You never know

So last night I got a call that my coworker hurt her back and they needed me to work on Tuesday morning. Yuk!! Not happy, because I need to finish gathering and planning for D's Easter party at school tomorrow. Oh well, at least it's only half a day so I should have plenty of time, but not enough time for some other plans I had..... I will just have to work it out I guess.
Anyway, daddy and the boys colored Easter eggs. The boys were in pure amazement at the eggs turning colors!! Daddy even stopped and got the coloring supplies by himself on his way home without me telling him....wow....I was so happy and so were the boys! I will post some pics maybe tonight of the coloring event!
The weather is in the 30's this morning....where is Spring?? But at least it is supposed to be near 70 tomorrow!! Great weather for the egg hunt at school!!!
Well just a short note, must get back to work so I can get out and finish my to do list...toodles.

Short and sweet

I am finally feeling back up to par after my 5 day dose of antibiotics, my steroid shot for my sinuses and some nasal spray! Ahhhhh, the sweet smell of air!! Wonderul!! Finally and thank goodness!!
I am amazed that I actually scrapbooked yesterday and did 11 pages in my wedding album! I am thrilled!! They are simple pages but have enough elegance for the wedding theme. I really like how it's turning out!! Now I just need to master scanning my small thumbnail prints that I never had printed and enlarge them to look decent and add to the album. I think this might slow me down slightly....but it's in progress and I'm thrilled to finally get going on it. It will look so much better than in the old peel and stick album that I had them in!!
Planning a family cookout for Sat. The weather is supposed to be nice and we get to enjoy our new covered patio we just had installed, it looks great!! No more sweltering heat shining down on us at 12 noon!!
I am also in plan mode for D's Easter party at school next week. They are having an egg hunt of course. I am also going to set up a relay race. It should be alot of fun, I just hope the weather cooperates!!
I am excited that I actually have Easter suits for the boys this year! Shamefully, I have never dressed them in an Easter suit! This year will be the first and they will look so handsome (if I do say so myself!!) One of the suits was given to us when D was a baby and has never been worn..it's a size 3T and B will be wearing it. Also a friend of mine just gave me a suit for D to wear, it is also brand new with tags and never been worn! My handsome little boys......it will definetely be a picture taking moment!!
Just finished watching " The Secret Life of Bees" It is a MUST SEE!! It was a wonderful movie and has such a great story line. I also felt it was so well put together and produced! I didn't feel like things were left out or over done in the movie...just beware...have the tissues ready is all I'm going to say! Such a wonderful movie. The entire cast was excellent and Dakota Fanning was totally awesome!!
That's about it for now! Off to finish up some emails and then off to bed. Toodles!!

The final few

Here are a few of the final pics from our trip. Of course I did take about 200 or so but I just tried to pic a few of my favs to post this time.
One of the nights was Pirate dress up night. the boys enjoyed it. The characters also dressed up around the ship.

Even Chip N Dale were dressed as Pirates!

The also had a pirate party on deck at 10pm. B couldn't make it and was asleep at 8pm. D did manage to stay up but just barely. He got back to our room with daddy in time to see the fireworks from our balacony that the ship shot into the sky. It was pretty cool.

Back to the first night of our cruise. It was the same night that the Space Shuttle was taking off. The Captain of the ship announced to everyone the time so we could all make sure we were up on deck to watch. They also gave a live feed on the giant TV screen on the ship. It was countdown time!

This is the space shuttle soaring up to space.

Here is a short video of the space shuttle.

This video is cool. It shows where the shuttle breaks apart from the boosters?? The part that falls back into the ocean.

Happy weekend to everyone. We are taking the boys to a musical theatre production today. I hope they enjoy it!

