Where has the week/month gone?

Wow! This week officially flew by. I honestly don't know where the days went. last time I checked it was Monday. Oh well . Here is a quick update on our lives or as they say on tv - "And these are the days of our lives" I loved that show in college :) OK
Monday- I caught up from the weekend not to exciting I think we actually spent the evening playing outside.

Tuesday- Golf and Zach's hair cut. I am pleased to announce that this hair cut was 100% better than the last. I did not have to physically restrain him. That always makes for a good afternoon. He also was sweet enough to pick Emily a sucker out of the bin and save it for her when we got home. What a sweet brother! Golf well lets say we played and I managed to find about three trees. Not a good night.

Wednesday - I was up early and to Big Rapids for a meeting. but home early. When I arrived it was eerily quiet no one was home. I took advantage and quick started dinner before the kiddos arrived home with the sitter. I honestly did not know what to do without kids screaming at me as I cut up chicken. Emily, my mom and myself made a quick trip to Muskegon to pick up some supplies so that I can make record place mats yes place mats. They are for a ladies golf outing on Tuesday. I only have to cut out about 65 records. Oh and I got some great deals at Penney's for the kids and myself. I love end of summer sales. Who can say no to a skirt for 7.00 or a shirt for the kiddos for 2.50.

Thursday- I cut records, I cut records, I cut records. The neighborhood kids came by to play for awhile. Entertainment for the kids.

Friday- I have no idea what tonight will bring. Possibly the county fair or a return trip to Muskegon to return something or swimming if the weather holds out. We will wait and see.

Weekend. we are hosting a cook out on Sunday at our house with Hubby's family. My parents are also invited. I hope it is nice to get some sun. Otherwise have a great weekend.

And to my friend at A Happy Little Family - Happy Birthday!

Golf, 5K and and other Weekend highlights

Whewe it is only Saturday evening and I am already tired out from the weekend. Friday night lent itself to a great evening of golf with Hubby, the kiddos and my parents. The kids did a great job at tending to the pin and enjoyed running around and cheering us on. They may finally be learning to stay out of the way when we go to swing a club! Today I ran a 5K. I did not train for this I was actually trying to decide to register for the walk or run when I walked up to the table today but I thought oh what the heck lets go for it. Luckily it was a fairly flat course and it was cooler. Humid but no sun. I made lets leave it at that. I ran it in less time than my ages which is not something I am proud of. I think I might actually try to run a few nights a week and run another in September. This one includes some beach running so that might be interesting. The kids got pulled by my parents who walked in the 5K. Needless to say they brought up the rear but my dad got the only trophy for the group. 5K overall male winner. Did I mention he was the only male in the walk. Oh well we topped off the morning with donuts. I wonder what Sunday will hold?

Toddlers and Tiaras

Ok, I was up the other night after the kiddos went to bed watching a little tv which did not include a cartoon and on TLC there was a show Toddlers and Tiaras. I thought ok lets check this out. What a train wreck! It was like oh my goodness I should not be watching this. These mothers are how can I put this nicely? Absolutely NUTS! It was so bad I got sucked in and watched until 11:00 PM which is past my bedtime. After watching a 4 four old get false eyelashes and go to a pageant coach. OK do people really make money doing this. I thought about my 3 1/2 year old daughter and if I would ever do anything like this. I can not justify what they were doing. I was awful. I k now I am passing judgement on other moms who think this is perfectly fine but in my world to play dress up and have a tea party is one thing but to parade around on stage in a authentic showgirl outfit at 4 is another. Sorry to any moms who's daughters participate in pageants but its not for us. If you want to know you are certifiably nuts watch Toddlers and Tiaras on Wed night on TLC at 10:00 PM You will be disappointed in parenting in America !

A Weekend Trip to Remember!

Wow! We had fun this weekend! Lets see where to begin. Thursday Nana( my mom) came to collect the kids. They were going to have a fun filled four days with the grandparents while Hubby and I headed to Philly for a college friends wedding. First though we had to fight our way through Chicago-land traffic. No easy task for people used to dodging deer. We finally made it to our hotel. negotiated getting to the train stop, made it onto the train and into downtown Chicago for an evening out and dinner. We ate at a great Italian restaurant. We visited the American Girl Store. Oh my friends a few years and it will be scary when Em and I make the trek to the American Girl Store! I can not wait! The next morning we were up and off to the airport to head to Philly! Once in Philly the fun began! We had so much fun! When you put together five girls with no kids and the mentality of a 21 year old you are treading on dangerous territory! Friday was rehearsal even though I was not in the wedding we were still invited to spend the evening with our good friends. Saturday it was a perfect sunny, breezy, no humidity day in Philly. The perfect day for a wedding. The church was beautiful not to mention the bride. Afterwards is was to the pub and then the bus which took us to the reception. Which was all down hill. Needless to say we had a great time. It was nice to have a refreshing weekend away and see friends.

