To the Farm we go !!

Thursday was Lily's last day of preschool until fall. She is old enough to officially have "Summer Break" Yikes!! She loves school so she doesn't quite understand why she doesn't get to go to preschool this week. She thinks that she is in trouble or we took it away from her for some reason. She had her first field trip off site today with school. We all went to her teachers farm, watched them milk cows, had a picnic, and play with all the animals. Lily had an absolute blast.

Busy Busy bees

We had a busy but wonderful weekend. Friday was our anniversay so Chris and I went out to dinner. We always love to go out to dinner and ENJOY our meals without shoveling it in. :) Chris surprised me with a beautiful diamond bracelet. Of course we agreed to only get each other cards but Chris broke his promise and ventured out to buy a bracelet. On Saturday Nolan and I went to see David and Jenna's new house. My and the two kids were heading out the door and I got a phone call from Dad VV asking me if he can take Lily for a while. So Lily spent the Day with Papa and ran some errands, then went with both Grammy and Papa in the afternoon. Nolan and I also ran some errands, went out for lunch, then picked up Lily. It is good for her to spend time with them, like she spent time with Grandma Kim last week.
Sunday we relaxed in the morning, then headed to Chicago for Jennifer and Marks wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and we had fun.
Today was a relaxing day. We picked up the kids who had spent the night with Grandma Kim since we were out of town yesterday. Then we relaxed the rest of the afternoon with naps for all four of us, then a cookout in the late afternoon. What a nice start to the summer.

Happy Anniversary Babe!!

Happy 5th Anniversary to my wonderful husband. Can't believe it has been five years already... Five years, two kids, two apartments, three houses, five towns, and two states later.....Where has the time gone!!

Going, going, still going :)

We had another busy weekend. We went out for Friday night fish fry with Mom Kim, Coco, Bubba, me and the kids. Then Mom Kim asked Lily to spend the night at her house which was wonderful for Lily. She does this once in a while and absolutely loves it. She is at the point where she doesn't need to call us all the time and want to come home in the middle of the night so we are happy that she is eager to have a camp out with Grandma Kim. She stayed the night and wanted to stay the whole day on Saturday too. They went out and about and we ended up getting Lily at 7pm at night on Saturday. So it was just me and Nolan all day on Saturday. Chris was at work and Lily was gone for the day. Kinda weird to have just one kid for the day:) Saturday, David and Gavin came over for a while. David came over to look at our roof. He offered to reshingle it for us so he wanted us to pick out some stuff. Gavin and Nolan played so nicely. They played outside, then me and David took the boys to Mc Donalds for a while. Nolan and I came back home and we mowed the lawn. Chris normally mows the lawn but I thought I would help out and surprise him. Nolan fell asleep in the back pack carrier I was wearing with him in it( I put him in it because he tends to run off into the road so I wanted to keep him in one place) I couldn't get the lawn mower started and then when I did, I couldn't shut it off. After mowing for a while it decided to quit on me when I wasn't finished mowing and I went to reach down to pump the gas button, and I touched the wrong part and burned my hand. So.. off to Walgreens to get burn cream and a hand wrap. Then we came back, finished up the mowing, and then off to Home Depot we went for some flowers for the yard and some cement for the patio blocks. We went to Mom Kim's house for dinner and then we all came home and went to bed. It was a long day to say the least.
Sunday, we got up and relaxed in the am and then went to the Sytenndmai parade in Stoughton. We then came home for a while and went to the Sun Prairie races in the evening to watch Auntie Coco and Bubba race their cars. They both did so good. We are so proud of them both. It was Courtney's first time out in a midget car. It was so much fun watching her and she did so good. Bubba did fantastic and got second place in one race and third in another. That was wonderful since there were so many cars. Both Nolan and Lily had a blast at the races. They were cheering and clapping for Coco and Bubba. Unfortunately Chris and I will miss the races next week because we have a wedding to go to but Lily and Nolan will be there cheering on their auntie and her bubba.

So this past week Weds. , Lily had her dance pictures. We got her all dressed up in her costume for her performance next week, and she had to go in and get her pictures done. I have posted some of the pictures I took of her. Absolutely adorable !!! I just can't wait for her first dance recital.

We have signed up Lily for Soccer this summer. She will be playing on Sunday afternoons in Madison. She is really excited for this. From what I hear from a few friends, this is the cutest thing ever to see. Three and four year olds playing soccer !!! Love it! Nolan will probably want to join in and play as well. We will keep you posted and I am sure I will be posting pictures of her playing soccer as well. She also will be doing her first summer school class. I can't believe that she is almost four and old enough to do this already. Kinda makes me sad :(

Happy Mother's Day!!

