Happy Birthday to Me!

Yep.... 1 year older today. And I'm sure there are more wrinkles on my forehead to prove it! I keep digging to find those grey hairs and have yet to find any... so I'm still safe there... for now. =P

Our plans for today were to head to Kings Island. But with Brooke and Drew really sick with bronchitis that's not going to happen. All is not lost though.... the sun goddess is begging for me to come visit her. So I will be setting up my lounger, making a little cocktail and visiting her in just a bit. :)

Matt already gave me my gift... the coach purse I bought. ;)

Happy Easter!

Dying Easter eggs is something we do every year....even though none of us really much care for them. I always have to look up directions for how to boil an egg since I only do it once a year... thank god for google.

Hannah is much too cool to stay home on a Friday night these days so she missed out this year....which of course thrilled Brooke and Drew because they got to do more eggs!


Just getting started.




Brooke...being the artistic kid she is... insisted on coloring on all of her with white crayon beforehand.





Drew actually likes hard boiled eggs and just couldn't wait to bust them open!


And as usual... he gives you a visual of his mouthful of eggs.... ewww he actually eats the yolk! What is wrong with this kid?!


Pretty eggs... we actually did 2 dozen.... which will sit in my fridge for a few more days... at which point I will tire of gagging when I open the door and will throw them all out. Good thing eggs are cheap!

I got mother of the year award this Easter. =P Hannah offered to help me fill the eggs with candy that we were hiding. When she came downstairs I had all the baskets filled and she saw everything in hers. She said, "Ohh I love all that stuff mom!". Damn!

Brooke still believes... or atleast pretends like she does. Not really sure. Her and Drew had an all out fight looking for the eggs...god forbid if they SHARE!

Easter's over now and I have baskets FULL of candy sitting on my counter. I'm trying to ignore the M&M's calling my name.... but man it's hard! =P

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Spring Break

Okay so we didn't make it to Florida this year. I really wanted to go but Matt couldn't get off work. Next year I AM going though... even if I have to take the kdis by myself!! I need sunshine and warm temps!

So we made the best of it and we spent the week doing something different everyday.

Monday we went swimming at the Vandalia Rec Center with our neighbors. Kids had a blast. Of course I wouldn't much preferred swimming OUTSIDE in Florida!

Tuesday we went shopping at the mall. Shopping at the little beach shops would've been better though!

Wednesday we hit the outlets. Just this one day of shopping cost more than our trip would've! lol I picked up a little birthday present for myself... a cute summer Coach purse.

Thursday Matt was able to take a 1/2 day off and we went to the Train museum. Really neat! Then we went to the aquarium in Newport. For some reason that was super packed so we didn't stay but 15 minutes! =P

Friday we went to a movie.

The kids said they had a good week... but we all agreed that we're going to Florida next year!!

3 years

It was 3 years ago today that Grandma passed away. But yet she still brings a smile to my face almost daily. We often think about what she would say at certain things and immediately laugh as we know it would be some wise crack or sarcastic comment. lol

Even though she's gone.... she continues to bring all of us joy. :)

Happy Belated Birthday Drew!

I had alot going on last week with Jess's shower so I haven't had a chance to post about Drew's birthday. He's 4!!!! I no longer have any toddlers in my house. It makes me a bit sad that I no longer have little ones... but then I quickly remember how hard the last 4 years with this little monster have been. lol At 4 he is FINALLY sleeping through the night! He usually comes into my bed at some point in the middle of the night but he's no longer waking me up for hours at a time!

He began his birthday by taking a treat to preschool. He spent most the week going back and forth on what to bring.... finally decided on choc. chip cookies. His school has a policy that the items must be store bought... thank god! I'm not into that whole I'm going to outdo the other mommies with my spectactular treats. I HATE to bake!

I had thought of doing a big birthday party for him but then had flashbacks of Hannah's 4th birthday in which I did a whole carnival theme complete with a Genie who did balloons... with 40+kids! Mass chaos! Yea...Hannah was definitely the first that got spoiled rotten! Brooke had a party with about 10 friends at McDonalds. Drew... he got an afternoon at the park with a bunch of friends... mainly because I was bored and wanted to sit and talk to their mommies. lol

Everyone keeps saying that they can't believe that he's 4 already... I can!! My life has completely changed since I've had him. My house is no longer quiet... EVER! And I've become a much different mom. I used to be that mom who looked at those kids in the grocery store with the dirty faces, running all over the place, knocking stuff over and think my god can't they control their child?! I now know they have a Drew... a little monster that is going to do whatever he pleases regardless what you tell him. ;) I've learned to grab the camera when he tells me to come and look at what he's done instead of getting upset about it. It's pointless.. the kid is destructive and that's that! His father is STILL the same way at 34 yrs. old... so now I just embrace it. :)

But along with being messy, loud and constantly in motion... he's also the MOST loveable little boy in the world. I've yet to meet someone who doesn't melt when he smiles at them with that adorable face of his. He is such a momma's boy and I love that he thinks I'm perfect... because that's the way it should be! ;)

Happy 4th Birthda Bubba!! I look forward to seeing how you grow in the next year. You've just started to discover the joy of bugs and everything else that skeeves me out... so I'm sure the next year will be a memorable one!