Mother's Day, baby chicks, and active boys

Jay had to work on Mother's Day, so it was just my little guy and me. We got ready for church and I got some cute pictures with my timer. He loves that thing; thinks the flashing light is hysterical and says, "Beep! Beep! Beep!" I get better shots that way than when a person is taking them for us. :) I love his little Carter's onesie even though he's getting a little big for onesies. It says, "Mommy Loves Me!" He is really into having his hair spiked right now, so we did that, too.

Grammy and Papa (my parents) and Memaw and Aunt Allie (Jay's mom and sister) are at church every week with us. It was great to have my brother, Eric, in town, too! After the service we went to a banquet set up at the Double Tree hotel. Dad treated Mom, Granny, Holden and me to this last year and we liked it so much we decided to make it a tradition. Granny unfortunately was sick this year, but Eric came and I treated Memaw and Aunt Allie. The setup is elegant but not too fancy for little kids. They have a big buffet with breakfast and lunch foods, a make your own omelette table, salad bar, and then a seperate dessert table complete with a chocolate fountain. What's really cute is the little kids buffet. It is just their height and has kid-friendly choices like mac n' cheese, Jell-o, tater tots, and chicken nuggets. I ate until I was stuffed, then found way to make room for dessert. :) Dad and Eric gave me the great gift of running around the hotel lobby and garden with Holden when he tired of sitting in his chair. Ahhh....being able to relax through an entire meal! Such a treat for a Mommy of a 2 year old! My mom got me some chocolate covered pretzels in a cute pink box (sense the food theme here...can you tell I love to eat?!) and I got really nice cards from both of my parents. It was such a nice, relaxing day.

Holden, Memaw, and Aunt Allie. The moms all recieved carnations upon entering the dining area. Holden can turn anything into a weapon of mass destruction.

My buddy and me. Can you tell he is literally saying, "CHEESE!?"

Papa, Grammy, Uncle Eric, Mommy, and Holden. (He was mad that we made him pose yet again.) :)

Just a little collage of Holden on Mother's Day. I wanted to remember what the day was like with a 2 year old boy, since he is the reason that I celebrate Mother's Day. It was all action except for the WONDERFUL 3 hour nap that we both took after our big lunch! He currently loves bubbles and wants so badly to be able to blow them. But he always put his mouth right on the bubble wand so it doesn't work. I have tried and tried to show him how to do it, but he is so stubborn and independent that he is just going to have to figure it out for himself. He usually ends up spilling the bubble liquid all over himself and the ground. Thank goodness for refills! In the picture where he is looking at his shirt, he was trying to figure out how in the world to untuck it! Since it's a onesie, he didn't have any luck. It was pretty humorous!

My best friend, Bridget, teaches 3rd grade at a different school than me here in town. They are hatching chicks in the classroom, and they hatched this week! She brought Natalie in and invited Holden, Jay, and me over to see them. Holden talked the whole way there about the "baby birdies," and he did think they were pretty neat, but he and Natalie were more excited to see each other and run around the classroom together! They are so cute together now that they interact more. He kept trying to show her and tell her things, and she greeted him with a big grin and waved her arms at him when he showed up. We actually got to see one chick right as it hatched out of its shell. It was truthfully pretty "gross," as Holden announced. :) But also a neat thing to see. Thanks for letting us visit, Bridget!

Lastly, Annie and I took our boys to Prairieland school last Friday for a goodbye party for the Unit 5 student teachers. Each of us had a student teacher in the fall/winter months that was graduating. Well.....let's just say we spent the majority of our time in the halls and gym rather than in the room that the party was held in. There were a lot of speakers and while our boys are many things, QUIET and STILL are not really words that are used to describe them!! Lol! I was cracking up watching and listening to them. They have so much fun together and are just such BOYS! Holden and Colin were being extremely goofy together in the first two shots, stomping their feet and singing some nonsense song. Can you tell they were hot? Look at those flushed cheeks! (Perhaps if they would SIT for 5 seconds, they would cool down!) The bottom one is the only shot I managed to get that included Mr. Drool-Meister Cade. He is in such perpetual motion! Oh-and check out Holden's nametag! Colin "wrote" Holden for him on the top half. So cute and funny!

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