Ten things I'm grateful for this week:
1. The few warm days that we have had this week.
2. Both of my boys doing so well in school.
3. Being able to stay at home for the past six weeks.
4. Extreme coupon to teach me how to save moola.
5. A washer and dryer.
6. Having our lawn mowed for the 1st time this year.
7. Fun times with friends.
8. My cute new skirt and shirt.
9. Starting to sleep better.
10. Getting the all clear from my doctor.

Thought for the week:
Dance like no one is going to put you on you tube!

Thought for the day:

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday and all is well!

Ten things I'm grateful for this week:

1. My incredibly supportive husband and all that he is.
2. My surgery going exactly as planned.
3. So many wonderful friends and family who have brought food and love.
4. My kids for helping me so much.
5. SOAP net. What else would I watch all day?
6. The crazy spring weather.
7. Cookie crisp sprinkles cereal. (It's gluten free by the way)
8. Matt for not letting me lift a finger while I recover.
9. Grandparents for watching the kids for us.
10. Smart people who become awesome doctors.

What Caden did on his summer vacation

Matt has Monday's off. He took Caden and Isaac to the water slide while I was at work one day. I got a call shortly after lunch that they were coming up to visit me. At first I was excited until I
realized it wasn't a friendly visit. Caden had come down off one of the slides, hit his chin, was knocked out and was lying face down in the pool. Thank goodness Matt was coming down right behind him with Isaac and ran to grab him. He was out for about a minute. Matt had someone grab a towel for the blood and rushed to the hospital because he knew he could get there faster than the time it would take to call an ambulance to get there. He had to get 7 stitches but it could have been so much worse. I'm so grateful for my awesome husband. And now Caden understands why he cannot go swimming with just his friends and no parents. I can only imagine if he was not with an adult this day. This was the before picture and I'm not sure where the after one is.

Forgery at Five

Isaac has these skill books he brings home from school each week. Once your child has passed off a a skill, you are supposed to sign your name at the top. This lets the teacher know that they are ready to be tested on this concept. We took a break from homework one night so I could finish making dinner. Isaac comes walking over to the stove so proud and says "Look Mom, I wrote your name for you." He had attempted to sign my name in the top corner! I tried so hard not to laugh. I just told him what a great job he did. The sad thing is that it doesn't look to bad for a five year old. Check out how good those L's are for someone who's just learning to write in print!

We're bored...

I can't for the life of me figure out why the kids are always bored in the summer. Times are so different than when we were young. We used to play outside for hours and only come in when we were hungry or had to pee. We have a large swing set with a climbing wall, a tramp with a cage around it, a basketball hoop/court area, and yet they're still bored. We were so happy this day when they came up with this clever idea to tow each other around. They had so much fun and we just sat outside and watched them. It was a great lazy summer day.