YUCK!

Stella spent Wednesday night with Allison and Karter. Being the scavenger that she is, she must have found some of the foil wrapped candy the boys got from the egg hunt on Saturday because she woke me up in the middle of the night last night puking. This morning, I found she had puked big globs of foil in three different spots. When she was little and would puke, I'd rush her into my bathroom so it was easier to clean up. Evidently that lesson stuck because she puked (mostly) in the bathroom. Poor baby!

Mother's Day

I had a busy Mother's Day weekend with the boys. Allison had to work and Karter went paddlefishing so Grandma filled in. They can be monsters like all kids but they were pretty darned good this weekend :)

We had dinner at their house yesterday, I brought the main course, Ellen brought potatoes and a salad and Paul made dessert. They stopped and got my mother and brought her out as well.

Karter and the boys went out yesterday afternoon and got Allison and I each a bouquet of fresh flowers and my girls got me an I-Pad. How sweet and generous is that and how spoiled am I??

My Mom was thrilled with her Amazon gift cards. She uses them to buy books for her Kindle and she's a reading machine!

The Ultimate Two Year Old Compliment

Tom-Tom has always been a little hesitant about me when I come to visit. Breaks my heart but I try not to take it personally. It usually takes my whole visit before he's semi comfortable with me.
Luckily, this trip he warmed up much quicker. At one point a few days before I went home, he and I were sitting beside each other on the couch watching TV. He reached his pudgy little hand over and patted me on the belly and said, "Good boy, Grumma."
It sure made my day!

Thirty-one Minutes!

OK, so there are a lot of things I hate about living in Minot. However, I left my house at 9:11 this morning, stopped at the post office to mail a package, stopped in at the credit union for some cash and went to Hobby Lobby to pick up a few things. I pulled back into my garage at 9:42 AM. Thirty-one minutes! I LOVE that!

Round Headed Boys!!!

I'm leaving for Connecticut in the morning and can't wait to see the boys!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Thomas will accept me immediately this time. One can always hope, right? :) I think maybe some candy in my pocket might help.

Rock On!!

I got reserved tickets for the girls and I to see Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow in July. Our seats are right in front of Patty & Roger, Cindy & Ray and Tom & Deb!! Can't wait!

Dog Sh*t!!!

Ya know, I don't mind cleaning up after my dog. It's part of having a dog. I'm very diligent about cleaning up after Stella at least every other day but usually I do it daily. I don't mind. Really. Now that the snow is finally melting, I kept seeing what appeared to be many piles of the stuff, so I had to go out and investigate. Luckily I had a poop bag and a pair of disposable rubber gloves in my pocket. There were at least 12 piles of it and they were in a spot that Stella can't even reach. Now there's just something about cleaning up someone elses's dog's shit that I mind. Really.