Easter at School

I haven't disappeared. I promise. That's going out to those family members (you know who you are) that remind me on a regular basis that I haven't posted in a while... ;)

These past couple of weeks have been a little busy, not blog worthy busy, but busy still. I thought I'd post on Waylon's Easter party that was at school last week. I, unfortunately was unable to attend, apparently it's super important to the hospital in which I work for their employees to be certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support...go figure. So, while I was sitting in my 8 hour class of loveliness, Waylon and his Nana were having a grand time at the Easter picnic & egg hunt at TES. I only called them about 3 times. Promise. ("How's he doing? Is he really hunting the eggs? Did you figure the camera out? Did you figure out how to zoom? He ate a hot dog? Really?!?") Here are some pictures of the event:












On to something I was pretty ecstatic about....Waylon had a test on Friday. They do this testing periodically throughout the year, and the last couple of times they did it, Waylon did not do very well. Friday evening I got an excited phone call from his teacher, who said she needed to let me know how he did. Turns out he got 100% on his colors, only got 1 shape wrong, knew 21 of his uppercase letters and 17 lowercase letters!!! I was ready to jump up and down and shout from the rooftops!! This is really big for him. We've known all along that he's smart and he knows things, it was always a matter of trying to get him to be able to pull it out and express what he knows. I am so proud of him, and so thankful to his teachers and the different therapists at school that have worked so hard with him this year!! I know that thank you is not enough, and I'd like to do something special for them at the end of the year. Any ideas?

I Think I Made a Good Decision

This past weekend I had plans for a date on Friday night. Granted, it wasn't a super exciting date, but it was a night out with my hubby and free dinner courtesy of NFRMC and the anniversary dinner they were putting on. Since I've made it to the 5 year mark at my work, I got invited to the dinner. It's kind of a big deal, because I won't get invited again until my 10 year anniversary of working there. I had a new dress, a hair appointment planned, and was looking forward to the evening. Then, Thursday night, while at work, I got the phone call. It was Jesse asking if I really wanted to go to the dinner, or if I'd rather go to Orlando to see GEORGE STRAIT!!! Well, in the 3 seconds it took to process the question and pick my jaw up off the floor, I quickly agreed and started the wheels turning in my head of how I was going to make it work with someone to watch the boys! I called Mom, she said she'd spend the night at my house Friday, and the rest of the night at work dragged on...

Once I got off work, I went to my hair appointment, went and grabbed some goodies for the boys to get Nana through the evening, got home about 1 and we left about 2-ish headed to Orlando. I was SO tired, but excited at the same time, so I only managed about a 30 minute nap somewhere around Ocala.

We made it to the arena, got settled in our seats, and the concert was awesome!! LeAnn Womack opened, then Reba, then George. All three put on a great show! The only downfall was by the end, I was so tired (like, been awake for (no lie) 31 hours tired) and by the time George came out, I was sitting with my head laid over on Jesse's shoulder. People probably thought we were super in love or that I was really bored!

Here are the pictures from the night.

LeeAnn Womack

This guy was cracking us up most of the concert. He had turned to the row behind him (us and some other girls) and said, "I rock harder at 50 than you people do at 30!!"

Clearly he was right...

Maybe he was trying to be like Reba? I actually took a picture of the Jumbo-tron, our seats were good, but not THAT good!!!


Melissa Peterman (aka Barbara Jean on the Reba show) made an appearance and was HILARIOUS!!!

Reba and some of her band members

Be still my heart....

Jesse and I at the end of the concert....not too bad for 31 hours straight!!

I'm so glad we had the opportunity to go! Seeing George Strait is really special to me because that's where we went on our very first date back in 1998!! Seriously, what was he thinking? How does a 17 year old boy top a date to see George?!? By taking his wife 2 more times over the next 12 years I guess!! Love you Jesse, I'm up for 12 more years, and seeing George a few more times is just a bonus!

Way & Wy-ism's

Some of the things I post on here that the boys say may or may not interest anyone that may be reading this blog. However, hearing the cute little things they come up with warms my heart, and I don't want to forget. So, since I'm horrible at remembering to write these things down, at times, this blog will be used for my own benefit to remember these moments. Here are a few from the past couple of days.

Waylon has been learning in school how to spell and to recognize his name on sight. One day a couple of weeks ago, he saw his name written on something and pointed to every letter and spelled it out. Then, even bigger surprise, he spelled his name out loud without looking at the letters. I was so ecstatic that I had to call Nana & Aunt Tania to let them hear, & I wouldn't even let Jesse get in the shower when he got home until Waylon showed him what he had learned. Seriously, I don't think I've been so excited over something in a long time!! So the other morning, I told Waylon to go get his pants and get dressed for school. He brings me a pair of jeans and says, "These mine Mommy. These got my name on them."

