Hampton looks so old in this picture. I can't stand it.
I took him to a professional soccer game in Nashville.

MOMMY POEM

Every year at preschool for Mother's Day, I ask the kids questions about their mom and write down what they say. We give each mom their poem for a gift and they all laugh at the answers. We get some crazy, some true, some very adorable answers. Austin was reading them tonight and found a blank one and decided to fill it out. Here is his poem. The italicized words are the answers:

My mother's name is Deborah. She is 20 feet tall and weighs 150 pounds. She likes to cook bacon for me. Her favorite restaurant is PF Changs and her favorite food is french fries with extra salt. Her favorite color is blue. She likes to play when I ask random questions with me. Her favorite thing to do is watch HGTV. She does not like to have a birthday (her days are numbered). She likes when I leave her alone (that's not possible), but she does not like it when I call her Debby. I love my mommy because she lets me see PG13 movies.
Love, Austin

Here is Hampton's poem:

My mother's name is Deborah. She is 5 feet tall and weighs 1,000,000 pounds. She likes to cook sloppy joes for me. Her favorite restaurant is Demo's and her favorite food is chicken. Her favorite color is blue. She likes to play games with me. Her favorite thing to do is love your child. She does not like to mow. She likes it when I say I love you, but she does not like it when I talk about farting. I love my mommy because she is the best you could ever have in 1,000,000,000,000,000 years!!!!!
Love, Hampton

Like I said some crazy, some true and some very adorable answers.

THEME SONG FOR MY BOYS

If I had to pick one song to sum up everything my boys mean to me, this is would be it. The song that says what I want to say to them in their life and always want them to remember. What I want them to know when they are grown up. They will always be forever young to me. This is "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart.

May the good Lord be with you down every road you roam
And may sunshine and happiness surround you when you're far from home
And may you grow to be proud, dignified and true
And do unto others as you'd have done to you
Be courageous and be brave
And in my heart you'll always stay forever young

May good fortune be with you
May your guiding light be strong
Build a stairway to heaven whether a prince or a vagabond
And may you never love in vain
And in my heart you will remain Forever young

And when you finally fly away I'll be hoping that I served you well
For all the wisdom of a lifetime no one can ever tell
But whatever road you choose I'm right behind you, win or lose
Forever young

I LOVE YOU BOYS

SPRING BREAK FUN

We went to the beach for Spring Break with friends - Diane, Coltin, and Camryn Briggs. It was really chilly and windy the beginning of the week. Now that the kids are older we can leave them in the condo and go out for walks, etc. One day when Diane and I went for a walk we came back to find this sign on our door. It says "If you want your kids back, drop 50K down." I wasn't afraid to not find my children inside because the note was written on a paper towel with classic Austin handwriting.
It did get warmer after a couple of days and we got to play in the sand. For the first time Hampton wanted to be buried in the sand and all you can see is a head sitting on the sand.

This is Hampton getting out of his hole. I have never seen this much sand on his body in my entire life. This is incredibly amazing from those first years of even not wanting to put his feet in the sand.

Here is the group shot.

APRIL FOOL'S

Austin gets me every year. This year's April fool's joke was the cereal switch. When I woke him up in the morning he said that he wanted Reeces Puffs for breakfast. I thought, of course, since it is a treat to have that cereal. So he and I went down and when I poured his Reeces Puffs cereal out came cheerios. In my 6 am fog I was very confused. I also had forgotten that it was April Fools Day. Then he said he was going to get Hampton and I looked around and could not find anything. So when I was helping Hampton get ready and he was running around looking for his shoes, I was getting his backpack ready and when I opened it out came his two jackets and his shoes. My first thought was why did Hampton put his shoes and both jackets in his backpack. It never dawned on me that it was another joke. Only when Austin asked Hampton after school if he found his shoes did I realize that this was the joke. I am so gullable.

Hampton had to get in on the jokes, so when we were driving downtown last night he kept telling me these crazy stories. After about 3 times and fun shouts of April Fools did I finally clue in and stop believing him.

I did try to get Austin by unplugging the TV and ps3. He came down to tell me that the TV would not turn on, but he was not having the panic attack that I was hoping for, so I don't think he believed me. There's always next year, but I will probably still be blond and gullable.