08 May 2011

my Mother’s Day

 

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Well, this first picture pretty much sums up my afternoon activities.  After brunch, we headed to our club swimming pool for the first weekend of the season.  You could find me there poolside, drink in hand, soaking up the sun for 5+ hours.  It.  Was.  Fabulous.

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The other members of my family {the testerone type} were much more eager than I to enter the water. 

Daddy Buck decided to go all-or-nothing style the minute we got there. 

Think it was a little cool seeing as it’s early May and our night time temperatures have still been dipping into the low 50s??

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You tell me……

Check back in mid-June…..that’s when you’ll find me actually entering the water.

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The boys….well, the cool water temperatures don’t seem to phase children adolescent or younger. 

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Thankfully, everyone remembered how to swim from last summer.  I was afraid it might require a re-adjustment phase; but, it seems we’ll be just fine to cruise in 2 weeks!!!

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It was a perfect Mother’s Day indeed!

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I am one blessed Momma!

{note it appears that Buck-a-roo still, 5 days later, feels it necessary to pull his bottom lip and showoff his snaggle-tooth self in pictures}

 

25 April 2011

Movin’ on up…..

to the Eastside

to the 1st grade!

That’s right….this week the boys are out of school for Spring Break, they return following their break for 3 weeks, then school will let out for the summer and Buck-a-roo will officially be going to the 1st grade. 

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Looks official, right?!!

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In lieu of a cap&gown Kindergarten graduation, Buck-a-roo’s school opts for a casual EndoftheYear Program.  Buck-a-roo had a “speaking part” during the program that he practiced for weeks and nailed that night.

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Or so I’m told!  You see when you are an excited parent, you’re so busy videoing the moment (like I was) or photographing the moment (like Dad was) that you miss the actual moment.  Which is exactly why I find myself stepping away from the camera and blog sometimes*

Ahhh, I digress……

He did a fantastic job!!

Before leaving home for the program, I had asked the boys to step outside for a quick picture because they looked so nice!

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Buck-a-roo then decided that we needed a mini photoshoot with the entire family, so here you have it…..

…..the star of the night

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…..the darling little brother of the star of the night

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…..the winking/squinting father with his boys

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…..the mother who doesn’t enjoy photographs of herself with her boys

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*do note that I actually blogged from the computer with pictures taken with my BIG camera {read: not iphone pics} and then fully edited {note that my watermark still reads 2010 - oops!!}…..that hasn’t happened in quite some time

 

23 April 2011

Happy Easter

Today has been a terrific Holy Saturday......an Easter egg hunt with close friends, yardwork, sprinkler play, picturesque Springtime weather, milkshakes, time with grandparents, candy, more yardwork, more candy, the workings of a new outdoor project, fishing, suntanning, dyeing Easter eggs, and one last piece of candy.

The Easter bunny just HOPped by and now I go to bed {wink}.



Goodnight and Happy Easter from our family to yours.
:HE is Risen:

VaughnMom

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21 April 2011

{school} Easter Egg Hunts

For Frank-O, eleven is the {new} ten!

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To Buck-a-roo, not {all} plastic treat-filled eggs are worthy of gracing his basket.

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