Weekend Adventures

This weekend was so much fun!  Jenni D and I went to the Rodeo Final for our 2nd annual Mommies Night Out.  It was such a blessing to have the time away from the babes and time with adult-type friends. 
I found Owen in his crib (after a bit of a tattle from Caleb) sans diaper tonight... So, I had to restage it with camera in hand... and then rediaper & (this time) add pants to the mix.  tee-hee! 
Caleb got new sheets and a new big boy comforter for his birthday - from Papa & us.
AND, I finally finished Caleb's letters for above his bed.  We have his name painted on the wall in his old room (now the playroom), and Owen has similar cowboy-themed decorated letters above his bed in their shared room.  Personally, I love the C the most.  I did that by hand, mind you - no stencil used.  (*tooting own horn*)
So, that's our weekend - and, for the record, both boys have been fever free since Saturday.  We did go ahead and "neb" them both tonight... because their coughs are yucky.  But, we are on the mend.

For Holly (train cake)...

This is the idea I was telling you about... how cute!
The tracks are made from kit kats and chocolate syrup.
There are even little trains along the side.  It looks like they might be made with fruit roll-ups or something else gummy-like.  Cute, huh?

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5th Birthday (photos galore!)

Wowza!  My big boy is 5!!! 

He got a new haircut... as he says, "Mom, since I am five now, I want to have my hair with the *juzsh* in the front." (Picture - if you will - him pointing all his fingers to the bangs area of his hair. hahaha!) So, since it was haircut time anyway... I obliged him. And he is so cute!! (as if he wasn't too cute already! HA!)



His bowling-themed birthday party was OH! so fun!!! :) The cakes were a big hit! I had so much fun making them... but man! I am so glad I only have to do 2 birthdays a year... for now. I am exhausted!
 
Caution - horn tooting ahead!
YUP, I made this cutie patootie shirt, too!  LOVE IT!!!
Caleb was such a good boy - we wrote his thank you notes right away. OK - so he signed them in pencil, I went over them in marker, and wrote them myself... but hey! We did it and got them out immediately! WOOT!

 

Goodbye 4... Hello 5!!!

5 years ago today...

We were waiting for you to arrive. 

24 hours later, we FINALLY welcomed you with opened arms...

all 6 pounds, 11 ounces of your tiny, skinny self...

Now, as we bid goodbye to your 4th full year... look how big you are!!

Making your own bed!

Playing well with others (aka not knocking down that awesome tower Daddy built) HA HA HA!!

You make us smile and laugh all the time, with those sweet, blue eyes.

Happy 5th birthday, baby! Er - I mean, young man!

I love you Caleb!

Here's a sample of the treats we made together for his school party for tomorrow:

(look for another post this weekend... I am attempting my hand at cake carving & decorating... I am *hoping* for great results... a real "strike!" one might say!)

Blind Scale

So... why is it that other people, and my clothes can see that I've lost weight, but my scale can't?

It's a conundrum, for sure.

he he he

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Simple Pleasures

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I took this video with my phone at a little get together this morning. All of the toys were new to my boys & they were very entertained for a long time. Great independent, creative play for sure! Here, Owen is cracking up at the "horse in a box." I had been sitting behind him & he was throwing his head back, laughing so hard. It's the simple pleasures I love the most.

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In which I show off some pictures...(not of my children)

Leslie, sweet Leslie.  I brought my camera to your baby shower today.

  

I was *hoping* I could take a couple of pictures of your blessed bump... you said sure, no problem.  

 

And then ... OH!

  

 I had so much fun!  

 

Thanks, darling!

Pink Photos *and cute boys, too*

These are of Aliyah's first birthday. 

 

Aliyah is our baby daycare provider's grandbaby.  

 

It was fun to take pictures of this special time.

There was a bunch of pink... 

 

sprinkled with some cute boys 

 

 

(if I do say so myself).

Love, love...

I LOVE, love: *that my boys are sharing a room
*that Caleb has started falling asleep to the thunder sounds on our soundscapes alarm clock
*that Owen picks a new book to "read" all by himself each night
*that Caleb's goal for the mornings (at night) is to roll out of bed with his covers still as smooth as he had them
*that Owen lays down on his back, reading his book, and says ni-nite... Everytime
*that Caleb is taking pride in making his bed and showing it off to me each morning
*making our own bed. It has become a proud thing for me, too.
*coming home to see that easy little step of making our bed is relaxing, somehow, to me.

Life is good. :o)

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Random thought

As I lay in bed last night, sleepy but not falling asleep easily, I had a random thought pop into my head. And, I was truly stumped. Then, I wondered how many others would be equally stumped. The thought? Without looking, quit it-I see you ready to look, could I list (in order)the characters in the number key row that were not numbers? You know, the ones you press shift to type? The ones you probably don't even think about anymore...
Well, for me last night, the answer was no. I was totally stumped on 4-6...
How did you do?

Ah, the things that the mind thinks about when exhausted. Ha!

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