Mother's Day Was Sweet!

We spent Mother's Day enjoying our family!  There was a bit of breakfast in bed, a bit of outside playing, some small chores (because they never end in this house!), a bit of lunching of out, a store or two, some yard work, and then a happy ending ice cream treat!

A local ice cream shop offers free ice cream for mommies on Mother's Day ( and for daddies on Father's Day, for equality!), so we headed out before bed for a treat with our friends, the Johnson family (because we couldn't think of anyone else we'd rather share a sweet treat with!). 

We tried for a family shot with Mommy...but life with three kids can be a bit sticky!

(Plus Daddy needs a bit of camera practice!)

The best of the bunch!

And someone was so tired, this is what a short trip home in the car resulted in!

Love the necklace in the mouth!

All in all, it was a great Mother's Day!  Daddy helped the kids deliver flowers, a new chair for me to NOT sit in at the beach, and a few blueberry and raspberry bushes.  I think the family time helped block out the fact that I still had to do dishes and laundry...although, I didn't change one diaper all day!!!

And just for the memory books, Daddy stated this line as I was complaining about laundry "Well, it's Mother's Day, not Wife's Day." - and that is MY husband...all mine...aren't I so lucky!?!?!

Wanna Go For A Ride???

Just make sure you bring your cowboots!

A Playground For Waddington

Kaboom and Let's Play, a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to get kids and families active nationwide, have joined together to fund 5 community playgrounds by awarding them $15,000 each! They believe that the key to healthy living is managing calories in and calories out. Our goal is to help families achieve that balance by providing the tools, places and inspiration to make physical activity a daily priority.


The exciting thing is that our school (Mommy's and Tater's) made the top ten and is currently in second place! You can vote daily through May 10th...please help us and vote for our playground!



Finally!

It's finally beginning to feel like spring around here!  The grass is getting greener, the temperature is getting warmer, and we are LIVING outside!  FINALLY!!!!

Here is Sassy relaxing in her favorite spot after a busy day of playing...she won't stay off the table!

Then yesterday we spent most of the afternoon and evening outside, playing and enjoying the neighborhood!

Bruiser had a few meltdowns.

No nap = lots of tears!

This is our neighbor, A.

Believe it or not, this was not a posed shot!

Our garden is growing!!!

A Tribute to Maggie May

We buried our family dog, Maggie May, at her home.

When she died, we planted a tree in her memory but couldn't bring ourselves to put her ashes in the ground quite yet.  But now that Papa and Mimi are moving on, we felt it was time and the right thing do - leave her at the place she knew.  So in a brief "ceremony" with a bit of reminiscing, we buried her box under her tree so she will always be "home."

Exploring Papa and Mimi's!

Much of our weekend was spent back and forth between Papa and Mimi's old house and their new house.  The kids had a blast exploring and "helping"!

Sassy's discovered a love for climbing (or being lifted into!) trees!

There was some bike riding...

 ...and pulling!

We posed for a few pictures...

...and had a rare moment of playing nicely together!

Lots of memories were revisited and new ones made...it was great to be a little part of Papa and Mimi's newest adventure!!!

A Day With Uncle J!

We all know he's a bit special...but we love him anyway!!!!

 Bringing the first box of Yuengling into the new house.

 Discovering a new way to water the flowers!

Posing!