I'm long overdue for a post about Lauren's birthday. Today I actually uploaded pictures to the computer, so here ya are! Lauren's birthday EXTRAVAGANZA! Or something ( Read more... )

I feel kinda bad that I haven't even posted about Evan's birthday yet. If it makes any difference, I did write about it in my personal journal. Not that any of you can read that or EVER WILL! But, yeah, my Evan turned FIVE last Friday. Can you believe it? FIVE! I remember being five. He's actually to an age that he'll remember doing stuff ( Read more... )

My mother-in-law, Linda, showed Evan our calendar so that he would understand when she's coming back to visit. she marked when she was leaving, and then marked when she'd be coming back and told him he could put an X on each day until she gets back. She also told him that Mommy needs to help him do it. I just looked at my calendar and there are ( Read more... )

We had Lauren's birthday "party" last night. I say "party" b/c we just had cake (no ice cream b/c I forgot to buy any), she opened two presents, and we just have family over. It was fun, though. Lauren was really excited about her Blue's Clues cake. Amberly told me that she ran up to her while staying at her house that day to tell her that she ( Read more... )

We had Evan's birthday party yesterday evening! It was small... just the way I like 'em. I spent all day Saturday making his cake. I asked him if he was okay with having a Pac-Man cake and after I showed him some pictures online, he thought that was an awesome idea and talked about it to anyone that would listen. Andrew told me I should make ( Read more... )