That Boy is MINE

Tuesday was the Mother's Day celebration at Neve's school. It was so so sweet and I already am dreading the end of preschool and all of the adorable things we get to be a part of. It goes SO SO fast. Nate started Kindergarten and I barely see the boy anymore. :( Breaks my heart. Well I am going to make it last with my sweet girl and soak it all in.

The kids had been rehearsing little songs to sing for us about "mothers" and they sang them to us. Well Miss Thang never even opened her mouth, ha!. What's that all about?? I barely get a word in edge wise the rest of the days.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE that Neve's boyfriend, Logan, has moved on. Yes, I believe he has moved on and left Nevie in the dust...and with her friend no less! tsk. tsk. Oh well, brush it off, Neve. There are plenty of other potty trained boys in the sandbox to choose from. 

They had a "Guess the Baby" game which was cute...and Neve and I got them all right. Neve was really good at it!

MMM..MMM...I LOVES me some Gluten. HAHAHAHA! Can you tell we talk about Gluten a lot in our house??!?

Then it was muffins and milk with mom.

..and a quick picture with her teacher and one of her BFF's.

We left school, hit the library for some new princess books (she can't get enough DISNEY lately), and a mommy and me lunch at her fav, Chipotle.

LOVE this girl. I really do. (..and even more so as she is currently sound asleep and I have had a glass of wine..ha!)

..oh, and tomorrow I can hopefully update some Nateman IEP drama. Good times never end around here. :)

Mommy - The best thing I have ever been called.

Pretty low key Mother's Day around here, which is just FINE by me. My mom was here this week so the kiddos were able to spend lots of time with their Grandma. Aaron got home on Sunday morning so order has now been restored in my world. :)

Neve and Dad made Mother's Day cupcakes for us. Neve has been talking about wanting to do this for weeks so this was a long time coming for her.

My sweet boy Nate wrote me some messages on his Doodleboard.

..and he made me a cute card in his therapy class...

Nate and Neve gave me some darling gifts they painted as well- a picture frame from Nate and a jewelry box from Nevie.

I am so lucky to be their Mom.

..and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the amazing moms/grandmas in my life as well as my kid's - my mom (Grandma Ding), Granny E, Grammy Koke...as well as my mom friends that I admire so much... and my sister Lana, Supermom Aunt Jen, Aunt Katie, and the list goes on and on...

Back in the swim of things...

Day four of Aaron being out of town and I have had enough, thank you very much. I would like my husband back please. These kids are driving me bananas! I swear we will never get divorced if for no other reason that neither of us wants to take the kids. hahahhahha...ok, kidding (sort of).

We started swim lessons back up today for the first time since moving to AZ. Neve was quite hesitant to trust the lifeguard at first, but eventually she was happily kicking away on a kick board. The instructor was a young kid and I had to suggest to him that he *might* want to introduce himself to the kids first. This age of kiddos is taught all day "stranger danger", then they are supposed to happily swim into some guy's arms? Not likely. I could tell Neve was about to go all Bruce Lee on him every time he got close to her in the beginning.

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,  er, I mean a hot pink long sleeve skin protecting rashguard..sorry Gidget, skin cancer ain't cool. Kids with exposed skin are SOOO out. :)~

(not sure sure what's goin' on with "Hulk" in the green shorts. I think I snapped this mid-transformation..)

Dad and Nate will both be with us next week so hopefully she is in a better mood. We shall see. Nateman also had his first "bad" day of school and therapy on Friday. I am sure it has everything to do with Aaron being out of town. Nate is definitely a Daddy's boy--and when Daddy isn't part of the routine, it all goes downhill. :(  I am off to bed and will be counting the hours til Dad gets home so I can clock out for a bit. Mama needs a BREAK.

Gentle

The girl is T-R-O-U-B-L-E!

..and all we hear is Nate's sweet sweet little voice from under the pile saying, "Gentle!"

What are we to do with her?!

Take time to smell the flowers

The sunflowers Nate and Neve planted have BLOOMED. Neve is so super excited.

Next up are the carrots, lima beans, and cucumbers. :)

A trophy, a princess, and a cesspool

A very wise and witty friend of mine mentioned how ironic the title of "Stay At Home Mom" really is. Stay home? God, I wish. Just for part of the day- ANY day. Friday was our IEP meeting. Actually I would go so far as to say it wasn't so bad. It lasted about 3 hours which is a new SHORT record for me! I always suggest they block out about 4 hours for me, minimum. Momma gots a few things to say. :) There were no huge surprises, just a few disagreements on wording (as usual) and a few things that are rubbing me the wrong way regarding the actual placement (teacher/aides) for next year. I have a good feeling it will all work out (although I know better than to say that as I probably just cursed myself..grrr).

Saturday was insanely busy. It was Neve's last soccer game of the season.. Little Miss Number Three.

She did a pretty good job getting out there this week without too many DIVA moments.

I believe this patented move is called, "The Hitchhiker". She IS on a team with all boys. This will pay off someday we hope (or she ends up in clear heels- one or the other).

She also has a crazy high kick. Perhaps we can pimp her out for a girl PUNTER scholarship- do they exist?

..or maybe a Rockette? Either way, she was rockin for a three year old, no???

GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!

..and this is the face we see when she DOESN'T score. Pitiful. lol.

She got her medal and trophy from Coach Joe and she was quite the happy camper.

Then after soccer it was off to the Ball. Cinderella was playing at the Children's Theater here so we planned up a girly afternoon with friends.

Neve and her adorable, sweet, little friend.

The girls did great for the show. Afterwards you could meet the cast and take pictures- BUT the girls were getting grumpy, Neve was throwing a tantrum, so we headed off to Oregano's. Delicious!!!!

THEN (no rest for the weary) we headed off to a place called Peter Piper Pizza for the end of soccer season party. Ok, we had Chuck E. Cheese back home, but good lord this place takes the cake. Ha! These places make my skin crawl- ya know, the same feeling you get when you are at Walmart??! Yuck. Oh well- we threw caution (and good sanitary practices) to the wind and let loose.

Nate survived (and LOVED) the seizure inducing motorcycle ride (I know, parents of the year over here).

...and Nateman hit the jackpot on some spinning light game. It's really not fair - I mean spinning lights are his forte. It's like counting cards in Vegas. ha!

A good time was had by all - and then we loaded them in the car to get home so we could dip them in bleach. Ahhh...I am afraid this is the schedule from now on. I better start drinking my Ensure so I can keep up. I'm not getting any younger.