Timmy lovessss basketball! & he’s really very good. He practices all the time thanks to memes & Tom buying him his own hoop. He’ll get up to 9 shots in a row.

Today he got medal for most enthusiastic. That’s for sure! Every week one player gets a medal for exceptional demonstration of a sportsmanship quality. He was so proud and I know it because he says as we are walking out, “Mom I’m just so proud of myself can you believe I got this medal?” He’s so awesome.

I got video of one of his shots too.​

I was sooo excited for this! & so was Timmy. All day he was counting down until we could leave. I am so blessed to be his mama. He really is the sweetest thing. He has the biggest heart and his laugh just lights up the room.

I love any time that I can pour into just one child. Really give them all my love and make them feel so special. In the middle of dancing he stops and says mommy I love spending time with you. It doesn’t get better than this.

The boys had the best time. Little dancing fools. Especially once the sugar kicked in. I love my city. They really went all out. Baby blue cupcakes, candy bar, & juice for the boys. Chicken wings & veggies for the moms. 

Did I say I love my City!! They posted these pictures this morning.

On our way home I said Timmy I love spending this time with you & he saysss, “Me too mom but I really miss Grace.”

I’m so lucky to be the mom of these sweet children.

& poof! 9 months has passed. 

This little butterball is weighing in at 20 pounds. She is suddenly a lover of all food. Like you can’t eat in front of her and expect not to share.

She is all over the place. Crawling, standing & cruising the couches.

She’s just the happiest little thing. Six teeth and I would not have know by all the happy days we have. 

I’ve been spoiling her lately & letting her nap in my arms. But I already know those snuggles don’t last forever so the house will have to wait until she is grown.

Our very first chapter book complete! This is very exciting for me. I love to read and I’m really look forward to re-reading all the classics with my children.

I tried this last year with Charlottes Web but they weren’t ready yet. This time around it was so fun. Every night we snuggled up in my bed and read as a family. I also bought the book of kids questions and we filled that out each night too.

And coincidently that night we read our last chapter, the movie was playing on TV the very next day. We ate shrimp for dinner just like the Penguins. Our shrimp was fried tho 🙈. And the kids ate their ice cream and we all watched the movie. It. Was. Terrible. They liked it but I could not keep interested. The Penguins didn’t even have the same names. Like what?!

Anyways these lucky kids got to then go to Sea World a few days later to see real Penguins. Its a miracle this all worked out & the weather was perfect.The penguin exhibit is the cutest. And Daddy bought them little penguin babies from the gift shop. For the rest of the trip I had to keep these “Penguins” cold by holding them with our frozen water bottles. The pretend play is serious over here.

I woke up to this this morning.

It’s so awesome to see them playing out parts of the book. I’m excited for our next adventure!

Today there was a dead bird in the road. Timmy got so angry and says you know what I bet I know who did this and don’t worry mom I will be having a word with them.

Timmy doesn’t like our frig because the ice maker is too noisy. Says it’s gonna wake up Grace. He just told me to try calling 772-frig-makers and get it fixed.

So I turned my backyard into a water park on a budget… these kids were singing my praises. I actually got this, “Mom thanks for buying this pool we really appreciate it!” Just 12 bucks for all this magical fun!

Added some shampoo and pool turned bath just like that.

Day 2. More dirt. Pool falling apart. Kids could care less.​

Dube Waterpark 2.0 is Swings + Sprinkler! Apparently the tiny friends are baaacccckkkk. Grace says her tiny friends are on her head taking a tour and her hair is their buckle and Timmy’s tiny friends are trying to turn the water off but they’re too small 😳

It’s SUMMER! Not actually but according to Florida conditions it’s been summer for at least a week now. Its May 1st so from here on out it water activities only or you won’t survive.

The kids don’t mind at all. Total beach babes.

I found this perfect little mini beach. Almost zero waves and the shortest walk from car to sand. The beach is hard for me with 3 kids especially since my husband isn’t big on going so that means this mama is going solo or not at all. It makes me feel like I’m on vacation even if it’s a little crazy with 2 kids and a baby. 

But seriously Lydia is the coolest baby. She hung out in her beach tent, she played in the sand and the water, she nursed and napped. She’s just a happy camper. I took a million pictures. Surprise. Surprise.

& I just love these pictures of my baby sister hanging out with my babies. She’s such a big help.

Proof of all the fun had.

It was a fun filled weekend for sure. On Saturday my friend Dawn basically had a tiny water par in her yard just for our kids. She had a big kid pool, a baby pool, a bounce house, slip & slide, water balloons & water guns. They all had the best time. 

& boy did this bring me back. Squeeze its! This has 90’s kid written all over it 😂

Aunt Dawn never disappoints. That mama pulls out all the stops. I mean it’s madness but it’s a nice treat for my kids. She has an outdoor frig stocked with ice pops, ice cream, juice & wine for the mama’s. Her supply is endless & my kids were loving it. Pretty sure they had 3 different kinds of popsicles and I just decided to call it dinner. Just look at Gracie’s face in that picture lol obviously reached her sugar max.

