Duluth

We went camping 2 weeks ago on Sandy Lake and ended up heading to Duluth the next day. Camping was fun but the nights were WAY too cold. We LOVED Duluth and I think we may go again this Summer. It is SO beautiful and peaceful! Both kids had a great time and despite being sick, I really enjoyed myself as well. I would love to find another single mom to go on weekends like this with or camping. It actually did not bother me too much this time. It seems I always want someone else to talk to/share these things with but Cody is getting older and he really understands and remembers a lot of what we do now so it seems more rewarding for lack of a better word. This picture is of us on the riverboat cruise we took of Lake Superior.

I forgot how much fun a garden can be...

Cody has been asking me for at least a month now if we can plant flowers and carrots. We have a small square of "dirt" next to our small patio in back of our townhouse. This is my project as the area is a MESS... tons of weeds and weird growths... TRASH under the soil... GROSS. So, this morning I bought some really good soil and Cody and I spent the last hour or so digging up that area. We will do more tonight when we get back home after school. I bought carrots and will start those once I get all of the soil right. We won't be able to start tomatoes and flowers for a month or so I am guessing but it will be ready and look better. We are going to buy a "fence" to put around the edge of the garden today or tomorrow. Cody and Adrienne both have gardening gloves and a little tillers and shovels. 

We also bought a birdfeeder last week and I am having a picnic table specially made to fit on my small patio! I am excited! I found several guys on craigslist that build childrens picnic table and one of them is going to custom build me a small area but standard height picnic table. I haven't decided if I will just stain it or paint it?? Any ideas?

Guess what I am getting?

a treadmill! A super nice treadmill with a fan and stereo and all! I am super excited and it is supposed to be delivered on Tuesday morning so I hope to be excercising Tuesday evening. If I am brave enough, I might post some before pics and then pics once a month to show my progress... we will see! ;-)

Beautiful day today!

It started off very cloudy, cold and foggy and I had little hope for the day but true to the weather predictions, it did indeed clear up and it is sunny and in the 50s now. I even opened the windows for a bit to let some fresh air in.

Cody started speech yesterday

and he really likes the therapist. Our goal is to get him articulating correctly by kindergarten and the therapist things this might be possible. Cody thinks it is fun and he will be going twice a week at our local hospital.

snow, snow and more snow

did I mention snow? and bitter cold? I am SICK of Minnesota right now! YIKES! Spring? Spring? Where are you Spring?

Seriously, I hope you all are having better weather than we are!

What an exhausting day...

I took Cody to Space Aliens today which was A LOT of fun. Adrienne had a playdate with her friend Ella while we were there. We went back and the kids played for awhile with Ella and her siblings and then we all went swimming together at our local community center. The kids had a BLAST but I am so exhausted! LOL Here are some pics of them today. Cody and the Hannah rarely stayed still long enough for pics but Hannah's grandpa pushed all of the kids on the tire swing and they LOVED it! I wa a little nervous when he put Adrienne on it but she hung on just fine full of smiles!

Sydney or CeCe

Amber got a new dog... a little Malti-Poo who is the sweetest thing! She had A LOT of problems naming her and it reminded me of how many times I changed names while pregnant with Adrienne LOL. The dog's name is now Sydney or CeCe for short. She said that her kids both love the dog and after my kids saw pictures of her, they love her too (and want one LOL). Now Cody has started asking about Kearah frequently and we emailed Aunt Carole to ask for more pics of Kearah. We are planning a trip to St. Louis next month and plan on seeing Kearah then (Cody wouldn't let us not ;-)

TV

Sometimes, tv can really be a good thing. Both of my kids seem pretty well rounded... they enjoy playing games inside, playing with toys, playing outside and TV (and Cody likes video games also) but we could a good varierty of everything and have started playing a boardgame every evening.

Cody really likes Spongebob, Curious George and Tom and Jerry and is starting to like Batman and Spiderman a little. Adrienne still likes Elmo as well as Wubzy, Kai-lan, and Miss Spider but her all time favorite is WINNIE THE POOH. It was always one of my favorites and I remember introducing Cody to it and he never got into it. Adrienne likes the new Tigger and Pooh show but LOVES the classic Pooh movies. They were my favorite too so I enjoy watching her watch them and it makes me smile to see how she loves him like I did ;) Here is a picture of her and how she "relaxes" while watching Pooh...

The birthday party

So, we went to a birthday party on Saturday for one of Cody's friends and the kids had fun DESPITE the fact that Cody slipped on a wet floor and face planted creating a large knot/bruise and later black eye AND the fact that Adrienne somehow ingested another child's chocolate milk and puked all over me and then later in her carseat. They truly did have fun though and here are the pics to prove it. ;-)

eBay

ripped holes in his last pair of no-hole jeans! LOL He has never been to rough on his clothes and I have always been able to resell them but that is getting harder and harder LOL. I am still able to sell quite a bit though and always have something on eBay for sale. EBay made a lot of changes in the past year that have NOT been good but it is still a good source of extra income for me and I am busy today listing a bunch of things so that I can use the money to buy Cody new jeans :-) After Adrienne wakes up from her nap, I am going to go get a movie called CHANGELING I have on hold at our local redbox.

Cody

Guess what I did today? REGISTERED Cody for KINDERGARTEN!!! YIKES! Where did they time go? My baby boy really is becoming all grown up. I had to fill out about 9 pages of stuff and send one to his Dr and will have to have one notarized. I am registering him out of district and the school that I work at (very good school) but am still hoping to be in Orlando by the time he actually starts. I will be working on my resume this weekend and starting the search full throttle!

Haven't updated in awhile!

Both of my babies have had birthdays since my last update! I can't believe they are 5 and 2 now. They both had very nice birthdays so here are some pics for you!