Maybe that's the reason he'll ONLY wear Wrangler jeans. No other pants have his name on them. So they must not be his.

Wyatt came to me last night saying, "Help! Help Mommy!" I went to where he was playing and the caboose had come unhitched from his train. He said, "Mommy, please fix Thomas Train's mommy." What?!?

I'm guessing because his wooden train is so much bigger than Thomas???

On another train note, the boys have these Thomas's that they fight over ALL THE TIME!! Everybody wants Thomas. I'm not sure why, we don't even watch Thomas, but still as yet, they're obsessed. Nana bought another Thomas and gave to Wyatt this morning along with some extra trailers so that maybe the Thomas dispute could be laid to rest. Wyatt has been going around all morning with those 2 Thomas's saying, "Way Way will be here soon. My broter will be so happy!!" I think he must realize that with 2 Thomas's, life will be better, and he's looking forward to it!

This morning Wyatt came in my room, climbed on my bed, laid on top of me & gave me a huge hug and said, "I love you ever day Mommy." So I said, "I love you everyday too Wyatt. You're my favorite Wyatt." To which he responded, "You're my favorite Way Way too Mommy." I'm not sure where that came from, but I'm hoping it was a huge compliment from his 2 year old perspective!

Waylon, on the other hand, is not such a cheerful riser. He laid all snuggled in his bed this morning, not wanting to get up, and barking orders to Wyatt. It went something like this:

Way: No Wyatt!! You don't turn on that light!

Wy: Don't tell me no Way Way! You not boss! Mommy and Daddy boss!!

Oh goodness, wonder where they've heard that before...

Wyatt loves this new show on Disney called "Chuggington." It's about...you guessed it....trains! It will be over & Wyatt will say, "Oh no! I dust want to watch Chuggiton all day yong!!" He gets very "upset," and I always try to make a big deal about his fake upset so he'll get over it. I tell him to show me his sad face and this is what he does:

They are definitely my most favorite little men in the world, and, in the words of Wyatt, I love them "ever day."

Party Time

Yesterday we went to a birthday party for the boys' friend "T" from church. The boys had a great time! There was a bouncy house and numerous ride on yard toys for the kids to play on/in. They had such a good time that when it was time to leave, Waylon said, "I don't want go home! I need to go to T's party!!!" And even this morning, they both woke up talking about T's birthday. This will be the norm until the next party. We've been talking about C's party (a little girl in Way's class) since November. Yeah, my kids take an event and hang on to it for a while!! Here are the pictures from yesterday. I've included links from some of the kids to their mommie's blogs.

C & Mathias on the Jeep...imagine their surprise when later on they realized that it actually moved!!

Waylon in the bouncy house

Braley in the bouncy house

Apparently it was a group effort to get Waylon's tractor moving...

Mathias & Charlee

They both wanted to ride in the wagon...

...but then realized that one of them had to get out and pull.

Braley, Wyatt & Charlee

Mathias eyeballing the birthday boy's lunch

Happy Valentine's Day!!

This past Friday, Waylon had his V-Day party at school. Wyatt and I also went, and we all had a good time. I won't be very wordy with this post, but here are some pictures of the event. Enjoy!!

Waylon's Valentine Holder

Valentines for the Class

Waylon & Mrs. Wendy making his Valentine project

Wyatt & Bailey

The class enjoying Valentine goodies

Waylon with his Valentines

The boys' Valentine from Jesse & I

Little Boy Blue

The things that come out of my kid's mouth. Wait, let me rephrase that. The words that come out of my kid's mouth!! (Since they've been sick, I didn't want anyone to think that I was speaking of vomit.)

Tonight we were talking to Waylon and practicing nursery rhymes that they've been learning at school. We did "Hey Diddle Diddle," then he sang "Hokey Pokey" for us. I had thought they were learning "Little Boy Blue" and so I started it out for him. It went like this: "Little Boy Blue...." To which he replied,"Come blow you nose!"

Cute. I love that boy.

I Know I'm Loved

We, as mommies do so much for our babies. We give them a cozy womb for 9 months. We sacrifice many full nights sleep to make sure their tummies are full and their diapers are clean. We kiss boo-boos. We wipe tears. We clean their snotty noses, stinky bottoms, and pukey messes even when it makes us gag. We make sure they are clean, healthy and happy. We take them to the doctor when they are sick and nurse them back to health with lots of love and TLC. Tell me why it is, after all that we do, that our sweet, precious children pay us back for all of our hard work and love by so freely giving us their germs. Thanks boys. Mommy loves you too.