Nani and Papi's visit

My amazing and wonderful parents, aka "Nani" and "Papi" to the kids, drove down from Jupiter - 4 hours - this morning (woke up at 3am!!!!) to watch our son's last two baseball games of the season.  They arrived at the field at 7:20am!  They couldn't drive down yesterday or stay overnight tonight due to a very busy schedule (isn't it supposed to get easier when you retire??).  They left again right after the games at 2pm today.  I wish they could have stayed longer...  I feel guilty that I barely got to spend any quality time with them.  What a whirlwind day! But, I am so lucky and thankful they were able to "squeeze a visit in", and I'm grateful to have such loving parents in my and my children's lives.  They didn't bat an eye over the long car trip.  They had fun watching my son play and couldn't believe how much he's improved since last year. :)  They also enjoyed hanging out with both children on the bleachers afterward.  Good memories here.

Lincoln Log Fun

My boys built a lincoln log garage today for their matchbox cars to park in.  My older son was so proud of his creation.  I snuck in his room to quickly catch this moment and remember how cute they were playing together, lying on their tummies... but my older son saw me at the last minute and wanted to show it off. :)  

In the tree

There is a mahogany tree at the baseball field that all the boys just LOVE to climb.  My son climbs it every chance he gets.  Tonight, after practice, I loved the way he looked just relaxing there with the sun sinking in the sky behind him.  AND check out his handsome haircut.  :) He melts me.

Playing with cars

Today I set up an aluminum foil race track filled with puddles of water for my younger son to play with on the porch.  Wow....he LOVED it!  He actually squealed with happiness.  :) It was hilarious! He just laid there on the porch floor and drove his matchbox cars (prized possessions) through the puddles down the ramp over and over.  It was so cute.  :)

Mismatched shoes

Confessions of a harried Mommy...


Do you see anything wrong with this pair of shoes?  Hmmm... I'll give you a moment.  Ah yes - they don't go together...they don't match.  I wore these ALL morning - ALL MORNING!.... while dropping my son off at school, while food shopping at Publix, at Kindermusik class with my younger son, and while driving home.  Wonderful.  Perhaps I need more light in my house or glasses. Maybe I need a bit more sleep?  Time for myself?  If it wasn't so embarrassing, it would be hysterical! :)

Mmmm ice cream!

We gave the kids a scoop of ice cream each tonight after dinner.  When they get this sort of treat, well.....they go beserk!  Just look at how my younger son is slurping it off the spoon!  We almost didn't have to wash and clean his bowl!  :)

Snow Cones

After dinner and mini-golf tonight, the boys got a treat: SNOW CONES.  They were in seventh heaven.  Who knew that it was this easy to make them quiet and happy?  :)