I know that I am a bit late, but Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there. I hope that everyone had a very relaxing day. We sure did here. For us, Mother's day is the day that we officially go out and get all of our flowers. We needed to update our landscaping and we got some new bushes, hanging baskets, and potted flowers for the front porch. The house is coming along good on the outside. The shutters are up, the garage door is painted, and the old porch is torn down, waiting for a new one to go up. We updated landscaping in the front and are adding a stoned patio. We are really excited to have this all done with.
So on Mother's day Chris and the kids made me breakfast, then gave me my gift. A brand new laptop computer. I was so so excited. I have been wanting one for a long time. He totally surprised me. My husband and kids are the best.
After we went to get flowers in the am, we went to Mom and Dad VV's house for a later lunch. Dad went all out and cooked us ladies a nice meal. He got huge steaks, green beans, potatoes, etc. He did such a great job and planned it all by himself. What a wonderful Dad I have !!!
After lunch and relaxing a bit with David, Jenna, Gavin, Mom and Dad, we went to Rick and Julie's house for dinner and to visit with that side of the family. It was great to see everyone again and the kids had an absolute blast. Rick and Julie played teaparty with Lily for such a long time and she adores them both. Nolan played with his pal Bradley and they played basketball. They both also played with Scout the puppy. They had so much fun outside.

So again, Happy Mother's Day to all of the mother's out there. Here is something that I found really inspiring and thought I would share it....
Tribute To Mother
On Mothers Day, pay your most humble tribute to Mother!

Mothers are everything for us when we are small...our lives revolve around her. For everything that we need we call mother. To protect us from all perceivable dangers we want her around us. To take us out we hold her arms. To kiss away our wounds we run to her. And for a warm hug and love we look for her. She is the focal point of our lives, the greatest human being in the world or should we say divinity on earth. On the special occasion of Mothers Day pay tribute to your mother - the greatest blessing of God on you.

On Mothers Day Thank your Mother
There is simply no way we can ever really thank mother for all she has done for us. She is the one who will be awake all night when we are sick. Praying to God to make us well and be ever ready to bear the pain that we may be experiencing. She is the one to wake up early in the morning to make the nicest tiffin and endure all our tantrums. Mothers are the ones who would forever complain that we are not eating enough or not eating right. They would cook all sorts of things so that we be strong and healthy. Mothers infact, worry more for our examinations than we must. They would take pains to complete our school projects leaving all other works behind while we play around with friends or just while away time watching movies.

On Mothers Day Apologise to your Mother
Mothers are the one on whom we put all the blame for our failures. We would not hesitate once to point her single faux pas though she would not miss even a slightest opportunity to praise us. Isn't it tough to imagine how she must have borne our temper tantrums when we were teenagers. And how hard we must have made her life by behaving so rude and difficult. And yet she was so astonishingly cool. It it easy for the kids to be so demanding from parents, specially mothers as we take her affection and care so much for granted. Most often to the extent of selfishness. Mothers Day is the right time to apologise for all the troubles that we gave to our moms, without even realising at most times how troublesome we must have been to her.

Celebrate Mothers Day with your Dear Mother
Mothers Day is the perfect day to celebrate the joys of having a mother. It is the time to make amends for not being able to spend quality time with her. So turn your wrongs right by making all efforts to give a perfect Mothers Day to your mother. Think about her likes and dislikes about gifts and idea on celebration and act accordingly. Strive to make Mothers Day absolutely hassle free for your mother and take the responsibilities on yourself for a day. Pamper her a little on this special day of hers just as she pampers you all the year round. Give her a warm hug and a big kiss as you wish her a Happy Mothers Day!

50 Inspirational Quotes
A collection of inspirational quotes on mothers coming straight from the hearts of some of the most prolific writers and celebrated personalities of our times.

