The Music Program

Last week Connor had his end of the year music program at school.

The neighbor girls, Julia and Lily, wanted to come too. Connor had quite the cheering section. The girls and Aiden sat on the top of the bleachers for the whole thing.

Connor is standing next to his "sometimes" friend, George. I wanted to use this picture because you can see Connors "girlfriend", Olivia. She is the last girl in the top row all the way to the right. She is really cute. One day Connor told me that she told him that he was her boyfriend. I asked Connor what he said to her and he said "Alright!" I guess that made if official.






The best part of the program was when Connor led the class in a song. He was suppose to go up and sing in the microphone. Well... you'll see what he did:

Mothers Day

I had the Mother of all Mothers Days!!!

It all started a week early when I received a letter in the mail with the itinerary of activities that I could expect.

Friday: We went to the mall and bought matching clothes for everyone to wear in our family portraits.

Saturday: We went to the Picture People to get our pictures done. They turned out really good. Here are the pics that we ended up getting.

If anyone wants to see more pics go to: http://smilestore.picturepeople.com/my/images?tk=377ded57-b6f8-418e-87d0-da096e10b7e3&st=date&sd=desc&ps=30&pg=1



Then that night, Jeremy arranged for a sitter and we went out for dinner and a movie. I know that doesn't sound like anything special but... this was the first time we'd done that since before we moved here! In fact, neither one of us could remember the last time we saw an "Adult" movie. As great as Jeremy is though... he just couldn't do it. I really wanted to see Baby Mama but he insisted on seeing Iron Man. I guess it doesn't really count as an "Adult" movie since you can get the Iron Man toys in happy meals at McDonalds, does it? That's my man! Still a kid at heart!! :)



Sunday: Jeremy took care of the kids and prepared a great breakfast for me while I slept in. When I finally got up he showered me with gifts throughout the day.



Here are the gifts I got:




That night he grilled steaks and potatoes on the BBQ. We had a great weekend!



Thanks babe!

First Tooth!!!

Last week Whitney FINALLY cut her first tooth! I tried all week long to get a picture where you could see her cute, little tooth but her big, fat tongue is always in the way. lol!

(Now I really need to cut off the breast feeding... FAST!)

Mature Readers ONLY!!

Connor is really into spelling and reading everything!!! He is constantly asking how to spell words and loves to read everything. It's really cute but can be annoying... like when we're driving and he is trying to sound things out like ATM. He doesn't quite understand when I tell him that it's not a word.

One of his favorite discoveries is learning how to spell "Boob". I swear this is written into every males DNA!!! Tonight Connor and Aiden are innocently playing games on their favorite website http://www.miniclips.com/ while I'm making dinner. I hear them laughing. They keep laughing. It sounds so cute. I come in the room to see what they are laughing about.

I was SHOCKED when I saw the computer monitor! Somehow Connor pulled up http://www.google.com/ and typed the word "boob" into the search engine. There were pictures and videos. Who knows exactly what they saw. But, Connor proudly told me about watching a video where "a boy pulled a string on a girls swimsuit and we saw her 'boobs' and they got really big!!"

Uggg! I don't know if I like his new-found knowledge. But, I do know that Jeremy and I have to start monitoring the computer use a little better now.

Slides and Blood

Whitney LOVES to go down slides! No slide is too long, windy, bumpy, or curvy. If she can crawl to it, she will go down it!

We ususally take our neighbor, Lily, with us when we go to the park. She is the same age as Aiden and tough as nails. Today I was pushing them really fast on the little Merry-Go-Round. They were sitting on the handles pretending it was their horse. I had them going pretty fast and before I knew it, Lily was flying in the air. She did an entire flip and then landed on the ground skinning her chin. Not a single tear! She just got back up and her and Aiden ran off. I had some explaining to do after I took her home though. oops!

Beckham Style

It finally clicked for Connor this weekend.

He's learning how to play soccer for the first time this year. It's been a little rough... he kicks balls into his own goal, he steals the ball from his own team mates, he kicks the ball as hard as he can out of bounds every chance he gets.

But... today he got it! He blocked a goal, stole the ball from one end of the field and ran the whole way down the field, keeping the ball with him, and made a goal! All the players were running behind him. Everyone was yelling "Connor Cates"!!!! (There are 3 Connor's on the team).

I wish I had a picture of his face after his goal... he closed his eyes, smiled, and looked down at the ground like he was so proud of himself but a little embarassed that everyone was yelling his name. Then he just left the team and walked over to me like he was going to sit down. Everyone was yelling at him to get back in the game. I guess he thought he was done! lol!

Tonight before bed he told Jeremy: "When I made that goal I felt like Chicken Little".

Grandparents Day

Ok... I know I'm a day late. Yesterday was Grandparents Day I wanted to tell all of our Grandparents and Great-Grandparents how much we love them!
































Yesterday Connor was allowed to bring a Grandparent to school for a couple hours to celebrate Grandparents Day. Connor's Great-Grandpa Jim ("Uncle Jim" as Connor calls him) was Connor's special guest. Connor RAN off the bus after school that day and immediately threw his backpack down on the ground to show Aiden and me what he got. He started pulling out all these books and plants out of his backpack. When I asked him where all this stuff came from and how he got it he said "I just picked them out, put them on the table and Uncle Jim paid for them". He went on and on about how much fun he had with "Uncle Jim" at school with him. He mentioned what a great day he had about 10 times that night! Today Jeremy took the boys to get haircuts and Connor told the hairdresser all about "Uncle Jim" going to his school. He felt so special to have him there. Thanks Grandpa!!!