PreSchool Here we come!

Well it is official. We are going to school in the fall. Zach insists he is not going to school. He informed me he would like to go to playland. Fine if he calls it playland and I call it preschool and he goes that is fine with me! We went last night sat around a very short table at least we had big people chairs and met the other 10 parents who 's children Em and Zach will begin their school careers with. They told us what they will be doing at school, the curriculum, how much it costs- let the fun of double the fun double the payments begin! And the fundraisers oh the fundraisers If anyone want to by a raffle ticket they are $5.00 and we need to sell alot so that we dont have to sell pizzas later in the year. Email me if inters ted 1st prize is $500.00. They also discussed first day of school expectations for parents. They stressed if you are going to cry leave immediately. I thought to my self am I going to one of those. You know the parent who sits in the car and cries because her baby is going to school? I hope not but lets not make promises we might not keep. I hope that Em and Zach learn to love school and enjoy the social and educational value of school and we make a smooth transition. Oh please let me make a smooth transition!

New Gal at Work

Someone new started today in my office. She is not going to be working in our office rather she is covering two other counties doing the same job I have. I guess in this economy in Michigan she should be happy she found a job at all. She is a nice girl. Never worked in non profit so she has a lot to learn. It will be fun teaching her the ropes. Tomorrow is a very long day. We have hubby's dads by pass surgery, I have meetings galore, Emily get her hair cut, I have to golf and we have our first meeting with other parents for the preschool class. I tell you I am nervous for this pre school meeting. I guess this is where the parents size each other up and decide who their 3 year old can play with. Man this school stuff is tough! I will let you all know how it goes. Wish us luck! I told Hubby he needed to shave for this event!

Whoa its Friday!?!

Wow were has my week gone. I cant believe it is Friday already. This week has been pretty ho hum. Not a lot of excitement. I guess that is good. Anytime there is no excitement with two 3 1/2 year olds, and hubby that is a good week. Needless to say my blog has been suffering. I am excited about one thing I just made an appt for a pedicure. I have not had one all season so I saw a flyer for a girl in the town just to the north. Someone new. I always enjoying trying out new places so why not while I'm having my feet done up. So look for a post of that next week. Other than that I have very little plans this weekend. I hope it is sunny! Last weekend before our big trip to Philly for my friends wedding. Oh that will be another fun blog topic. See I guess it just one of those weeks. Next week is jammed packed! Have a great weekend!

We survived July 4

Well the big weekend has come and gone. With Hubby owning a business in a tourist destination it leaves the kids and I to single parent on these wonderful Summer holiday weekends. Honestly Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day are not a lot of fun in my book. Oh Well! So this weekend the kids and I did the following. We helped clean the pool at Nana and Poppos house. I figure we use it we should clean it! We went to two fireworks displays. Hubby did attend these with us. The kids were not that into it except the finale. I must say Silver Lake did a bang up job this year! We went to the Ludington Parade. Oh this was a doozy! They gave out free pints of ice cream from the local Ice Cream factory! Now that was a good parade. The kids also got so many frozen Popsicles they could not eat them so I brought them home and refroze them.. Who says I am not thrifty! Also at the end of the parade is the Scottville Clown band. This is a group of men who enjoy playing Brass instruments very well and dress up in crazy costumes. Not the pictures most of them are in drag...HMMM? We also had a chance to swim in the pool it finally warmed up enough on Sunday to take a dip. Oh we were also in the nursery on Sunday at church. The kids decided to stay with me in the " baby room" They entertained the one baby. We had fun. So needless to say the holiday weekend was packed full of fun. Oh did I mention I managed to get sunburned too. Oh well we have a wedding coming up and I need some color any color will do. Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Miracle

Last year in case you did not know was my first year playing golf. Something I thought I would not enjoy but actually it has become one of my favorite things to do when we have a babysitter. So I played on a league last year with my neighbor also owner of the golf course. Pretty convenient. So she gave me pointers. I struggled was awful had fun though. Guess What!

We just finished our first half of the league for this summer. We WON! Yes I actually contributed to our team effort and we won the first half. This is a miracle. So who ever wins the second half will play us in the last week. Do you understand that we could win the league! That is just crazy!!!