Monthly Archives: April 2011

Easter Treats and Egg Hunt

Yesterday we had a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt at our neighbor’s house.  She was nice enough to plan everything and stuff over 600 eggs (for 12 kids…they had a blast!).  I offered to bring cupcakes. I had a lot of … Continue reading

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Best Thing I Ever Ate

I don’t really enjoy cooking.  Love to bake, hate to cook.  I’ve never really used my crock pot for anything except for Cheesy Potatoes and Grape Jelly Meatballs.  Last night I was going through my stash of magazines and tossing … Continue reading

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Cooper’s New Bed

We put Cooper in bed on Thursday night, and could hear him moving around for quite awhile.  He didn’t really cry, but he didn’t want to stay in bed either.  Then I could hear him playing by the gate and … Continue reading

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Carter the Artist

Carter’s teacher sent out an email last week informing parents that each 4K student would have a piece of artwork displayed at a children’s art show at WCTC (local technical college) today from 5:30-7pm. I told Carter about this when … Continue reading

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Big Boy Bed Update

Monday night it took about 2 1/2 hours for Cooper to finally settle down and go to sleep.  He ended up shutting his door by himself, climbing into bed by himself, and FINALLY fell asleep.  This meant that instead of … Continue reading

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