thanks for making me a mommy

our little family had a really nice week and weekend. all week we shuttled the kids back and forth to their soccer games or gymnastics or the library. i try to keep the kids pretty busy with activities so that mommy doesn't go too crazy. also, when the weather is decent here, i try and keep the kids outside as much as possible. i am now realizing that michael and i are in jeopardy of losing our oldest son, Mason, to the neighbors because they have a Wii and we don't. Their oldest, Parker, is the coolest to my boys, especially Mason and he wants to do whatever Parker does. (He's 8.) Michael and I said we will get Mason and Max a Wii system, but after the summer because we want them outside all summer.

I bought some gorgeous flowers to plant in flowerbeds and my pots. I've become quite the gardener, who knew. There is nothing like having a glass of wine in the evening and watering/talking to all of my plants at night after I put the kids to bed. The sun is still out here until 11pm in the summer, so you can do just about anything late at night.

Mother's day was a complete shocker to me. Michael surprised me with another gift! He bought me a docking station thingie for my ipod so that I can play MY music upstairs. It is so nice. He really blew me away with this gift because I thought the firepit was my present. The years are changing him and I LOVE it! We went to the inlaws, had a nice BBQ and fire and then came home and had a cocktail with my hubby on the patio while the boys played in their sandbox. What a nice day. When I was putting Max to bed, I told him thank you for such a wonderful Mommy's day and he said, "Now we have to have a Boy's day". Interesting. I thought everyday was Boy's day in this household! Funny kids. I love my boys!