Field Trip!

Part of the class

Fun fountains... too bad it was so cold.

A banana plant

Carter & his buddies

Inside the greenhouse

Those archways are so pretty

This caterpillar is eating parsley. Apparently they love parsley & turn into beautiful butterfly's because of it.

Carter had a field trip to Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens on Monday. To be honest, not my favorite choice of field trips, but at least it doesn't involve animals and it's pretty to look around. It rained a good portion of the morning so it was kind of wet & icky. I think we haven't hit it at peak blooming season yet but it smells really nice around the gardens. However, I was super impressed with the greenhouse walk through.

I did learn a few things today. Did you know there is really no such thing as a vegetable? It's just a made up words. Veggies are really parts of a plant...stems, flowers, leafs, roots. Intersting huh? And also, if it has a seed it's a fruit... like peppers are fruits? I knew tomatoes were a fruit, but never thought about a jalapeno pepper that burns like fire being a fruit. I also found out that this flower can kill you if you eat it. Can't remember what she called is, but a heart medication is derived from this plant. If you are a healthy person & eat some of this plant, it can make your heart race so fast that you can die.

Mother's Day pics

I had a flabulous (my word, I CAN use it) Mother's Day! A great time at church, lots of pretty flowers from my children. Great lotion from my aunt & beautiful bracelet from my Mom. Best of all... relaxed & spent time with family & I got a nap.

Not Me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Monday is the official day to spill the beans of the the blunders, I mean well-thought through plans, I've made over the past week. It all stems from this blog that I've recently became addicted to. This is a whole new concept for me & I'm going to take my stab at it and encourage you to do so as well. Once I figure it out to where it sounds good. We'll see...

I most certainly did not stay up last night on the computer just to fix one more thing and end up staying there until 1am. Nope, not me!

I also did not cruise on over to disney.com that same night and drool over the phenomenal deal that I found for our family to visit Disney this year (which by the way we are not going) and even save the deal in hopes that some money might drop from the sky & we can go. Nope, not me!

I did not allow my children to eat butter popcorn rice cakes & fruit snacks for breakfast one morning because I keep putting off going to the grocery store for milk & cereal. Nope, not me!

I did not lay on the couch in an attempt to sneak in a little nap while I coaxed my two year old into fixing Mommy's hair with her Barbie hair set. I also did not talk her into fixing my hair instead of going outside because I didn't want to go outside. What kind of mom does that? Not me!

Lastly I did not jump for joy & sigh a breath of relief that my kids did not have homework tonight because I was just not in the mood for it. Nope, not me!

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day out there to all my Mom, my friends & fellow blogger Mom's. I hope your day is filled with joy & lots of rest! I'll leave you with this verse that helps me get through those tough days sometimes.

Colossians 3:23-24
"Whatever you do work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for me (or kids) since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

GWU Gathering

Last weekend we went to Salisbury (Dan Nicholas Park) to meet up with some friends from college... most of who we haven't seen since graduation. It was so much fun to see everyone! We rented a shelter, had a cookout, played a lot & caught up on the past 10+ years. This park was a really cool place to go. It's definitely worth the trip there with all they have to offer. We rode a train, a carousel, mined for gems (the kids really loved that), walked a couple trails, played on a huge playground and lots more was offered there that we didn't even participate in. It was an exhausting, but very fun day! I think this gathering might be in the works for coming years as well.

(PS...This was a different group of people than "my girls" from college. I talk to most of them on a regular basis.)

T-ball has started

Oh the joys of t-ball season :-~ (can you tell that I SOOOO love it... not!) Carter's games have started & now bring on the heat...of course. Last year he played & we either roasted in the heat like peanuts or ran for our lives from the pop up thunderstorms that drenched us. I really do support my kids in their choice of sport, but for some reason, t-ball is my least favorite. I absolutely think baseball is such a boring sport to watch & when you put 15 little kids on a ball team that don't hit the ball very well & play a game of a lot of toss & masses run to the ball & then run back to wherever the coach tell them to plant themselves... it's just not very appealing to me. However, Carter is one of the older ones on his team and he's pretty good I must admit, so I'm going to like it. He's done really well in his first couple games & I'm feeling he may get a homer this year... afterall, it is a really short field. He's hit it to the fence several times already & that's just for starters. What makes it bad is that the games are an hour & a half. I mean really?! They are 5 & 6 year olds. It's hard enough to hold their attention for 30 minutes. But whatever, I'm not a pro at planning that kind of stuff, so maybe I don't know. Here's some pictures to enjoy of my little red-head...and one of the bat boy. :-)

Umm... where did the year go?

Am I the only one that thinks this year has flown by?  I mean, it's May 1... really?  Seems like the kids just started school a couple months ago.  Carter was asking the other day when he would turn 7.  I told him Chandler's birthday was in a few weeks & then his birthday was 5 weeks after that & then we would be going to the beach a couple weeks after that... and then school starts back a couple weeks after that !?!   What?  I just spoke the whole summer away in one sentence.  

I remember vividly when I started thinking time was flying by.  It was the summer after my freshman year in college.  I remember going to the beach with some of my girlfriends and thinking "wow, this year really went by fast".  Since then, it feels like a couple blinks... but reality is that it's been 15 years!  I know the older you get the faster time flies, but man.  

Speaking of college. I'm going to a college-reunion-sort-of tomorrow.  A group of us connected via Facebook & one of the girls said "let's get together"... so we are!  I am so excited!  It's been probably 12 or more years since I've seen some of these people.  Don't worry, I'll take plenty of pictures... for those of you that care :-)

Speaking of pictures... here's a few from last week.

Transportation Day at the preschool... Kensley & John Michael with one of our friend police officers, Mark

This is our small group (minus one couple).  We had our final meeting last Sunday night... a cookout & we had a blast. 

PTO Spring Spectacular program at the school

  Carter & his friend Peyton 

Kensley felt the need to participate from the audience... ha!

Chandler at the Spring Spectacular

Thursday was Doughnuts for Dad at Kensley's preschool