An almost wordless Wednesday

Weeds. They are everywhere.

This field should be just dirt, waiting for beans or corn...instead its full of wild onions and grass.

Someone is getting tired...



His hair gets curly in the humidity

Not sure what that look is about? Elvis maybe?

Have a great day!

Kids

Yesterday Dylan brought home one of the latest projects from school. I guess they had to share their interpretations of a recipe from us Moms. Then the teacher put into a book form. It was pretty cute. I had to laugh at the way they shared these recipes. I want to share some of them with you.
Jaydon's Mom's Mac & Cheese:
Put in oven for 5 mins on 3 degrees
Put in freezer for 4 minutes
Take it out
Eat

Gabby's Mom's fried chicken, hot pocket & side of Chili & Fries
Fried Chicken:
Roll chicken in flour
Put in skillet
Cook for 10 minutes on hot
Hot Pocket:
Take wrapper off
Put in oven on 3 degrees for 1 minute
Chili and Fries:Buy from Gold Star
Heat up

-Now that last part made me laugh out loud. How cute!

Lainey's Mom's Vegetable Soup
Open Can
Pour it into a pan
Cook for 10 minutes

Charity's Mamaw's Mac&Cheese, Peas, and Chicken
Mac&Cheese:
Put cheese on it
Stir
Cook for 3 minutes
Peas:
Stir them up
Smash some for baby brother
Chicken:Put in a pan
Put in oven
Leave it in for a minute and it just happens
Put it outside to cool

Now here is Dylan's entry:
Dylan's Mom's Chicken
Put chicken in a pan
Put it in the oven
Cook for 3 minutes
Wait in the living room

Aren't those just too funny! Interesting how kids see some things. I wish it only took a few minutes to cook dinner every night!

We are lucky again today. The sun is out and it is a nice day. There is a light breeze and its warm. Only a small chance of rain for most of the week. I can't tell you how much of a relief that is. I started to get things straightened back up around here, but once I got the kitchen floor mopped I ran out of steam. I am going to try to work on the living room once the kids are napping. Maybe. My congestion in back in my ears. It was gone yesterday and I felt fine. Overnight it came back and now everything I hear is muffled. It's more annoying than anything else. Ethan seems to be doing fine with his cold. Right now its just a runny nose and for the last 2 days it doesn't seem to be slowing him down at all. I think that's all for now. Have a nice week!

Hello Sunshine!

The weekend is over, and I can't say that I am sad about this. It was just ok. Saturday Ryan was gone most of the day. I had mom come over for dinner, which was nice. Dylan was thrilled. He had her pretty much controlled. He enjoyed it. Sunday didn't start out to well. Ethan woke up with the cold that I have. So he spent the day sneezing and snotting. He was off and on grumpy, but that's understandable. I know how bad i felt when the cold started, so I can understand how he feels. But it did make for a long day. I was given my Mother's day gifts after breakfast.
Dylan made me this: Ryan spelled the words for him and Dylan wrote them. I am so proud of him..Not too bad!!


Here is the plant they gave me. It is a bromelaid. That's what the tag says anyway. I know nothing about plants. Its very pretty though. I have it sitting on the mantel in the living room. It says it doesn't need much light, so that will be the perfect place to sit it to enjoy it.

We had a gift card for Bob Evans that we used for dinner. Ryan and Dylan went to pick up our dinner. I was so happy not to have to cook, and bonus, we spent NO money. Gift cards are really the best gifts. I am so thrilled every year at Christmas when we get them. We use them off and on through the year and it is so nice. After dinner we wanted to relax, but Ethan got really crabby and Dylan got himself in trouble. So we ended the evening a little stressed. We also had a bird in the attic, so Ryan went up to get it out, but found 4 dead ones instead. I don't know how they are getting in there. I'm just glad he handled it, because I don't think I could have. Yuck.

Today it is such a nice day out. No rain. The sun is out and there isn't a cloud in the sky. We don't have any plans for the week. Which is fine. I am still not over the cold and now with Ethan sick, its best just to hang out here.

One last thing. I know that normally I dont post about current events or things like that here, but I wanted to share this one story. It amazes me really. Its about Japan and its earthquake. Its amazng how much that quake changed things there. Click HERE to read it. Have a nice Monday.

