The boys worked really hard at school, baseball and soccer all week, so what better way to celebrate the weekend than invite the gang over to play, eat and get way, way to wild. Thank heavens for basements. I am so glad we live in a little cul-de-sac where they can run around outside and have a childhood similar to my own. I didn't think that could be possible anymore with all the worry about child abductions. They love it here in Lexington and that is the best thing a mother could ask for.
The Wild Bunch: Trey, Ethan, Matt, Luke, Alec, Josh J., Josh P. and Sam. All we need are Luke B., Trevor, Boston and Keenan and we would have a complete set of best buds!
Feeding the masses. Thankfully they all seem to enjoy a nice big bowl of mac and cheese.
Glad the boys will have to clean up the basement after they all leave and not me. I'll designate myself as supervisor over the picking up.I love these times of my life, having all my kids home, watching them grow and develop. What a rewarding thing it is to be a mom and have the added luxury of staying home with them. It's the best job in the world.
I loved the quote on my Mary Engelbreit calendar last week. It said, "Enjoy the small things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
Celebrating the small, even the Friday afternoon party of cookies, root beer and mac and cheese with friends makes living each day a little sweeter.
4 comments:
Lexington sounds like a great place to live. We haven't felt quite so safe here. We have no reason to feel unsafe, things are just unfamiliar still. That is one things I dream about for my children.....to have some of the wonderful carefree experiences I enjoyed in my childhood. It gives me hope to hear that there are places out there where you can still feel and experience that. I agree, I want my kids and their friends to want to hang out at my house. Amy
I love this post, I had a similar reminder today that small things are big things. You are a fun Mom and very smart to want your house to be the "Hang out"
How sweet of you to mention Keenan. I'm positive he would've LOVED to be there. He often asks when he'll see "Josh, Matt and Trey" -- for some reason he always says their names in that same order. It was fun to see Ethan and Alec Kramer in there. I'm glad that's working out.
I love that quote and copied it for future use.
I too, live in that kind of a cul-de-sac and am grateful daily for it.
I, however, do not usually feed them all Mac and Cheese. You definitely are a cool mom!
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