1. If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

2. Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Jill Bennett

3. A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4. At work, you think of the children you have left at home.
At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Golda Meir

5. Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Unknown

6. As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Ezekiel 16:4

7. Men are what their mothers made them.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Ralph Waldo Emerson

8. Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Harriet Beecher Stowe

9. We never know the love of the parent until we become parents ourselves.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Henry Ward Beecher

10. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Honore de Balzac, author

11. The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Henry Ward Beecher, US Congressional clergyman

12. Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Nancy Thayer, author

13. By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author

14. Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Lin Yutang, Chinese writer

15. Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Zora Neale Hurston, folklorist and writer

16. That best academy, a mother's knee.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: James Russell Lowell, poet, critic and diplomat

17. Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Elizabeth Stone

18. Anyone who doesn't miss the past never had a mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Gregory Nunn

19. A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Tenneva Jordan

20. Few misfortunes can befall a boy which brings worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: W. Somerset Maugham

21. The lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: James Fenton

22. No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Florida Scott-Maxwell

23. Biological possibility and desire are not the same as biological need. Women have childbearing equipment. For them to choose not to use the equipment is no more blocking what is instinctive than it is for a man who, muscles or no, chooses not to be a weightlifter.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Betty Rollin

24. Women do not have to sacrifice personhood if they are mothers. They do not have to sacrifice motherhood in order to be persons. Liberation was meant to expand women's opportunities, not to limit them. The self-esteem that has been found in new pursuits can also be found in mothering.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Elaine Heffner

25. Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: James Joyce

26. All that remains to the mother in modern consumer society is the role of scapegoat; psychoanalysis uses huge amounts of money and time to persuade analysis and to foist their problems on to the absent mother, who has no opportunity to utter a word in her own defense. Hostility to the mother in our societies is an index of mental health.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Germaine Greer

27. Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: John Erskine

28. All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Oscar Wilde

29. The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Rajneesh

30. The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Author Unknown

31. A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Peter De Vries

32. All mothers are working mothers.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Author Unknown

33. The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Oliver Wendell Holmes

34. Motherhood is priced; Of God, at price no man may dare/To lessen or misunderstand.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Helen Hunt Jackson

35. It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Barbara Kingsolver

36. God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Jewish proverb

37. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Abraham Lincoln

38. Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Mildred B. Vermont

39. Nobody knows of the work it makes
To keep the home together.
Nobody knows of the steps it takes,
Nobody knows-but Mother.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Anonymous

40. If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Henry Bickersteth

41. Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: T. DeWitt Talmage

42. There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Chinese Proverb

43. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

44. No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you - life
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Anonymous quotes

45. An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Spanish Proverb

46. Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Aristotle

47. If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Lawrence Housman

48. Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Sam Levenson

49. Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: William Feather, The Business of Life, 1949

50. And remember that behind every successful woman......is a basket of dirty laundry.
Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by: Unknown

Happy Mother's Day!!

It is Finally UP!!

Yeah!! Our swingset is finally up. After reviewing much information regarding how long this product will take to put up ( a range of 14-40 hours ) we decided to hire someone to put it up for us. I posted a ad on craigslist ( yes the dreaded craigslist) and got someone to come and put it up. It took four of them 16 hours to put up. And that is without stopping for a break. Man am I glad we decided to do that. Now it is up, we didn't have to do it, and the kids can enjoy it, and Chris doesn't have to waste many days off trying to put this sucker up.

Nolan knows it all....

Nolan knows the sounds that animals make. His little voice is so so adorable and how fast he is catching on with different words is amazing to us. He talks so much and if you ask him to say a word, he pretty much can say anything that you tell him to.

Crazylegs??

I am thinking about walking with the kiddos in the crazylegs race in Madison this weekend if it is nice weather, the kids aren't sick, and I am not too lazy. Anyone want to join me?

www.crazylegsclassic.com

Finally Warm...

We had a very good weekend. Finally, it was warm for a few days in a row. NICE!! We got the chance to relax outside and enjoy sun and warm weather. We broke out the shorts, tank tops, and sunscreen. I put sunscreen on Lily for the first time this year and she took a whiff and said " Mmmmmm, it smells like the beach" .

Friday, we had a playdate at the park with a friend of mine and her son. We had a picnic, brought the sand toys so the kids could build sand castles and spend the morning at the park. It was great. Great playtime for the kids and great adult conversation for the mommies. Then, Mom VV came over for the whole afternoon. We sat in lawn chairs, popped open a bottle of wine and more relaxing in the spring sun. The kids took naps for a couple of hours, then they came down and played outside. We are lucky to have a fenced in backyard, which is great for the kids to play safely and for us to not chase them around all the time. They jumped on the trampoline, played playdough outside, colored with chalk, and just had a good time.
Saturday was the opening day of the Farmers Market here in Madison. Chris and I took the kids up there for Breakfast. We bought local produce, ate bakery items, and enjoyed the 70 degree weather. We took a very long walk later Saturday night and enjoyed the parks near our house. We ran the ball diamonds and played soccer with the kids. It just felt like a wonderful spring day!!!
Sunday was a cold day outside and it was rainy. So long sunny weather !! Chris and I were getting ansy inside, and so were the kids. Nolan has been teething and getting in his molers so he is so so crabby all the time. Sometimes, just a change of scenery is good for them. Mom E. watched the kids for a while at her house and Chris and I went out for Lunch at our favorite, Olive Garden. It was a nice and long, relaxing lunch. We then stopped at the mall to pick up a few summer things for the kids.
Chris has off tomorrow as well so we are hoping to get some things done around here. We need to get that swingset up, which we know will take us a while.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!!

