL BOY and I'm having to learn as we go and I'm getting a schooling let me tell you. BOYS ONE-O-ONE is kicking my butt. So anyone out there who read this who has siblings that fight or all boys or even grew up with just brothers please throw me some support. I think I'll be heading to Barnes and Nobles to sift thru some books to get some pointers or maybe the liquor store to get a bottle of wine which always makes things a little more tolerable. LOL!!

Just like everything else I know we are going thru a stage and this stage will to pass but until then just trying to do the right thing for my little men. For now I will remind myself this is helping shape who they are becoming. They are building character,conflict resolution skills, a bond like no other and the important lesson that they are not the only one in this family or world and it's not just about them. So I will hold on to these thoughts and get thru this stage for now. Later they'll probably all gang up and work together wonderfully to sneak out, sneak in girls, take the car and throw parties so I guess I just made myself realize I have it pretty easy now Hugh! Hmmmm....where's that wine?

Ready to GOOOOOO!

OK, today I've had it and I am willing to say to anyone who wants to hear or wants to read. "I am ready to MOVE." I'm ready to high tail it back to the South where there is a Spring season and I can get my butt into a pair of shorts without freezing to death. I don't know what the world is going on with the weather here in Colorado this year but all I have to say is "IT SUCKS". One day it's seventy the next 40 and freezing because there's god awful winds. The grass thankfully is turning green slowly and there are some hints of life with some tulips and other flowers blooming but I have to say "I miss my Azaleas and southern foliage and I won't be happy till I have a yard full of it again." There I said it, I've had my rant. Maybe it all is ridiculous but man this winter has been way to long and their hasn't been a hint of Spring and we are almost mid-May. So I think I will be looking for job opportunities for Ben in the NC area and seeing what I can make happen sooner than later. So if you read this and you have a job for my dear husband that is decent, let me know. I'm ready to GOOOOOOO.