Mother's Day

Mother's Day was nice.  My sister visited and we also had lunch at the beach with some friends.  Emme does not want the sand to touch her feet but if she could she would run out into the ocean and swim with the fish.  I remember Zackary being like that but now he's the opposite.

The kids love Auntie!  They can't wait for her to come visit.  Zackary thinks she is there to play with him not to see me too.  Too cute.

I love my kids so much.  They are my world...my greatest accomplishments.  I cross my fingers I do right by them.

My First Pair of Shoes

Aren't they cute.  Her first pair...I had to take a picture! 

Happy 15th Birthday Bentley

I wanted you kids to remember the dog that was there in your first years of life.  Bentley was always calm and careful with you guys and even though you entered his world during his later years and he wasn't as energetic he was an amazing dog that loved you a lot.  He gets us out walking as a family and keeps us united.  He is old now and moving slow but he is apart of our family and always will be. 

Shaving Creme Art

One of the last days of Zackary's first year of preschool was Mother's Day.  We all got to stay in and watch what our kids do and hang out.  One creative way they clean their boards that the kids play on is with shaving creme.  It takes the paint right off.  Zackary loved this...he got every last drop of paint off of this board and kept him so calm.  He has had a rough time his first year transitioning from an only child to a baby sister and then starting the first year of school.  He has made such improvements socially and emotionally this year and it's so reassuring for me.  I need to buy one of these easel's for his birthday so we can have paint and shaving creme days.

Music Together

"Hello to Emeline, so nice to see you, Hello to mommy, so nice to see you!"  She loved this class.  We sang songs and danced for 45 min. with other kids her age. I proudly think she was the leader of the pack because the boys would follow her every move.  At the beginning of class she sits quietly in my lap and takes it all in.  As the minutes go on she starts walking around to each mother and child and stares.  Then she walks around to all the windows and continues to go up to the mothers watching them.  Only now that the class is over does she dance at home and yell at me to turn the CD on.  She has the CD memorized and has made up a different dance to each song.  Their is a finger song, which is probably her favorite because she does what the song says to do with your fingers and hands.  Musically inclined, these kids are.

Our Evening Mlik Time

I don't know if I should be embarrassed or not but this picture was taken in April and we still have our morning and night milk time.  Yes bottles.  It's time to stop but I love the two moments of us laying down on my bed and relaxing.  It literally is only 3 minutes long because she downs the milk so quickly but it's 3 precious minutes.  She is probably my last baby, selfishly I am relishing every moment.

My favorite stuffed animal

Zackary never had a favorite stuffed animal when he was young but Emeline on the other hand loves this kitty!  She sleeps every night with it and if we read a book about cats she has to go and get it out of her crib and cuddle with it.  There is a husky a white cat and for awhile a baby she carried around as well but those didn't make the cut!

She just woke up from a nap here-her hair was all curly in the back, it's hard to see here.