I'm a good mom, right?

Things that I do to make me feel like I am a good mom (and hopefully my kids really do have a little fun, too):

#1 Payson Onion Days for games, prizes and face painting (all for free).

#2 Visiting our beekeeper friends to see where honey comes from (Thanks Jessica and Stan!)

#3  Picking raspberries and making it into jam (this makes me a good wife too, because I do not care dor raspberry jam, but my husband loves it):

 In the end we ended up with 8lbs of raspberries and I paid a little extra because I think we had at least one pound in our tummies.

  

#4  Taking my kids on picnics where we can also feed the ducks.

#5 Letting my kids play with creepy crawly things (you can find out more in this post)

#6  Hooking my kids up with the coolest pairs of socks for mismatched sock day.

And this was just September.  Making my kids happy makes me happy.  I do love being a mom.

Boys will be boys

Russ had to work most of Labor Day, but we had to get some outdoors time in before fall fully set in, so on his one day off we headed up to Strawberry Reservoir.  We were supposed to meet my in-laws up there to go boating, but turns out we somehow missed them.  Not to be deterred we found a nice beach area with a picnic table and, really, boys don't need alot to be entertained.  They had plenty of fun . . .

Collecting rocks and throwing them off the dock:

Catching crawfish (and playing with them):

Playing in the water:

Catching other crawling things:

Playing with "spears":

And yes, I was actually there . . .

And then we said good bye to Russ for a few days.  We headed back to our nice warm home and hot shower and he headed further out into the hills for a week of hunting (and male bonding).

"I'm going to get bigger"

1st day of 3rd Grade

1st day of Kindergarten

1st day of Preschool

Corbin and Cody were very excited about their matching shoes.  They had fun planning how they would walk into school holding hands, and how Corbin would come to the fence of the kindergarten playground and say hi, and how Corbin would watch out for anyone who was being mean to Cody.  Cody was excited to be at the big school with Corbin, and I think Corbin was equally as excited to have his little bro there with him.  I hope it lasts!

Colton told me he was going to get bigger once I let him go to preschool by himself.  And he was so excited, he didn't even want me to get out of the car.  No fear, no doubts, ready to take on the world.  His mommy actually doesn't want him to get any bigger.  I love this little man!

A whole three and a half hours a week to myself.  What I am going to do without my sweet little boys!