Mom's Day at Preschool

The other Day I took the day off of work so that I could attend "Mom's Day at Preschool" Will was a lucky boy and had both me and grandma (my mom) there with him. All of the kids were so proud to have their mom's there. It was a fun morning.

I love being a mommy

This morning while talking to a coworker of mine, who is also a single mom, we came to a few conclusions.

1. mothers day is a bit different for single moms. It's kinda biter sweet in a way. (not that we think it's all sweet for married mothers.)
2. even though we are in situations that are not ideal, we are so grateful to be mommies

My life isn't what I thought it would be. I didn't plan to be divorced. I didn't plan to have to work full time. I wish I was there with Will all day. I wish I could take him to school and pick him up afterward. I wish I could volunteer in his classroom. I wish I could stay home to spend time with him, more than a day or so per week. I wish we could spend more time at the park, or riding bikes, or going for walks, or doing puzzles, or just cuddling. But even with all those things that I wish were different, I still LOVE being a mommy.

I love Will so much and he knows it. Maybe is sounds weird, but I feel like he is one of my best friends. We laugh together, we cuddle, we give each other kisses, we tickle and chase each other. I adore him and he adores me. One of the great things about being a mother is that no matter what else happens in my life, no matter what goes wrong, or how bad a day is, no one can take away from me that fact that I am his mommy. And I think I'm a pretty good one at that.

Yesterday I went to church, because the kids were singing in sacrement meeting. Will usually loves to sing. He sings all the time. Songs that he's learned from school or church, or sometimes songs that he's made up himself. Well I'm not sure if he just didn't know the words or if he was just too excited, but yesterday at church when the kids got up to sing, he just stared at me and smiled the whole time. The only words he sang were the words, "I love you, I love you" but the rest of the words didn't seem to matter to him, he just wanted to stare at his mommy.

It's amazing how much a child can melt your heart. I love this little boy more than I ever knew was possible!

Cougar Mountain Zoo

Sunday Joel and I met up again with our Kids at the Cougar Mountain Zoo. Its a very small, and not too busy zoo. I think the kids liked the animal statues more than the actual animals.

The Zoo sells cut up apples that you can feed to some of the animals. Unfortunately, neither child wanted to let the animals eat out of their hands.

"say 'Rawr!'"Bear hugs

Science Center

On Saturday morning Joel and his daughter Brynn came over and we made breakfast together. The kids were very cute sitting on the counter together helping make the waffles and smoothies. Once we were finished with breakfast we all loaded in the car and headed for the Seattle Science Center.

The kids were so cute. They are both so smart. They did act a bit like siblings as they were fighting over buttons and toys. But in general they got along pretty well.

Touching animals in the tide pool
Isn't she adorable!?
Butterfly on my shoulder
Apparently the Butterflies like the smell of our clothes
Ready for blast off

Little Si

Yesterday was a perfect day for a hike. Dry but not too warm. So after picking up Will I called my mom to see if they'd like to come with us? They agreed that it would be a fun family activity.At about the half way point I didn't think they were loving this "fun family activity"
Mickayla was great and didn't complain at all (on the way up.)
And then we finally made it too the top.It was a good time. Hopefully we'll do it again soon.

Ice Cream Maker

On Monday our new Ice Cream Maker arrived. Last night Will and I made our first batch. Since Ann and Keith are pros at the homemade ice cream thing we took Keith's suggestion and made Heath Bar Crunch.

Will sat anxiously and watched the ice cream thicken.
He also helped me break up the heath bars into mixable size.
The ice cream was delicious and we even brought some over to the neighbors so we could bribe them into being our friends.

Hmmm I wonder what kind will be next. I will definitely consult my buddies Ben and Jerry.

How to Train a Dragon 3D

This last weekend I took Will and Mickayla to How to Train Your Dragon 3D. It was a cute movie, and well worth seeing.
I especially loved the "one size fits all" 3D glasses. They were huge on me, and monstrous on Will.
Will doesn't quite get the concept of being quiet since we are in a theater full of people. There were a few times that he yelled out things like "Mom, we're in the water" since the 3D glasses made it look as though the water was all around us.