Cute Mallory stories...

Mondays are days that Mallory doesn't have preschool, and Mason is done earlier. So naps for little boy and mondays in general are a little hectic and non routine days. This was the typical Monday. I took a shower while Madden was napping and while Mallory was eating her lunch. When I was finished and came out of my room, I went into Mallory's room to put away some shoes that were in my room.. only to notice she had completely made her bad, she had picked up almost every last thing off her floor, her books were in the book shelf and the baskets, the clothes were all in the clothes hamper, she was in the kitchen with the broom and dust pan cleaning up under the table, the livingroom was almost picked up.... all of this unprompted by me!!! When I commented that her bed looked perfect and that her room looked awesome, and that her cleaning up the kitchen for me made my heart proud.. she responds with 'Mommy, I'm just helping you out by doing my chores so you don't have to do all the chores by yourself!!!!'   Awwww such a sweet sweet little girl. I know she can be a good helper and I know she is a good cleaner (she gets best tickets at school for being a 'super duper picker upper  so I know she can do it... she just usually fights me when I ask her to do it at home) So to see that she did all this on her own free willl... THEN proceeded to head to the basement to pick up the basement... makes me realize my little girl is growing up, and turning into a precious young girl.


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The next day, I get out of the shower to find her standing at the sink with a stool washing our breakfast dishes!!!

Love watching my little girl transform into a big girl..

Valentines

Mason's Valentines he handed out to his classmates

 

 

Mallory's Valentines she handed out to her classmates. I forgot to get a picture of her with her valentines.



Both kids had a fun day at their class parties and reading and opening all the goodies they got from classmates. Mason got lots of baseball card style valentines and Mallory got a lot of the princess and dog/cat tattoo valentines. Goes to show what is popular with the kids these days. Mallory did have one other 'homemade' valentine, and all of Mason's were store bought. Kind of surprises me in the day and age of Pinterest and all the great ideas there are out there.

Couple cute recent Mason stories...

December 12, 2012.....

While I didn't do anything out of the ordinary on this the 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year.... My tender hearted mason did. We got home from awana tonight and he wouldn't get out of the van. He wanted to wait for his sister to go inside. Once she did, he proceeded to show me the doll he purchased for her with his awana bucks! I then asked to see what he bought himself, and he said 'nothing'. He really is listening this Christmas season to all the talk that giving is better than receiving. Talk about making my heart swell with pride. He did that all unprompted by any of us. If y'all remember a couple years ago he did the same thing at awana around Christmas time. His sister is going to be so happy Christmas morning and I have a feeling, mason is going to be happier!! Love my kiddos!

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L: Did you like the note I left in your lunch box Mason?
M: yea, but i didn't show anyone else it. I was too embarrassed
L: You are embarrassed cause your momma loves you?
M: No I'm not. Just embarrassed. I am happy I have a mom that loves me
L: Yea some kids don't have a mom or dad to love them
M: Yea they have parents with lots and lots of wrinkles and red skin
L: What??? Do I have lots of wrinkles?
M: Nope perfectly smooth mom (pointing to my forehead). They have wrinkles cause all they do is yell at their kids

♥ my boy.. alway knows the right thing to say to his momma... and yet strange the correlation he has betweeen the wrinkles and yelling (didn't want to tell him he might actually be on to something there ;) )