Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was a fun and busy weekend. We left on Thursday afternoon to go camping up in Ludington. We stayed at our favorite campground called Poncho's Pond where they have so much for the kids to do. We really like the fact that there is an indoor and outdoor pool to enjoy depending on the weather. The playground is really great too.

Our first night was interesting because Logan took a bit to settle in as usual but the bigger problem was his peapod bed tent falling off from the dinette bed because he had moved so much going to sleep. So that took another 2 hours for him to settle in and he still woke up at 7am. We still had a good day on Friday and the kids just love going swimming. Logan got a new life vest/swimming aid that has given him a ton of freedom. I will get some videos and pictures posted soon as my laptop is still out of commission (a whole different post).

The second night was a ton better and on Saturday we got Allie the same swimming thing and she took to the water better than she ever has.  We just spent the day playing on the playground, swimming, and relaxing on our camping site.  The same thing happened on Sunday as well.  I was even able to reorganize the camper and finally feel like we are in a great set up for our stuff.

Monday morning we woke up to storms and rain coming off the lake and decided to pack up and head home.  We were home by 9:45am and able to get a few things done around here as well.  We spent the rest of Memorial laying low and vegging around the house.

First Camping Weekend

This weekend was a nice change of pace...well sort of. We can say we survived our first camping trip of 2010 but it did have it bumps along the way for sure! It started off smooth and easy and I was able to get the camper down to the campsite and set up while Allie and Logan did nap time. It seemed like it might be an easier year with Logan being a bit older now so we were excited to see if it did go that way. Well our first night was nothing but easy. We had started with the idea of Logan sleeping on the top bunk as then he would just hopefully lay down and go to sleep. That left Allie on the double bed below him and Maddie set up with a bed on the couch. That did not work as he went to the part of the bunk that did not have a rail to lean over and talk to Allie as soon as we put him into bed. So we immediately switched Allie and Logan and just prayed he would stay in the bed. Not a chance!!! He was up till almost 11pm trying to climb into our bed. Then he woke up at 5:40 am as if he slept his normal 11 hours. In an effort to keep him quiet I gave him a snack and some milk. Once he had waken the girls less than an hour later and we were feeding them breakfast the threw up all of that snack and milk for us all to enjoy. We cleaned the mess up and just came home early like I talked about in a previous post.

Allie also had a rough afternoon because she was tired and refused to do her BM's in the camper and insisted on going home to do so. It took us almost 3 hours to figure out why she kept asking to come home and not stay camping to realize she had an upset tummy and would only go at home. That night for sleep we put Logan into the pack and play that he is much to long for but he totally slept there without an issue. Another plus is that Maddie went back to the top bunk and Allie below her on the double. That left an extra mattress pad to be used and so we just threw it on our bed making it even more comfortable.

Sunday morning was way less eventful and even though they were all up by 7:30am it was all way better than the previous morning. We also were able to get packed up and home at a time that allowed us to get a lot done in the morning and early afternoon with some great veg time in the evening. So it was survived but lots was learned!

Mothers Day Weekend

I am yet again going to try and start using a new meme.  This one was created by a good friend of mine and it's a great way to get people to talk about their weekend.  The other great thing is as we go on trips and do exciting things as a family I'll have it all documented to read through again down the road.  Time is so precious and sometimes we forget about the important stuff.

This past weekend started off with a Tea for moms at Allie's preschool.  We met them at their classroom door where they escorted us down to the Tea room.  The kids even were taught to have their elbows extended for us moms to hold on to and they had made wrist corsages for us to wear.  When we got downstairs they had homemade place mats with two types of Flower vases for us.    We had cookies with Ice Tea and Lemonade while we watched a slide show of the kids from the year.  It was a very sweet, special, and great day with my little Allie Bear!

Saturday my mother in law came over and we spend the day with her here at our house.  She treated us to our favorite Chinese restuarant.  Then we had Strawberry Shortcake for our dinner.  It was a nice and relaxing day!

Sunday I was greeted by the kids with cards and a necklace that my little birthstone kid gems could actually fit on.  Maddie also presented me with a gift she had made at school.  It was "TIME Exclusive "Tina Ross chosen Mother-Of-The-Year 2010" Special Edition".   Then we spent the afternoon at my parents house with my sister and her family.  It was a great day and my husband made allowed me to relax and enjoy the entire day! 

I am working on uploading lots of photos to share with you and am trying to find the best way to do this since I have so many to share.  What photo sharing site do you use when blogging?  We have a smugmug account and I have used Flickr and Photobucket but I can not decide what is best to use to share here on my blog.  I also upload way too many pictures to Facebook.  I wish there was a photo sharing site that synced with Facebook as that would make my life so much easier all around!

Garage Sale

Well we had a last minute Garage Sale today.  I was only going to put a table out at my neighbors sale but then the stuff to sell kept adding up that it took up 5 tables and a good chuck of my front lawn. Since I ended up with so much stuff I decided to do it right here in our driveway since we are right across the street from where I was going to put a table.  Well I am so glad that I did this because I was able to make $270 and I just got done listing things on Craigslist and have already pretty much sold another $200. It feels so good to make money and get rid of things.  Now to get the Goodwill stuff out of here and it will feel so great!

Family photo

On Easter we were able to get a semi decent family photo.  I must say though looking at it I see so many things that bother me.  I really need to learn how to use the many setting on my new computer.  I also really want to get this weight off again because I so am not happy with pictures if me.  Drum roll please.....

Allie's future as a cosmetologist

Well based on today's events I do not think Allie has a future as a cosmetologist.  She decided that she needed a haircut and took care of this by herself.  Oh man did I want to break down and cry considering her hair was so pretty just yesterday and she loved me doing things to it.  So here ya go...enjoy the before, middle, and after!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Allie

5 years ago today my best April Fools joke came into my life in the form of Allie. I can not believe it has been 5 years since we had the worlds easiest baby! She really lulled us in to a false sense of security because we even decided to start trying for Logan before she was even 18 months old. Little did we know that she would become a little sneaky stinker just before little guy was born. She is still such a blessing and brings much humor into our life! She will be starting Kindergaten this fall and she can not wait. She is super excited about learning to read and do math. We love you Allie Bear!!!