boys are gross

my son is the sweatiest person i have ever met. it seems he only sweats from his head. i don't get it. thank goodness he isn't smelly. beck is just a sweat monster. today after the rain somebody asked "you must have got caught in the rain?" i just smiled instead of responding with the truth. :)

at least beck looked cool all sweaty rockin this awesome t-shirt. 

he insisted on taking this picture on our walk to the bank. my sweat monster has a great eye. 

K graduation and play

this morning my little man graduated from kindergarten. sniff sniff. well, they had a ceremony and mother goose play, but technically he has three more weeks of kindergarten left. weird. anyway, all the little kiddies were absolutely adorable. 

beck tried sneaking this little guy to school with him today.

beck in his sheep costume. i hot glued what felt like 1,000,000 cotton balls to a t-shirt. you could see a cotton ball trail following beck wherever he went. i found the mask online. it looks way scarier in person than it did online. yikes! i didn't have the heart to tell beck his mask terrifies me. :)

beck with his best buddies. they may get in a TON of trouble together, but they are all super-duper awesome kids. 

my little environmentalist

this morning beck bust into the bathroom and shut the water off while i was brushing my teeth. "mom! it's not good for the earth to keep the water running like that! you should know that!"

i'm a proud momma.

5/24/11

this morning we had a few extra minutes to hang out before school and work, so we hung out on the porch and played with CONKY from PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE. my mornings with beck are the best.

beck asked if we could drive to school today instead of walk so we could listen to PA PA POWER by DEAD MAN'S BONES. i had errands to run with the car anyway, so i didn't feel too guilty driving. as i kissed beck goodbye he said to me "now make sure when you pick me up today that you have that song ready again." beck has been so obsessed with that song lately. i love his little obsessions and it's so fun watching them change. who knows what will be next.

i made beck these little cut off shorts from his old jeans. he was totally embarrassed by them at first. personally i think they're da bomb. beck looks adorable and they were free. i noticed target is selling shorts exactly like these under SHAUN WHITE'S brand for $17.  i decided to call them THE SHAUN WHITE SHORTS, so now beck wants to wear them daily. 

we ended our day with some sketching. i just love this book. tonight we drew an elephant, tiger and leopard. beck says tomorrow we are sketching an alligator and bat. i can't wait!

date night

beck and i had an awesome date night!

we started the date off right with pop rocks!

we stopped by a bookstore and purchased THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH and a super awesome magnetic robot set. 

then we headed over to beck's favorite restaurant CHEN'S. we even ordered an appetizer and dessert. we left happy and with super-duper full bellies. 

we ended our date with a trip to target. i bought a lame watch for my marathon training and beck came home with an awesome sand and water toy. i was jealous. :)

great date!

just a pic

oldie, but goodie.

home alone house

found picture online. not mine. 

the real HOME ALONE house is for sale in WINNETKA, IL for only $2.4 million. beck wants to know "mom! can we buy it?!"

kindergarten art

all the little kiddies in beck's classroom worked on a section of this painting. it's funny because whenever i ask beck which section is his he points to a different one each time.  i don't think i will ever really know.

yesterday

twins.

i went to see FERRABY LIONHEART at THE EMPTY BOTTLE the night before, so i was humming his tunes in the morning. beck was laughing "oh great! now i'm going to have that song in my head all day!" he did. we were both humming the same tune.

on our way to school. <3

finger monsters

FINGER MONSTERS are beck's newest obsession. they may be mine too. :)

party #3

beck's third and final party is over. all i had to do was pay ROBOT CITY WORKSHOP and sit back and relax while they threw the party. :)

the boys built their own robots from scratch, feasted on pizza and fritz cakes and even learned how to do the robot dance. they left happy with two goody bags, a punching balloon, a working robot they proudly built and a huge sugar high. it was a success! my only regret is not taking many photos.

real robot server

cake on his face and frosting in his hair.

my son has officially been spoiled this birthday.

mother's day

beck gave me my mother's day gifts early. his card was my absolute favorite!

"my mom is special because she makes brownies and she makes me go to the park."

my son is the best!

<3  <3  <3

bubble tape thief

my little guy is a thief! the other day i took the beckster grocery shopping with me. as i was loading the car with our bags, i noticed the little dude was covering something bright pink with his hands. "what's that?" i asked. "nothing!" beck said. i peeled his little hands away. my little dude stole bubble tape! i took him by the hand and marched beck right up to the service desk. "i'm SO sorry. we just finished paying for our groceries and i noticed my son stole this gum and we need to pay for it. he also has something to say to you." beck apologized to the lady. then i tell her we are going to pay for the gum, but since beck already opened it i would like her to throw it out because i didn't want to reward him with it. what does the crazy lady say right in front of my son who i am trying to teach a valuable lesson to? "uh, are you sure?!" "YES, i'm sure!" i say. "i'm not going to reward him after he stole from your store." she then looked at beck "that doesn't seem fair now does it?" then back at me. "are you sure, mom?" i wanted to reach over the counter and strangle the women for ruining my parenting moment. grrrrrrrr! darn, bubble tape. i hate gum.

gpk cards

for some reason tonight i had the urge to cover my bike helmet with vintage GARBAGE PAIL KIDS stickers. i just spread all the cards on the couch like it was nothing. beck freaked out! i wasn't thinking at all. the poor little dude was terrified. sometimes i can be the worst mom ever. :(

sorry beck.