mother's day

we had a pretty good mother's day weekend...i actually learned a lot about myself and the kind of mother i want to be for my son....i want to be more patient, kind, forgiving...i want to be fun, close, understanding....i want to always be there for him no matter what he does good or bad....i want our home and family to be his safe place...the place he goes when he has happy news or sad news...i want him to always always know that i love him and that i will do anything i can to make his life happy and safe....i realized how lucky i am to have my mom....no matter what choices i've made ....some good ...some bad...my mom (and dad) are always here for me...they might not agree with my choices but they love me regardless of them...they gave me space to grow in to myself while still giving me guidelines of what they expected...but if i made a bad choice i always knew they'd forgive me hug me and love me.....i talk to my mom multiple times a day....everyday...and i really appreciate her ...all she has done for me ...for mike and especially miles...he loves his nana and she loves him and for the first time in my life  i see her through new eyes...i see her strength her beauty and her love.....shes a great mom that i know i can always count on...and i just felt really blessed that weekend...i planted flowers while mike and miles played in the backyard...then went to my moms and spent time with my family eating food and watching the kids run around the yard....it was simple and sweet .....i just hope one day miles feels the same about me as i do about my mom ...thankfully i had great teachers ...my sister has three children who are all crazy amazing...like seriously good people..my sister is a great mom and i strive to be more like her everyday in hopes that my kid can turn out as good as her kids.....so mother's day for me was sitting back and really appreciating who i have in my life and all the love i was surrounded by

xoxoxo trash

little things

miles loves anything mini...little rocks, buttons...pretty much anything teenie...madeline does too...maybe its their age but the tiniest things are the most interesting....because miles still loves sticking everything in his mouth these little things were giving me high anxiety so i decided to figure out a way he could enjoy them without all the stress of him choking on them.....so i found an old box and collected a bunch of little things ...little smooth rocks, miniature figurines, marbles, beads and a bunch of other things i found around the house...i always sit with him and let him look through the box....if he throws anything or puts something in his mouth its over i put everything away immediately and we try again the next day...now he sits and rarely does any of those things because he knows i'll take it away....i like this kind of play ...its quiet, its calm...and watching him inspect all these things is adorable....try and make a little things box for your little one!

                                                              some of our little things...

                                                                            rocks

                                                            we love little things!xoxoxo trash

busy-ness

hi all sorry for the looooong absence but we have been super busy...so much has been going on some nights i feel like my head is spinning....and every chance we have we are outside enjoying the sun (when its actually out)  heres a bunch of pictures from the last couple months...im also working on a post about this farm we discovered and also a few good ideas to keep your little ones busy ...miles has been sick this week which is why i actually have time to blog and ill also have a post about that too....its been a crazy couple month!!

we have a bunch of new bamboo that sprouted up in a corner of our yard which miles loves to hang out in

we still have mr grey a few days a week...and he's getting so big!

                                                                           bubbles!

                                                              doin the belly swing!

                                                                       loving his pup

                                                         hangin with his big cousin chloe

                                                                    garden gnomes

                                                                     train obsessed

                                                                 computer obsessed

                                 miles met his cousin dana from texas for the first time!

                                                                            AMBER!

                                                        hangin with miss madeline

madeline and miles waiting for my great aunt and uncle to come for a visit!

                                    showing his great great uncle his car collection

                                                                                love

                                                           attack of the babies! LOL!

                                                                          PROM!

                                                                        dig dig dig

mike bought me a bunch of flowers for my garden for mothers day!!

                                                                            besties

                                                      all miles wants to do is run run run!

                                                                        messy boy

                                       our friend mikey came to visit from new jersey

                                                                    cutest boys ever!!!!

we've been doing lots of picnic dinners in the back yard

we took the kids to the feast of st Anthony which was around the corner from our house
i mean come on how cute are these two?

                                                        miles had his first Italian ice!

                               he wasn't too in to it but liked feeding it to daddy!

                                                   hangin with his friend jasper

summer is just starting....can't wait for all the fun things summer brings......

                                                                  miles and otis

                                                                    sweet dreams.......
so theres the past couple months ...these are pretty much random pictures i wanted to share that didn't really have posts to go along with but in the next couple days ill be posting ..mother's day, memorial day and a few other goodies....so stay tuned...xoxoxo trash