Not Me Monday

You may have noticed that I added a Praying for Stellan button on my sidebar. I have followed this blog for quite some time now, having come across it from my friend Salena's blog. Stellan holds a little place in my heart, and I also enjoy reading about his family and I love the photography on the blog.

MckMama, Stellan's Mama, often writes a blog on Mondays called Not Me Mondays. It's a time to say, hey, guess what, I am human. I'm not perfect, and while I would like to say it was not me, well, um, it really was. So in the spirit of the fun of Not Me Mondays, here are some things that were definitely, well, not me.


It was not me who let my son pee in the dune grass because it was a far trek to the port-a-potty, and it was sure to be unclean.

It was not me who told my son he was driving me crazy, and then smiled and turned happy when said son replied, "I'm not driving you crazy Mommy, I'm driving you happy!"

It was not me who spent money on a GPS system we could probably do without, and it was not me who *really* wanted one. And it's not me who is loving having it.

It was not me who was cringing at the fact that I still have two thank you notes to send out from, hut-hmm, well, Erin's birthday. It's not me who has them written and ready to go with the kids professional pictures from May, but still hasn't gotten their mat cards finished.

It was not me who wondered on occassion when the last time was that my kids got baths.

It was not me who left the Thomas train set expansion pack in the back of the car where Kyle spotted it. And it was definitely not me who went ahead and let him have it, even though the intention was to put it away for his birthday.

It was not be who *may* have accidentally asked Mike if he wanted to book a cabin with our friends in Michigan City, but what I meant was Mackinaw City. (This may not qualify. I think I said Mackinaw City, Mike thought I said Michigan City. Not sure why anyone would want to camp in Michigan City for three days, though...)

And it was not me who didn't brush my son's teeth on said vacation to Mackinaw City.

And it was not me who went to bed later than I meant to pretty much every night lately.

There may be more, but it's not me who has a bad memory lately.

Around the corner...

There is a lot of come! My friend Colleen and her daughter Megan just left today after four fun-filled days with us. Tomorrow we are off to Mackinaw City with friends for a long weekend. Watch for lots of pictures and stories on Monday!! :-)

Wordless Wednesday

Day Out With Thomas!!

This past Friday we drove to the Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad in Flint. This location is part of the Genesee County Park system, and it was a great park. We attended the Day Out With Thomas, a mecca for all little boys in love with the Thomas the Tank Engine trains.

Kyle was in heaven, and Erin had a great time too. In fact, Mike and I had a great time as well. We got there a bit before our scheduled ride on Thomas and had time to catch the Bob the Builder show while we ate hot dogs for lunch. We then boarded the Thomas train, complete with Thomas' coaches Annie and Clarabel. We were a little further back, so we were on one of the coaches that belongs to the Huckleberry Railroad. It was built in 1882 and came to the park from Northern California. The train ran in the area Wyatt Earpe and his brother retired to, and it is highly likely they rode on the same train in which we sat.

I had worried that the 40 minute train ride might be a tad long for the kids, but they loved it and had no problem sitting through it and watching out the window. They got a kick out of waving at the people we passed (and Erin waved at the trees as well.)

Following the train ride we wandered through the Crossroads Village. There were many older, historical buildings. We got to see a demonstration in the mill of cider being made using a steam engine. We then hit the area with rides and rode on the Ferris wheel, carousal and some other rides.

Finally, it was off to the bouncy toys and the train tables. By the end of the day Kyle was exhausted, but put up quite a stink about leaving. Once we were in the car both kids were asleep before we were out of the park and slept most of the way home.

It was such a great event, in a great location, and all the staff members were so friendly. It's an annual event, and Kyle is asking to go back every day already, so I would not be surprised if we do it again next year.

I had such a hard time narrowing the pictures down that I made a slide show with them. Following that is a 2.5 minute clip with some video from the day. For each you need to click the play arrow to start them. Enjoy, we did!!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Pool Party!

I am so fortunate to have met some really wonderful moms in the area here. We do a lot of things together and get along great, as do our kids. Thursday one of the moms, Kristine, hosted us all to a pool party at her house. We all had a great time!!!

Kristine had horses and a goat, and also chickens!
Onto the pool party portion of the day... We had a lot of fun. Here are some fun shots. Erin lounged like a movie star... right up until she flipped off. When I scooped her up I thought she'd be screaming but she didn't even seem to care! She's gonna be a swimmer like Mommy! And the next shot is her deciding she'd give her toe a try since she was never a thumb sucker.

Kyle having fun in the pool. The first picture is him pulling Sasha around... he did not let go of her! He was such a gentleman. And in the next picture I love how Kyle and Thomas and Jill are all sharing a laugh.

Friends... in the first one is Jill, Kristine and Mary Jane. Then Jennifer and Max. Then Rachel holding Erin (Erin is love with Rachel right now.)

More fun...

And Kyle. All boy. We are so working on having him not randomly pee outside. I will point out that he was the second boy in about ten minutes to decide to take a whiz in the garage.

Wordless Wednesday

Okay, so this first Wordless Wednesday is not going to be truly wordless, because I have to introduce it. I'm hoping to run this post every Wednesday for a couple reasons. One is that I have become hopelessly behind on posting to my blog, and this will make me do it at least once a week. The second reason is I can add pictures that don't really fit into their own post. Like Erin with spaghetti all over her face. ;-) So enjoy... Wordless Wednesday. Next time, no words. (And I should point out that I have seen Wordless Wednesday on several others blogs... so I can't claim the catch phrase!) What would make it really fun is if people comment with their own caption ideas!