Mother's Day Tea

Here's a quick update of our garden. We even have some tiny green tomatoes growing out there! Another view of the garden.
Green beans, okra, cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, and peppers.


Today was the "Mother's Day Tea" for Josiah's 3 year old Mother's Day Out class.

When I arrived, Josiah was sitting at his table with two pieces of paper made especially for me!

Here's Josiah and his best buddy, Kameron. These boys are just a little over 2 months apart. As hard as it is to believe, Josiah will be 4 years old on May 24!

Here's Josiah with his WONDERFUL teacher, Mrs. Missi. She has done an amazing job of setting a positive tone for Josiah's whole educational career! We love Mrs. Missi!

Sweet pic of Josiah and Mrs. Missi.

Here is one of the two papers Josiah made for me. You may have to click on the picture to make it big enough to read. It is priceless!!! They were told to draw a picture of their mom. The one in the middle is me as a baby. The one on the left is me as a little girl. The one on the right is me all grown up! That's how Josiah explained the picture to me today. I love it!!!

Above is a hand print flower of Josiah's hand with a sweet poem, too. My favorite part is that I now have a laminated copy of Josiah's signature! He's been writing his own name, all by himself, for quite some time now (at least since last semester). Pretty impressive for a little guy who's still 3 (for a few more weeks)!

I loved the interview so much that I typed up one with Mackenzie after school today. The above sheet of paper is hers. Her answers were precious, and you can see her signature and her drawing of me, too!

This is a picture that Mrs. Missi had saved from August 2009. Josiah drew it himself. He told her that it was him with his soccer ball. (The assignment was to draw a self portrait.) Well done! He was 3 yr 3 mo at the time!

This picture (above) is of Josiah "all growed up." He drew this self portrait this week (May 2010)! Kids are hilarious and totally priceless. I have had a wonderful Mother's Day already!!! I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day, too! :)

Josiah's Interview

I asked Josiah (2 3/4 yrs old) some questions (I'm copying this off of my friend Kristie's blog) and here's what he said...

1. What is something mommy always says to you? "Mommy."

2. What makes mommy happy? "Siah!" (Well, of course!)

3. What makes mommy sad? "I don't know."

4. How does your mommy make you laugh? "I don't know."

5. What was your mommy like as a child? "Siah."

6. How old is your mommy? "I don't know."

7. How tall is your mommy? "This tall!" (He says as he holds up his hands in the air!)

8. What is her favorite thing to do? "Play with me."

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around? "I don't know."

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for? (Total silence. No response at all.)

11. What is your mommy really good at? "Holding Siah!" (I love this answer!)

12. What is your mommy not very good at? "I don't know."

13. What does your mommy do for a job? "Play with Siah!"

14.What is your mommy's favorite food? "Fruit."

15.What makes your mommy proud of you? "Siah!" (Right on, Kiddo!)

16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be? "I don't know."

17. What do you and your mommy do together? "I don't know."

18. How are you and your mommy the same? "White!"

19. How are you and your mommy different? "I don't know."

20. How do you know your mommy loves you? "A hug and a kiss!"

21. What does your mommy like most about your daddy? "I don't know."

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go? "Sam's!"

Interviewing Mackenzie

I asked Mackenzie (4 1/2 yrs old) some questions (I'm copying this off of my friend Kristie's blog) and here's what she said...

1. What is something mommy always says to you? "Have good manners." (Am I really?!)

2. What makes mommy happy? "Me!" (Well, of course!)

3. What makes mommy sad? "When you cried at your friends going away." (Rebecca & Sara, she's talking about you!!!)

4. How does your mommy make you laugh? "When you make a funny face at me."

5. What was your mommy like as a child? "A girl." (That's logical!)

6. How old is your mommy? "28" (Right on, Kiddo!)

7. How tall is your mommy? "30 feet!" (Then she looked at me and asked if that was right!)

8. What is her favorite thing to do? "Play with your little ones." (Meaning her and Josiah!)

9. What does your mommy do when you're not around? "Play with Josiah."

10. If your mommy becomes famous, what will it be for? "What does famous mean? Okay, this is a hard one. Your friends." (So....I won't be famous...my friends will be famous and that's as close as I'll get! ;) )

11. What is your mommy really good at? "Driving." (I'm glad she thinks so!)

12. What is your mommy not very good at? "Taking us to swimming lessons because you don't know the way." (I actually asked the kids to help me watch for the place yesterday!)

13. What does your mommy do for a job? "Cook." (LOL! I don't even like to cook. Um, try being a momma or seldom going to work as a RN!)

14.What is your mommy's favorite food? "Spaghetti and meatballs." (Not my favorite, but I do like it. We happen to have had this for supper tonight.)

15.What makes your mommy proud of you? "Obeying!" (Right on, Kiddo!)

16. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be? "Dora!"

17. What do you and your mommy do together? "Cook. Actually, play."

18. How are you and your mommy the same? "If I have a head band in and then my hair's straight just like you!"

19. How are you and your mommy different? "When my hair's dry and curly and your hair's dry and straight."

20. How do you know your mommy loves you? "Because she takes me shopping in the Disney Store!"

21. What does your mommy like most about your daddy? "The love he gives you." (Impressive answer!)

22. Where is your mommy's favorite place to go? "Shopping!"