What do you want for Mother's Day?!

Usually I don't ask for anything on Mother's day- I just let the kids and Chet give me whatever they want from their little hearts... but this year- I'm asking for something!:) I saw these cute little vintage aprons-

and WANT one. I was thinking about asking for my b-day, but I'm an "I want it now" person, and that is when I remembered Mothers Day!! I found a few other sites with darling aprons. I've never been a big apron person- but these have sold me!!

Check out: Carolyn's Kitchen, Jessie Steele Aprons, and Sommer Designs. Very, very cute aprons:)

Let me know if you know of any cute apron sites... and I'll check them out before I put in my demand to Chet!

Milk-- it does a body good....

but what does it do to the eyes??? One will never know- I guess that is what carrots are for.

Anyways- I had to post this because for the last week every morning and every night, Ethan asks for milk so he can grow big and ride his skate board. My mom pulled 2 skate boards out of her neighbors trash, and my boys have not put them down since. However, Ethan cannot stand on it just yet without face planting.

So, he drinks milk every morning and night in hopes that he will last longer then 2 nano seconds.

He is determined- that much WE KNOW! And if you currently ask him where he got a number or scrapes and bruises oh him, he will just say, "The skateboard did it"

All about mom's!

Since we are on the topic of mom's I thought I would share 2 websites that I absolutely love:)

edit: The links were not working when I tried. They kept adding my blog address to the link address-- so if you can't get to it by directly clicking on it, then just copy and paste, or delete my blog address from the address in the page it brings up when you click on it. The "work" to do that is worth it:)

The first is: www.nomommysperfect.com . Seriously- this site is awesome! I know that as moms we so often will think we are not good enough, are we doing right by our kids, is this right or is that way better? And for each child, the answer may differ, we just have to remember that Mom's are not perfect, and as long as we are making progress, then we need to enjoy the journey instead of beating ourselves up about what we could have done better. Just learn and keep going with a smile:)

My next fun mommy site is www.5minutesformom.com . There are just a bunch of fun give aways and a bunch of fun sites run by mom's and mommy blogs! Play around and you're sure to find something fun:)

Happy bithday to the one and only... MY MOM!..and Minniekins

Today (April 21st) is my mom's b-day! Last year Minnie decided to come into this world and share Grandma's birthday date! We went to Benihana's to celebrate (which we have done every year, for everyone's b-day since we were tykes) The food was amazing as always and the best company in town! :) My mom is the best mom in the world- and don't you love mom's- because we all think that about our own. She has raised 6 girls .... and let me tell you- 6 girls in the same house- all PMS'ing at the same time is NOT easy! I credit everything to her that I'm good at domestically. She is a great example and loves so unconditionally. She has always been there for me when I need her. She is good at seeing a need and filling it- and she will take my kids anytime, any place, anywhere if she feels like I need a little break. My kids adore her and always want to be at Grandma's house:) And so do I! I love you Mom! (Minnie is pretty great too:)) P.S - my mom is one of the best lunch dates around!!

Here is Minnie and Erin in their matching dresses for the night (Thank's to Sam's club!)



Chet and the gang! My kids love their daddy!! When ever he gets home from work it is always DADDY'S HOME! DADDY'S HOME!!! -- tonight it was DADDY'S HERE! DADDY'S HERE!! Since Chet met us at the restaurant after work.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM AND MINNIE! THANKS FOR THE GREAT NIGHT!

And it is in season!

Yes, that's right- Blue Bell's FUDGE BROWNIE NUT is back in season and here for summer time!! Whooo-hooo:) I can down 3 of these (1/2 gallon) bad boys in 1 weekend! Yes- I can! Anyone want to challenge that?? Bring IT ON!

And after 3 hours of very hard labor - we have....

Our new kids garden! :) We'll see how the flowers grow before adding more!

April showers bring May flowers... we hope!

Last summer my mom had a great idea about having a "kids" garden in our back yard. So, this summer we are keeping up the tradition. Today Erin and my mom went to go pick out flowers and tomorrow morning we will take out the old, turn the soil and plant the new! Let's hope for a prettier garden this year... last year it didn't get watered that much... maybe because it was the "kids" garden I didn't feel like it was my responsibility to water it... so- maybe that is why I haven't let my kids experiment with pets yet-- because I would feel like it wasn't my responsibility to feed the pet-- and then we would have lots of dead animals on our hands-- better a dead flower then dead animal:) This year- is looking a littler brighter- apparently as a parent YOU STILL have a responsibility to teach your kids how to take responsibility- instead of just seeing what they do. Oooooopppppssss! I'm still learning:)

Here is Ethan with his proud shovel and wagon full of flowers to be planted.


Is this not the perfect size broom for a child!? I'm ALL about child labor-- and this so happened on accident. This is an adult broom- but one day I was sweeping outside and it just snapped in 2. I wish I could say it was the weights- but it was really just the rust. Anyhow- I kept it because it makes for a perfect kids broom! The other half was quickly thrown away when I found Ethan using it as a Power Rangers weapon (which will be a post of it's own one day!)

Erin and Dante were unavailable for photos as Dante was at the library with Chet doing his homework and Erin was having dinner at my moms with her old favorite babysitter (who is in town for the weekend)

Ps- the contest is still going on:)