Brothers

Bakery Hopping

or Tour De Bakeries, or whatever you shall call it. We did it. It all started at Oh My Cupcakes. My oldest sister loves cupcakes, so we headed downtown for a girls afternoon. Now, I love the pb cupcakes and the lemon cupcakes there, but when we started talking red velvet, I said where we really needed to go was Queen City Bakery (thanks Annie :) ). Seriously, the best red velvet cake I've ever eatin. I might just have started eating my piece (that I got "to go" since i'd just had a cupcake) with my fingers on the ride home. Maybe.

While there, we started talking about a Spanish Bakery nearby where my sister wanted to try their Tres Leches cake. Ainsley came into the bakery saying "Aloha, I mean, Hola" :) We don't do spanish at homeschool. After paying quite a bit for a slice of redvelvet (it was worth every penny and ww point i might add) my sister asked for 4 pieces of tres leches cake and we were expecting it to be 16 dollars or so. . .nope. . it came to about the same price as one piece of red velvet :) so this bakery had the best prices. . .

Adios! Some of my sisters goodies actually made it home (unlike much of mine that was finger lickin in the minivan good :) ) And there you have it. . .

The spread. Did I mention my sister is at her goal weight for weight watchers? And I have 4.8 lbs to go. . .thankfully my mom made us 0 pt soup today :) Did I mention coolwhip is 0 pts? If you eat 2 Tbs that is. The whole big container is 12 pts. Not that I'd scoop up tons of coolwhip with bananas, thinking it's 0 pts or anything. I hear pickles are 0 pts. . .they might be my new treat. Next time my oldest sister is here, it will be Frozen Yogurt Hopping. Get ready Cherry Berry and Peach Wave!

Sweet lil Ryker

The little things. I took you on a stroller ride to Grammy and Grampas this weekend Ryker, and I just soaked you up. The way your baby blonde hair was blowin in the wind. You are such a sweetie :) Growing up, I always looked forward to a new spring outfit in my Easter Basket. Since Auntie Jenny, Uncle Jed, and thier dogs were back this wknd , we celebrated Easter a little early. You got a new puppy dog outfit in your basket and in fact, you have worn it two days in a row. You love it!

Here's you in your puppy outfit with Grammy and Grampa. . .Grammy took you on the porch swing while we rounded up the troops. . . and Grampa made you smile. . .

Sweet lil Ryker.

The tale of a 4th child

With my 1st child, she rarely made it to the top of the table (not because she wasn't a runner and a climber) but because I had a watchful eye on her, took the time to clear the plates right after we ate, and then we engaged in play together.

With my 2nd child, he made it to the table top, but I quickly would say, "Tables are for eating on. . not for climbing on" as I quickly removed him.

With my 3rd child, I'm sorry but I can't even remember. . the other two were still babes themselves. . .lol :) But I'm sure it went something like this. . .Ainsley: "Mommy, mommy, baby Trey is on the table!" Porter: (grabbing baby Trey off the table) Me: (pulling my hair out ;) )

With my 4th child, I saw him on the table, thought to myself "he's entertained, atleast I know where he is, and I need to get child #2 out the door to school." And then I thought to myself 5 min later (after wiping up the orange juice he spilled on himself while up there) "atleast he's getting full of leftover pancakes. . .and he's already a mess, I might as well leave him." And then I thought to myself "I should really take a picture. . this would make good blog material." As he himself started to climb down (full of syrup) I took him straight to the tub. Then fresh diaper, and after some peekaboo and giggles under his bath towel with mommy, he was on his way. . .to turn our dishwasher trays into a vehicle, motor sounds from his mouth and all. Hey, the thing has wheels!

And I got a few moments to pour my tea and clear the table.

Maybe I've lost it. Or maybe I'm better off :)

In. To. Everything.

At almost 16 months, you dear Ryker, are keepin your mama on her toes. You are quite the climber and one of your favorite activities is emptying drawers and cupboards :) Good thing you still love to rockabye and that you are so

very

sweet,

silly, and smiley!

Not to mention, smart! Here you are doing homeschool. . .

It might be time to do some childproofing. . .or just go with the method we are currently using. . the wait til your siblings start yelling for us that you are doing something you shouldn't be :) We love you baby Ryker!

Kids are "Thrilled to the Gills"

Allow me to introduce, Starburst, our first family pet

I am about as good with fish, as I am with plants, so we shall see how Starburst does :)

Happy Valentines Day

Looking forward to a special dinner of heart shaped pizza, and watchin Charlie Brown Valentine!