My Mother's Day

My Mother's Day weekend was filled with a few of my favorite things.....

Fresh flowers....3 bouquets to be exact.

Good food! Russell made one of my favorite dishes...roulades, homemade mashed potatoes, fresh asparagus, sauteed mushrooms...and cheesecake! From the Cheesecake Factory! We also had pizza! Yum!

It was also filled with handmade gifts and cards, as well as, store bought ones. I'm just as excited about Sophia's handmade gifts and I am my new watch.

And it was also filled with a quick trip to Target with Sophia and while there I was able to get Starbucks. White chocolate mocha!!!

It was also filled with family.

And last but not least, my favorite girl, Sophia! She is by far the most amazing thing I've ever done.

And the only reason I'm equipped to be a mom is because I had the greatest example for a mom. Thanks mom! You are the best!! I love you!

Will's Birthday Party

Cousin Will's birthday party was this past Fri. and we celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese. It would be Sophia's first time there and we weren't sure how she'd handle seeing the Big Cheese.

It was a little overstimulating at first. She was a little hesitant to go play the games.

 I was so excited for her to get to play this game. It was always my favorite growing up. But she wasn't a big fan.

Her favorites were all the mechanical rides.

And the games where you get to hit something.

All was going fine until she spotted Chuck E Cheese out on the games floor handing out free tickets.

She was not a big fan. But as soon as the coast was clear of him, she was back to playing.

Then it was time for pizza. Sophia's favorite!

She did cooperate enough to have a group shot with Chuck.

It was funny. About half way through the party, Sophia looked at me and said, "Mom, I love Chuck E. Cheese". I think she meant the games and rides. Not the costumed Chuck. :)

Happy birthday Will!!!

Great party!

May Birthdays

What a difference a year makes!

This was Sophia last year for May birthdays, unable to share her golf clubs.

And look at her now! She wants to sit at the kid table...no longer right next to mama.

Here's cousin Will, one of the May birthdays we're celebrating.

Uncle Jay, one of the other May birthdays

There's Uncle Tim! The other May birthday. We've already decided. No more May birthdays. So Aunt Amy and Aunt Robin...we're all in agreement? No more May babies right? We could use a March or July baby. :)

Sophia was trying to help Will with his card we got him. It plays music. It plays " We Will Rock You" by Queen and says "You Rock!".

In fact, Jack was very interested in that card.

Father and Son....Aren't they cute??!!

And then some of the fam went into the hot tub. It was like 50  degrees in May. Windy and COLD!!! And did I mention MISTY???? Sophia was one of them. I couldn't even sit outside to watch, it was so cold. I'm a cold weather wimp. Thanks family for helping me out by chasing around my almost 3 year old. And letting me nap.

Check out the steam!!!

And of course there was ice cream!!!

Then she went back in for more.

On a sidenote, my back is killing me. The only thing I can think of to cause this is sitting a lot on Saturday at our garage sale. Heating pads and ice packs are my new best friends. I'm only hoping that being on my feet for the next week will be a good thing.

Daddy's Little Helper

On Friday night, Sophia helped her daddy make some signs for the garage sale I was planning to have the following day. What a great little helper!

No pics of the actual garage sale. I mean, who wants to see our junk?? But can you say cha-ching? It was well worth the time and effort. Our total was $338. Now I get to buy the new pot/pan set I found on Amazon. We're at that point in our marriage where we're having to replace the items like pots, pans, appliances that we received as wedding presents...13 years in August.