Cute kid- isms

I have seen this floating on FB and on a few blogs and have decided to post my own:

This is so cute to see the differences in D's answers ( a 5 yr old) and B's answer's ( a 3yr old)

1. What is something mom always says to you?
D: Eat your food
B: Hey

2. What makes mom happy?
D: Green lights at school
B: Tickling me

3. What makes mom sad?
D: Red and yellow lights
B: Crying

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
D: Tickling
B: Tickling

5. What did your mom like as a child?
D: Flowers
B: A girl toy

6. How old is your mom?
D: 11
B: 3

7. How tall is your mom?
D: 6 inches (wow...I am pretty short!)
B: This tall (showing me with his hand and arm).

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
D: Play with me
B: Computer (hee hee, boy he is observant!)

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
D: Go to stores with B and let him ride in my car seat
B: Be happy( Iasked him this twice because I thought he didn't understand the question...then he said adamantly....I want you to be happy!!) OK!

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
D: For doing good things
B: Don't know

11. What is your mom really good at?
D: Driving cars
B: Driving racecars

12. What is your mom not very good at?
D: Driving nascars
B: Crashing cars

13. What does your mom do for a job?
D: Help people feel better (Close!)
B: Clean up

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
D: Backyard sandwich (from Backyard burger....that's what he meant)
B: Taco Salad

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
D: Her helping people feel better
B: Eating food ( I think he thought the question was what do you do to make mom proud)

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
D: Snow white
B: Spiderman

17. What do you and your mom do together?
D: Go to places together
B: Play with cars

18. How are you and your mom the same?
D: Our bodies are the same, feet, legs, arms, tummies, cheeks.
B: We are light. Then he continues...you are light, I am light, D is light and Daddy is dark.

19. How are you and your mom different?
D: You wear earrings and have girl hair
B: Your eyes are green and mine are blue

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
D: You are very nice to me
B: You give me hugs

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
D: He has little hair and he is cute
B: Kisses

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
D: New Target
B: Store

This was fun. I would love to do it again in a few years and see what they say then!! I think I might also ask them the same questions about daddy!
In case you get distracted with this, I did post a few more pics below from our trip. Toodles.

FInally a few more

So I am finally posting a few pics. I have been under the weather this week, still fighting off the cold that I started when we headed out for our cruise! ugh!! I am now at the stage of almost coughing up a lung and talking like a frog!! Luckily, I just picked up some antibiotics and took the first dose...I am hoping for a better day tomorrow!!

Anyway....back to the pics. The weather was perfect for playing in the sand on the beach!

We thought the water was pretty cold, but of course it didn't phase the kids at all!

They also had on the island a very cool whale bone exibit where kids could uncover the whale spine and then dig for whale teeth.

Both boys found a tooth and got to have it logged in the "special whale bone tooth finding book" hee hee!

Daddy took Dev on a paddle boat ride. He had a great time. Although I have to admit watching from shore I was worried the boat would tip over with the difference in weight! But of course it didn't, thank goodness. B couldn't ride because you had to be 5 yrs old to ride.

The boys enjoyed getting a refreshing drink with Mimi and Gran J. I think Dev is signing his surfer dude signals....

B played King of the Sand Pile while D and Daddy were on the paddle boats.

I do have a few more pics I want to share, but that will be tomorrow or the weekend. Time to get the boys bathed and into bed. Toodles

Oh Yeah!! CONGRATS TO DAD FOR WINNING THE MUSTACHE CONTEST! His picture was actually on the news..the boys got a big kick out of seeing Papa on TV.

A short story and pics to share

When we first got on the the ship we found Mimi and Gran J at the welcome aboard party. The boys were very excited about seeing all the characters dancing around!

The trip started off a little rough though. At first we had a 1 1/2 hour delay leaving Memphis and we were worried if we would be able to catch our connection in ATL. It all worked out well though and we arrived smoothly at the ship. I woke up with a sore throat and got steadily worse throughout the day. My sinuses were driving me crazy and I was feeling terribly! My dinner time I left our meal early and took the boys back to our room. We initially had the late 8:15pm dinner seating (which we were able to change to the early one) the boys were exhausted from the long day and I was so sick. I ended up having a 101.5 fever!! YUK!! Then the next day I was feeling a little better but D woke up and threw up. I don't know if it was the excitement, the ship, or a virus. But luckily after that he was fine and never had anymore problems. My sinuses still weren't back to normal but I felt much better the rest of the trip. Our first day we docked at the Bahamas. The boys went to the kids camp while Mike and I did a little walking around and sight seeing. We then took a taxi over to see the Atlantis Resort....WOW it was so beautiful!!

