The Pattersons: Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful that Monday was the last snowfall of the season. Right? I hope.

I'm thankful the kids have been sleeping in. As the weather warms and outside time increases, I'm thankful to tuck tired bodies into their beds each night.

I'm thankful that the birthday fun continues this weekend! Looking forward to celebrating with Kent's family this weekend.

I'm thankful River Monsters is back on TV...not. If Jeremy Wade would have blamed any more deaths on a catfish in the Amazon I threatened to delete it from the DVR. Lucky he caught an eel this time and River Monsters survives another week on our DVR.

I'm thankful for Easter cookies delivered by some sweet neighbors.

I'm thankful our summer calendar is staring to fill up with fun plans and camps for the kids.

I'm thankful for my new throw pillows. Except when I try to explain to Kase that he's not actually supposed to throw the throw pillows. *sigh*

I'm thankful that Kent has an 8:00-5:00, Monday-Friday type job. Anymore, it seems like those kind of hours are hard to come by and I try not to take it for granted and I'm so thankful for the lifestyle it affords for us. By that I don't mean fancy things and huge vacations, but I mean being able to hang out as a family every night from 5:15 until the kids' bed time and all weekend. Together. Us five. I love it.

I'm thankful that Cindy got to watch Kylee's gymnastics practice yesterday. After years of sitting through baseball games, football games and wrestling meets, I think she had fun watching Kylee do her thing at gymnastics.

I'm thankful for some sweet advice from Kael. The other night he was wanting to teach me how to power slide on Mario Kart so I promised I'd let him show me after I finished putting away some dishes and getting dinner ready. He told me, "You know, Mom, sometimes you have to stop doing Mom stuff and just have fun." You betcha, buddy!

I'm thankful my lemon seeds have sprouted! I planted some in a mug on my desk a few weeks ago and up until a few days ago I saw no signs of life. But now, green stems are starting to pop through the soil and it makes me anxious to plant our pumpkin seeds outside soon{ish}!

I'm thankful that I get to attend an Art Show tonight- a piece of Kylee's art was selected so tonight we get to go to the Art Center and see her work! What an honor for her!

I'm thankful for some fun girl/neighbor time at the Garden Tea Party last weekend.

I'm thankful for a sweet friend for Kylee.

I'm thankful for my boys' haircuts for two reasons. 1. I was fully prepared for an all-out battle with Kase to sit still but he did awesome. 2. Kael has not wanted to get a haircut for a very long time and I was happy he finally agreed to a trim. I'm completely fine with him having an opinion on how to wear his hair, but I just wanted it shaped up a bit.

I'm thankful that because I'm a stay at home mom, sometimes Kase eats ice cream cones for lunch.

I'm thankful for family traditions like dyeing Easter eggs. Kase was so excited this year to dip his eggs in the dye. He proudly showed off his eggs and his dyed fingers. Kylee and Kael were happy with their eggs too!