Happy Birthday Mommy

Despite Brad being gone on my birthday...it was a great birthday.  I got spoiled by my Mom, Dad, sister and brother-in-law with beautiful flowers as well as from Bev & Dave (in-laws).  I love having fresh flowers so it totally made my day!!!  Thank you!  My good friend Ariel watched the kids in the morning so I could go get a pedicure and then I got a babysitter and went to dinner with my other good friend Shonda.  Brad made it up to me by buying me Aranoff theater tickets for the season!  I am super excited to have a scheduled date night all year.

Legos

Jonathan in the past 2 days has all of a sudden gotten really interested in legos.  I don't know how many things we have built together now but if anyone is looking for gift ideas for him...now you have one.

Go Green Cougar Monsters

Jonathan had his first soccer practice/game for St Mary's tonight.  They allow the incoming kindergarten class to play as well so Jonathan is old enough to play for his school...which is a scary thought for Mommy, not ready for kindergarten yet.  It was hot!  Jonathan had fun though despite he isn't on a team with any of his little buddies.  I think it will be okay though as it will force him to meet new friends and learn more of the concept of a "team" versus friends.  His coaches name is Coach Heather and she seems very energetic.  The kids named the team, Green Cougar Monsters...green is the color of their shirts, cougar is St Mary's mascot and monsters...well just because they are mean I guess.  GB came to watch the game and then Grandpa Weeks brought pizza to our house afterwards.  Jonathan said that soccer was fun and that he was happy he is playing again.  It was funny because GB and Grandpa were talking about golf at dinner and Jonathan kept bringing soccer back up, he just wanted to be part of the conversation...it was cute.

Playdoh Faces

As most of you know, I am addicted to pintrest these days.  Today I printed out playdoh mats and I think Jonathan, Alex and Evan had fun playing with them.  It kept their interest for awhile, which I was happy about.

Busy Day

Daddy left today to go to Montana for work so our day started off by taking him to the airport.  We hadn't even pulled away from the curb and Jonathan had tears streaming down his cheeks.  Poor little guy!  To make him happy I promised a park and a picnic lunch...so we came home, called up some friends and off we went.  Well, I did try to get Diana to take a morning nap but I think those days are over!  We actually played at the playground outside Jonathan's school and met up with Rocco, Palmer, Alex and Evan (plus the littler ones).  Jonathan got to meet his teacher and go up to his new classroom too and meet the pet frog and watch it eat a worm (helps that we Palmer's mom is the teacher in the next classroom over and was getting her classroom ready).  We stopped at the grocery on the way home and poor Diana fell asleep in the car (12:30).  Jonathan and I played some soccer outside while Diana napped, he said he had to practice for tomorrow's big soccer game.  GB stopped over to show us her new trophy!  Then we went over to the Pusateri's to let off some fireworks and stink bombs.  Phew!  I hope I kept the kids busy enough not to miss daddy, because I am exhausted!

Congrats GB

GB stopped by today on her way home from her golf tourney to show us her cool trophy!  She won the Greater Cincinnati Senior Met!  Nice work GB!  The kids loved the trophy.  Jonathan says it is as tall as two wine glasses.  I think it could hold 2 bottles of wine.  And Diana, well she decided to put her snacks in it and stir in it.  She will soon learn about wine.  :-)  GB won it 2 years ago and never thought she would win it again...guess she was wrong.

Weeeeee

GB couldn't go swimming with us today but Grandpa said we could still come up.  The weather wasn't fantastic but we decided to go swimming anyway since it was our last Monday before the pool closes for the season.  After swimming for a little while and Jonathan's lips turning purple, we decided to head back to Grandpa and GB's house.  It didn't take long for Jonathan to find something fun to do.  I said, I bet this wouldn't have happened if GB was home.  This is definitely a boy thing.