Shortly after we got back to the ship from sight seeing our pager went off that B wanted to be picked up from Kids' camp. I think he didn't like being separated from his big bro. So we decided to go hang out at the pool. B was too funny. He enjoyed the water, but it took him awhile to swim in the black Mickey ears of the pool. Then after he did it I found out why....he thought the water was black! It was hysterical...he was telling me that he wasn't afraid of the black water anymore!

We let B have a little one on one time at the pool with Mommy and Daddy and then we went and picked up D and let him join the fun at the pool. He really enjoyed the kids camp. But because of the age groups they couldn't be together.

The second day the ship stopped at Disney's own personal island Castaway Cay. It was beautiful!! Donald first greeted us when we stepped on shore at Disney's island. B is still a little afraid of the characters but did great overall. Although, he wanted to know why none of them talk!

The boys were so excited about seeing the Pirate Ship that is at Disney's island. But they kept asking where the pirates were.

We had plenty of photo ops with the characters. We never waited longer than 4 or 5 people ahead of us for a pic. It was wonderful.

I have more pics to share. We had a wonderful time!! Bye for now......must get back to my to do list!!

Yes we are back

We had a great trip with a few unexpected bumps along the way. But had a wonderful time!!! I'll be back to share all about it when I get a chance. We are adjusting back to being home and headed out to a birthday party tonight.

WE LOVED THE DISNEY CRUISE!!!!

Happy 1 yr to my niece!!

My beautiful niece turned 1 yr old today! Wow how time flies....she truly enjoyed her party!!

The best part of course was the cupcake and her Mimi tried to even give her a 2nd after she ate the first...hee hee.....mommy stopped that of course!! :o)

I just had to post a pic of this project of teeth that D did at school. I thought it was so cute!! Just mini marshmallows in a construction paper mouth!! Adorable!! The marshmallows hardened too so the teeth are hard like real teeth!

At last but not least.....BON VOYAGE!!!!!!

See you in about a week!!

Can you say......2 more days!!!! whoo hoo!

Tonight after dinner the boys enjoyed a fabulous dessert! Chocolate teddy grahams dipped in cool whip.....

The boys are getting really excited about the trip and are just as excited just about the part about flying on an airplane!! I am going to spend the evening after they go to bed tonight ironing their clothes and repacking the suitcase. I am going to attempt to pack mine also...that way I will be prepared ahead. Tomorrow after work I'm headed to get a manicure and pedicure just in time for the trip. I have been saving my birthday gift certificate from my sis just for this occasion. I am also really pleased with my Jergens tanning lotion that I have been using this week. I have to say it has given me a nice bronze glow so I won't be to pastey white walking around in my summer attire!

Saturday will be busy with my neice's 1 yr birthday party! Can you believe it! This year has flown by. Then Dev is invited to a birthday party that afternoon. So there won't be too much time for packing on Sat. Just last minutes items and then up early on Sun for a 630am flight..bon voyage!!

I might try to post a couple cute 1 yr birthday pics before I leave, but no promises!

A leisure day

This pic is actually from Sunday. B fought taking a nap and when I went in to check on him, thinking he was still awake, I found this. Gotta love the backpack on his back while napping!

Today D was out of school so both boys stayed home with me and we visited the park and fed the ducks and geese. The boys had a great time even though they were a little scared. We then played on the playground awhile and ran some errands. We had a great day with beautiful weather!