So now we will celebrate summer until November, where we pretend its winter but it’s really 86 on Christmas. I think we are going to travel to snow this winter and show these poor kids what it’s all about.

The way Lydia giggles when Timmy talks to her.

Finding Timmy asleep in my Dads room.

Popsicles with my kids. Grace looks like such a baby. Sometimes I forget she’s only three. 

Timmy playing football with our priest. 

A mommy love pile.

Roasting pretend marshmallows on a pretend fire and climbing real trees. Sometimes I have to just sit in my front yard and look out and pretend I live in the mountains.

Flying Kites! & these kids were so good at it.

😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

I hope he wants to snuggle with me always. You can never know when the last time will be. No one tells you that on this such and such a date cuddling with your mother will be uncool. I hope never. 

Oh how I love this dance company!! This Recital was in honor of our military. All the costumes were red, white & blue and before the show they played all the anthems for each branch of military and had them stand to represent the branch they served. Soooooo beautiful. And of course there was prayer before the show started. I am so grateful to have this dance school as part of our little bubble. We are so blessed to have our kids be part of something that strives to first serve God. Mmmm its just lovely.

& onto the cuteness ❤️ 

This was Grace at her rehearsal & then later she applied some extra lipstick to be more fabulous.

The night of her Recital Aunt Erica & Aunt Jessica came up and helped get her ready and Memaw & Pepaw came to the show. Her costume was ADORABLE!

Oops I put it on backwards..

Well when the big moment came Grace walked out all smiles and super confident but she. kept. on. walking 😂😂 nearly walking off the stage. 

Her sweet teacher had to run on and bring her back to her spot. It was a hot mess. The crowd loved it though. Her friend Addy fell backwards and gave us all a scare but Grace ran over and helped her up which made this mama so proud. 

After, we took her and Addy out for ice cream. And here’s a bizillion pictures..

We decided on going to the Easter Vigil. It was a hard decision really. We always go to sunrise mass. I like the idea of the kids praising Jesus first and then open baskets. But this year Tim has to work the 9am mass. Going to a 9am mass is chaos. I can’t do it. So the Easter Vigil was my best option. It kinda was brilliant too because I put the kids in their pjs and these sweet babies slept peacefully after the first hour. Nothing is more beautiful than a church lit by candlelight. 

& the Easter outfits 💗 Ugh he is just so sweet & goofy. 

& my girls. This picture made my whole day.

& then more cuteness.

& there was an Easter egg hunt & a bunny hop race.

& we had a visit with the Easter Bunny himself. Lydia was like ummmmm mom..

& an Easter bath. Yes that’s a thing. The things Pinterest makes you feel are necessary. Totally worth it.

Happy 1st Easter sweet baby girl!

The Easter bunny came!

And our newest addition.. Princess Bunny
Mommys biggest blessing. This man. I’m really so proud of him. To watch his journey with God is pure joy for me. Eight years ago he told me he didn’t believe in God. It just wasn’t part of his life, were his exact words. Today he served as Eucharistic Minister at the Easter service. It really shows me that in Gods time all will be perfect. My kids are so blessed to grow up with a Dad who can lead them closer to God. & he’s handsome too 😍
&&&& just one more picture of this beauty 💗

I don’t know if this is normal but I come up with these bright ideas to have a kids holiday party and I plan alllllll the things, invite everyone I know. Sounds fun right? Night before, I’m like in panic overdrive and want to cancel. Like everytime. Then when it’s all over, I’m all ok that was amazing and so fun. & then the cycle continues. 

But I will say, I totally rocked this Easter party! When the kids arrived we read the story of the Last Supper and had our own little bread and wine. The kids loved the wine glasses.

The we talked about the resurrection using this free printable & idea from the Happy Home Fairy. It was a hit. The kids cracked open their snack filled plastic eggs and I read a bible verse. They had to figure out which snack matched the verse and then they could eat it.

The best part of the party for me is the washing of the feet. Ugh its so precious. We go in a circle and the friend sitting next to you washes your feet. It really bring the story to life for these little ones.

We made some bunny booty pancakes for lunch. I let the kids assemble them because I love a good mess apparently. But they had fun.

& I woke up at 6a.m. to put together bunny juice boxes. You gotta have them. Its a must. This was another free printable I got from teacherspayteachers. There’s even cotton on the back for bunny tail.

For dessert we had peep fruit kabobs.

While the big kids painted crosses the babies made a masterpiece of their own.

Nothing makes me happier then having a house full of babies. They were so cute “painting” with their yogurt. I dyed the yogurt different colors and put down a white shower curtain as their paper. And when it was all over, I wrapped it up and tossed. Easy Peasy.

It was an awesome day and I hope that the kids really got a better understanding of the true meaning of Easter. I am blessed to have friends that love Jesus and want to share these experiences with our kids together.

My favorite picture 💗