Funky, funky!

So I've been in a bit of a funk lately... I'm not sure what my deal is but I've just been feeling really down. Despite having a great family with two little boys that I am just crazy about and a hubby that's crazy about me... everything I could possibly need as far as a roof over my head, a job, awesome friends, two cars in great shape, etc... I can't seem to snap out of this funk. You might recall a post or two a few weeks back where I was experiencing something similar. I'm definitely noticing a pattern here between being cranky, sleeping way more than normal and my patience being worn way too thin with the boys.

I'm doing everything I can to try to get my mind in a better place... Yesterday I got my nails done:

Tonight I'm going out with my best girls for a night on the town, but not before we have a family dinner at Traildust to celebrate all the May birthdays (Gavin, Ria's little girl and Tiffany's little boy are all Taurus birthday babies!). I'm not sure where all we're going tonight but a night with my mama's always makes me feel better!

In other news... there is some new talent in our home. Gavin has figured out that he knows how to roll his "r's"! It is hilarious - I will see if I can finger out how to take a movie of it so I can share with you. And even more hilarious, Persephone, our Siamese mix, has learned how to flush the toilet. I'm not sure why she finds this a good thing to do, but apparently she's been doing it for awhile... unbeknownst to me of course! So we are sitting at the dinner table last night and the toilet flushes in the powder room. I do a quick head count and indeed we are all sitting there together... there are four heads. No one should be flushing the toilet! The kids, of course, are already on to this and know it's the cat and about peed their pants laughing at me and my shock.

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend... I am looking forward not just to tonight but to a cookout tomorrow with Shawn's family as well as some relaxing on the couch with the magazines that are calling to me...

School's out for the summer!

Since I think it's fun... Here is a flashback from Tyler's first day of school:

Today he "graduated" from Kindergarten...

It was a really cute celebration... The kindergarteners prepared two songs to sing for us. They also showed a slide show of their school year, which was really cute (and they even gave everyone a copy of it on DVD!). I'm really pleased with Tyler's school so far... And I can not believe this year has gone by already! And in just a few months, my little boy will be going to school full time in 1st Grade!

Tyler's really looking forward to summer... The pool will be opening this weekend (though it's chilly here - we won't be able to go until it warms up a bit!). I'm sure he'll spend lots of time at the playground... And best of all we have a family vacation planned at the end of July with my parents, sister, brother and their families. The boys have a blast with all of their cousins!

It's hard to think about summer being here when the high today is 58!

Anyway, here's one last photo to leave you with... We went to Mimi's Cafe for lunch (thank you Mamaw & Papaw!) to celebrate Tyler's special day!

Short!

Unlike most weeks, I worked on Friday to make up for being off Monday with my parents and Jason. So this was a really short weekend!

Tyler survived being grounded... and I think he might have learned his lesson! He has been having a hard time listening to people lately - his parents, his grandparents, his teacher and even his brother. Hopefully the thought of being grounded again will help his ears work a little better.

I realized that I had not yet showed you our finished patio. Oops! We've been working really hard on the garden - I'm growing a vegetable garden from seeds (except for four tomato plants) and so far only the green beans have sprouted. They are growing really quickly though so it's fun for the boys to watch. Aren't they cute?

We have had a fun weekend. Saturday I skipped my workout because my iPod was dead... so we did a half ass clean (read: we used Lysol wipes to clean the bathrooms and kitchen, a swiffer duster to half ass dust and then half ass vacuumed). Then we headed down to Shawn's parents' house to pick up his mom and our niece and headed to the Farmer's Market. Even the boys love a Farmer's Market because of the samples and friendly people... it's always a fun way to start spring! Next, we couldn't be so close without going to lunch at Croc's. Besides, my Mother-in-law had never been there! It was my duty to introduce her to our favorite downtown restaurant! :) Next we spent some time with Shawn's parents before heading to see a movie at Harkins. They have a kid center there so we didn't have to worry about a babysitter and the kids had a blast while we were being entertained! It was a pretty good movie, but then again I'm not usually disappointed where Zach Braff is concerned!

Today we ran around all morning like chickens with our heads cut off... While we were at Home Depot we looked through the paint rejects ($5 each!) and found a gallon of paint in a color we'd been wanting to use to paint the powder room, so we picked it up. Fortunately for me, the bathroom is too small for both of us and I'm too short to paint 10' ceilings, so Shawn painted while I planted seeds and worked on my garden. It's hard to see the color well here and it's not quite dry yet, but here's a pic of it in progress...

So now we have two rooms that don't have white walls... I'm not sure what we'll paint next, though we have some colors picked out so it's just a matter of time now that spring is here and we can open up the windows a bit!