Mothers Day Magic

Happy Mothers Day first of all to all Mommies out there!
The weather was gorgeous this past Sunday (which is huge because it has rained like the last 3 weekends straight!!)
After church, my Mom and Dad and our family went and ate lunch with Nonny at her place.   The boys gave her their present they made her. It was good to spend time with her on Mothers Day for sure.

Three generations of Mommies right here!

Afterwards, we went home, played in the driveway for a little bit and ate Popsicles while Ty took a nap. Drake is just so funny with his sense of fashion. He LOVES hats and found these sunglasses in the dressup bin that he wore all day. And it goes without saying, they will ONLY wear athletic clothes these days (aside from school uniform and church of course!!)

After Ty woke up we went on a hike to enjoy this gorgeous day. We knew Hunter and Drake could make it through the 2.5 mile hike, after all, they made some pretty good trail mix and they have ridiculous amounts of energy to burn. But what we didn't anticipate was that we would come across a man with 2 gorgeous Golden Retrievers who we stopped to pet and talk to for a long time and ended up following them down the wrong path. So our hike took a little bit longer (like perhaps 45 minutes longer) than we planned. There was some piggy backing and "leg cramping" from Drake and Hunter but all in all, it was fun, gorgeous and a great hike! Ty even loved it!!

Silly Huny in my sunglasses.  These boys are a mess!!

Buddies

These 2, Coleman and Ty, are going to have to stick together. They are both the youngest of 3 brothers. Coleman is 7 months older but Ty is catching up! It has been so cute seeing the two of them interact lately. Their squeals, hair grabbing, and feeding each other is fun to watch. They are cuties!!!

Look who...is 92!!

The boys and some of their friends made Nonny a big banner for her 92nd birthday. She is determined to live to 100, and by sheer willpower that woman will do it!!
Happy Birthday Nonny!!
We love you!!!

Literally so literal

Hunter is smart. He reminds me of stories I heard about his Uncle Jason. Pop told Hunter to not throw his pajamas in a wad on the floor when he was getting dressed for school a few weeks ago...
Well, he did what Pop asked

Singin' like a birdie

Well, this year I signed Hunter up for the Alleluia choir at church.  You can begin choir once you are in Kindergarten and I will say, though he didn't want to do it at the beginning, by the end of the year he would jump out of the car and not look back.  It didn't hurt that most of his buddies at church were doing it with him, you got a jolly rancher at the end of practice and you got to walk to church dinner with a drum. They sang during church about 5 times during the year, but ended the year by doing a performance in Fellowship Hall at Wednesday Night Dinner with some of their best work.

I haven't taken our real camera anywhere in MONTHS (too much to carry already) so everything has been on my phone, which sometimes takes decent photos, but most of the time doesn't. However, it is still a memory I don't want to forget. Here is Hunter and the group watching the older kiddos sing.

The Alleluia (Kindergarten and 1st) choir, Gloria Choir (2nd-4th) and Jubilate choir (5th and 6th) all together. Hunter right smack dap in the middle on the front row. You would think as much as he does to get attention that he would savor this moment, however, I am not sure he did...BUT he did sing all the words and did a great job. He was the same way in church. I am not sure he loved being in front of the whole congregation but he did exactly as he was asked and sang great.

Sign language to "Jesus is my Shepherd"

Hunter and one of his big buddies, Minor, proud of their certificates (which I have no idea where that is now that I think about it!)

And I just thought these were cute/funny
Silly face (does this remind you or sorority pictures? Hilarious!!!!

And smiley faces

Bella vs. Opossum

Tweety, tomato, tomahhhto and teeth

My sweet Drakey is a very big boy with a very big heart.  We sometimes call him "the gentle giant."  Last Saturday he was at a birthday party and actually WON an animal out of the claw machine (never in my life have I ever won anything out of those machines!!!). But he won a stuffed owl that he is so proud of and has become super attached to.  He named him Tweety. I am talking he sleeps with him every night...

And when he is not sleeping with him, he took a nest I had downstairs I was using for and Easter decoration, dumped the contents out, took it up to his room and Tweety sleeps in his nest when Drake is away. Precious. I don't want my decorative nest back anymore.

After all this Hunter said to me:
"Mommy, Drake is kind of weird"
I said, "Well I don't think so Hunter."
He said "Ehh, Tomato, Tomahhto"
WHAT! Where did he learn that??? Too funny that little guy is.

Teeth: during Spring Break both boys lost their second tooth. Drake was first while we were at the lake. It was so loose that I thought he was going to swallow it while he was sleeping or eating. So when we were brushing his teeth I told him we needed to pull it. He burst into tears for several reasons:
1. It was bleeding because it was so loose
2. He didn't know if the tooth fairy would know where to find him
3. kyle wasn't there and he didn't want to lose it without him
But literally I barely pulled and out it came. I reassured him that the tooth fairy would know where he was so we decided to Facetime with Daddy and show him that he lost another tooth. As we were calling, Drake ran into the kitchen, grabbed a tissue to wipe his eyes and told me that he didn't want his daddy to know he was crying. Uh! My heart just melts some times! But that is why he looks like he was crying.

Now Hunter, once we got back from the lake he was determined to lose his second tooth too! So he wiggled it and wiggled and was determined to pull his own tooth. Kyle was able to get it loose enough that he was able to pull it out all by himself! And boy was he proud!

The tooth fairy even left a little fairy dust. The boys were happy a "boy" fairy came this time and left "boy" fairy dust.

Now back to Spring Break. The 3 little boys and I went to the lake for a few nights to see Grammie and Pop. Kyle sadly could not go with us since he took time off to go to Disney World (which I STILL need to do a post on that!) But we had a great relaxing time. The weather was cool and overcast just like in Nashville but they had a great time playing TONS of baseball when it wasn't too cold.

Pop and Drake built their cannon that they talked about building in Disney World (in lieu of buying a toy gun outside of Pirates of the Carribean) It was so cool!

And this might be the coolest picture I have ever accidentally taken! Drake's face is hilarious, and I guess I took the picture right when the ping pong ball was shooting out which makes it look like smoke.

And we even got to be with Pop a little on his brithday. The boys made him a cork board for his shop to pin pictures of all the things he makes with his grandchildren (which is a lot and often!)

And sweet little Ty happy as a clam sitting with Pop.