Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

I am feeling so loved and blessed this morning!  Kc and Noah have been secretly working on the most spectacular art project for me.

I love the pallets, the burlap, the initial...Isn't it just fantastic!!

Kc started with 1x4 boards that he distressed and stained.

Next, he cut out a piece of burlap to cover the N.   

Noah told me, "N is for Noah".  Too cute!

Now the fun painting began.

 

Bubs had a blast covering the burlap.  He painted it with a brush and used a cup to make circles of paint.

Almost finished.

Kc finished the initial by wrapping the burlap around it and securing it to the pallet.   

I absolutely LOVE my artwork.  It was created with love by my two favorite guys.  Now I just need to figure out where to hang it.

Surprise!

A few weekends ago, we woke Mr. Man up bright and early and jumped in the car. We were headed for a wonderful place...a truly awesome surprise...an "I can't even believe we're actually here" location...The Monterey Bay Aquarium!!!! 

Ever since our last trip in December, Bubs has been talking non-stop about the fish, and the sharks, and the kelp forest, and the octopus, and the scuba divers, and the tide pools, and the sea horse, and the starfish, and the sting ray, and the jelly fish, and the, and the, and the...

We knew that another trip was definitely in order.  Once again, we arrived early enough to see the scuba divers cleaning the tanks.  Bubs jumped up and down and got such a kick out of waving to them {notice that shark and Squirt got to come along on the trip}.

 

Mr. Man just kept pointing and waving at the divers and they were so kind to wave back.

Once again, the seahorse exhibit was a definite hit...especially the larger than life seahorse.  Bubs spent quite a bit of time playing with the seahorse statue. 

He was fascinated with the baby seahorse that was coming out of the father's pouch {yes, the male incubates the eggs} and kept trying to take it out.

 

The new Jellies Experience was spectacular and Noah loved to stare at the hypnotic jellies.

There were plenty of buttons to push and things to explore.

The touch pool was another hit.  Bubs loved to touch the kelp and starfish.

I got the chance to hold two hermit crabs in my hand.  Noah got a kick out of touching them...until...they came out of their shell and started to crawl on my hand.  He was NOT OK with things crawling around on his Mama.  He immediately started to cry and tried to save me from the terrible creatures.  I had to quickly place the poor, unsuspecting crabs back in the water before Bubs could swat them off my hand.  I'm so glad my Little Man is so protective of his Mama!

 

It was very hard to say good-bye to the ocean, but I know we'll be back soon enough.

Beautiful Weekend Weather

The weather has been so glorious these past few weeks that we just had to spend some time outside this weekend.  We didn't even bother to change out of our jammies in the morning, we just opened the patio door and practically fell outside.  Kc and I drank in the sun {along with our coffee} and Noah had a blast playing with his water table.

That amount of splashing and playing is bound to get a boy pretty wet.

When enough water splashes on the ground, it is necessary to stomp in the puddles.

My little ham just can't get enough of the warm, sunny morning!

 

Notice that Mr. Scuba Diver has joined in the watery excitement.

All of this playing calls for a much needed rest in the grass.

Thank goodness for beautiful spring mornings!

Swimming Lessons

Hello!

Boy has it been a while since I've posted anything.  I'm so sorry, but life has just been SO hectic lately.  It seems as though I have not even had enough time to breathe, let alone blog. 

Last week, Mr. Man started swimming lessons.  Let me tell you that he was less than enthusiastic on day 1.  In fact, he yelled, screamed, and cried quite a bit.  His teacher, Bret, spent most of the time holding Bubs, rubbing his back, and telling him that it was OK.  Bubs spent most of the time pointing to the steps and trying to convince Bret that they should leave the pool.  By day 3, however, all Noah could talk about was when he was going to get in the pool and go swimming.  My little fish has learned how to kick slowly, jump off the steps as well as the side of the pool, and swim to the side and pull himself up. 

This is him swimming on day 2.

And here he is on day 4.

We look forward to a summer spent in the pool!

Eggs!

Noah had such a blast coloring Easter Eggs this year.  I found a BRILLIANT idea on Pinterest {Are you as obsessed with Pinterest as I am?  Good!} and it worked perfectly.  We used tall glasses for the dye and whisks to hold the eggs.  SO MUCH BETTER than the silly little "egg holders" that come in the package of dye.  Not a single drop of color was spilled and Bubs loved to dunk the egg in and out of the dye to see the color change.  The weather has been so delightful that we headed out to the patio and had a ball!

 

It's green!

Up...

and down.

Gotta love the "Cheeze" smile!

We switched to blue and Bubs was very happy!

Noah continues to sign quite a bit while speaking.  It's too cute!

 

Patiently waiting...

and waiting!

The last color was red/purple.  He was one happy Little Man!

Look at my bea.u.ti.ful egg!

Bubs placed it ever so gently {we only had a few cracks} in the basket.

My table looks so festive!

Happy Easter Everybody!