Mother's Day Weekend

We started preparing for Mother's Day last week. We made cute little handprint flower bouquet crafts for all the Mom's. I let Madi make one for my Mom, Granny, and Grandma. Then I let Madi and Brody make one for Mimma and Mimi. They turned out so cute and they all loved them. There were a few other gifts with those, but those were definitely the highlight. The kids had so much fun making them (and slinging paint everywhere) too!  

 

 

My Mother's Day gifts included getting my hair and toes done, pictures printed and framed from the wedding of Madi and I, orchids, and Starbucks gift card! I'd call that a successful Mother's Day. I also helped Kylie with the gift for her Mom which turned out SO cute.

 

 

 

 

We spent the day with family and ate lots of good food. All the Mom's loved their gifts and *hopefully* they truly realize how much we love all of them.  

 

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She's 2, Going On 16

  Sometimes Madi says certain things to me that make me feel like if I look over at her, I'll see an adult. They literally leave me speechless because I just do NOT expect them to be coming from a 2.5 year old.   She's kind of obsessed with her boo-boo's lately. If she has one on her leg, she'll talk about it all day, and show it to everyone. It's pretty serious business. Anyway, we were eating and she says, "OH MY GOODNESS I HAVE A BOOBOO ON MY HAND!!" and responding to her tone alone, I asked to see it. She showed me her red-tinged palm and when I made an "OMG" face, she giggled and said, "It's just ketchup, Mommy." I seriously didn't even have a response. My 2 year old just pranked me... and she did it WELL.   Then today while we were driving home from school, she asked me, "Mommy, are those new 'rings?" (earrings). She said, "I LOVE your new 'rings, they're so pretty." I told her thank you and she said "welcome." She just doesn't seem like she's 2.   She's pretty manipulative though. She skinned her knees the other day while we were outside walking. By her reaction, you'd think she would have bled out. It was a BIG thing. So when we got home, she made my Dad and Mom carry her everywhere. She said, "My knees are boken, carry me!" She absolutely refused to straighten her legs out because it would pull on that skin and make it hurt. The skin that she hurt really wasn't bad at all, but she absolutely took advantage of it and got carried everywhere for 2 days. She would excitedly tell the story of how it happened with a big smile on her face, "I was HOP-HOP-HOPPING like a bunny and I fell down!" then she'd make a sad face and ask to be carried... ;)   We met Izzy and Holly for a playdate at the Lego Store today and there was a Star Wars display in the window of that little green dude with the pointy ears (I don't know his name, those shows aren't my thing...) Anyway, she picked him up and held it up to her face and started dancing. It was hilarious. Everyone was looking because it really looked like this green dude was dancing. Well, in the process of this, she knocked some stuff over. When she realized it, she dropped everything and RAN. Even though she was being a pain, and not listening to my suggestions to get out of the window display, it really was funny.   Tonight we got locked out of the house. I told her that we would have to wait a little bit until Nonna got home with the house key. She said, "Let's just drive around and listen to Kenny until she gets here." (Kenny Chesney) This doesn't surprise me, you know, because she is my child. I was just really really proud. Needless to say, we opened the sunroof and sang along with Kenny, breathing in the cold night air. Just me and my girl.   Everyday she says something that surprises me. She's hilarious and has a sense of humor even if she doesn't realize it. She's 2 going on 16, that's for sure.   (Madi and Me is now featured on TopMommyBlogs.com! If you like reading this blog, vote for us. Just click the link, or the icon on the right side bar.)

3 Things

1. This month has been a whirlwind. School is finally wrapping up but with the closing of the semester, it seems like there's 4 papers, a project, and 3 assignments due every time class meets. BUT- it all pays off. Next Thursday will be my last day of class. I'm taking the summer off so things will *hopefully* be a lot calmer for awhile.   2. I've been so busy this month that I've neglected to write about our family vaca in San Antonio. It was definitely the highlight of our month (besides Brody coming home!!) so I feel like I should definitely talk about it and share a few pictures and stories. We stayed in San Antonio for two nights and while we were there, we visited Sea World and the San Antonio Zoo. It was a toss up between the two on which was Madi's favorite because she had such a good time at both. The Bay Of Play was her favorite thing at Sea World. She amazed me by climbing nets that were 15/20 ft off of the ground. She usually HATES heights but I guess she wanted to get up there bad enough. We saw Shamu, rode carousels, watched Daddy ride a big roller coaster, ate ice cream, saw a sea lion show, and watched Sesame Street characters put on a show! We had such a good day.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

The San Antonio Zoo was our favorite (Clayton and I). It was a charming zoo that was built around the natural limestone and had SO much to see. It wasn't laid out as openly as the Houston Zoo, but I feel like that allowed us to get closer to the actual animals instead of feeling so far away. Madi saw so many animals that she loved. We kept having to convince her to leave one exhibit to see another one. We shopped and had dinner at the Quarry Market before heading home to rest. It was a wonderful weekend, just the three of us.  

 

 

3. Our Brody Boo Boo is HOME! That was another awesome thing that happened this month. Our family is so happy to have him back with us. Madi and I will be keeping him this summer so definitely expect some posts about that little guy. Yesterday we took him to the park and he had so much fun watching Madi play and swinging in the swings. That little face just gets me. Such a sweet boy. Madi says, "Brody is MY baby. Not yours, Mommy. MINE." (I think she shares my adoration for him;))  

 

 

 

I haven't meant to skip posts, it just seems like there's been one thing after another this month. But since I'll be with my babies all summer, that will change. The weather is getting warmer, school is letting out, and we're headed for a good (and hopefully calm) summer :)   (Madi and Me is now featured on TopMommyBlogs.com! If you like reading this blog, vote for us. Just click the link, or the icon on the right side bar.)