The River

Since the weather was so gorgeous today, we decided to take a little walk to the river...

Poor little, Buster, did NOT want to get his paws in the water!

Love the boots!

"Look at my muscles, mom!"

"I can throw it so far!"

Isn't he the cutest thing?!!

Billy and his girl

If you look really hard, you can see that she wrote her name in the sand.

Her "treasure"

Days like this are some of my favorites with my family.   :-)

Momma Award

Look what I got from Beth!  She is always giving out awards and doing cool stuff on her blog... you should check it out!  Thanks, Beth!  :-)

Here are the rules:

#1.  Admit ONE thing you feel awful about involving being a mom.  Get it off your shoulders.  Once you've written it down, you are NO LONGER allowed to feel bad.  It's over with, it's in the past.  Remember, you're a  great mom!

First, I will say this... I love my children SO much, BUT sometimes I want to run away.  I don't mean taking  a quick trip in the car around the block or to the store, I'm talking about RUNNING AWAY!!!  Gosh, just thinking about all the reasons why I should makes me want to jump up and go!  Does anyone else get sick of the tattling, whining, complaining, hitting, laundry and MESSES???

Ahhhh, I feel better!   :-)

#2.  To remind yourself that you ARE a good mom, list SEVEN things you love about your kids, you love doing with your kids, or that your kids love about you.  These are the things to remind yourself EVERY DAY that you rock!

1.  I love it that my sweet Kent always recognizes the little things I do for him.  He always says "thanks, mom, for all the things you do for me."  He also LOVES clean sheets, and always hugs my neck and thanks me.  Oh... he is so precious.

2. I love it when:

Amos comes into my bed at 2:00 am to "snuggle bug", or when he says "your beautiful mom, now give me your had so I can kiss it."

Kent says "mom, you make the best food", or how he is always willing to help me with any task, no matter how pleasant or unpleasant it may be.  Gosh, he is a good boy!

Grace walks in the bathroom while I'm in the bathtub and  sits down and says, "don't worry mom, we're both girls so it's okay for me to sit in here with you", or how when I'm sick she takes the best care of me.  

 

3.  My kids love it when I invite them to cook with me and we make a big mess.

4.  I have to admit... I am a video game junkie.  My kids LOVE it when we play the Play Station together.  

5.  I love it when all three of them get their dart guns out (and loaded) and run around the house in pure chaos.  

6.  There is nothing that will bring a smile to my face like hearing their laughter.  It's healing, comforting and so precious.

7.  I love to hear their prayers.  Their words are never for "show", they are always genuine.  It doesn't get better than that!  :-)  

#3.  Pass the award on to other moms that you think are great!

Here are the ladies I have chosen:

Catherine

Jennifer S.

Kristal

Mauree

Elaine

Here We Go Again

Last week was a busy one in the Mayes household.  As most of you know, with holidays comes parties at school!  Whoo-hoo!!!  Well, Gracie asked me Monday evening if we could bake cookies for her class party on Friday.  This meant Kent and Amos would also be taking cookies to school.  I was a little bitter about the whole cookie thing at first (refer to the post before this one!), but it turned out to be lots of fun for the family and, I must say, they were yummy!!!  

M'mmmm..... butter!   :-)

She's beginning to be a pro at cracking those eggs!

Boys like to help too!

Grace and I LOVE the dough!

This little guy wasn't interested in helping.... just licking!

This was HALF of the finished product... AAHHHHH!

REMEMBER PEOPLE, DON'T USE EGG WHITES (unless you like to stare at cookies for fun!)

Grace with her Valentine's box at school

Amos, being such a good boy!

Happy belated Valentine's Day everyone!