Mother's Day is coming

I was just trying to think of a Mother's Day gift for my mom, and it got me thinking. What do you get for someone who carried you in their belly for 9 months, gave birth to you, and then gave up their whole life to raise you? Nothing quite seems enough.

I remember when I decided I was ready to have a baby. It was when I went to visit Tina and saw my neice Amanda for the first time. As I held that sweet little girl, I thought "I could do this"--I had no idea.

When Jordan was born, I couldn't believe what it did to me. One of my first thought was "I can't believe my Mom loved me this much." Another thought I had was "I will never be the same again"--I was right. Being a mom is incredible. It is something you can't really explain or understand until you experience it. I love my kids and I love being a mom AND I can't wait for Mother's Day :)

(I have no idea why my hair looks black--I swear I'm a blonde)

Is it just me or...

...does every Mother think her kids are the cutest kids in the world?! Here's proof that my kids are the cutest:

Better Hurry

So I bought these "limited edition" Oreos and they are SO GOOD. I am not the hugest fan of regular Oreos, but these--oh my gosh! Better run out and get them, before they are gone (like the "beefy cheesy melt" at Taco Bell--Tyson is so disappointed).

Disappointed

I have been looking for a new dresser for the kids' room for weeks now. On Saturday night, I looked on Craigslist and saw the exact dresser I wanted for really cheap (not to mention it came with a toy box and nightstand that matched). It was 10pm when I saw it, so instead of calling the guy, I sent him a quick email. I noticed that he had just posted the dresser 10 min. before I saw it, so I thought my chances of getting it were pretty good. Well I went to bed and when I woke up in the morning I had no email about it. I thought I would wait a bit to call (since I got up at 7:30am). When I went back to Craigslist to get the phone number, the post was GONE. I was SO SO SO disappointed. Who knows if I will ever find a dresser that great again :( I vowed I would NEVER let something that great get away again--whatever it takes. . . . grrrr.

My New Garden

I have a million things I should be doing right now, but instead I am procrastinating all of those things and blogging.

I bought a few new flowers for my garden this morning and I thought I would tell you about them. I finally pulled out all those enormouse crawling plants that take too much upkeep and bought three new rose bushes and four new flowering plants. They are going to look so beautiful once I actually get them in the ground (one of the things I am procrastinating).

Scared Scared Scared

Jordan has a birthday party on Saturday that is going to be at the roller skating rink. Jordan doesn't know how to skate and is scared to death to go to her best friend's birthday party. So we thought we would take the girls out to practice a little bit (they both have roller blades that people have given us). So yeah, they were more than a little scared. Kya was a little braver, but still it was frustrating. Thank goodnesss I didn't wear my blades too or it might have been disasterous (I have worn them in about 7 years). I think we'll need to practice a couple more times before the party.
*I sure hope they didn't get that "fear of trying something new" from me, but they probably DID!

Just Like the Bradys--not quite

So Mike and I each started a new book this weekend (Mike got some book with a dragon on it--as usual, and Kim lent me Twilight). So, since I am working on the talent show this week, I am not finding too much time during the day that I can feel good about sitting down with a book. Mike and I decided to go to bed a few minutes early (10 pm)to get some reading done. I guess we have never BOTH read in bed at the same time, because we ran into a problem. There is only one lamp in our room and it is beside Mike's side of the bed. When we turned off the lights and turned the lamp on, I couldn't see well enough to read. So we moved the lamp onto the bed--in between the two of us. It worked out fine until we touched it--that's right, it's a touch lamp. My elbow kept bumping it and the room would go pitch black. Not quite the best set up--I think it's time to invest in another lamp :)

While Tyson's Sleeping

It's amazing the things we get done while Tyson is napping. We love our little boy, but some things are just easier when he is "otherwise occupied". This was our attempt to make stepping stones. Each student in Jordan's class was asked to bring one to school to decorate their garden. I think I would pay a little more for the nicer kit with an actual mold to use for our shape, but ours turned out cute too. The girls don't know the difference and they had so much fun "designing" their own stone. We didn't get a picture of the one Jordan took to school, but maybe we'll take the camera to school one day.