questions to be answered

He's an official first grader!

When they begin to grow up they don't take it slow on the poor momma's heart.

William graduated yesterday and today he lost his second tooth in the last two weeks.
 He really looks big with that front gap:)

Since when am I old enough to have my youngest child seven years old?

Graduate kindergarten?

Become toothless?

be.still.my.heart.

while am on a roll, who gave these children to be as tall and taller than me?

Someone make them stop!!!

...and this guy to be just so stinkin' cute even though he sang the last graduation song sitting by Daddy's side?

AND...

where in the world did he get this sassy hip shake....

definitely not Daddy:)

skid-a-ma-rinky-dink, skid-a-ma-rinky-do...

I love.....

YOU!

Love you in the morning and in the afternoon, love you in the evening and underneath the moon.

sweet boy,

we love you so much,

and are sooooo proud of you

even though you insist on growing up too fast.

READY OR NOT HERE WE COME FIRST GRADE!!!!

wordless wednesday~ play ball

nine games in six day for three kids, this is about the only place I've been taking pictures lately:)

We {heart} softball

brooke

catherine

 ragan

camping and planting

-Y-

-M-

-C-

-A-

Ready to camp with friends!

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The girls planted a flower bed around the flag pole at the ball field recently. 

Beautiful day and great friends.

So thankful for these girls.

momma rabbit

 momma rabbit diverts attention ,

she watches us carefully...

as baby rabbit (no bigger than my hand)  hides in nearby clover, 

mother's day 2013

 Happy Mother's Day to the best mom.

  I love you mom,so glad we spent time with you yesterday.

Today I'm enjoying time with these four who made me a Mommy.  

I love all of you and I am so proud to be your mom.

this house

This house has been tucked away into a nearby crepe myrtle close to our house.

rusty tin roof and weathered paint but it continues to show support of our LSU tigers.

never has there been a bird nest as intended

until this past week...

(no baby pictures as they were too far inside and now they have flown away)

wordless wednesday~ baseball mascot?

still cant get enough of that toothless smile

sad reality

As Brooke and Daddy enjoyed their afternoon pitching session in the yard she noticed something...

a small blue speckled egg

laying on the grass 

no nest or momma in sight.

As I texted several people nearby to find out if they had a nest with new babies the chance of finding it a new home was growing slim to none.

  Hubby thought I lost my mind as I wandered around the yard looking for a nest with babies and my dad gave the simple advise just put it out of its misery. 

 One friend told me about buying baby bird food and feeding it with a dropper....ummmm maybe I hadn't lost my mind b/c my reply was something along the line of I don't need something else to worry about and I don't have a baby anymore and no stinking bird will is going to keep me up at all hours of the night (call me mean, my kids do).

As we left for the softball games I knew it was a loss, secretly hoping the egg would be gone in the morning or better yet the girls would forget about it.  

No such luck! 

This morning Brooke and Catherine rushed outside to check on the egg (I still haven't looked).  They came back to inform me the baby had its legs sticking out and it froze UGH:(  

The tough lessons of nature.

4H

4H Achievement day is a fun day for 4H members once a year in the spring...getting out of school for one day doesn't hurt either.  There are many activities for the kids and lots of fun for all.

Ragan and her friend gave a presentation how to make banana pudding...

 Brooke and her friend

Catherine and C

 The end of the day...finally home.