Yeah Mama! Yeah Me!

I was going to post a picture of my mama and me...

But

A. I can't find one of us together

and

B. My mom would rather I not.

So, instead, I'll show her celebrity look-alike who today will be playing the part of my mom.

 The most fun German-Jew-Presbyterian mom that's ever been.

And some pictures of me as a mama to my appreciative bunch.

Reed's already told me, "I want somebody to say 'Happy Mother's Day' to me!"

(You have to combine both pictures to have a good one of everybody.)

The flower is one that JR passed out at church.

Fashion Fabulous Friday

Spring in Colorado....

Warm enough to go shirtless,

too cold to go without a jacket.

My Favorite Scout Night

The Crossover Ceremonys are always my favorite night at Cub Scouting.

The boys are so excited to earn their patches, and move up to the next scouting level.

(And I get a teeny-tiny break before I have to start planning activities again.)

Last night JR's den earned their Wolf patch, which means they are now Bears.

And, of course, he couldn't have been more excited.

Check out my colorful fingers.  You can see I was hard at work.

The orange represents their time as a Tiger, blue as a Wolf, and the red is for bravery for their journey as a Bear.

The new Bears 

Their new colors are the light blue scarves and some changed into them immediately!

Bears!

And and I couldn't leave this little "bear" out.

Though you can't tell from his expression, he was more than happy to let me practice on him.

This is his Cub Scout face.

Reason 457 I Don't Fit in Here

I was eating my second PopTart as I read this.

Pre 4 Inches of Snow on May 1st Pictures

Since I forgot I had these pictures, and the blog's been kinda Kyle and Reed free the last few days.....

Last Dance (Thank Goodness!)

Whew! We made it through dance recital weekend.

In typical JR fashion he started crying at the dinner table last night that breakdancing was over.

(Eventhough I kept telling him he could take it again when school starts.)

The recital was at Ft. Lewis College's Concert Hall, which sounds pretty big-time, but Ft. Lewis has fewer students than my high school, so it's a pretty small auditorium. 

Small, as in, I waited til Friday to buy my ticket,

so I was on the very, very, very back row in the balcony.

JR and his friend Emma. (Emma's mom is my friend, Niki.)

Just sign these two up for a Disney special.  I can see it now....The Breakdancer and The Ballerina.

After dress rehearsal on Saturday we had just enough time to take the kids to get something to eat before the show.

No Mickey D's for these two.

We went to have sushi.

Being a year older than JR, Emma was a little shy thinking they might be on "a date".

Being a 2nd grade boy, that thought never crossed JR's mind.

And finally, scenes from the "big production"

JR's the one standing up on the far left.

The Big Finish

The Big Reveal

So I know I was supposed to be back yesterday with the big royal hat reveal.

 And obviously, that didn't happen.

Kyle and Reed had a soccer game in the morning, then JR had dress rehearsal plus his dance recital last night.

(He also has a recital this afternoon, but Jason and I made the seriously awesome decision not to take Kyle and Reed. So I represented Team Ingersoll last night, and Jason is there right now.)

So now that that's cleared up, let's get on with the fun stuff.

Cassidy and I decided as much as we wanted to see the Royal Wedding, we really didn't want to get up at 2:00 AM to do so. 

So thanks to the wonders of DVR, we had our Royal Wedding viewing party Friday night.

And, of course, I couldn't just reuse one of my old hats for such a special occasion. 

But you'll be proud of me, I didn't buy a new one either.

But I did make two pretty fabulous creations fit for a royal wedding (or at least Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie) if I do say so myself!

And if you're thinking to yourself, "Does Cassidy have a teapot on her head?"

Why yes. Yes, she does.

You see, she jokingly texted me Friday night asking if her hat could have a commemorative tea cup. 

 Now you know, if it's a commemorative tea cup you want, well, I'm gonna throw in the tea pot and the sugar bowl too.

(And that hat was seriously heavy.  I had to make our hats from Walmart supplies and they didn't have a plastic toy tea set in the whole store. They're actually porcelain!)

We also wore our commerative Kate engagement rings.

And made paparazzi stops around London.

My kind of wedding, indeed!