Happy Easter

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!! We had a wonderful Easter. It was great to just relax and stay in the area. Not a lot of traveling this year for us, which is great. On Saturday, we went to another Easter egg hunt right by our first house in Monona. We had so much fun. It was cold out and Mom and Dad VV met us there. After, I took the kids to the mall and we returned some things and saw the Easter bunny one last time before he came to our house. We came home, kids took a nap while I made food and then it was time to get ready for Saturday night, which was Easter with the Winch side( Chris's mom's side) The kids got dressed up in their Easter outfits, which were so cute.
Sunday we went to church. Mom and Dad VV met us there, then we went back to their house for the afternoon. I hid Easter eggs outside at their house and the kids found them. It was a beautiful afternoon so the kids flew their new kite that they got for Easter and ran around in Grammy and Papa's yard. We had a nice Easter dinner and dessert of course, then came home and relaxed for the rest of the evening. All in all, it was a wonderful day.

Easter Egg Hunt

So.. I braved the weather knowing we were going to get a blizzard here and took the kids to an Easter Egg hunt. Chris had to work, so I decided to take the kids out to see the Easter bunny and find some eggs. We started our morning out at McDonald's for breakfast. The three of us had a blast. Lily was a pro at finding the eggs. I don't know how she remembered from last year, but she did, and knew exactly what to do. Nolan learned very quickly to pick those little eggs up, or other kids, bigger kids, would come behind him and take them from him. Both of them had baskets full by the time we left. The lady from the local newspaper was following us around and taking pictures of the kids. She wanted to do a story on the hunt and asked if she could follow Lily and Nolan around. We will have to get that paper and check for the kids. She interviewed me for a bit then talked to the kids for a while. Super cool!!
We then, hit up the Oregon Easter egg hunt on our way home. The Youth center was sponsoring it so had a little kids carnival with games, tickets, face paintings, etc, followed by a egg hunt. Some of us preschool moms and bunco group moms, as well as some of our neighbors with kids, saw each other hung out there while the kids ran around played games, and hunted for eggs. We were a little disapointed though, that not all of the kids were able to get eggs. They ran out. Luckily we had hit up the egg hunt in the other town earlier, so my kids didn't mind. It started to get nice in the afternoon, and the egg hunt in Oregon was held at the school, so all the kids played outside for over an hour, enjoying the sun the had just come out. We had to get all our playing time in outside, because we knew it was going to snow another 5 inches here today ( we actually only ended up getting a dusting of snow and not the 5 inches they predicted) and they needed so fresh air, before we are cooped up inside again. Here are some pictures of our hunt. Sorry some of them are sideways. I couldn't figure out how to change these ones around, for some reason.

More Snow....

Not much has been going on with us. Just hanging out and waiting for the weather to get warmer. Tomorrow we are getting snow. Totally stinks!! We did sell our play house and small, little tykes swingset(both for what we paid for them..YAH!!) and bought the kids a rainbow play system. It is really neat, and we can't wait to get it set up, althought Chris is not looking forward to that !!! We broke out the kids trampoline that they got for Christmas, got half way through putting it up, then it started to rain and get cold, so we are at a stand still with that. Especially since it is supposed to snow tomorrow. For some reason, when the weather gets warmer for a while, even though is was temporary, it makes me want to get out all the spring time stuff. I think that I have had enough of the Wisconsin cold winter for this year.

Today we had Meagan and Luke over to play for a while. We had so much fun. Lily, Luke, and Nolan played so well together and we can wait to do it again next week. Megan and I are trying to plan something every week, and sometimes twice a week, if we have Mops.

Chris has off three days this week. We are very excited for this. We plan on just hanging out and relaxing. Kinda like a small spring break for him:)

Lily is "On Spring Break" next week and the week after for dance, and next week for school. We can't believe that we have one old enough to have "spring break" How weird is that !!!

Our little vocalist!!

Here is a video from Lily singing in front of church, for her preschool. You can't see her very much, until the end. They put her in the back row, because she is so tall. You can see her waving her arms a little and then her face, in the very end.(We are the only ones who forgot to put our child in the preschool tee-shirt. She is wearing a white and pink dress with a pink bow:) ) It was so so gosh darn cute to see her up there. She did a good job and we are very proud!!!

