happy valentines day

This year for Tyler's Valentines I wanted to do more than just your run of the mill character card and sucker. So while indulging in my new guilty pleasure (Pinterest!) I stumbled upon the cutest idea complete with free printable. It was pretty inexpensive and quite easy (slightly time consuming) and totally worth it. I am quite pleased with my self and very happy at how they turned out. Can't wait to see what I find next year!

show n tell

Last week Tyler came home with the Show N Tell bag from school. I'd like to say its his favorite thing but in all honesty there is NOTHING he doesn't love about school. This was his third time for Show N Tell so he knew the drill, pick 2-3 items to share with the class. Normally I help him out picking out what to bring (he has his favs so tends to pick the same thing) but he has been such a Mr. Independent when he took off with the bag to his room I decided to leave him alone. About 10 minutes later he come out, bag in tow, and I open it up.... "I emptied my whole top shelf in there Mama" he says. Sure enough... I couldn't help but just laugh.....

fashionably late, but I'm here....

Well I have set a lot of goals for myself for 2012 (probably too many per usual) and one of them is to blog more. So, an entire month has seemed to have passed my by and not one single blog? Clearly went way too fast. Onward and upward....

Saturday night Tyler began a cough and by Sunday night had turned into a lovely "barking" cough accompanied by fever. Lovely. Monday morning he wakes at up 5:30 am hacking up a lung (after I've already listened to him cough his poor little lungs out all night) fever still there. No work for this mama and no Miss Sandy's for Ty. I shouldn't complain, we've been blessed that this is his first time catching something all cold n flu season. Thankfully his doctor had an opening first thing that morning. Sure enough: ear infection accompanied by nasty cold virus. I am also thankful my kid can take cheapo amoxicillin because we were starting a round right away. After a 3 hour nap, he perked up and it was already beginning to break up. So happy - can't stand when little kiddos are miserable. Hopefully I have a normal monkey with a few days!

Happy Thanksgiving

Tyler and I made a new memory last
night and hopefully a new tradition for years to come.

He's my biggest helper so he helped with all the Turkey Day treats we had to bring. Rolling out crust for apple pie and pouring ingredients in for rice Krispy treats. All while we listed to Christmas music :) When all was said
and done he licked the spoon and I the bowl while we danced in the kitchen to 'All I Want for Christmas is You'.

Tyler,
I can't begin to tell you how you made my day last night. I love you and will cherish this memory for always.
Love,
Mom

snow day!

So I'm a little late on this post - but, eh - ya know. Wednesday, February 3rd I had my first SNOW DAY since I graduated high school! Grand Rapids area had a snowzaster of a blizzard come through and leave us with FOURTEEN inches of snow - I think our backyard got more than that, or at least it looked like it. I was rather relieved when my work decided the day before they would not make us drive over the treacherous terrain to get there. Allen had been serving jury duty and even the court decided to close it's doors. I had a wonderful day off in the middle of the week to spend with the family. We didn't do much, and Allen spent pretty much ALL day shoveling the driveway after our snow blower decided not to work on us. But it didn't matter. It was a much welcomed break and we enjoyed our comfy clothes, fiesta soup and being couch potatoes all day!