Graham

I love three year olds.  They are hilarious, or at least mine is.  He has the most adorable little face and cutest voice I could laugh at everything he says.  There are a few things that I thought were particularly funny.
As we were driving to the hospital the other day we were on an entrance ramp to the freeway and up fairly high Graham thought it was awesome he said, "Wow we're on top of a mountain!  I can see the whole world from up here!"

A few minutes ago I told Devin how handsome he is and Graham turned around and said, "I'm cuter than everyone."  I think too many people have been telling him he's cute.  Seriously everywhere we go all I ever hear is "He has the cutest face I've ever seen."  It seems like he's catching on and thinks he's quite something to look at.

The other day they boys watched a few minutes of Cars while at the dentist and Graham saw Lightning McQueen fly through the air and goes, "Wow Lightning can fly!  That's amazing!"  And he says it with such awe and conviction you are convinced it really is the most amazing thing he's ever seen.

And if something is too hard for him to do like carrying a bunch of toys upstairs its, "A little help here!"

And Shawn's least favorite saying of Grahams is, "Dang it!" I thought it was so funny coming out with his silly voice but we're tried to get him to stop.

I love hearing the stuff that comes out of his mouth.  In Graham's words, "Its amazing!"

Mother's Day

I'm not going to lie, Mother's day has never been that exciting around here.  In the three years we've been here Shawn has either been on call or post call on Mother's Day.  I've learned to expect very little so with that in mind today was actually pretty great.  Caroline has got to be one of the most thoughtful kids I know.  She was about to explode when she gave me my present this morning.  She put so much thought into the cup she made me in art, and a glass jar she decorated in class it made my whole day.  Devin even made me a card that had a picture of me walking up our driveway.  It was pretty good!  I was impressed, I loved getting their sweet presents and to top everything off there was a minimum about of fighting and arguing today, truly a Mother's Day miracle.  We had chicken nuggets for dinner and I even got to eat chips and not share.  Its really the little things that make me happy.  My kids are adorable and so sweet, I love that they will still hold my hand and think spending time with me is fun.  I'm really very lucky.

Here are some of the things Caroline wrote about me in class.  It was a cute fill in the blank sheet they had.

My mom is wonderful!  She is 10 feet tall, and weighs 5 pounds (ha!) and is 28 years old.  She is as pretty as a butterfly.
When my mom was little, she used to play with her dog.  Now her favorite thing to do is cook.
What really makes my mom happy is having with your family. (she told me she forgot to put in dinner) I know she loves me when she tucks me in.  I show her I love her by helping her.
My favorite food my mom makes for me is spggety.  Her favorite food is rice. (I was surprised by that)
What I love to do with my mom is go shoping.  I wouldn't trade my mom for any book!
She's so sweet and spot on with just about everything.  Hope everyone had a great Mother's day!

Devin's busy week

Devin had a lot going on last week.  On Wednesday he "graduated" from preschool.  We had a nice low key party at our friends park to celebrate and play with his classmates.  Even though this group was the biggest I've taught they were by far my favorite to teach.  They got along so well and followed directions really well too.  We had a great time and I was able to finally use my incredibly useful cupcake carrier I got for Christmas (I was so excited to finally use it, yes I'm lame).  

Here he is in his cute little hat.

And getting his "diploma".

And the whole class and then some extra siblings thrown in too.

The boys could have played all day, but I needed to clean up the kitchen that looked liked it had thrown up cupcake batter and frosting.

Graham even got to play with a buddy.  I actually feel like Devin is ready for kindergarten.  At least academically, emotionally may be another matter but we'll see I'm sure he'll surprise me.  He's been doing a really great job on his reading lessons and its interesting to see how differently he and Caroline learn.  

 In other exciting news Devin also got his cast off this week!  He was so brave and didn't even want to sit by me when they took his pins out.  It made me a little sad.  He's a tough kid, he most definitely whined less about his cast than I did.  Hopefully in about a month he'll have full mobility back.  That is as long as he doesn't do other dumb things like lay with his feet straight up in the air under a trampoline while other kids are jumping on it.  Sometimes I just don't understand him.   Anyways he's a sweetie and we love him regardless of the less than intelligent things he does that get him hurt.

He is such a cute kid. 

That little red dot is where his pins were.  Its healing up quite nicely.  Here's to a cast free house!

Field Day

We've had a busy week so far.  Just about everyday we had something going on with the kids.  First up was field day with Caroline.  If anyone remembers last year I was pretty disappointed in field day so I didn't expect much this year.  I was pleasantly surprised though.  I think it mostly had to do with the fact that Caroline seemed to have a lot more fun this year which is always fun to watch.

Here she is doing the limbo.  She was pretty good too. 

I can't believe she's going to be a second grader next year!

This was so funny to watch.  She was really good on the scooter and most kids were pretty slow on their bellies but it turned out to be the one she was best at.  She's pretty strong from all the monkey bars she does.

So here are the kids playing Just Dance on the Wii they have at school and I kind of thought it was lame to do it but nothing is funnier than watching 30 first graders try and dance to the Despicable Me soundtrack.  I think we need to get that game for our Wii.

Here she is dancing some more.  

Devin even tried bustin' a move.

The only thing that I think is really dumb about field day is the fact that they and out participant ribbons.  Really?  I really don't see the point but hey I'm not in charge.

Free!!!!!!!

I'm a little behind on posting about this but I was too busy enjoying using two hands.  I finally got my cast off on Friday!  I was extremely happy, and can I just say that if felt AMAZING to wash my stinky hand.  Seriously it was disgusting, for the last week I had it on it constantly felt damp.  Yuck.  I'm in a removable brace for the next three weeks and then I should be home free.  I'll be honest though my wrist still hurts a bit.  I can't put much pressure on the palm of my hand so volleyball is out of the question and push ups (but I never really did those anyway).  So this week I'm free to bake cupcakes for Devin's preschool graduation, wash my hair with BOTH hands, and pretty much enjoy life again.  I'm never going to take the use of my hands for granted again.  This was much more frustrating than my ankle being broken.  So my new goal for this year is to not break anything else in my body.  High ambitions I know!

Countdown

I'm finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel for a lot of things.  Friday there is a VERY slim chance that I could get my cast off at my appointment.  I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much but seeing as I've had a cast or splint on my hand for 7 FREAKING WEEKS its kind of hard not to.  l may cry tears of joy if I get it off, seriously.  And here are few more things we're counting down for.
Summer!  Only 27 more days until Caroline starts summer break, its going to be awesome.
The Funks are coming!  Only 28 days until Shawn's parents come, and they'll be here for 2 weeks!
SHAWN ONLY HAS 6 MORE OVERNIGHT CALLS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We're pretty excited about the last one if you can't tell.  I'm still well aware he's still going to have late nights but hey its a step in the right direction.  i have a feeling May is going to be great!