A day of Sam Books and Snow

He's oh so happy.
after eating lots of pizza and cheese sticks.
his certificate.
once inside the building - my proof to Dylan that we were 1st in line.outside freezing.
All of the other crazy parents trying to make kids happy.

Oh how I love my kids!! They learned the depth of a mothers love on Friday. The day of love started at 4:30 am. I got up and went with Amber to get the two boys signed up for Shadow Mountain. It's a 5th grade 3 day summer camp held in June. Dylan was so funny when he came home a couple of months ago with the flier. He wanted to "sit down and talk to you and dad." Apparently he thought he needed to sell us on the idea - not knowing that both Jason & I went when we were that age. So Amber picked me up at a little after 5 and we packed up camping chairs, umbrellas, and were dressed to the extreme. It was snowing when we left and kept snowing the entire time. We were lucky enough to be first in line for the boys so we had a 2 ft. cover of the building but it was still dang cold. So...he is going and is so super excited. I will say that it is crazy that we have to go sign our kids up that early, but it's worth it. Then after crashing for a couple of hours we got to celebrate. Braxton has been reading "Sam Books". There are 51 books that they start reading once they get the reading concept down. He has been working so hard to get them done. We told him once they were done that we would get to do whatever he wanted. He chose to go to Pizza Pie Cafe - over McDonalds and Carl's Jr. Ok?? great with us, but a little strange for him. So we went Friday night and stopped at the creamery for his favorite ice cream after - Marionberry. If you know Brax you know that he doesn't like anything to do with girls, including colors. His favorite ice cream is pink...go figure. It was a fun night for him and we are so proud of him for reading his books.