A Visit to Momma and Poppa's House

I have been traveling quite a bit lately for work.  Momma and Poppa decided to take Mason for a few days to help Marc out while I was in California.  Mason had the best time and keeps asking when he gets to visit again, by himself.  Momma and Poppa take the best care of him and spoil him rotten!  He enjoys the one-on-one time and I don't blame him.  When I was younger I loved the alone time with them.  I decided to play hooky when I came home from my trip and spent the day with all the boys at Momma and Poppa's house.  We had a great time running around and eating all kinds of amazing food!  These kinds of days are my favorite!

I think these two are the twins sometimes.

My boys love racing each other and chance they get.

Noah is my little gardener.

All kids love watering the plants in the backyard.

Catching Up

My posts have been few and far between lately.  Sometimes life takes over and I don't know where the time goes.  Here are some pictures from a few weeks ago.  I am in the process of editing a bunch more, but I figured I would share the few I have of my boys.

A rare moment when Noah is sitting still.

I can't stop laughing every time I look at this picture!  This is the usual reaction I get when I take out the camera.

Sometimes Dylan just isn't in the mood for a hug.

Mason loves his beard and mustache pictures.

The boys love all sticker projects that we do.

They also love all things related to Toy Story.  The twins are obsessed with "ma-tato head".  We have every kind of Mr. Potato Head character out there, including the Star Wars character ones.

My sweet Penny celebrated her 6th birthday on April 19th.  Even at her age, she continues to act like a playful puppy who lets her brothers torture her.  Love her so much!

School Pictures

My little man is growing up way too fast for me.  He is officially graduating from pre-k on May 20th and they took graduation pictures at school.  He has matured so much in this past year.  Here are a few things that Mason has learned in school:

• Writes every letter of the alphabet and sounds out letters when he is writing sentences.  
• Reads!  He is recognizing sight words and has memorized books that he reads to his brothers.  I spelled out train park to Marc because we were deciding if we should go or not, and Mason says, "Yes, I want to go to the train park!" 
• Mason knows the flags of many different countries and names the important landmarks.  In church one morning they showed a picture of the Sistine Chapel and he told me that Michelangelo painted that!
• He counts to ten in Spanish and Swahili.
• He knows which regions of the world certain animals come from.
• He can name all seven continents.
• He sings the National Anthem!
• He uses words like male and female.
• And so much more!  

I fall more in love with this little guy every day!

Cue tears now!!!!  I have been crying over him starting kindergarten.  I can't imagine what I will be like when he graduates high school.

Weekend Extravaganza

Our weekend was filled with dinner with Momma and Poppa, a visit to the zoo with Aunt Therese, Sunday brunch for Austin's birthday with the family, and bowling and video games at Dave and Busters. The highlight for the boys was bowling.  They had the best time and I can't wait to take them again!  We had a super busy, awesome weekend!

So obsessed with these cuties!

The giraffes are a favorite for all of us.

We enjoyed a picnic at the zoo.

Noah and Mason were excited to go on a pedal boat.  Dylan refused, but waved at us from the dock.

This is the first time Noah did not scream and cry in the petting zoo.  He even went up to a few of the goats and brushed their fur.  I was so proud of him!

Dylan is always gentle and sweet and brushes the fur of every animal in the petting zoo.  

The boys were excited to see the alligators.

This little guy ran in front of our feet at Monkey Village.  He was the cutest thing!

Thank goodness the twins did not realize the games are even cooler when you pay to play them!  I wonder how much longer we could get away with this.

Noah refused to take anymore pictures.

Austin teaching Noah how to bowl.

He wanted to keep pushing balls down the lane and not give anyone else a turn.

Mason was a natural!  He even stopped using the slide contraption after a bunch of times.

Dylan hoping for that strike!

Happy 20th birthday Austin!!!  We love you so much!

Such a fun weekend!