I am shocked myself to know that I have both boys and myself packed already for the cruise. Well, I have everything picked out. I just have to iron it all before I pack it up. I am so relieved to have most everything together. This week is going to go by so fast. I have to work tomorrow because my coworker has pink eye. They called and asked, and I agreed. The good part is that it is only a 1/2 day. Although, B just woke up and has a fever. So, might have to find another plan for tomorrow if he is still running the fever. Hopefully daddy can stay home with him tomorrow. We thought it was strange when he didn't want to eat his dinner! He always likes to eat!! I guess now we know why! :( He really hasn't had any other symptoms, so I'm not sure what to think just yet.

My neice turns 1 yr old on Saturday!! I can't believe how time has flown by!! I'm glad we get to go to her party before we go out of town.

The boys are counting down the days till our cruise and so are we.....yippee!!

The weekend is almost here

I bought this cute little book for D while I was away in STL. He really enjoys drawing so I thought this book would be good. It tells him what to draw on specific pages and you put the date so you can keep up with when he drew them.

This is an example:

I'm loving the facial hair even though Mike hasn't had any for awhile now..:-)

I'm not sure how this resembles our family car but it's too cute!! I wonder if it's him driving?

Our behavior ticket system is working very well. We had a few issues....B's school switched to a red, yellow, green light system and the 1st day B got a red and a yellow the second day. I had quite a few talks with the director because it all didn't add up and to make it short, the yellow day should of been green but their was miscomminication between the teachers...UGH!! I was furious because I didn't let him have a treat from the store for his tickets or get a lollipop that night and he really should have!!! But I think it's all getting settled now and the teachers are communicating better and they have a more standardized system...at least so far. B has now gotten 2 green lights in a row and I'm so happy. He even told me tonight that "we don't say bad words because it makes people sad" He is such my sweetie pie!!

So on Monday when D got to cash in some tickets at the store he actually used HIS ticketst to buy B a present. And then today when B cashed in his tickets he bought D a gift. Who would of thought they would work so hard for the tickets and then use them to buy each other something....it was so sweet!! Here is what they got each other!

I participated in a Pay it Forward from JJ's blog. She is paying it forward from a gift she received and now I am receiving a gift from her. I am going to continue the pay it forward from my blog once I decide on what I want to give.....I got my mail today!! :o)

Sorry for the bad lighting pics, but I got the greatest homemade note cards! I love them, especially knowing they were made for people that she didn't even know who would recieve them. I can't wait to use them!! They are truly special cards to me!

Strangely enough, I had someone else be especially kind to me today. This was before I knew I had received these cards in the mail. A coworker was helping me move a bed at work and we found a dime on the floor. He offered for me to have it and we discussed back and forth who could have it. So I then said I would take it home for my boys and that they love to get "coin" money. They haven't realized yet that the paper is actually worth more! Anyway I was saying I had two boys and then he reached in his pocket and gave me a quarter so that I would have a coin for each boy. It really touched my heart. It wasn't much, but it was so thoughtful and I felt so blessed. These days I think people overlook simple everyday kindness in the hustle of the world, it was a great day!

I am looking forward to the weekend, the weather is supposed to be really nice. The only downfall is that I need to go bathing suit shopping for our cruise in 10 days and that is NEVER fun in my world!! Same old shape and same old story.....hee hee. Oh well I will just keep picturing THIS!!!

Good times

Daddy did take the boys out in the snow while I was gone. You can see the two boys here (just barely...it's not mommy quality pics) but it is a pic of snow and the boys in the snow....;0)

I have tons of pics of the arch in STL but always feel I have to take a pic every time I am there.

We had a great time chatting and catching up on things. I am so glad that I got a chance to see some great friends while I was there!

Thanks to my great friends Crystal and Rodney also for allowing me to stay at their house one extra night unexpectedly due to the weather!

Lots of laundry to do today, grocery store trip and I need to start gathering clothes for our cruise in only two weeks!!! Busy, busy...it's supposed to be in the 70's the weekend! I know the boys will be happy to get back outside... I see a trip to the park in our future!! ;-)