The Boone Family

It's hard to believe that Landon's preschool run is over.  The strides he has made academically this year are amazing.  He started the school year writing his name with only a letter L and a squiggle line as the rest, and now he is writing his whole first name.  He can count to 100 by 1's and writes all his numbers from 1-20.  He now knows all his letters uppercase and lowercase and almost all of their sounds.  All of this is huge, because if you know Landon you will know that he would rather be outside playing than inside the walls of preschool.  I owe this to the wonderful Mrs. Michelle Fortner, his preschool teacher. I had two of her children in my classroom and I have been lucky to have her teach both Carter and Landon. Last week, our schedule was a little crazy (Bob was in Chicago for work, Landon's graduation, Carter's zoo field trip, and getting ready for my eye surgery…thank goodness Maw Maw was here to help).  Trying to prepare for an easy evening of enjo

Mother's Day is a holiday that I look forward to even more now that I really am a "mother".  This year when I was looking for a gift to get for my own mother, I just wasn't satisfied with anything that money could buy.  Lightbulb…what we really want is TIME…time to be together.  Don't get me wrong we (meaning my mom, sister, and I) get together quite often but we are always distracted with caring for 5 little ones running circles around us that we never can finish a conversation.  So we booked a one night stay at the Mohican State Park Lodge, just us girls, to celebrate Mother's Day together.   Friday, Bob was the chaperone for Carter's field trip to the Farm, so after school he picked up all three boys and had a "boys day".  Before he got the boys he was sure to load up my car with an ice filled cooler of soda, water, and adult beverages to share with Maw Maw and D.  After school, I jumped into the car and drove down to the lodge.  We all a