school's out for summer . . .

today was our first official day of summer break!

i think i remember dreading summer break last year.
not this year!
right now i'm so excited to have the littles home with me . . .
i'm so ready for more relaxed days . . .
not driving all over town dropping off and picking up . . .
waking up when it's light outside!

we don't have a lot of big plans for the summer . . .
the littles will go to missouri and spend some time with their nana and pops!
we are going to pensacola beach with my family!
{where 10 years ago this july i met the mister!}

other things i'm really looking forward to this summer:
sister sleepovers
playtime with friends
swimming with the littles
lots of crafts
movie nights
'summer school' with the girls
playing in the sprinkler
and so much more!!!

happy weekend!!!

may fourteen . . .

i woke up on may 14th to find that even against

my pleading and bargaining . . .

little shrimp decided that even though mommy didn't want her to . . .

she was going to celebrate her fifth birthday!

i tried to tell her . . .

that she was getting way too big . . .

but she insisted that she really wanted to be five!

so i had to give in . . .

and accept that my itty bitty 4lb baby girl . . .

is now a big five year old!

cupcakes at school . . .
{ran out of gas on the way home from school . . . boo!}

cupcakes at granny and papa's after school . . .

the whole day . . .

was all about . . .

having fun . . .

and celebrating . . .

how blessed we are . . .

to have such a beautiful {inside & out} little girl!
shrimp had a table full of gifts . . .

that she could open fast enough!

we made her save the biggest box for last . . .

a commercial that could have ruined the surprise came on . . .

but thankfully she was more concerned with the box than the tv . . .

and trying to figure out . . .

why in the world the box was empty!

poor little shrimp . . .

was sent on a wild goose chase . . .

to find her new barbie bike . . .

that was supposed to be in the box . . .

but was nowhere to be found!

finally . . .

she found it . . .

and it was love at first sight!

and what's a fifth birthday without a homemade cake . . .
made by the birthday girl herself {and mom}!shrimp didn't get serenaded with the birthday song once . . .
she was serenaded twice!
once in english . . .
and the second in french!
{little miss must really love her to show off her french skillz!}

i hope all of your birthday wishes come true shrimp!

Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.

~Author Unknown

you never fully understands the love a mother has for her children . . .
until you are a mother yourself.

on that magical day you become a mother . . .
you learn just how much you can actually love someone . . .
and all of a sudden you get just how much
you are actually loved by your own parents.

3 strands . . .
1 for each child

1 ring . . .
holding them all together

7 lucky charms . . .
1 for each special grandchild

and lucky they are!
God couldn't have given them a better nana!

and how lucky we are too!
God couldn't have chosen a better mom for us!

happy mother's day mom!
{this would have posted on mother's day . . .
if usps would have been faster!}

quote of the day . . .

me: i'm one lucky mommy!shrimp: with a lot of lucky kids!

the greatest job in the world . . .

there isn't anything better . . .

than being a mother!

yes . . . it can also be the hardest job in the world!

{sorry mom for the gray hairs we might have given you!}

but there isn't a greater reward . . .

than seeing the love your little peeps show for others!

happy mother's day!

getting ready . . .

i'm trying to get organized and a plan in order for kids clothes {sewing} week.

i want to have a plan of action so i can get the most out of my hour {hopefully more} of daily sewing that i'm challenging myself to next week!

things are starting to look a lot like summer around here . . . getting harder to get the littles in bed every night, already 80 degrees when i am bringing shrimp and brown eyes to school, lots of outside playtime, and wasps everywhere!

we are counting down days till school is out for summer and we have a sassy little shrimp who is about to have a birthday!

lots going on around here . . . what's going on in your world?

happy weekend!

a couple days behind . . .

but that's nothing new around here!

happy
{belated}
may
day!

did you deliver any may day baskets?