I'll Just Catch the Bus By Myself, Okay?

This morning, even though I didn't WANT to, I let Gabe walk all the way down to the bus stop by himself. I was close enough that if he needed me, I could easily walk to him in a matter of less than a minute, but far enough away that he was by himself. I had the camera out to try and snap some pics of the cat playing outside (another post for another day :P) and managed to get some of Gabriel in the process...

Mr. Smiley after he tells me he wants to catch the bus by himself..


The start of his "long" trek down the driveway


A little further from momma


A reassuring wave


My god, the bus is huge!


I am still not convinced he's big enough to get on the bus...at all...


And just like that, he's off to school for the day...all by himself

Hippity Hoppity!

A Good Day

We had such a good day today; I'm working more hours than I've worked in a long time, so I'm coming home from work and usually snoozing for an hour or two before getting into the swing of things around the house and with the kids (thank God Geo's on a mini vacation, I've been able to get used to being up at three a.m. four days a week again)

This morning, I came home from work, talked to Geo and the kids for a while, went up and took a shower and promptly started to doze off in the shower-WHOOPS. I took a two hour nap and then Geo and I took the kiddos out to the Texas Roadhouse for a nice big lunch. We had a gift card from Geo's aunt and uncle and were able to have a great lunch for three dollars :P

After lunch we headed over to see Geo's grandparents and their cat (I was reminded by both Gabe AND Bits that we were going to see Joy as well as great grandma and grandpa ha ha) They were in for a treat because grandma and grandpa were puppy sitting! Talk about heaven; we were able to catch up and then went and saw all the flowers sprouting in grandma's garden (I am *SO* jealous by the way. Makes my three tulips look rather pathetic :P)

We headed home and decided to play soccer, write with sidewalk chalk and plant some pansies. Earlier this week Geo treated me to a container of them to start my flower beds. They look so pretty; so bright and colorful. Thanks Geo :) We had a snack and settled in to watch some tv before bed. I have two snoozing children, a hockey watching hubby, and I'm heading to bed...three a.m. comes VERY quickly :)

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well!!

We went egg hunting this weekend as well :P

Holy Cow!

Gabe willingly allowed me to take pics of him this afternoon; I am still slightly in shock, especially since they turned out halfway decent! Of course, silly sissy had to get into some of the shots...but still! Gabe! in a picture! WILLINGLY!!