Mom's birthday party

So..We surprised Mom with a birthday dinner. Just us kids, without the little kids. It was very nice. Mom E. babysat Lily and Nolan and we got a chance to get out and relax. We gave Mom a picture of all of us for her Birthday. We didn't tell her we were getting it done and hope that she was very surprised by that as well. The picture of all of us, David, Jenna, Gavin, Me, Chris, Lily and Nolan, turned out wonderful. Saturday was Aunt Shirl's funeral and wake. It was a beautiful service and just what she would have liked. The kids has their first, non family babysitter on Saturday. We were very nervous about leaving them with someone new, but think that they had fun. Hopefully :) Saturday night Chris and I had a wedding to go to. It was nice as well and we got to mingle a bit with some of Chris's friends from work.
Today, Lily sang at Church. She did such a wonderful job. Mom and Dad VV came and she was very excited about that.

Nolan's final product...

As promised.. here are some pictures of Nolan and the new do, although I can't get them to face the right direction :)

I am lacking in keeping up with this blog. I know that some of you check it everyday just to see if I posted something, to then be let down once you check and see that I did not post a thing :) So I promise.. To be more organized and post thing more regularly.... I do wonder though, how many people out there read our blog... If you do, give us a shout out and let us know.


Lots of things have happened since I posted about us last. We took Lily to the circus.. thanks for the free tickets Grandma Erfurth. ( She gets them every year because the late grandpa erfurth was a member of the shriners, who puts on the circus) Lily road the pony, as she freaked out with the elephants. She got lighted sword that she had fun with and had her first cotton candy. To my surprise, she did not like cotton candy, which is great new for us!!! She also loves, I mean LOVES, clowns. The clowns got hugs and kisses ( uck!!)
Weather became warmer for a few days, which allowed us to get outside in the wagon and in the back yard on the swingset a bit.
Nolan got his very first haircut( wah wah, boo hoo:( ), Sad... But I will say that it was long overdue. Older people, bless their hearts, started to think that he was a girl and asked me what my cute little girls name was, despite the fact that we dress him much like a little boy :( I posted some pictures of him getting his haircut. He was such a good boy and sat so nice the whole time. (As you can see, the sucker helped him out)I didn't get a chance to get any after pictures, and he is in bed now, but I will get on that tomorrow, and post them then. He looks so so grown up now, and not like a baby anymore. He looks like a little boy !! I brought my good ole' ziploc baggie into the barber shop and collected his FIRST hair :( cry, cry.
Yesterday I went and participated in a panel for Kraft foods and Oscar Mayer in Madison. I gave my opinion about being a mom, how I shop, what I buy, what I look for in the stores,what ideas we had for products, and what I thought about their products. There were about 150 Kraft marketing specialists there, so it was so interesting and alot of fun. Plus.. I walked away with tons of samples and free products, free breakfast, and 150.00 in cash, for giving them an hour of my time. How awesome is that!!! So next time you buy a oscar mayer or kraft product, think.. I wonder if Kristin gave them that idea ( hehe!!) I also got my buzzagent box for this month for those of you who know about it and know that I sample products for free in exchange for feedback, and it had bottles and samples of Palmolive pure and clear in it. Love it.. that is all I have to say. It leaves no harmful residue, it smells wonderful and really does clean well.

So, Friday is Mom's 50th birthday. Happy Birthday MOM!! We were talking about having her over for cake and ice cream and to chill out on Sunday late afternoon, since it has been so hectic with everyone lately. I called the news and her name was posted on the tv for her 50th birthday. I forgot to tape it and totally forgot the days that they posted it until that day, so she missed it.
Saturday they are heading to my cousin Jennifer's bridal shower early in the morning, which I have to miss.
Saturday is Aunt Shirl's funeral. ( see previous post) She will be greatly missed. The kids will have their first, non family babysitter that day. A girl that I used to babysit for, will be watching them. Funny how things work that way. Chris is one of the palbearers, as that is what Shirl wished, so this will be a busy day for us and it is an honor for him.
After that, Chris and I have a wedding downtown. Will be nice to get out and relax a little.
Lily is singing with her preschool in church on Sunday and we are very excited for this. Chris unfortunately won't be able to attend because that is Aunt Shirl's burial ceremony, but I will be sure to be the happy mom in the front row video taping the whole thing :-)
Then the St. Patties day parade downtown on Sunday as well. The kids will enjoy this as well, if it doesn't rain.