I have priorities...

I missed an awesome sunset and managed to get smacked by a cactus, which left a lot of spines in my leg all for my boy...Just before dark I came home from a nature walk and told Michael he should have come with me as I found a water hole in the dry creek bed with lots and lots of minnows. Next thing I know he is grabbing buckets and saying lets go! I told him it was going to be dark soon but he didn't care. He was READY!! and off we went...

We only managed to catch two minnows, I should have grabbed the net!

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I'm not real keen on my minnows but this looks to be a bluegill or some type of sunfish.
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Michael was having fun and I enjoyed spending some time with him outside.
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He was giggling because they kept jumping out of his hand :o) I love to hear him giggle!
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The dry creek bed is drying up and Michael wanted to bring the minnows home. I told him that the raccoons and other wildlife would love them as a treat and if we put them in the fish tank with the baby guppies the minnows would eat the guppies! He didn't like that at all. I then suggested we put them in a deeper water hole and they would live a little bit longer so off we went to find a deeper water hole. The minnows will live another day and the cycle of nature will begin...

Sicky...

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I forgot about this photo...This was my boy last Friday sick at home. Seems he had an upper respiratory infection...his fever never got over 100.1 F. but the doctor put him on antibiotics just in case and also because we had a weekend planned to go to the beach. We didn't make the beach but spent most of the rainy overcast weekend at home. His fever broke late Friday night and he's better now. Not the greatest beach weather as we received 3 inches of rain...so we weren't to upset about being home.

RiverDance...

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Last Weds. evening Mom, Me and Michael went to see RiverDance in Corpus Christi. It was fantastic and really enjoyed ourselves...So glad we went. I took the powershot and had someone take a photo of us waiting for the show to begin.

Then Michael got sick and I've been a wee bit busy with a sick boy, sigh!

Michael is still coughing but his fever is gone. We received 3 inches of rain in the past two days and so glad. Not too much flooding as we were pretty dry. Hoping it makes for a beautiful wildflower season. The rain has stopped and I'm hoping tomorrow is a beautiful day. I'm ready for some photo therapy!

Bragging...

I don't normally brag about my son...Yes I love him and Yes I am VERY proud of him but I don't like to rub things in...as far as I'm concerned I think God blessed me and I like to leave it at that...But tonight I was bursting with Pride and I was so Proud of my Boy! and Yes I am going to BRAG!!

To start at the beginning...Michael is/was left handed. Before he started school he used his left hand for everything. He never liked to color or draw because it was frustrating for him, he had a really hard time being left handed. I never tried to change him or force him to write or do things right handed, he'd always used his left hand from the time he was a baby. When he started school his Kinder teacher and I discussed him being left-handed and she said she would let him write with whatever hand he was comfortable with, that turned out to be his right hand. So he started using his right hand to write with. He had a really tough time and his hand writing was barely legible. I'd cringe every time I saw it...If he had to write something for homework it was a fight, he hates writing...

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Tonight he sat down to do his homework...(writing his spelling words 4 times each). I cringed when he told me. I knew there was going to be a fight...But he surprised me...He sat down and quietly started writing...(well after a few minutes of stalling, but not bad). He was telling me how he was going to do a really good job on his spelling words tonight...and I sat quietly and watched...I was SHOCKED! He was actually taking the time to do a GREAT job! WOW!

I grabbed the camera and told him I had to get photos...I told him what a terrific job he was doing...I praised him up and down...We exchanged hugs...we danced, we sang...(well we didn't actually dance and sing but I felt like it :o)

I felt like the luckiest Mom in the world!

My son was writing and I could read it...it was pretty darn neat and legible!!
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14 words...4 times each...YES!!

I just had to BRAG...My Boy did an AWESOME job!

Lets hope this is a turning point for him, it sure would make our world a little brighter!

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Busted...

Michael lost another tooth this morning, yeah! It's been lose for 3-4 months and I'm so glad it finally came out...now for the other 2 lose ones to fall out :o)

Anyhow I had posted this photo on facebook and said hopefully the toothfairy didn't have a brainfart and forget to leave some money for the tooth...I then went to put Michael to bed. He made sure his tooth was under his pillow and we were laying there talking...

Michael: "Mom, I know your the tooth-fairy." "Remember the movie "Grown ups"?"

Me: Uh-Oh (I won't lie to him and I didn't say anything but just lay there quietly listening)

Michael: "I'll take a hundred dollars for my tooth."

Me: (laughing) "I don't think so! and you can wait for morning to find out what you get for your tooth"....

All I can say is I was Busted...

I was really wishing he wouldn't remember that movie, sigh!

Tooth Fairy is busted in our house :o(

The creek...

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I'm seeing all these snow photos from friends up North and I am so glad I live where I do...No snow, sunshine and blue skies! Love it!

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Love you...

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I think this digital Scrapbook layout is pretty self explanatory :o)
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