May 25-30

What a wonderful week we've had!!

May 25: New Bike
M needed a new bike. We let her pick it out and she loves it so much. Each evening after dinner, we take a quick walk around the neighborhood.

May 26: Hard Time Sleeping

M had the hardest time sleeping this week. She couldn't settle down in the evenings and was waking up super early. Twice she fell asleep in my bed with the lights on. Tonight, she had the drawers from my jewelry box on the bed and the jewelry spread all around her.

May 27: Field Trip

H took the afternoon off so we could take M on a field trip. We went to Dauset Trails and Indian Springs. We had a great time together, exploring something new. M loved discovering new things and asked a million questions about everything we saw. At one point, she went up to a sign and said, "This is the coyote cage." We had fun looking at the picture and spelling the words.

May 28: Our first daughter: Mocha

This is our 9 year old daughter, Mocha. She loves to go outside when we go out to play. After sniffing all the new smells in our yard, she'll find a sunny spot to rest until we force her to go inside.

May 29: Promise of the Pool

I promised M if she'd sleep through the night in her own bed, I'd take her to the pool. Woohoo!! For the first time all week, M slept her normal 11 hours and woke up in the most precious mood. We had a blast at the pool!

May 30: Sweet Friends

This picture was actually taken May 31, but it works for Sunday, too. We're part of a small group that meets every other Sunday. This sweet girl's parents host the families at their house. M and GW love each other and enjoy spending time together.

May 31: Swimming Lessons

M enjoyed her first day of swim lessons. GW is in the group next to her and a little friend, T, is in her group. She did everything her swim instructor asked of her and waited patiently until it was her turn again. I loved being able to spy on her when she was in a learning setting, under someone else's authority. I'm thankful they let parents stay today. I'm as eager as she is to see all that she learns in swim lessons.

May 2010

April flew by in a blur of first-weeks-of-pregnancy-ness. I think I'll chose only 7 pictures from the entire month and do one layout instead of trying to fill in so many gaps. I just didn't feel good most of the time and lived in survival mode. I'm emerging slowly and ready to re-dedicate to Project Life. May is missing a few days--but luckily friends and my students' parents took some pictures to share for those days.

May 1: A Picnic with Friends

These three M's have been friends since they were babies. How fun to see them romping around, playing, laughing, teasing...all the things friends do.

May 2: Strange Foods

I'm not really craving anything too odd, but things just sound really delicious to me. I'm completely in love with toasted bagels and flavored cream cheese. This morning it was pineapple cream cheese. Some days, strawberry. Some days, regular cream cheese and salsa.

May 3: Ice Cream Sundae

M LOVES ice cream sundaes. She helped me concoct exactly what she wanted, which included sprinkles, of course.

May 4: Busted Through

When I picked M up from H's office, he laughingly pointed out her old tennis shoe. I knew it was getting a little small, but I had no idea her toe was about to bust a hole through!! New tennis shoes were needed ASAP. We went on a search and found cute white tennis shoes with laces at a very reasonable price.

May 5: Missing in Action

I have no idea what happened on May 5th...perhaps pregnancy brain??

May 6: 12 Week Appointment

The whole Benson family went for the 12 week appointment just to make sure all was well with Baby Handsome. "His" heartbeat was incredible and we had a great visit! This is one of the doctors I'll see during my pregnancy. He offered to take a picture of my cervix for Project Life. I politely declined.

May 7: Annie

We happen to know and love one of the actors in this picture. M wasn't feeling very good, but we were able to go for an hour to see his play. We loved every minute of it.

May 8: Car Wash!

One of the youth fundraisers was a car wash. Kids of all ages had a great time. Everyone is so sweet to M. She enjoyed washing the cars, but really enjoyed getting wet.

May 9: Happy Mother's Day!

Maybe my favorite picture EVER!! Being a mom is my favorite job in the whole world. I'd give up everything else to spend more time with this precious girl.

May 10: Mama's Hat

This is not a new hat in our house, but M has discovered it and is having a love affair with it. She wears it all the time!

May 11: Again...missing in action. Have no idea what went on!

May 12: Arrested

I was arrested to the MDA today and taken to "jail," which actually was a very nice place with delicious food. I raised over $500 to help local families who live with some type of MD diagnosis.

May 13: My Class Picture

For obvious reasons, I'm not going to post my class picture here, but it will go in my album.

May 14: Spring Fling

A parent sent me the cutest picture of her little boy and M at Spring Fling. I'll put it in the album.

May 15: Backyard Paradise

M and I went to visit my parents for the weekend. I didn't take a picture Sunday, so I'll use both of these. We had such an incredible time, relaxing and playing. M loved spending time with her cousin, who is almost 2.

May 17: Bathtime Pedicure

M loves to give herself a pedicure in the bathtub.

May 18: Driving Practice

As soon as we turn into our neighborhood, M asks us to let her help drive. In the van, that means hanging her head out of the window and waving if we see anyone. I think she actually helps H drive in his car. I've never actually seen that happen.

May 19: Girl's Night

A picture of some of the girls at a local restaurant.

May 20 and 21: End of the year brain...nothing. These were two of the most exhausting days of my life. I'll journal about them without a picture.

May 22: Happy 60th Birthday!

We helped host a birthday party for one of my sweetest friends who turned 60. We all dressed up in our formal attire and played casino games. It was a blast!

May 23: First Pool Visit

Exhausted after 3 hours at the pool! We had such a great time. We can't wait for next weekend when the pool opens for the entire summer. This year, we'll spend lots of time at the pool, cooling off and spending time with friends.

May 24: Outside Fun

In my attempt at cutting down on our television watching, I've instituted "outside" time. We did pretty good today...we stayed outside for over an hour, drawing on the driveway and playing on the tree house. We'll see how we do the rest of the summer.