Mother's Day

I spent this Mother's Day childless!! Frank kept the boys at home and I went to the gym ALONE, the botanical gardens ALONE, and a couple of stores ALONE!! What a great gift!! I never would have thought that since becoming a mom 6 1/2 years ago the greatest gift someone could give me would be time by MYSELF!!



Happy Mother's Day!

Spring is in the air!

We went to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens last week with my good friend and her kids. The flowers were absolutely gorgeous! The kids had a blast as always. Everytime we go there I wonder why we don't go more often....it isn't that far away and it is always a good time!

Look at all that loot!

Hunter was so proud of his stash. He kept wanting to eat more and more and definitely was upset when I cut him off!

Alex and Daddy decided to do EVERY house in the neighborhood. They were gone for almost 3 hours, but they did it!! I've never seen such a HUGE pile of Halloween candy before!

We sorted it all into piles when we were going through it for stuff that we couldn't keep - like poorly wrapped foil candy and some weird looking hard candies. Alex got the most of Starburst, KitKat, and Skittles (as well as Tootsie Rolls -- but that's always a given isn't it??)

Botanical Gardens with Joan

Hunter and I went to the Botanical Gardens with Joan in May while Alex was at school. As always, it was a lot of fun. We love going there!