I'm pretty sure I'm not the only parent who thought that the caps and gowns were STINKING ADORABLE.
Jacey has absolutely loved preschool. She adores Miss Dawn, and has told me daily since Friday (graduation day) how much she's going to miss her. This morning I heard her singing one of her preschool songs, then she said quietly to herself "That song will always remind me of Miss Dawn."
I won't get into how impossible it is that five years have passed since I became a mother. Impossible. *Blink* where did they go?
The tradition in my family growing up was that the birthday girl (or boy) got so choose the meals for the day. We've carried that one on in our family, so Jacey set the menu yesterday. Her breakfast request was Will's signature strawberry crepes.
Smart choice, Jacey. They're good. Will went into work an hour late so he could make them for her.
Jacey also chose a treat to take to share with her preschool class. Only after the peanut-butter popcorn balls were made did she tell me that one of the girls in her class is allergic to peanut butter. Nice timing, Jacey. (We scrambled up an alternate treat for her.)
After preschool we headed up to meet Grandma Annette at McDonalds for lunch - Jacey's meal request for lunch was a happy meal. The girls played on the toys for a while while I visited with my Mom. After that we headed home and Jacey helped me finish her cake while Londyn took a nap. Will came home early (yes we consider 6:30 "early" these days) so we could have dinner together before our families came over for cake and ice cream. Will made Jacey conduct the gathering. (She loves conducting FHE.)
Some of my favorite things about Jacey:
I could go on, but that's the general idea. I love this girl. She is good for me. I'm too hard on her a lot of the time, she deserves a better mom than me but I am humbled and honored that Heavenly Father sent her to our home. She's gold!
on Mother's Day was from Jacey. She asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day and I told her that I wanted hugs and cuddles. So this is what she presented me with:
It's a listing of how many minutes she's going to cuddle with me each day. Although today is "Toosday" and I have yet to receive my five minutes. But she cuddled with me yesterday, even though Monday isn't on the list, so I guess I can show a little leniency.
Oh, and these were a pretty good gift too. :)
Bright and early on Saturday morning we headed to Mason's baptism. I was trying to remember the last time I went to a baptism . . . it's been a long time. I think the last one I went to was my roommate's boyfriend in college? Anyway, it's been a while. It was a really lovely meeting. One of the speakers mentioned the fact that it was raining and how that was so fitting for a baptism day. Then we sang the primary song that talks about rain cleansing the earth and baptism cleansing our spirits. It was a really good day with a really good spirit. The rain stopped after lunch and the sun came out just long enough to snap a few pictures.
Sunday, after monopolizing the ward at church (I taught Sunday School, Will taught Elder's Quorum, and my dad taught High Priest's) we went up to Temple Square for a while. We try to go at least once every spring although we didn't make it last year.
It was overcast but the rain held off until right as we were leaving.
My dad examines concrete. It's just his thing - I don't pretend to understand.
