It's a beautiful day...

"I don't want my picture taken

Not today or any day!

Mommy got me all cleaned up

But I want to run and play!

All right, I'll smile and make a face

That Mommy wants to see.

There now, please! Just let me be!"

The light of my life...

A SMILE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS...

The older they get the more you hold on

But before you know it the day is gone.

Cherish each smile, each laugh, and each tear

You blink your eyes and one day becomes a year.

Parent Reading Day

Today, I am going to my son's school to read to his kindergarten class. I have chosen a book that is currently VERY popular at our house. The book is, I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont. It goes a little something like this:

One day my mama caught me paintin' pictures on the floor and the ceiling and the walls and the curtains and the door, and I heard my mama holler like I never did before..."YA AIN'T A-GONNA PAINT NO MORE!"

I ain't gonna paint no more, no more, I ain't gonna paint no more. That's what I say...but there ain't no way that I ain't gonna paint no more. So I take some red and I paint my...Head! Now I ain't gonna paint no more. Aw, What the heck! Gonna paint my...Neck! Now I ain't gonna paint no more. Still, I just can't rest till I paint my...CHEST! Now I ain't gonna paint no more.

And on and on....

GiGi at 10 months old

Western Day at School

IRIS GARDEN

FUN AT A FIFTIES PARTY!!!

A Walk through the Woods...

CUTIE PIE

THE LOOK OF INNOCENCE

I LOVE THIS BOY!!!

Advice

She must take after me as a Mommy..."Hold your babies tight and keep them close!"

"JUST JUMP"

Today, I am celebrating being rich...not rich with material things, but RICH with the love a child brings to your life...to know that I have everything that I need as long as I have my family...to know what a blessing it is to see the constant smiles that fill my house every day. This post is for all the times I have said "no jumping on the bed," because after all, who can resist this much fun??? Today, I dare you to allow your kids TO JUST JUMP!

APRIL SHOWERS...

Sad to be leaving the lake...