I just can't keep...

our windows clean! Between one of my sons licking the windows clean and the other one spraying the windows clean you would think they would be sparkling.

They really do think they are helping. Um, not so much...

The boys have been enjoying the beautiful weather and each others company. Tonight they wanted to "camp out",
I love that they have each other to do fun stuff together!

Quotes from my Boys

Tonight I said to Cullen, "Gosh Cullen, you are looking tan." To which he responded, "it's because I eat a lot of fruit." I laughed because I realized he doesn't know what tan means and he said, "Are you doubting me?"

Geremu has been asking me lately if, "Mom, you busy being beautiful?" I'm not sure what this means but I've been assuming it's a compliment. Frankly, "I'm always busy being beautiful."

Cullen got the fun task of reseeding the lawn today. He was loving every second of it. I was afraid Geremu was going to tip the spreader when he realized what Cullen was doing, he was a little jealous. Geremu however got the difficult task of directing the spreader, picture the people on the airport runways directing the planes. That was Geremu on our lawn directing the spreader, he was however missing the glow sticks and orange vest.

Beautiful Weather= Yard Work

I don't have pictures to share but we have been busy with yard work. We have taken down 20 lilac bushes (we still have about 10 left) and are having fun figuring out where to go from here. The garden is almost completely planted, I'll finish it tomorrow. We are enjoying just being around the house as a family. The boys have been taking advantage of the beautiful weather, they have kept themselves busy entertaining both us and the neighbors with the crazy things boys do.

Thought I'd share a website that somehow makes me feel really good about my own kids, click here to see it.

Zoo Trip

Amanda (our sitter) took the boys to the zoo today.

They had a LOT to tell me when I got home. Apparently the peacocks hang out with the penguins- this was WAY beyond Cullen.

The highlight of the trip was feeding the giraffes, Geremu dropped the cracker he was feeding the giraffe and the giraffe bend down and "picked up the cracker with his great big chubby tongue. Can you believe that MOM?"

Tonight was the city track meet. We ended up staying for the entire thing so the boys could ride the bus back to school with Nick. Between riding the train at the zoo and the bus after the track meet I'm pretty sure all of Geremu's dreams came true!

The End is Near...

That's right people, I've only got 10 and a half more days of school left this year. Woooo-hooooo, I LOVE summer vacation! I haven't been a good blogger because we have been busy. Nick has been CrAzY busy with school, graduation stuff and track all of which will also be over soon.

Here's a quick update on our family:

• My sister Colleen graduated last weekend from college so we headed to the other side of the state (without Nick, I'll explain later) to help celebrate. We had a wonderful time. I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures to show.
• Yesterday our sitter had a funeral to attend so Nick stayed home with the boys. He didn't see them much this weekend because he went "up north" with some of his friends. Anyways, when I got home from school I asked the boys what they did today and Cullen told me, "We had a water fight and I squirted Geremu in the face with the hose." I asked Geremu if he had fun in the fight and he told me, "No, Cullen get me all wet." I asked both boys where Nick was during this and they said, "Dad was sleeping in the house." WHAT? Nick you are fired from watching our kids during the day, you better keep your day job!
• Today I went to Cullen's school for "Muffin's with Mom". It was a good time, he has been looking forward to this day for a few weeks. When he woke up this morning he said, "Mom, today is our big day."

That's about all the news I've got.

Mother's Day

I often feel like I should share more about what is going through my head but I don't/won't publicly. So instead I'll leave you with this excellent read and tell you a few things about the day I don't want to forget.

I got LOTS of homemade gifts from my boys for Mother's Day. Cullen is WAY into the day, he has been mentioning it for some time so I was pretty sure they had been talking it about in school for a while. He came home on Friday with a flower he planted for me as well as an envelope with some goodies he made. One of the gifts was a flower (made out of a paper plate) there was a poem in the middle of the flower explaining how it worked. All of the pedals on the flower were coupons that I can redeem from Cullen. I told him I couldn't wait to redeem the coupons to which he replied, "What's a coupon and what does redeem mean?" After I explained how it all worked he asked me to read what the pedals said, so I started reading them off to him. He was smiling and nodding most of the time until I came to one that said, "I will pick up my toys." As soon as I read it he said, "Oh no, not that!" A gift straight from the heart, I'm pretty sure my flower would have had less pedals if he could read- LOL.

My parents came last night to spend a bit of time with us this weekend. The boys each decorated cakes for them. Cullen was all serious saying, "Granny bird I made you this cake because I think you are soooooo special."
Geremu said, "Pop, I make cake for you with pink, purple and yellow frosting!" The next minute Geremu had his fingers in the cake eating the frosting off the cake, "I make Pop."

It was great to spend some time with my mom on Mother's Day.

Here are a few pictures from today.

All in a Days Work

This is what happened to my shoes when I chases Geremu down after he biked off the road into a culvert to go for a "swim". Cullen told me tonight to "take a picture of my beautiful hair to show to Granny Bird."

Hey Mom, I'm pretty sure he wants a comment:)