Wordless Wednesday!!! A day at the park!!

It's time for Wordless Wednesday again. Head over to Miller Racing Family and link up yours!!

Mommyhood Monday!!!

I had something else in mind to talk about today but we have had such a weird day that I had to talk about it instead!!

First off, I was doing dishes and Luke comes in the kitchen with a disgusted look on his face and holding out his hand wanting me to wipe it off.

I get a wet paper towel and start wiping it off....then I start to wonder "what is this all over your hand" Now, brace yourself for what I am about to say.......I smelled his hand.............it was POOP!!!! He pooped and then stuck his hand down his diaper!!! At least it disgusted him and it wasn't fun because boy oh boy could that have been a mess!! 

Then, after I get him cleaned up, I go back to doing dishes. Once I was done doing dishes, I went in the living room where I found him standing there eating a dog treat. Now, he has done this one before, but, what I don't get is that the boy will not eat jello, pudding, ice cream bars, hot dogs, etc etc, but he WILL eat a dog treat. I guess that says something about my cooking????

And he was sitting on my lap, took my hand in his, held it up to his face and......licked it. Now, that is a first.

So, for some reason Luke decided that today he was going to be adventurous and do some wild and crazy things. I had to share it with all of you!!! Never a dull moment around here!!

Friday Favorites!!!

Hi!!! Hope you guys had a great week! I'm (of course) glad it's the weekend!!

Lets get right to it, shall we??

Check out THESE Photo Blocks from 

Cute, huh??

Next is THIS Mama's Brag Board from Harrigan Howdy

I'm really loving this!! This would be great to hang all of Luke's art work on!!

And last but not least is THIS Picket Fence Wall Art by 

 This is just beautiful!!!

So hope you guys have a great weekend, nothing special planned for us!! Just a relaxing weekend!!!

I've Got to Share This Great Camera Giveaway!!

Hey guys!! I wanted to share with you guys a great giveaway event that is going on as we speak at The Shopping Mama and Baby Loving Mama blogs. It the Spring into Spring event. Click on the button!!

They are having all kinds of great giveaways!!! They're giving away playhouses, clothing, jewelry everything you can think of!!! I made this post to share about THIS awesome camera giveaway!! 

Anyone who has ever met me knows I love to take pictures, so I would love to have this little camera to throw in the diaper bag for when we go to the park or just out and about. My camera is a little big so this would be great! And by the pictures in her review, it looks like it takes some great shots!! The giveaway is for a Casio Exilim EX-FC100

 Click HERE to go and enter with me!! Make sure you check out the other giveaways on both blogs too, you don't want to miss out!!

p.s. I am working on a great craft right now, I can't wait to share it!!! 

Momyhood Monday!!

The moments that melt your heart, make you proud and the little things that make your day!!

 I need a pick me up today!! 

These are the things that give me that little pick me up when I'm down.

1. Luke says "mama" I love that he calls me "mama" LOVE it!!

2. When he walks clear across the room with his lips puckered just to give me a kiss!!

3. When he wraps his arms around my neck to give me one of his world famous hugs.

4. When he dances in the back of the car

5. O.K. and even when he gives me that ornery grin when he's doing something he's not supposed to be doing.

6. When your best friend calls just because she knows your having a bad day, just to see how your doing.

7. When we're watching t.v. and Luke will think something is funny and looks at me and laughs!!

8. When he can point out everything in a book and even tell you that the teddy bear is sitting down!! So proud!!

What gives you a little pick me up?

I've got some things going on in my personal life right now, things that I'm not quite ready to blog about. Changes are happening....I hope for the better.

Friday Favorites!!!

How is everyone doing?? It's friday again, heading into the weekend and I am so ready for a day off!!! 

First on my list of faves this week is THIS Photo Canvas Project from

I am really going to have to try this!! She used iron on transfer paper to make these!!

 Next is THIS Dry Erase Activity Book from Somewhat Simple

She even gives us some free downloads to make our own!!

And last but not least, THESE DIY Silverware Wind Chimes from

I think these are just great. I'm thinking of making my mom one for Mother's Day, this is something that she would love!! Head over and check this out, they are having a giveaway for one of these of your very own!!

Hope you guys had a great week and hope you have a great weekend!! Birthday party for my nephew (this is the last of the birthday parties until Luke's...whew) and then Mom's birthday on Sunday!!!

Wordless Wednesday!!!

Wordless Wednesday over at Miller Racing Family, head over and link up you own!!

 I've posted pictures of Luke with his other family so I figured I would post one of Luke and I!! This was last summer at the county fair!!

Mommyhood Monday!!!

I have told you guys in the past that I'm a "helicopter" mommy. I've never thought this was true until recently.

My predicament is: how do I let go??

I don't feel that I am that bad, I mean, I just don't want Luke to get hurt.

Just like yesterday, we were outside and he was playing with a stick. 

The first thing I thought of was if he would fall, the stick would poke him in the face. Then he started twirling the stick around and I thought the same thing. 

He sat down on a piece of a gutter and I was afraid that it might have cut him.

I just thought to myself, man, I need to let go a little and let the boy play.

But how do I do that?? Do I take the risk of him getting hurt??

