MIA

I know I have been missing in action yet again.  I'm here and the kids are doing great.  Matthew had his first ear infection.  Not bad for being 15 months old.  He was a miserable little guy, ran a fever for no less than 4 days straight.  Emma had a little cold around the same time, but fortunately I did not get sick.

We have a busy month coming up.  I'm excited to be busy though.  We are going to Busch Gardens next Friday.  I look forward to seeing Emma there.  It will be her first trip to a theme park.  We are planning leaving Matthew with Nana and Pawpaw.  Just too much for him right now (me really!)  I just can't see good things coming from him going with all the steps and hills and walking we will be doing!  Then the following weekend I might be taking them to visit a friend in Va. Beach for a princess party.  Then the next weekend, Christy, Emma, mom and I are going to Culpeper to visit my friend Amy and go to an Antique Fair in Lucketts, Va.  I really am looking forward to that.  Then the next weekend will be a break and then Emma's recital is June 5 and then we go to the beach June 15.

Lots of excitement to look forward to!

My new love...

Is my coffee grinder!  I have a Cuisinart coffee maker with a built-in grinder that gets stuck when I use it!  I have to use a screw driver to get it out to clean it.  So I just bought a separate grinder and I'm in love.  So easy to clean and use and I'm loving my home brewed Dunkin Donuts coffee...now if only I can make my own donuts!  How I love donuts!

I have 2 huge pussy willow bushes.  I love being able to go in my own yard and cut them and use in the house.  The bushes are so big, we had to cut them back this year.  I still have a ton of branches to give away in the garage.  Hopefully I will find them a nice home!  They are just too nice to throw away!  Here are some in the house I have...

Rough & Tumble Boys

Matthew had his first big injury today.  Big for me anyway.  He fell down the front steps, 5 brick steps!  He got a few scratches on his legs and a rather small goose egg on his forehead.  I know it could have been so much worse!  I just think of what could have happened and cringe.  Big sis Emma was brough into the house by Nana and Matthew and Emma decided to go back out and Matthew followed behind her and went right down the front steps!  I know Nana about had a heart attack!  But he's okay!

Not much going on.  The weather is crazy!  93 degrees today in April.  I want a period of 70s and 80s before heat like this!  We should get some rain and a cool front coming in Thursday night.

My sister and I are planning a trip in May.  Going to the Lucketts, Virginia Antique Fair.  Heard about it on one of the blogs I follow.  My sister and I just love things like that.  Our mom and my daughter will go too.  I used to live in Culpeper, Va., so I am hoping to stay with a friend there.  It will be great to see her again and she will probably want to go to the Antique fair too.  I am really looking forward to it!

Here is Emma with her hair straightened.  So strange to see it like this.  It's so curly:

Here is Matt with a doll I don't really like, but we ended up with somehow.  I just wish I knew what was going through his mind:

Still wish I could read that mind!