Our last day

 Off to our third and final day in Disneyland.

 This daddy sure loves his boys!

 I don't know what I'm pointing at, but the fact that all three boys are looking at the camera is a miracle in itself.  ;)

 We decided to do a character breakfast, which in my opinion, was totally worth the money.  No standing in line... the characters just come right up to you while you are eating breakfast!

 How sweet is this?

 The oh-so famous Mickey waffles!

 The fairy godmother was just so cute and expressive!  She pointed in excitement at Jacob and Gavin's missing teeth and said she just had lunch with the tooth fairy last week!

 As much as Jacob and Gavin LOVED the characters, Casey wasn't so sure...

 He mostly cuddled with his daddy and watched.

 Such a sad little Eeyore!

 Minnie hugs!

 I have a video of Jacob singing Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to the penguin from Mary Poppins.  He immediately started tapping his feet and waving his hands!  It was one of the cutest things I've ever seen!

 On the last day, we decided to do everything we had missed so far and let each boy pick their favorite ride!  Gavin chose Toy Story Mania, Jacob chose the Silly Swings, and Casey chose the Casey Jr. Train.  :)

 I don't have a picture of this one but Jacob actually went on the Screamin' roller coaster with his daddy!  What a crazy brave boy!  He said it was fun... but he wasn't quite ready to go on it a second time yet.  Adam said it bonded them for life though.  ;)

Such a sweet big brother!

We saved the World of Color for the last night.  We didn't know about getting fast passes ahead of time so we just waited by one of the ropes.  Adam was saying there was no way we could stay squished in between people with our three boys for 45 minutes... but it was a great view and I really wanted to see it!  So Adam took turns taking the boys on a walk while I fed them cotton candy one. little. piece. at. time.  That took up at least ten minutes.  :)  Needless to say, it was a LONG wait but when the water sprinklers started, I knew it would all be worth it.

 We watched the sprinklers for about thirty seconds when all of a sudden, the lights in California Adventure turned off.  Then we heard, "We are sorry.  Due to technical difficulties..."   Ahhhhh!  Seriously?!  I guess next time we won't wait until the last night.  :(

I thought I would end with some candid Casey shots...

 I think it all started with Pirates of the Caribbean.  It was so dark, loud, and scary that he covered his little ears.

 Here he is in Small World...

 Peter Pan... 

I think he just didn't know what to expect on the boat rides after the pirates scared him.  So this was his coping mechanism... poor lil' guy!

Our garden

Those of you who know me know I do not have a green thumb.  Almost every plant I buy... dies.  The only reason I have any plants or flowers is because my mom pretty much does the entire yard for my birthday each year.  Thankfully, since Adam put in a sprinkler system for our grass, the plants and flowers usually get just enough water.  Because if they counted on me, they wouldn't make it.  ;)

I have always thought it would be fun to plant a vegetable garden with the boys, but I really got serious about it after the boys planted pumpkin seeds at the spring fair.  I had no idea something so simple could make them so happy.  When the stem first popped out of the dirt, their eyes lit up and they were more thrilled than I would ever have imagined.  It was so sweet!  I told Adam and was surprised how quickly he jumped on the bandwagon.  Within a few days, he was off to Home Depot and in the backyard building a raised garden bed.  Jacob and Gavin loved watching daddy use his power tools!

Jacob putting his first grade measuring skills to good use!

 Almost done...

Tadaa!  He even gave the garden it's own special sprinkler system.  Ha!  He knows me well.  ;)

So we planted seeds.  Other than reading the directions on the back, I had no idea what I was doing.   I hope something grows.  Please something grow!

 Obviously, it meant a lot to Jacob since he wrote about it twice on the top ten things he loves about me.  The funny thing is, between building the garden bed, setting up the sprinkler system, and hauling the dirt, Adam spent about five hours making the garden.  I came out with the boys and we made a few holes... dropped in a few seeds... done.  Ten minutes tops.  Yet, I got all the credit for being the best mom in the world because I made Jacob a garden.  Hilarious!

Mother's Day

We will be out of town for Mother's Day this year so I was really happy that my mom and grandma could stop by on their drive home from Arizona.  My grandma lives there about eight months out of the year, so it was amazing to see her again.  Doesn't she look incredible for 84?  I sure hope I inherited those genes!

 It warmed my heart to see my boys jump right on her lap to read a story!

 Casey loves listening to his big brother read!

 Gavin is just learning how to read and able to sound out new words everyday!  I'm super proud of him.  :)

  Today Jacob had a Mother's Day program in his class.  Sweetest thing ever.  He broke out into a huge smile and couldn't stop waving when he saw me.  They read poems, drew pictures, and wrote the most important things about their mom.

 (So apparently, cookies are the way to my son's heart?  ;)

He also wrote a paper called the top 10 reasons I love my mom...

10.  I love my mom because she reads me Magic Treehouse.

9.  I love my mom because she helps me cook pancakes.

8.  I love my mom when she makes me laugh by telling me jokes.

7.  I love my mom because she taught me how to make a garden.

6.  I love to hear my mom sing row row row your boat.

5.  I love my mom because she finds time to come to my school.

4.  I know my mom cares because she loves me a lot and she made me a garden.

3.  I know my mom is smart because she can ride a bike.

2.  I love my mom because she works so hard to turn on the wii.  (Ha!  This totally cracked me up!)

1.  I love my mom because she's the best mom ever.

Oh, how I LOVE this boy!