How do you sit back and watch with out butting in??

By the way, Luke is getting to be such a big boy. We ordered pizza yesterday and as soon as Luke saw that pizza he said "pizza, pizza" Oh how proud are we!! It was really cute and he gobbled it up. He has also started to climb in the bathtub by himself!!

The biggest thing that he has done is he likes to sit in his booster seat at the computer and play, well he was asking to "sit down" the other day and I told him no (because he thinks the computer should do something spectacular and because it doesn't he will get grouchy and want me to do something with it every five seconds and I was busy) Well, I walked in the other room and came back out and there was Luke, sitting on the desk chair at the computer!!! I could not believe my eyes, that little sneak!! 

Oh, they grow up way to fast!!!!

Friday Favorites!!!

Happy Friday guys!!! Hope you all had a great week. I think this week has flew by, which is great because now it's the weekend!

I have several things to show today so lets get started:

Check out THIS Wooden Stool Makeover from 

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Isn't this just great? And with Mother's Day right around the corner this would make a great gift!!

Next, are THESE glass jars colored with Mod Podge and Food Coloring from Gingerbread Snowflakes!!

These are so beautiful!! I would love to make some to put on top of my kitchen cabinets so I guess I'm on the hunt for jars!!

Isn't this Canvas Photo Painting from The Feminist Housewife just priceless??

 She does this using canvas, gel medium and acrylic paints!! Head over and check out her tutorial. This is something to be handed down through the generations, in my opinion!!

And last but not least (warning, if you are hungry or on a diet, please overt your eyes) check out THESE Bubblegum Machine Cake Pops from The Happy Housewife!!

Yuuummmmm, how about that?? She gives a great tutorial on how to make these and (dare I say it) they seem pretty easy!! I'm thinking these would be cute for Luke's birthday party or any party for that matter. 

So, hope you enjoyed my faves for this week. I want to say thank you to everyone whom I have featured here on my blog because if great crafters like you didn't post your imaginative creations I would have NO inspiration!! Thanks so much!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend, not to much planned here, just some much needed unwinding and relaxing!!

Little Tikes Basketball Hoop Review!!

Thanks to CSN Stores I received the Little Tikes Basketball Hoop in the mail the other day!!

Let me tell you, Luke could not wait to get to get that thing out of the box!!

He was even trying to help me rip open the package!!

He really loved it too. He loves anything to do with balls, so he kept saying "ball, ball" and he automatically knew to put the ball in the basket!!

Here he is going for the shot!!

In the basket it goes!!!

Check out the tongue in this one!! True concentration!!

This basketball hoop is great!! It was easy to put together. 

The instructions were right on the outside of the box!!!

The height is adjustable so we can raise it when Luke gets a little taller and should last him for many years. 

When CSN shipped this item the estimated shipping on it was the seventh but they upgraded my order, free of charge, and it was shipped out on the fifth!! 

That is customer service!

Make sure you head over to CSN Stores  and check out their wide selection....they have 200+ stores, so they have everything you need!! 

And they have free shipping on just about everything!!

CSN did provide the Little Tikes Basketball Hoop for us to review but these are the opinions of myself and of Luke. 

Special thanks to Jess from CSN Stores for contacting me with this great opportunity!!

Wordless Wednesday!!

Linking up over at Miller Racing Family 

for Wordless Wednesday!!

 

Head over and join in on the fun!!

 

 

Just a little cuteness!!

Mommyhood Monday!!!

I hope everyone had a great Easter!!

I know we did!! We went to an Easter egg hunt on Saturday at our local football field. It was alot of fun, but, all the eggs had jelly beans in them and they weren't in a wrapper. Luke found 3 eggs and I gave them to our cousin because I didn't want to let Luke eat jelly beans that I had no idea who had touched them.

Is this weird of me? Why couldn't they had just put a foil covered chocolate egg in it?? At least it would have had wrapping on it. 

 Luke and his cousins Holly and Andy waiting for the Easter egg hunt to start

Not sure what they're looking at but thought it was funny

Luke finding eggs, he was more interested in finding the eggs before it started, once he was allowed to get them, he could care less.

Luke wanted the Easter Bunny but when he held him, Luke changed his mind!! Love Andy's face in this picture!!

His favorite thing in his Easter basket!

Guess what Luke's favorite thing in his Easter basket was......Funyuns!!! Can you believe it!!  As soon as he saw those Funyuns, he didn't care what else was in that basket!! 

Luke and I went to my parents house for Easter dinner. Of course, he wouldn't eat, but whats new on that issue?? We went for a walk, which Luke loves to do and we blew bubbles outside. I bought the BEST bubbles at Walmart (or shall I say the Easter Bunny brought the best bubbles) They are called Infinite Bubbles and they blow ALOT of bubbles. Luke loved them, he kept telling the bubbles "bye". We were all sitting on the porch and Luke came up behind me and hugged me and kept saying Mama, mama while jumping up down and hugging me and them he gave me a big kiss.

Made my day, I tell ya!! I was still smiling about that this morning. 

I love that part of being a parent, you know, the one where you are THE most important part of their lives!! I hope that never ends....

Have a great day!!!