Happy Mother's Day!

At 6:45 Elton came into our room and whispered "Mom, are you awake"? I answered yes and was met with "Happy Mother's Day, can I give you my surprise now"?. He had made something at school and had brought it home wrapped earlier in the week and knew he had to keep it a surprise until Sunday. While not pictured here, he had made me a picture frame/card out of an old CD case and it is sitting on my dresser now. He asked me "Do you love it? I worked on it really hard. Do you think it is beautiful?". He is so cute! I assured him I how beautiful it was and how much I loved it.

When Caleb got up about 30 minutes later he said Happy Mother's Day right away and said I had to wait for other surprises when everyone was up. It was so neat to have them so excited to tell me Happy Mother's Day! When everyone was up, that is when I was presented with the lovely trellis flower holders they built and put geraniums in, at Lowe's Build & Grow clinic with their dad the day before. I was then also presented with my lovely Zable charm bracelet you see above from Dan and the boys, and whisked off to IHOP for breakfast! It was a beautiful sunny day and couldn't have been anymore wonderful. It didn't even seem so bad yesterday evening as I put away 4 loads of laundry. I am so blessed and am truly the Queen of the house!

Growing Up Too Fast?

It seems like Oliver is growing up way too fast! He has already had his 3rd haircut. Caleb and Elton didn't even have a "trim" until they were 2. He learned how to climb our big playset around Easter and as you can see is working on the rock wall. He is also learning how to drive the jeep (he needs to learn the steering, but knows how to make it go). Then there is his talking. Caleb and Elton really didn't start talking until after they were 2 while Oliver will say almost anything you ask him too. A list of what he is saying now includes: Mama, daddy, nana, papa, Mimi, car, sit, go, uh oh, baby, cup, bye bye, night night, Toy Story, water, shoe, as well as other ones I am sure I am forgetting right at this moment. He definitely is trying to keep up with his brothers!

How Much Does He Love To Read?

Caleb loves to read so much that you will find him reading almost anywhere! Here he is reading on the trampoline. As of his last report home from school, he is up to reading 179 words per minute. The past Friday night was the spring carnival at school. He won the first Harry Potter bood playing Bingo and was so excited to start reading it. When I talked to him about his reading this morning he told me " Mom, I know the difference between fiction and non-fiction and I like to read both".