Happy Birthday, Mom!

My mother was the first of 3 children.

She is the only girl with two younger brothers.
She was born in New York and raised there until she was 13.
At the age of 13 she moved from New York to the Midwest.
I don’t think she has ever gotten used to that move, as her heart is still in New York.  

Here she is as Miss Indiana in a roller skating competition.

Wasn't she hot stuff?!

 She was an incredible roller skater.

I can remember going to the roller skating rink as a kid and watching her do her thing.

I don’t think I was ever as good as she was. Well, I know I wasn’t. It’s just one of her many talents.

My mother has the best heart and will do anything for anyone.

She is one of my best friends.

She has picked me up each time I have fallen, dusted me off and encouraged me to back on my feet.

The best part of having her as my mom, is my kids having her as a grandmother. 

And they simply adore her!

I’m blessed to be her daughter; she's the greatest and I love her dearly.

xoxo

What a busy weekend....

Saturday night the Superhero celebrated his 8th birthday with his friends playing Laser Tag!

There was so much going on that I failed to take any photos.

BUT

I did manage to get a photo of the cake!

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Bedroom Makeover for the Princess

This project remains a work-in-progress

My husband is on labor duty and I am on shopping duty!

Sunday morning I headed out with the older two kids to pick out the perfect shade of pink.

This ended up being much more difficult than I had imagined. There are SO many shades of pink!!The Princess and I picked out what we thought would be just the right color.

Oh.My.Gosh.

It looks like bubble gum is splattered all over the walls! 

Each time we enter the room we feel like we are entering a candy store on crack.

Would you like a lollipop?

The most important thing, though, is that my little girl absolutely adores it.

She is in love with the color.

Whenever we have guest over, she immediately directs them to her room to show off the new color.

 She is so proud of it.

I suppose it does fit her personality. It is bold, loud and sassy!!

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Mr. Monkey is experiencing some major ear pain.

Poor little guy has the worst ears.

He had tubes put in both ear canals over a year ago and it appears that we are headed back to the O.R.

He keeps his little finger in his ear and says "it hurs momma, it hurs".

OH.MY.GOSH.

Breaks my heart.



Happy Birthday, Superhero!

This kid is 8years old today.
Wow, it is amazing how fast those years have gone by.
Before I know it he will be driving and dating.
I think I want the next 8 years to go by in s-l-o-w mode please!!!

Party Time

In my previous post, Wordless Wednesday ~ Take a Ride with Us,
we were heading off to my niece’s first birthday party.
And what a fabulous party it was!


A sweet picture of the birthday girl with him mom and dad.
Aren't they the cutest???

My polka dot Princess with her polka dot Cousin.
Such sweet little girls.

The Superhero loves his little cousin very much.



That's me, Auntie KeeKee with the birthday girl!!

Wow, they are so handsome.
Love my boys!

My mother-in-law with her two granddaughters.

And again with her oldest grandson.Fun, Fun, Fun!And just one more of the birthday girl.

This photo was taken by the Princess, didn’t she do a good job??!!

I copied and pasted most of the photos from my sister in law,
the birthday girl’s Momma.
I know she won’t mind…but I had to give credit where credit is due!

It was a lovely party and we had a fabulous time.


Happy First Birthday to my sweet and adorable niece!!
We love you so much!!!

My niece is one

My, oh so adorable, niece is celebrating her very first birthday this month!
So I thought I'd post a few photos of the first time we held her.

And, here is the proud Momma with her sweet daughter

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I love shopping for her and cannot wait for her big party!

Happy, Happy Birthday beautiful girl!

Ahhhh, It’s Spring Time

Warm sunny weather, Check

Kids outside playing, Check

Baseball season is here, Check

It's finally spring!

We have had beautiful weather the past two days,

sunny and temps in the upper 60s.

It was an amazing, fun filled, busy weekend.

Saturday we started the day super early

(this was not my choice)

the superhero and monkey decided to wake up at 5:00am.

Let me just say,  that is way too early to begin the day with a busy 2 year old.

Mr. Superhero went to a friend’s birthday party later that morning, laser tag!

He was so excited to go.

While he was busy shooting or getting shot at, I met my mom at Stride Rite.

Why do kid’s shoes cost soooo much money?

Our adventure in the shoe store was simply that, an adventure.

They were extremely busy with limited help.

The monkey and princess were running around trying on different shoes and playing with puzzles. Mr. Monkey met 3 little people that were just his size and age, they were triplets!

Here are just two of the shoes that were purchased for the princess...

After all the excitement that comes with shoe shopping,

my mother took the little two home with her for nap time.

I picked up the superhero from his party and we went to Moe's for a lunch date.

While at Moe’s, I became slightly upset with a minor situation that occurred while I was paying. After we took our seat, my superhero looked at me and simply asked

“Geez mom, do you have to be so dramatic?”

Thanks babe for putting me in my place….I guess I need that sometimes.

Once home, the superhero and his dad ventured under the house. 

I think it is so adorable to watch the Superhero crawl down into that tiny crawl space.

I had a flash back to when he was just 2 years old.

It was the first time he ever went under the house.

He wasn't scared or freaked out.

Ever since that day, if his dad has to go under the house, he is right behind him! 

 

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Later we went to my mother’s house to celebrate my niece’s 2nd birthday.

She and the monkey are exactly 2months and 1day apart in age.

We don’t get to see each other that often, as they live out of town.

 The monkey kept wanting to blow out the birthday candles.

Here's the birthday girl with her Momma.

I just love this photo.

The girls thought they were Hot Stuff b/c the monkey was pushing them

and

the monkey thought he was Hot Stuff because he was able to push them!

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I ended my Saturday with only kiddo at home.

The superhero spent the night with my grandparents,

 and the princess spent the night with my mother

So, it was just the monkey home with me and the hubs.
By the time I headed into bed my house was cleaned and I was exhausted.

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Sunday morning the monkey slept in a lil’ longer than Saturday morning, 

waking up at 5:45.

Yeah!

Sunday was an even more beautiful day than Saturday.

The kids played outside together and the hubs worked on projects all day.
The superhero was a huge help with the outdoor work.

I only added this pic b/c the monkey has been sitting like this for as long as I can remember.

This is his favorite position....I do believe he might be a catcher someday.

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Tonight the princess and I went to the grocery store together and had some quality girl time.

She took her baby doll, Coco, and the baby stroller.

She was so adorable pushing her baby in the stroller.

She would stop to sooth her baby when she began to cry, which was quite often.

She learned how difficult it can be to eat a cookie while pushing a stroller and having to feed your baby all at the same time.

She did a very good job.

 I do believe she will make a fabulous mother some day.

I am so ready for spring weather and so thankful that it is finally here.

Hope you are having warm, sunny weather as well.

Party Time for the Princess

This past weekend, we celebrated this sweet little girls special day!
PARTY TIME!!! I think the Superhero beat his father down the slide!

HeeHee ~ Mr. Monkey is soooo funny!
He had so much fun at this party.

The Monkey is already flirting with his sister's friends!

There I am in the middle of a boxing match with my cousin!

I'm pretty sure she kicked my butt!!

Such Pretty Girls ~ I *Love* this Photo
What a *Handsome* Superhero

My Princess

After she opened a present she would say

"Now can I have another one please"

I would shoot her a look

and without saying a word she knew I was thinking "Stop that!"

because she simply replied "What? I said Please!"

Happy 4th Birthday, Princess!!!

Enjoy the video that the Father created for the Princess!

*Listen for her to say "Now can I have another one".*