A really good day

Today was a really good day.  I volunteered in my younger son's preschool class this morning from 8-11am.  It was awesome!  The kids were great and seemed happy to have me there.  I helped out with letter crafts, read them a great book about camping, played with them in the playground (I pushed the kids on the swings a zillion times), helped them at snack time, helped them line up and wash hands, watched them sing songs and do shapes and colors, and I even got to take a bunch of pictures.  The best part was witnessing my little boy starting to come out of his shell, to participate and to make friends.

Tonight, I made a special family dinner: lasagna and then harvest pie with whipped cream for dessert.  To top it off: as I was putting my older son to sleep he was talking about his two best friends: Jakub and Jack.  I said, as a joke, "Don't forget about me." He said, "Oh Mommy - you are waaaay beyond a friend.  You are the best friend and person I love the most in the whole world, past and present, and in all the 'googleplex' infinity.  You are above and beyond my best friend."  I just wrote it down as soon as I came out of his room so I would never forget. Seriously.... it does NOT get better than that!  

Now onto movie night to spend with my hubby and a glass of wine.  Life is really good.  :)

Guitar "concert" tonight

Tonight, we all gathered around my son in the the living room so he could play all the songs he has learned so far on the guitar.  It was amazing!  He is becoming this little rock star right before our eyes.  ;-)

Watching Animal Planet

My son watched some "Frozen Planet" on Animal Planet with me this evening.  He loves nature shows almost as much as I do!  Can't even tell you how irrationally happy that makes me.  ;) He turned off all the lights, got one of the bar stools and set it up right smack in the middle of the living room. So funny.

Just doing a little light reading on the couch

Tonight after dinner, my son went to his room and came out with a big pile of books that he said he wanted to read.  (Look at his pile!) Of course, my younger son had to copy his brother and went to get some of his own books to "read" to his Tiger.  This worked out well even though he can't read yet because he knows the words to so many of his books by heart. The two of them were so adorable lounging around reading.  

My boy's first soccer portrait

This is my silly little goose posing (sort of...) for his individual soccer portrait this morning before his game.  I was the photographer for all the soccer teams this year!  Today, I shot ~60 kids' photos, and next Saturday I will finish the remaining ~70 older kids.  It went pretty smoothly despite the large number of kids, heat, and chaos, but I think I may have suffered slight heat exhaustion by the end of the 2.5 hrs...phew!  I didn't know I could sweat like that! Ha ha! 

At the park with my sweetie

My son and I went to the park this morning for a little bike ride.  

He stopped at EVERY single water fountain.

It was really fun!  He even helped me scout out areas for my soccer photo shoot tomorrow.  Check out his shirt.  I'm not sure any of the water from the water fountains made it into his mouth. That is NOT sweat.  ;)

Hello little one

We saw this young deer today at the edge of the woods.  I love seeing dozens of deer on a daily basis when we're out walking.  Pretty darn cool (unless they're eating my plants)!