Zoo Day!

Today was Tre's kindergarten classes trip to the zoo. We had a ton of fun. I got paired up with my neighbor and her son so the 4 of us just roamed around. I got to go with Haiden's class when he went, it is a fun "mom" day with just me and them. I took a ton of pictures of the animals but I didn't think you needed to see all of them (and if you do, go to the zoo!!) I wanted to bring the monkey home with me but it didn't happen :( I guess I have 4 monkeys of my own though so I can't complain.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREA!!!!!

Just a quick shout out to my punk sister Andrea! Hope you have a fantastic birthday!!

1st game lost!

Tonight Haiden's team lost their first game of the season. Haiden was obviously very disappointed. It is so hard to see the kids so upset. How do you tell them (and make them understand) that it is totally ok to loose, that everyone makes mistakes, that in the grand scheme of things it really isn't that big of a deal. Obviously I can't tell him that I actually think it is good for them to loose once in a while, that I think it teaches them to be more humble and that now they know how all the other teams that played them have felt. The kids play the same team again on Wednesday and I hope that as a parent my nervousness does not rub off on him. I just want him to have fun and be confident.

My day.

Well, some days are better than others, what else can I say?
First, Hines chewed my brand new shoe (which was a replacement for my other sandal that he ruined):Then (and this isn't bad, funny actually) Haiden threw his sticky guy on the ceiling and it stuck really good! I had to climb on a chair to pull him off, all the while Haiden is worried that I am going to pull it apart!Then one of the kids put sunscreen in my scentsy burner. I didn't think to take a picture of that.

Last (well so far last, it is only 4:30 afterall), I was cleaning downstairs and Raegan had put my drink in her play fridge, not knowing I bumped it and the drink spilled all down my leg and on the carpet.
Sigh. Tomorrow is another day right?!?!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!

I just wanted to tell all the mom's out there HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!! I hope you have an amazing day! (try to ignore the nose picking - ew!)

My fantastic husband.

I absolutely love sitting in my office listening to Darrin drum and sing. I find reasons to stay upstairs so that I can listen to him (maybe this is why my kids are always doing something that they shouldn't!). It is one of the things that I just love about him. He has a great voice and is a good drummer too! I think it is relaxing for him - a good way to de-stress after a long day at work.

Broken Tooth

Well, I had to go pick Haiden up from school today. He broke his front tooth. Of course it has to be one of his permanent ones! And it is not even a fun story he can tell his kids, he hit his head on his desk trying to think of something to write... hmmm... What next?

Here is the fixed tooth. They just glued the broken piece back on. Hopefully it will stay on!

Who says money doesn't grow on trees!

Ok, so it doesn't really... My sister thought it would be good to post "how to make a money tree" on my blog. This is a great gift for weddings. It is a fun way to give the new couple money - and you can giggle knowing that they have to unwrap every single dollar!

First, get a pot.

Get some Styrofoam and put it in the bottom of the pot - leave an inch or so from the top of the pot.


Put a dowel in the styrofoam.

Put some change on top just so it looks cute - plus it will help hold everything down.

Now the fun starts. Grab some dollars. I use $1, $2 and $5 bills, you can use whatever you want but you will need quite a bit so start small and see how far you get. Anyway, pinch them in the middle then wrap some plant wire around and twist.


You will need a round styrofoam ball for the top of the tree. Push the dollars into it and just fill fill fill.



Here's the finished product. As I said, this makes a great wedding gift, especially if you have a lot of people go in on it. You can put as much or as little on it as you want. You just have to watch what size ball you get for the top of your tree hehe the bigger it is the more money you will need to put on it.

Clinic Day!

Raegan did pretty good at clinic today - she only cried for a minute when they put her tube in. I think little by little she is getting more used to having it put in. Her counts are too good (again) but they are not going to raise her chemo until we check her counts in 2 weeks. Other than that she is good. She acts good, she looks good etc. Of course we start steroids today so that stinks. Oh well, such is life!

CONGRATS ADRI!

Super big congrats to my pal Adrienne. She found out that she is PREGNANT! I am crossing my fingers that she gets twin boys!!!!

Pinewood Derby

Darrin, Haiden and Uncle Rick worked really hard on Haiden's derby car. Doesn't it look awesome! He didn't win, he was about middle of the pack (of 18 cars). I am proud of how hard they all worked on it. Darrin already has ideas on how to improve next years design.