Fun Day at The Children's Museum

Last Saturday, our friends Vicky, Jeff & Dash all drove up to The Children's Museum of Clevelandwith us. It was a nice but dreary day and we spent a couple of hours going through the three levels of fun! It wasn't quite what we expected but nonetheless Nico had a great time, running through the different activities and playing with the kids. They had a train table, which I am sure we all knew was a hit but they also had a RTA bus, car, Grocery Store, Bank, water table, TV camera and so much more!!! They also had a huge room that was a giant sandbox, but we stayed clear of that because getting Nico out of that would of been a fight and the other little boy was only 6 months old so we figured that maybe next time.

Driving the RTA Bus

Jeff & Nico building a Car

Vicky & Dash

The day ended with shopping in the gift shop and can you guess what Nico picked????? You are right, a train!!! Then we went to a place called Five Guys and Fries in Fairlawn, they had great BIG cheeseburgers and fries that I didn't have to eat dinner I was so full! It was a great wintry fun day, that was enjoyed by all!

Until our next adventure......

Bouncing from blog to blog, which is a cool past time to read other people's lives and to see that even though sometimes things are crazy, I am not the only one! Plus I love to read cute stories, and about others travels. So while bouncing today I found this fun game called Five Question Friday, which asks five questions that you answer and allows your readers to get to know you a little bit better. So here we go......

Five Question Friday

1. What is better, growing old with out money or dying young and wealthy?

2. Who takes out the garbage at your house?

3. Have you ever had the same dream many times?

4. Can you play a musical instrument?

5. If you owned your own store, what would you sell?

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1. What is better, growing old without money or dying young and wealthy?

Ummmmm.................of course growing old without money! Who says money gives you anything but troubles anyway, the more you have the more you spend so really even when you have money, do you have it? At least if I live a long time, I can enjoy my simple life and see my son grow into something great!

2. Who takes the garbage out at your house?

Well it is suppose to be Daddy, but of course if the trash is overflowing and needing to be taken out I will do it but it goes in the garage for Daddy to throw in the outside can! Nico on occasion will want to help out and drags it to the door, but the bag is almost as big as he is!

3. Have you ever had the same dream twice?

As weird as it sounds, yes, and when I have the dream it continues on just a little bit more kind of like a movie. And usually I am watching myself in the dream which is really kind of creeps me out too!

4. Can you play a musical instrument?

As sad as it is to say, yes I was a Band Geek and I can play the clarinet which I started in the 5th grade through Graduation. I even picked my little sister's clarinet up a few years ago and I can still remember a few songs from HS. I also played the Alto Clarinet and Trombone, but the Trombone I never learned it was just to sit next to a boy I liked!

5. If you owned your own store, what would you sell?

I think a cute bookstore with lots of overstuffed chairs would be awesome. I love to read and it would be a great place for mothers to come and just take some "me" time reading and maybe even an occasion book club. Just a place for the love of reading!

There you are, a little bit more information about me and hopefully my friends and family learned something new they didn't know before!

If you are interested in participating in Five Question Friday too head on over to Here.

Until our next adventure....The Children's Museum tomorrow......wish me luck!

Introducing......Gunner!!!

The newest addition to Gma Beth & Gpa Tim's Family!!!

Welcome to the Family Gunner!!!!

Gma Beth says, Nico is in love with his new Uncle....HA! I said we have a puppy at home and we'll come over and he can be in love with the puppy at their house :)

Until our next adventure......

Great Buy!!!

Look what I got for $18.50!!!!! My Mom called me yesterday and asked me if I still wanted a shoe/bench holder thingy....no idea what it really is called. It has doors where the shoes are now, but it's awesome and real wood!!! Can you believe it was normally $149?!?!?! I think I got the deal of the year and am so excited not to have to see shoes or coats lying around anymore...at least I hope Nico and Daddy can remember to put things away.....we'll see!

Until my next "great" purchase or adventure......

How Cute is this???

Aunt Adriane and family, got the cutest pillow for Nico for Christmas so I had to share!!! It will go perfectly with his "Thomas/Football" themed room! Isn't the cutest thing? I can't wait for him to see it, he'll be so excited!!!!

She had it made from another fellow Army Wife who makes beautiful quilts, pillows and so much more! I have to give her credit for her artistic and wonderful sewing abilities. Her website is Here.

Happy Wednesday!!!

Eleven Years Ago

What were you doing 11 years ago? I remember it like it was yesterday.....it was the eve of our Wedding and the forecasters, like today, were calling for a storm to be coming through Northeast Ohio. I just kept saying, "A little snow would be nice for a January Wedding" but little did I know an ice storm was on the way. It made it quite an interesting drive to the rehearsal dinner as well as the next morning, but it all worked out and by the time we got to the Church it was a beautiful, wintry day!!!

Walking down memory lane.....it's been a wonderful 11 years of being married to my partner in life, my best friend, someone who can drive me up the wall, but I love more than I thought possible. I have to say these are the best times of our lives as we are "living the dream!" We have a beautiful son, who we adore more than either of us thought possible, a dog who has been with us almost the entire marriage and loves us unconditionally, and a life that keeps getting better and better. We have grown up together in a sense and now we are growing old together, which when I was 20 I never thought I could say but now it makes sense.

