5 Great Things

1. Tyler! I had a pleasant yet shocking surprise this morning when I walked in the boys room...I was expecting a disaster area, but found a "Mom clean" room! Shock of a lifetime. Tyler had woken up early and cleaned up the whole room! You'd think it was Mother's Day. And just when I thought I was failing in teaching my children--and I do take credit for Tyler's ability to know what "clean" means! But he did it all on his own!!!! I think it's finally sinking in!2. Jared! He is officially now a first grader and Mom got a bit weepy when he came home from his very last day of school. He pulled off all S+ on his report card (and shout out to Tyler--he did,too) and finally brought home all of his writings that his teacher has been raving about. Here is just a sampling of this creative boys mind. Jared has taken the side of the wolf in The 3 Little Pigs...3. Evan! We had his IEP on Wednesday and I am just amazed when I look back to September. He had only a handful of words, wouldn't even say baby or milk (Anna is starting to say these words now and that puts it all in perspective) and now he won't stop talking! I love hearing him express himself. I've just been waiting for this moment because he is such a funny boy, he just didn't know how to communicate his thoughts! He's catching up quickly and next year he'll have speech therapy 3x/week for help with articulation. And check out this sleepy boy that fell asleep this afternoon in the basement (and now it's 9:30 pm and he's STILL awake)! Grrrr....
4. Anna! She took her first few steps a few weeks ago, but now we have officially declared her as "walking"! Once she walked 5 feet across the room and it was captured on video, then it was "official." Now she hopefully will start choosing walking over crawling so her cute clothes won't get ruined so quickly! I didn't do all that fun shopping for nothing! Here's Anna's walking proof for your viewing pleasure!

5. Rob! I hope he has a great Father's Day. He has worked his cute little booty off this past week--at work and at home. I've had a hard week with the kids and he has relieved me so I could attend school activities, meetings and go shopping without little ones in tow. He also has been doing a fabulous job at beautifying our yard. He dug out rocks to prep for planting some lilacs, raspberries and more blackberries. He has been seeding and watering and we actually have grass! The flower beds are looking great (hopefully this week we'll get some color in them.)
The kids are so lucky to have the Greatest Dad on Earth! This is a scrapbook layout I did in honor of him for Father's Day.