Today is...

Mother's Day!!!

So a big Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mommas out there. Enjoy your day. You are all appreciated and loved. Here are some flowers from me to all of you...

For now..

...the sun is shining. The wind is calm. Its nice out. But it is supposed to rain. Again. Ryan did get the yard mowed yesterday. He had to move the deck to the highest setting, so it needs to be done again, asap. But it doesn't look like that will be happening. I don't know if he will make it home from his meeting in time to mow it before the rains.

For now I feel half way decent. I have congestion in my nose, and now a slight cough, but the pains I felt yesterday are gone. And that I can live with. I hope to feel decent enough to jump back on the treadmill. I didn't do anything yesterday because I felt so miserable. Ryan came home just before lunch to grab Dylan. That was nice. Dylan enjoyed it and I was able to rest. Ethan played well by himself, and then went down for his nap. I never managed to sleep, but rested.

Now I am hoping that neither boy gets whatever I have/had. Id much rather be the sick one. They don't need that.

While Dylan was outside playing yesterday he found a bird's nest inside his playhouse. Ryan didn't know about it, until Dylan walked up to Ryan holding a nest full of babies. Sigh. Kids. And then later ran to Ryan to tell him that he found a snake and played with it! After further questioning, we aren't sure if it was a worm or a snake. Dylan said that it didn't try to bite him. Wouldn't a snake try to bite if someone picked him up? He wouldn't tell us what color it was. I am truly hoping it was a fat worm. Dylan has only seen a snake in the zoo but does know what they look like. And he of course has touched worms. Ick. But like I said, once we started asking about it, Ryan and I have no idea. Kids.

No big plans for the day. Ryan has to work this evening. I am just hoping to be over whatever this is shortly. Have a good Saturday all! Check back tomorrow for Mother's Day.

A link and some words to follow

Linking up with

I shared this photo the other day, but I had 2 edits for it. I am choosing the first one here for the link up.

It is a photo I took last Saturday while up at Ryan's parents place.

I am getting a little tired of Blogger's hiccups. There are little issues here and there that crop up each week. Blah! And I am sick. I don't know. Cold or really bad allergies. It hit me yesterday. No Wednesday night actually. Then was a sore throat. The next day it was a sore throat, runny nose, but still it was clogged. How does that work? Ick. Today it is all of that plus major aches everywhere, especially in the lower back. Although I'm not totally blaming the back pain on the sickness. I think that is from the treadmill workout I did yesterday. All I know is that I am miserable. These are the days when I'd love to have a nanny. From 7 am to 7 pm. Mommies don't get sick days. I fell asleep yesterday afternoon while the boys were napping. It's been a long time since I've fallen asleep in the afternoon. And of course I didn't sleep well last night. I was uncomfortable in every way.

We don't have any plans for the weekend. If I still feel like this, all that I will want to do is lay in bed.

Things I Like

I thought that I would share a list of random things that I like or enjoy.

I love Myrtle Beach as a vacation spot. I have so many wonderful childhood memories from visiting this place year after year. I am excited to take both kids there and hope to make it a regular vacation spot for us. There are so many things there to keep kids busy, its wonderful.

Coffee. I must have coffee. This is my normal brand. I love my coffee.

This network is great. Dylan watches it in the mornings. The shows are great. Much better content than Nickelodeon. Now don't get me wrong, Nick does have some shows that are perfectly fine. Mainly thier morning shows. I just prefer PBS I think.

I have a total weakness for Nerds. No idea why. I just can't resist those little things, haha!

I use snapfish everytime I get my photos developed. It is so simple to upload them and have then sent to you. I hate going to Walmart. Hate it. So this is one less Walmart trip that I have to make. There are totally good on customer service too. I had an issue once. I emailed them, asked them and then they fixed it and kept one happy customer.

I love my camera! This thing makes me happy everytime I take pictures. I have so much to learn about it and photography still, but I just love this camera. There are so many wonderful things about it.

Natural applesauce. No sugar added. Why on earth would you buy applesauce that has high fructose corn syrup in it? Thanks Motts. You know what else is nice about it? I can buy it in bulk at Sams Club!

Those are just a few of the things that make me happy.

What makes you happy?