Ten on Tuesday

1. We had a very productive and fun Memorial Day weekend. I had to work Saturday, but got to come home at three so was still able to play with the family for a little bit. Sunday it was beautiful outside, so we spent the evening playing outside, eating snow cones, and grilling. What's better than that! Here is Zane enjoying playing with some balls and eating some grass.

2. Yesterday Zach and I went to a Cardinals game with my friend Michelle and her husband Ryan. Zach had won tickets to the Fabick box so we enjoyed all we could eat nachos, hot dogs, chicken fingers, desserts, and soda. We also thoroughly enjoyed the air conditioning of the box since it was blazing hot outside. Sadly the Cardinals lost, but a good time was had by all. Here are some party pics!

3. In exciting basement news Zach has fixed the leaking walls ( hopefully) and everything is ready for the boards to be put down next weekend. My hopes are to get the basement pull back together next week and figure out where everyone is sleeping. I can't wait for all our guest!

4. Zane has mastered a new frightening skill this week, opening doors. I should preface that by saying all of our door knobs upstairs have a handle that you pull down, not an actual knob. He has figured out that he can reach the knob, pull it down, and then he can easily open the door, getting him into the forbidden bathroom with ease. So now we seriously have to get a gate for the top of the stairs because I do not trust us to always have that door locked.

5. I have officially changed all of Zane's clothes over to his summer wardrobe.  Thanks to Aunt Trina and Aunt Abbey who have provided Zane with a lovely summer wardrobe complete with three different swimming suits, they are so cute, I can't wait to use them in his new whale pool.

6. Check out Zane's new sunglasses. I got them in the One Spot at Target and we had tons of fun playing with them last night. He actually left them on for quite a while and thought it was hysterical when I put them on the top of his head. We also bought him a Cardinals hat that he refused to leave on, but really needs to because his hair his white and his skin is even whiter.

7. Sunday Zane and I also went to a paint your own pottery place and made his very own birthday plate. We had a general birthday plate growing up, which we had decorated at some point, and I remember that being a fun tradition for birthdays. We did this while Zach was getting his hair cut, which in hind sight it really should have been an activity I did by myself. I had no idea how long it would take or how hot it would be in that place, but apparently you have to put multiple coats of paint on and then you really don't know what it will look like until it is fired, we shall see. Hopefully it is adorable.

8. I have reorganized the office area in my house and am very excited about it. I love a good organizational system and thanks to Abbey's birthday present for me and me using the rest of the amazon gift card mom got me I now have a great system for organizing my small supply of scrapbooking materials. I think it will motivate me to craft more now that I can get to all my stuff easily. I love it!

9. Have I mentioned how much I love being a mom. At times it is frustrating but 99.9% of the time it is my favorite thing in the world.I love watching him learn new things, master new skills, and develop his own little personality. I miss Zane so much when I am at work and when I get home and am greeted by that perfect, happy, little boy face it is the greatest feeling in the world. I wish I could just be a mommy.

10. And last but in no way least Zach got the result of his Professional Engineering test Thursday and HE PASSED!!!! Hooray!!! This is a huge deal and I am unbelievably proud of him. He worked so hard, studying when I know he would have rather been playing with Zane, and it has all paid off. It was a tense month or so as we waited to get the news, but I am so happy for him. This will open so many doors for him in the future. Love you Zach!