The promised pictures! :)

 We always have fun reading together at night!

 Having fun at the water play area last week at the aquarium.

BC can read parts of this book...ALL BY HIMSELF!  Go, Bear Cub, go!  Mama & Daddy are SO proud!

 These fountains are at the town square of our community...they are a big hit with all the kids in the summer!

 To end his "wild animal" theme from school this week...I took him to the zoo on Friday after school. And as always...he loved it!  :) Future Steve Irwin...minus the stingray incident, I always say....

 How can snakes bring SO MUCH JOY to someone!?!?  Well...they do.

 Merry-go-round!  This was the first time he got on one that went up and down...he liked it!

 Listening intently (and so still!) at yesterday's birthday party for Little Miss.  It was at a bouncy house place, which BC LOVES!  In fact, we are having his "friend" birthday party early...next weekend (before school lets out) at our local bounce house.  Oh boy!

He was all snuggled in last night!  :)  

Happy Wednesday!

Hi everyone!  Wow...I am a bad, bad blogger.  Just wanted to say that we are here and well!  FINALLY!  Last week BC stayed home a few days from school with strep throat, but he is doing better and back in full swing again.  He's doing well at school and came home yesterday clapping the number of syllables in his sight words.  Geez!  That's stuff I used to do with my second graders!  I was impressed!  He proudly read a few pages of "Are You My Mother?"  all by himself over the weekend...which we did video...so I will hopefully get that put up on the blog here soon.  We've got a busy weekend ahead with a friend's birthday party and then NEXT weekend, we will be having Bear Cub's "friend" birthday party at the bouncy place, Pump It Up.  I decided to do his party early, while the kids were still in school, in hopes of getting more to come.  It's tough having that middle of the summer birthday!  So far, we're getting good responses!  Time to party!  :)

Will post pics soon!  Just wanted to say hi.  HI!  :)  Have a happy day!

Middle of May....already!?!?

Hi there!  We are enjoying a peaceful Saturday morning...getting some things done around the house and waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to arrive for lunch. It was a crazy busy week for us...and I am pooped!  Last week we went to Indiana for 4 days and had a great time!  The weather was a little dreary at times, and pretty chilly for us Floridians that are now dealing with 90 degree weather on a daily basis!  But, we were able to visit with lots of family and even squeezed in a visit with my long-time friend and her family that now live in Indy.  We were busy!  Enjoy the pictures....didn't take too many...Bear Cub pretty much happily dug in the dirt, looking for the HUGE earthworms that live up there.  He was in nature heaven!  That boy needs some property that he can dig in, get dirty on, and just EXPLORE.  He loves it!

BC with his new friend...she's the stepdaughter of my friend...isn't she adorable!?!?  They did well together and we look forward to seeing them again on a future visit!

Happy Easter!

Hi there and Happy Easter!  Wow...what a fantastic weekend we have had!  We went to Mimi's on Saturday and enjoyed a fun-filled and relaxing afternoon watching Bear Cub...and Zoe...swim, swim, swim!  We had a delicious Easter meal with Mimi and Aunt Cookie and enjoyed just visiting and spending some outside.  It was gorgeous out!

The Easter Bunny came to Mimi's and left BC some candy and a book that he LOVES called "Opposnakes."  He also got a K'Nex roller coaster set (yikes...even this small one was an engineering feat for Daddy to put together!) from us.  It was SUPPOSED to be from the Easter Bunny until that little stinker found it in my bags before heading to Mimi's.  I couldn't risk the "connection" being made so that gift then had to be from Mommy & Daddy instead.  It's all good! ;)

We then went out on Aunt S and Uncle T's boat with Grandma & Grandpa and cuz A.  We cruised to a nearby island and just soaked in the beautiful scenery and day.  Wow...it was great.  BC had such a blast on the beach.  He spent most of the time, just poking around in the sand and water, discovering all kinds of cool things and critters.  It was an explorer's dream come true!  :)

So, tonight as I reflect on this perfect Easter weekend, I am thankful for my family and the fact that we live so near.  Times like this are made special when you have the love of family around.  Have a wonderful week ahead!!

He had swam in his trunks earlier and after dinner and the egg hunt, he gradually kept getting deeper and deeper until he was just soaked in his clothes.  All in good fun!

Why wouldn't he pretend that the pool hose was a snake!?!?

Blurry action shot...the boy loves to get tossed into the pool!

Look at that cool coaster!  AND...that wild and crazy chlorinated hair!  Oh my!

 Cutie-pie cuz A...she loved the water!

Check out that starfish that Aunt S found!  

2 sleeping kids, all snuggled in with Grandma.  So sweet!  The cutest thing...BC and cuz A were HOLDING HANDS as they slept.  I could have cried it was so adorable.  :)

Saturday F-U-N!

Here are some pictures from our fun and busy day yesterday!  We went to a local church's Easter Egg hunt/festival and Bear Cub had a blast!  There were games to play, animals to pet, slides to slide and eggs to find!  Not really "hidden" eggs, but still fun to grab and get the goodies from!  We also went to a neighborhood lake and did a little fishing...I swear...BC had literally JUST dropped his line in when he said, "Oooh!  I've got one!"  and sure enough, he had.  He's quite a lucky fisherman!

Daddy and I enjoyed a dinner date out -- I absolutely love our teen babysitter that we have.  She is SO great with Bear Cub and is willing to go on his crazy bug walks, try to catch lizards, and she always brings her little dog over to run and play in the yard with BC and Zoe.  She even complimented BC and how sweet he had been. She is the best!  I am so glad she's only a freshman...I want to keep her as long as I can!

We've had some gorgeous weather here...blue skies, no clouds and LOTS of warm sunshine.  It's been great.  Bear Cub is so happy to be outside...just poking around and exploring!

Busy week ahead...this is BC's last week of school before Spring Break (finally!) and I will be in Orlando for 2 days for work training.  I'm kind of looking forward to it on one hand, but on the other, it will just make for MORE work at the end of the week.  Oh well!  It'll all be good!  :)

My babies!

 Looking handsome in his new outfit from Grandma & Grandpa!

 Bunny petting!

 On the hunt...

 Proof that we were there together!  We never get our picture taken together!  Planning a family picture day soon though...

Looking for eggs EVERYWHERE

Have a great week and enjoy the pictures...of my almost FIVE year old boy!  Wow...can't believe that...