MOMents

I decided to be a “Yes” mom Wednesday afternoon and man did the kids love it.  They have been begging me for over a week to jump in “muddy puddles” (like Peppa Pig).  I always say no, or not now.  It’s a mess and I’m not about to let them play on the road to jump in puddles.  So when I picked them up from school, I intentionally parked right in front of a big messy muddy puddle.

As we approached the car, I said we weren’t getting in the car just yet and for them to go jump in the muddy puddles.  They were confused.  Really mom?  Yep, go, and jump big. They were unsure at first, but after some more encouraging that it was okay for them to get messy and dirty, they started having tons of fun.

It was so much fun listening to the squeals of excitement.  All the “this is the best day ever!” statements.  “Mom, you’re the best!”  “Daddies not going to like this”  “This is so much fun!” The giggles.  Man, they had fun!  We stayed in the parking lot for 50 minutes and when it was time to head home we stripped off the wet clothes and put on the spare clothes from their backpacks.  It was a perfect and unexpected way to end their day!

Xander whines a lot and it can get annoying fast.  Sterling won’t play the way he wants.  He don’t get what he wants when he wants.  Has to take a shower.  Has to take a break. Can’t take the toy he wants to school.  He don’t like dinner.  At a store and he sees something.  He whines, and whines, and whines.  Gotta love this age!  For reals, how in the world do you get a kid to stop whining without giving them what they want?! 

via Google image

We worked on an early morning craft one day and it started the day with great attitudes.  I may just do this more often.  I didn’t even have my phone or camera so no pictures during the activity.  I wasn’t planning on the craft until hours later, so I just went with it.  I had these foam frogs and butterflies and the kids colored and taped them to construction paper.  Xander actually created a pond for his frog and it is adorable.  He created water and a lily pad for the frog to sit on.  Such imagination at this age and I love it!  The finished products are already on display.

*The kids (with dad’s help) got me a Michael Kors watch for Mother’s Day.  It’s beautiful.  They were so sweet when they woke up.  Nick whispered (I could hear him though, ha!) in each of their ears to tell me Happy Mother’s Day.  They did, but they’ve also been telling me every day, all week long because of a craft they did at school for me.  Such sweet kiddos.  Nick got worst husband of the year this year because he didn’t have the kids make me a special card.  The card is all I really want, ever. I think it’s so special when a child puts thought into drawing something special for someone.  Oh well.

I cleaned and rearranged the kiddos rooms.  They picked the locations of all of their furniture. It was fun to see them decide where they wanted their beds, dressers and toys.  I’ve been wanting to rearrange my room, but my furniture is way to heavy that it’s staying put. sigh sigh. Thanks kids for putting up with my ambitions at a moments notice.

 

 

I’m working on the kids teacher gifts.  I cut everything out and will let the kids glue the candy on the paper.  I’m hoping Xander will want to write his name at least twice.  When they got home from school they saw the chocolates and wanted to dig in.  Xander loves chocolate and Sterling is just coming around to it.  I’m not sure whose child she is cause I LOVE chocolate!  Inspiration from iheartnaptime.

I’m also working on the end of year gifts for the students that I help in the Pre-K class.  I found this idea from this free printable on Teachers Pay Teachers and then I found the bookmarks also on TPT.  Such a cute idea when I paired them together.  And instead of a beachball, I wanted to use a more practical ball, so I choose a fun and bumpy light up ball.  The bookmarks are so adorable, I just love the little people on them.