Slade's First Haircut...

What? You're gonna cut my hair off; so I can actually see where I'm going... sweet! :-)
He must have really wanted a haircut... it took a bit for me to explain what we wanted, imagine that! :-) Slade sat there very patiently and that's so not his style. He's a busy body.

Hello ladies... ;-)

Sooo excited and saying Da Da the whole time, of course!

A little side action for ya...

Summer Fun!

naptime
The shore at Moody Gardens Palm Beach. Gavin wants to bring his pole next time. :-)

Slade and I were first timers... the look on Slade's face says it all. He had a blast!
Gavin's good buddy Noah and his mom met us and we had such a great time together! The boys ran all around that park and would check in with us every so often. Those two ruled that park and know the ins and outs of every ride and slide! :-)
These two... holdin it down in the Lazy River
and when they weren't in the Lazy River Slade was pointing in the direction of it and saying, "That, that..."

Here's what Gav does in the Lazy River... the life guards want you to use the tube, but Gavin just swims/floats along. It's 3 feet deep and there's a slight current (hence, river) that takes you along in an oval, back to where you started... It's awesome! And there are waterfalls or people may dump water on you... that happened to me! :-) They were trying to get their friend, missed and hit yours truly... felt good though, it was hot!

Shenanigans...

I stumbled upon THIS and thought it was hilarious...! Gav left his uneaten Poptart on the kitchen table and Slade the scavenger helped himself.

(Allow me to insert what I imagine was going thru Slade's head at the time...)

"If Gavin's not gonna eat it, I sure as heck will!"
"Dang, mom caught me..."

"Wonder how much I can stuff in my mouth until that dog snags it?"

"Here's that dog, right on time... better hide the goods under my leg 'til she leaves!"

Father's Day

Father's Day started out with Art flipping channels between some golf tournament on TV
a soccer match. Then once Gavin woke up, he gave Art his gift and card that he and Slade made for him. :-) Then we went over to PaPa's for a lazy afternoon/evening of tractor riding, throwing sticks in the creek and exploring what Gavin calls PaPa's neighborhood, which is actually just his yard... :-) It was a nice, relaxing day.

Congratulations Gavin!

Gavin receiving his diploma from Assistant Principal, Ms. Hatter
Presentation of Kindergarten class as they sing 1st Grade, 1st Grade to the tune of "New York, New York"... precious!
Mama with my boys after the ceremony...
Our proud graduate

Gavin's Kindergarten graduation was a delight! To our surprise, he had a trick up his sleeve that he didn't tell us about... Gavin had told me to expect the following of the ceremony, "I stand on the 2nd riser, wait for my name then go get my diploma from some lady." I found out last night that my son can sure keep a secret... 6 classes sang and danced a total of 5 songs! Of course I cried a little! It was the most precious thing I had ever seen and I didn't even expect all of that cuteness! It was enough that they were all in their Sunday's best... I mean come on, what mother can resist that? They preformed each number so great and behaved like perfect ladies and gentlemen. It was such a lovely way to end the school year... :-) We are so proud of our sweet, sweet Gavin Reid!

Slade and His Ride

The #1 thing Gav LOVES about his new school... riding the bus!
And this is what Slade drives up and down our street as we wait for big bro to get home everyday. He does pretty well pushing the button to make the car go, but sometimes he needs a little assistance... :-)

Mother's Day!

Slade loves this big 'ol teddy bear!
One of the beautiful Mother's Day cards Gavin made me... He made this one at school.
This is the inside of the above card. When I pull the flower from the vase it has a chore for Gavin to do to help Mommy around the house! And everyday he excitedly brings it to me to pick one and he does the task... all running around the house... too cute!
This is a tile that he painted himself! I was very impressed!
Here is the collage of gifts I received from Gavin on Mother's Day when I finally woke up. He ran up to me, gave me a hug and kiss, told me Happy Mother's Day all enthusiastically and handed me a gift bag. It had tissue coming out of it and everything, he wrapped it himself and had ALL these handmade goodies he created all last week at his new school! SO awesome! Inside that white bag was a heart puzzle... and Art told me he wanted to make ANOTHER card at home which he took time away from his favorite show to create and is pictured in top right of bottom pic. Gavin rocks!

Mother's Day started off early... thanks to my son and his new school. He invited me to Muffins for Mom on Friday which was nice because it gave me a chance to get a quick tour of Gavin's new school, which he loves! Then on Saturday Gavin played an awesome soccer game! Go Sonics!