Hard Head

So tonight Matt is working and I was talking to Catch telling him I was worried about Kate pretending to be a ballerina spinning around because I was worried she would bust her head open. His response to me..."Mommy, her head is too hard to bust open! All you will have to do is hug her." Ha. Made me smile because sometimes she is a little hard headed. I try to say she is confident and knows what she wants and that will be an advantage to her when she grows up.

So here they are. I am hoping Spiderman will save my ballerina from really busting her head wide open. Aren't they cute though!!!

Feeding the Ducks

So yesterday Catch, Kate and I went out to Wesleyan College to feed the ducks. I so wish I had had my camera with me. Such a fun time together. Catch got to taste honeysuckles for the first time. He loved that. It always amazes me that he will venture out to try something like that, yet will not even think about trying a new food I have put on his plate. And oddly enough, Kate, who will try anything I put on her plate, would not even think about putting the honeysuckle in her mouth. She just looked at us both like we had lost our minds.

The part where I wished I had my camera was when we made it to the pond and got out the bread. I handed Catch a piece to feed to the ducks and I handed Kate a piece to hand to the ducks. Catch did the normal tearing his into pieces and giving it to the ducks. Well, I looked back at Kate and she has climbed up on this bench overlooking the pond and had both her cute chubby hands wrapped around her bread eating it herself. I died laughing, then tears welled up in my eyes at the simple joys kids have. I wish I could capture moments like that and imprint them in head forever. I love the differences in my children and getting to know them each day. So I am selfishly writing this post in hopes that since I did not have my camera, this post will bring back the image to memory.

Strawberry Picking

So today we went strawberry picking with Mimi. I love going to the strawberry patch and eating and picking the strawberries. I have taken Catch the last three years now in hopes that he would fall in love with strawberries if he got to pick them right off the plant. Well so far my hopes have not been fulfilled. However this year, I got to take Kate too. She joined right along with me in making a big juicy mess out of strawberry eating/picking. She loved loved loved them. She just wanted to sit down in the middle of the rows and let you feed her strawberries. She was sticking whole gigantic strawberries in her mouth all at one time. Pure joy in her mind...mine too!

We got there, got our three buckets(one for me and Kate, one for Catch, and one for Mimi). Catch and Mimi were having a competition to see who could pick the biggest juiciest strawberry there was. Kate and I were there mainly just to eat the strawberries and enjoy the weather. We picked and picked until our buckets were full. We headed back and paid for our berries and set up a picnic under the shade tree there. What a wonderful peaceful day we had. Thanks Mimi for coming and sharing that with us.






Dont you just want to squeeze Kate with all the personality coming out!

Happy 4th Birthday Catch

I can't believe my little boy is 4. Where does time go. He is growing up to be such a fine young little man. I feel blessed every time I look at him. He is the cutest thing I have ever since(besides his daddy of course). As a matter of fact, he looks just like his daddy. I am thinking he has also inherited his daddy's personality and humor too. I think God was trying to lighten me up a little when He added these two men to my life. I can still remember when Catch was two years old and he walked into the living room and looked at me wearing a cleansing face mask and with a straight face said "You look goooood mama!" and then walked away. So funny!

Catch is a great friend. When I see the qualities he has when he interacts with his friends, it makes me praise God for his kind gentle nature. He thinks of those around him better than himself(most of the time anyways) and he loves loves loves his friendships, always asking me, "What friend are we going to see today?"

He loves his family too. On Saturday before his actual birthday on Monday, we had our family over to celebrate. He was so excited Friday night that the poor child could not go to sleep until around midnight. He just couldn't wait to see his family and have them come here and celebrate and eat cake with him. Speaking of cake, Catch walked into the office one day and asked me what I was doing and I told him I was planning his birthday party food. He told me he wanted a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Icing and a Big Monster Truck on it. I tried to deliver and I think Catch loved it.


We had a great time playing with the family for his birthday. On his actual birthday, we had a full day of celebrating. First, we had some friends meet at the park after preschool to hang out and play. It was beautiful weather and I think everyone had a great time. The gift opening part was a mad house though....I even heard Catch say once "Aren't I suppose to open these gifts?"

We then came home and tried to rest for a little bit and some of our favorite friends came by to celebrate some more with us...Matty and Ben Hulbert. We love the Hulberts and Catch was so excited for them to come up on his birthday and play outside with him. We all went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant(Catch's favorite) to end the day. Thank you everyone for making such a special birthday for him. He is well loved. Happy Birthday Catch. Love you. Mom
I think Catch's favorite food in the world is what he calls hot cheese dip. Looks like they are enjoying it to me!
He got lots of hotwheels things this birthday and we have enjoyed the world out of them.
The birthday gift opening frenzy!
Poor Catch, maybe one day he will not be one of the smallest. Thanks to his friend Lane for trying to help him out!

One of Catch's greatest joys in life.....his cousins.
Present time...what do you think Dagz is trying to get into!
Wonder what he is thinking here?

Here is the road we built for his hotwheels party. Kate had enjoyed it.

Catch's Way of Thinking

So we were swinging on the playground the other day with some kids and they were talking about the season and how it was spring. They talked for a while and Catch was quiet and then all the sudden he said "And yeah then it will be summer and then fall and that means football season will be here!" I love that boy and all things about him. I love that he loves sports and I mean loves sports. He gets so excited each week when a new Sports Illustrated Magazine shows up in our mailbox....He can't wait to go to bed that night and thumb through the pages that he can't read. He reads pictures though and that is enough for him. Every time we read him any kids book about Georgia football, he tells us of his dreams of going there one day in person and watching a game. I am not kidding when I say he talks about these things with a passion. I am so curious to see how this passion plays out in his future.

I know I say this over and over, but I just feel it so much.....I am so so blessed to be the mother of these two children. I really find so much joy, wonder, excitement, amazement, and curiosity in them. I can't get enough. Again, thank you God for giving them to me as a gift to take care of. I know they belong to you, but what a blessing it is to know them.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day. We had a great day today. Catch has asked me all week to make sure I put him in something green because he did not want to get pinched at school. He was so worried about it, but was thrilled when he woke up this morning and I put a green shirt on him. You could see the relief come over his face. It was a fun day though. After I picked him up from preschool, I decided to treat him and Kate to a giant cookie to celebrate. It is fun being a mom and getting to see your children light up over the smallest things.

Sweet Kate

Not too much to blog about right now, so I thought I would just upload a few new pictures of Kate. She is 17 months old here. She loves her big brother and wants to be just like him most of the time. : )


Kate with Catch's helmet on.
Playing bubbles, so sweet.
Kate loves brushing her teeth(with anyone's toothbrush, so never leave one in reach if you are here visiting with us.). This is where I find her often and she just says over and over again....teeth, teeth, teeth. At least she has good hygiene.