Happy 6th Birthday, McKenna and Lucas!

Before a person has children it is hard to understand how every year moms can recall every detail leading up to and during the birth of their children.  Well, today my babies turned six and I remember every detail of that day.  If your interested, you can read about it here.

Today started out with a boom.  We woke to a pretty good thunderstorm and even had some weather sirens.  Then it was off to school as usual.  Every morning the kids' school has a short news program put on by some of the 5th graders (I think).  During that news program they recognize the children who have birthdays that day.  Today McKenna and Luke were that lucky two.  Then, their classmates sang "Happy Birthday".  I even got some good news at school today.  McKenna has gone from a reading level 1 to a reading level 3. 

After school, we headed to Chuck E Cheese.  The kids had a great time playing games and riding the little kids rides.  Of course we came home with the necessary cheap toys.

Next on the agenda was a visit from their Grandma Judy and Grandpa Vic.  They opened a few gifts.  Since we had cake for their birthday party, we opted to pick up some cupcakes for today.  We sang "Happy Birthday"m had our cupcakes and Grandma and Grandpa headed home.  The rest of the afternoon was spent playing with their gift.

I know that every year we comment on where the year has gone and how we can't believe they are growing up so fast.  Yes, that is true.  The year has gone fast and some days I wish they would stay little forever.  On the other hand, it is some much fun to watch them learn and grow.  I love being able to have real conversations with them.  I love that they have an AWESOME bond and an excited to see where that bond takes them.  I love when I can see glimpses the young adults they are going to be someday.  I love that some days I am Mom and other days I'm Mama or Mommy.  There are so many things I love about this age. 

Happy Birthday, Kiddos!  I love you.

Spring? Hello? Spring?

Well, so far spring hasn't started out the way anyone of us has really enjoyed. We got our first snowfall for the 2010-2011 winter WAY back in October. This has made for a VERY long winter. Even for those cold weather loving folks out there. March is supposed to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb (or so they say). Seems to me it March forgot to transition into a lamb. Then there is the whole "April showers brings May flowers" saying. YES, April has brought is plenty of showers. It also brought us many days below freezing and some snow. Now we are almost a week into may and we are just barely starting to creep up to above freezing temps for a full 24 hours straight. In the past 2 weeks if it hasn't been raining, it has been windy and cool almost every day except, maybe, two.

One of those exceptions was Easter. The three days leading up to Easter were COLD and rainy. Then Easter morning we woke to sun and temps in the 40's. It was so nice in fact, that we decided to drive the Galaxie to Mike's Aunt's for Easter lunch. It was a nice day. We had a good meal, the kids played outside for quite a while and we had a nice car ride.

Yesterday, was nice. We were able to open some windows and get some fresh air in the house. Tomorrow forcast looks pretty good too. Then it seems that we are looking forward to another straight week of rain or showers everyday. On the upside, I wont have to water my new grass seed. Then again, doesn't grass need some sun too. I know we do.