MOPS Rodeo Parade

I got to be in my first parade at the beginning of the month. MOPS partnered with Bounce Central, a local bounce house place where kids can jump around on inflatable jumpers while their moms hope to enjoy the company of another mom friend, and we got to be on a float in the parade. So exciting. I love the small town of Ellensburg. We got to pass out candy to the people watching, and hopefully we brought some new moms in to our group.

Today was our first meeting of the 2011/2012 year and it went spectacularly! Lincoln was not a fan of staying in child care but he never has been and I will just keep trying until he thinks it's fun. Mommy doesn't like wrangling a fussy buns while she is trying to spend adult time with her friends. Anyway back to the meeting, it was great, did I say that yet? My table had three new moms at it and three who I already know and get along with well. My mentor mom is the same one I had last year and I am just stoked that this year is going to be so awesome.

Cowboy Lincoln pre-bath, about 5 seconds before he peed on the floor, oops!

Getting a front row seat

Me and Danielle passing out candy, I guess I was very focused

Dylan in the black hat

Danielle from the back

Lincoln sleeping at the fair

Brothers

I guess I didn't take many actual pictures from the fair, my bad. We had a fun time though and ate plenty of fair food to last us a while :)

Comments

To Infinity and Beyond

Well beyond five years that is. February 22 marks our first date and somehow Shane even remembered that. Since I feel like a crumb-bum of a wife lately I set up a special little thing to show him how much these last five years have actually meant to me. (I get that it isn't our wedding anniversary but any day can be special so I wanted to make this special too) I wrote him a little love letter and put out five things that are meaningful in our relationship together, quite the mishmash if you ask me, but it works. In no particular order: 1. Motley Crue - We we to our first concert together over the summer to see Shane's favorite band and I got to get my 80's on while he got to relive the glory days. 2. The Spiderwick Chronicles - We went to see this movie with our nephews for our first official date. I think it's sweet that now the boys watch it all the time. 3. Coffee - We have shared many conversations, hours, and events all while drinking coffee. We both love it ...

Do's and Don'ts of Birthdays and Parties

My oldest son just turned 7 and since we are watching every cent going out I tried to be as creative as possible when coming up with the birthday of a life time (until next year). Do: Make Them Feel Important Without Spending Money Waffles with chocolate syrup for breakfast are ok on a special day like this! (I love using a pizza cutter to slice waffles and pancakes for the little guys, especially Lincoln who is still learning to feed himself with a fork) Measuring on the wall of fame, we only write on it once a year now to make it exciting. Dylan grew about 3.25 inches in one year! This momma gets tired quicker than ever being 30+ weeks pregnant and chasing after a rowdy toddler so I didn't do the fanciest cakes (remember the volcano cake from birthday 4 or the mint chocolate chip cupcakes from last year) but I did find some cute stickers that have been in the house for years, put a matching one on both sides of a flat tooth pick and voila, cupcakes to compete with the best ...

Sisters

Who knew that when I was a kid, forced to share a room with my arch enemy, that one day I would grow up and have an automatic best friend? I finally realize how important siblings are in your life as I watch my boys play together. Yes I make them share and play together and take care of each other. They will always be around no matter how sad or angry you make them. Heck I sat on my sister when she was inside a sleeping bag and my friends and I used to tease her *Jackie, she is so tacky...* but I think she's forgiven me. She came for an overnight trip last week to meet Warner and to help me out around the house when Shane first went back to work and I couldn't be happier to have her in my life. I can text or call or facebook her any time to tell her a funny story or ask her for advice. We're even attempting to take all of our combine 5 kids (three under two!) on an 800+ miles on way road trip in a few weeks. I didn't appreciate all the family time when I was younger b...

Free Range on Fairview

Search This Blog