Train Ride

Choo, Choo! We headed off to a kid's dreamland. A miniture train that travels around on a real track, with a real live smoke coming off the stack and room for plently of kids.

We had a blast and will always remember the place that let us dream!

Saturday Morning

So here is an example of a typical Saturday morning at our house. . . or not:-) Upon waking up we realize our cat 'Tex' looks to have a broken front paw. So we call the vet and make a emergency appointment. We are in route to get him in by 8am so we can still meet our plan of going on a train ride at 10am with our family.

We are all set and just have to get Andy and Tex in the car and off to the vet. Then Andy realizes that he forgot the keys in the house. So I run and get them, BUT the door is locked. Plus I did such a good job of locking up the house the night before when we were out, that there is only one window open. The window is barley over 1 foot tall! So we take Garrett out of the car and push him through the window. Then we tell him how to unlock the door. (The only door that has a lock that he didn't know how to open.) Then they are off to the vet!

Now we have survived two incidents, but they come in threes. So while they are gone I find the third. Somehow the downstair's bathroom has flooded. As I cleaned it up I try to figure out what caused it to flood. But I didn't find the answer by the time we had to leave. I still wonder how it happened but that will have to wait for another Saturday morning.

Happy Birthday Mya

Happy Birthday Mya! This morning I frantically tried decorate Mya's birthday cake for daycare. I wanted to put leaves, cut out of fruit roll ups on the lollipop flowers. What I thought would be a simple decoration to add to the cake, turned out to be a big sticky long mess. But, when it was done I felt happy that I took the time to create this one of a kind cake. Even if it didn't turn out so pretty. But I as got the cake pan back I could tell at least the kids liked it.

When to wear a swimsuit?

As it was nearing naptime at our house Mya, almost 2, was having a difficult time winding down. We sat in her bed and read many stories, we turned on soothing music, plus we turned on the fan. So as I left her bedroom and shut the door, she whined for a little bit. In five minutes she was quite. Curiously, I check in on her. This is how I found her.

She removed her bedding, her clothes and diaper. She then searched through her dresser to find her beloved swimsuit before falling asleep on the floor!

First Play date

Garrett had his first play date this past weekend. I should preface this, first play date without mom. My neighbor and her two kids picked up Garrett on their way to the park. Garrett and his friend Jake, upon telling them they were off to the park started to run! They were free:-) As they were running I imagined them 5 years from now running off to their next adventure (without any moms). Just as I remember myself, living each day exploring the world until my mom called me in for dinner.