All the Small Things

The title doesn't fit this week because it has been so much more than "small" things that have made me smile.

Tayson's Field Trip: Last week Tayson brought home a paper from school asking for volunteers for his field trip to the Bean Museum or Field Day and told me that since I never help at his school like all the other mom's I HAD to volunteer. Well the guilt trip worked like a charm and I emailed his teacher and got to go to the Bean Museum with his Kindergarten class Monday morning. I can't say the Bean Museum is my favorite place (it's a bunch of dead, stuffed animals - kinda creepy) but Tayson loved it and it was good to help his class. I was in charge of 5 kids and didn't lose any of them. :)

Luke Going Potty: I already did a post about this earlier, but I have to say it's for real now and we're at almost a week of him going strong. Yesterday he didn't have any accidents at all. I am sooooo excited!!!

Luke's Performance: This is Luke's last week of pre-school. I love his pre-school, My Smart World. It is the same one we sent Tayson too and Luke will be going there again next year. Last night they did their end of year program and it was so cute watching him sing and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I'll post pictures later.

My Sweet Boys: This morning Tayson really wanted to get Luke dressed without any help from me (sounds good to me!) after they finished Luke walked over to Tayson and gave him a big hug and said "I love you Tayson". It was so sincere. I love how much they love each other. It could be the pregnancy hormones, but I almost cried because it was so sweet. Thank goodness I was sitting on the floor next to both of them during this exchange so they both gave me a hug and told me they loved me too, then kissed my belly and said they love our baby no matter if it's a girl or boy.

Tender Mercies: I have felt the Lord's hand so strong in my life this past week. As Todd and I have discussed different needs in our lives right now the answers and blessings have come so quickly. I am so grateful the Lord is always looking after me and my family.

Getting Fit: Todd came home with a Wii Fit yesterday and it is so much fun. The first thing you do is stand on the balance board and it does a fitness assessment - you put in your age and height then it weighs you and does a balance check. It calculates your BMI and core strength. Then it changes your MII to either be thinner or fatter depending on your results. Sadly, for the first time in my entire life I am "overweight" and have very poor balance. Thank goodness that will end after the baby is born. I couldn't keep a center of balance for anything with this huge belly in front of me. Then it has all these fitness games you can play. There are strength, aerobic, balance, and yoga. The kids did a few of the games and Tayson was totally sweating after his "long run" and Todd was laughing so hard at his strength workouts I had to come see what he was doing. The best part is that Todd is sore this morning from his "workout".