Summer

WOW!!! I'm not a very good blogger am I??? The honest truth of it all is that a couple months ago Travis and I got a new computer and I haven't downloaded any pictures or anything yet. Am I am too lazy to just buckle down and get it done. But we are so happy that it is finally summer. It's great that school is out and warmer weather is here. Actually it hasn't been that warm yet but I'm sure it's coming!!! We are full board in to summer...daycare and all. But it's all good. I took this picture of Toby at Bri's wearing Breckin's cowboy hat. It is so cute. He was doing that cheesy grin and I finally captured it. I took it with my phone so it may not be the best quality. But he's so cute anyhow! I just love this kid. He keeps me on my toes but he's such a little ham.

My FAVORITE Things

Okay, here goes as per Dani's request. A few of my favorite things. You're gonna think I'm weird! This is probably my number one favorite thing of all time. This can make the day go so much better, faster, smoother. If I'm stressed out, I just open one of these babies and all of a sudden everything is better. Instantly.

Favorite thing #2...Yes Baby Einstein. And not just any...it has to be this one. This is the one and only thing that can get my son to sit down for more than 2 minutes. He will calmly sit with his hands in his lap with a perfectly content look on his face. When he says "BUS! I want Bus!" we are more than happy to put it on for him because it means we now have time to clean up any previous messes he just made or made hours ago and he is OUT of the pantry and OUT of trouble! My best regards for whoever was responsible for this movie!

What can I say? Favorite thing #3...I love my phone. That's all there is to it. Yes, I have been accused WAY TOO MUCH about screening calls and not answering my phone, but I do love it regardless. Travis calls it my calculator. It keeps me in touch with all my family and friends as well as all my "oh so important" appointments. It's great. You should get one.

Favorite thing #4. These are Stampin Up markers. 48 to be exact. These are the greatest thing that ever existed to scrapbooking, stamping, card-making, crafting. Just looking at the picture makes me smile and makes me want to run to the craft room just to write my name in eggplant envy or artichoke. One end has a fine tip, the other a wider tip. It's the best investment I ever made in all my scrapbooking supplies and I'd do it again. I'm actually getting ready to purchase another set but don't tell my husband!

Favorite thing #5--These aren't the exact ones I love. I love the white powdered doughnuts and these in combination with favorite thing #1 is like the best thing in the whole wide world. I usually eat this combo at least once a month. You can probably guess when. Next time you get to savor a white powdered doughnut make sure you think of me. One time I was feeding this combo to my daycare and a parent came in. I felt a little sheepish about it (luckily it was my sister-in-law) and all I could say was "sugar and caffeine makes a happy daycare!" And we looked at all the kids with their little white powdered dirty mouths with a little diet DP drool and they were all smiling super big. Need I say more???

Favorite thing #6. I love this stuff. Mary Kay Oil Free Eye Make-up Remover. I use it every morning...yes morning because I'm not good and I don't wash my face at night. If I were Oprah, I'd get you all one of these! Except maybe not Shelly for obvious reasons. It's my miracle beauty product. And for all you smart allecs out there...no it does NOT make your eyes squinty!
Favorite thing #7. This CD can get me through any car ride or moment. I have to say though I'm not a big fan of the seduction song that everybody loves so much "make a memory" However, I love Summertime, Whole lot of leav'in, and Tyler loves Till We Aren't Strangers Anymore. She always asks for her favorite the song, the one "where the boy and the girl sing."!

Okay, my last favorite thing. Anybody that knows me at all knows this is my favorite movie of all time. Just looking at it makes me want to round up my entire daycare right now and make them watch it. I bought it on video and dvd. I love the singing, I love the dancing, I love Julie Andrews, and I love to think how I used to watch this several times a day one summer. I mean, come on, how can you not want to climb every mountain after watching this!!! (cheesy, I know!)

So there you go Dani. Hope you liked it. I might try to think of some other things sometime but you should feel lucky I even got this far!

Cayman Islands Trip

Okay...I hate to say it but I don't have any great Cayman pictures on my computer. I do have some great pictures but most of them were ones that Matt or Lorie took. But if you want to know...we had a great time. It was warm, sunny, the people there are so nice and it was great to get away! We saw a lot of great things while we were there. There was some really fun snorkeling...we snorkeled to a shipwreck, a place called the drop-off and yes, it did remind me exactly of NEMO and snorkeled with sting rays. It was great! We had plenty of pina coladas (yes virgin) and lots of great food. It was hard to come back a few pounds heavier and also have to cook again! Anyway, if I figure out how to get some good pictures on here, I will!

Tyler's 4th birthday

Her little friends in this picture are Lexis, Kenya, Emma, Ashlyn, CJ, Tyler, and Justin


It's hard to believe my baby girl is 4 already! We have really been cracking down on her being a "big girl" and when she turned 4 we took away her sippy cup and that solved the getting in our bed at night problem. We had a little party for her and invited a few of her little friends. It was a lot of fun.

Christmas

We had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with Sessions and Christmas day with Streeter's. We had family members from both sides here that we don't get to see all the time. It was so much fun to spend time with everyone. We also loved having Christmas in our new house this year. We had a beautiful tree and lots of decorations this year. Christmas morning Kylie and Kamryn woke up at 4. We didn't get out of bed. When we got up at 8 they were asleep on the floor in the living room. Tyler and Toby loved playing in Tyler's new playhouse which was also a hit with all the little cousins. The Hannah Montana wig was also a famous item. Grandpa John looks especially good in it!

Daycare

Just a few pictures of my kiddos in my daycare. Toby and Chance are pretty good little buddies and they look so cute together. There's not pictures of everyone but mostly everyone is here. They are all pretty good kids for the most part.

Faces everybody can love...

Everyone can appreciate an adorable face.

Thanksgiving

We are always looking for something to do for daycare. So we made turkeys...two days in a row. The first day we made cupcake turkeys. The second day we made pencil and sucker turkeys. It was fun and of course we always have to invite friends.

More goofy face

We should just call this the Toby blog. But seriously...how many goofy camera faces can a baby make? Apparently more than I thought!

No, No Toby

No is Toby's favorite word. Okay, well probably not HIS favorite word but it's definitely the word he hears the most. On this particular day, I turned my back for not even a minute and found him in the master bathroom with my new lipstick. He was sitting on the floor with the lipstick broken in half all over his hands and all over his clothes and all over my floor. Thank goodness it was no where near our carpet! Anyway, I was very frustrated and pretty mad so I stuck him in the tub to get it washed off him and decided to get the camera. Well, after I got the camera the minute he saw it he was making that goofy camera face he makes and then I was really mad because I didn't want him to think he had done something cute. Just look at the picture. Do you vote for cute??? AAHHHH...sometimes he just makes me want to pull my hair out!