I am not going to lie, marriage is hard but as long as you have respect, love, trust and have admiration for each other that's what marriage is about. And I can honestly say that I love my Husband, my Child's Father, my life partner and my best friend more than ever and know that we have 60 more years to continue to love each other more.

Happy 11th Anniversary, Nico's Daddy, I love you!!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Until our next crazy adventure....

Fun Times in 2010

Our little precious angel has decided that he HAS to go to Toys R Us and the only way that he is allowed to go to pick out yet another train is to poo in the potty. So what does our little comedian do??? He makes Daddy sit him on the potty yesterday because he just has to go...so we get all excited thinking he has finally made the transition from going in his pull-ups to now he is a big boy and ready.....right? Wrong, he sat there for 25 minutes, singing, laughing and talking to himself and Daddy trying but no such luck.....so what does he say when Daddy finally says it's time to get off and try later?????


"Daddy, I want to go to Toys R Us!!!" and Daddy says not until you go poo on the potty, so what does Nico say??? "I want to go to Toys R Us, back on the potty!!" Of course it was almost nap time so pull-ups went on and poo didn't happen.


But I guess this is in the right direction and hopefully this new decade and year will prove that we'll be a pull-up free household soon.....................I PRAY!!!!!

Until our next adventure.......

Happy New Year!!!

Hope everyone's New Year Eve is wonderful

and we can't wait to see what the new year unfolds!!!

Have a safe and fun New Year's

and we'll talk next year!!!!

Until NEXT Year's Adventures......

Christmas 2009

Santa's Email to Nico

Nico watching Santa

Tracking Santa

Putting Food out for the Reindeers

Reading the Story, "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Reading the Story of Jesus' Birth

Opening Christmas Jammies

Putting out Cookies for Santa

More Cookies

Grandkids with Grandma Eaver

My Cousins & Little Sister

Grandma's Daughters

Nico & Daddy being Crazy

Santa Came!!! Santa Came!!!

Opening CRANKY!!!!!

Opening Christmas Presents

Happy New Year!!!

EXCITING NEWS!!!!

NICO POOPED IN THE POTTY!!!

Gma Beth & Gpa Tim have been holding Henry the Train since October, and finally last night Nico got Henry!!!

Although I am not sure it was on purpose, I'll take it as it goes and hopefully this is the start of diaper/pull-up free household!!!!

Can you feel my excitement?!?!?!?

Until our next "poopy" adventure........

Merry Christmas!!!

Santa is on the MOVE!!!

Track Santa

Here!!!!!

Haley & Lauren,

Santa has arrived at your house!!!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Christmas Traditions

Who can believe there is only a week until Christmas? Seems like this year has just flown by and now it's

7 days until Christmas!!!

Ever since Nico has been born, we have started a few traditions and even though they may be cheesy, still 4 Christmas' later carry them on. It starts on Christmas Eve night, Nico gets to open one present, his Christmas Jammies, and then we read "The Night Before Christmas", track Santa online and finally set out cookies, milk and carrots for Santa and the Reindeer. It's funny because even when Nico was a baby, I did all these things and Daddy would just roll his eyes and say he doesn't even know or won't remember. But to me it's not that he remembers it's about the memories he will have by looking at pictures or video, and that's what it about. The memories and to possibly pass it on to his children one day if he chooses to have a family. Then on Christmas Day, we get up and get Daddy up to go downstairs to see what Santa has left!!! The last 3 years, I have been more excited than Nico but hopefully this year he'll be really interested in it.....if not we will always have next year, right??

So with 7 days left, the excitement has begun and the countdown starts as we get ready to continue on our family traditions!!! Now if only I could get my shopping done.......

What are you favorite memories or family traditions?

Merry Christmas!!!!

Update:

Nico's Christmas Program went really well. I dropped him off at his classroom, and then he came on stage not crying, not fussing but being a good boy!! Not that was surprised....OK I was a little bit.....they put reindeer antlers on them and sang Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, and then they had drums and sang Little Drummer Boy and finally another song, I am not really sure what it was but it was cute to watch all 12 boys in his class sing! Yes, I did say his entire class is boys!!! Afterwards, Grandma's and Grandpa went into the "big room" and had cookies and punch. It was a fun night and also great to see Kaitlyn and Kourtney perform an opening number that Kait choreographed herself!!!

All in all a great night was had by all, and all the kids did a great job!!!

I have video, but unfortunately it was so dark in there all you can see is darkness but you can hear the kids. Pictures are posted on my Facebook page, and I'll try to attach some to this post later for those who aren't on Facebook.

Hope everyone is almost done shopping, I am not unfortunately but we'll get there!!!!

9 Days and counting.......

WISH NICO LUCK.....

LET'S PRAY HE DOESN'T CRY....

FOR HIS CHRISTMAS PAGEANT TONIGHT....

UPDATES TOMORROW......

An Ordeal

Where to begin, where to begin.....so we have been talking for some time about joining the YMCA for two reason, first for something we can do together and we both need to exercise and two because the classes for Nico are so much less expensive if you are a member. So it was great when we got to join last week and they gave us our official tour, which the place was so big it was a little overwhelming but we can go to a few smaller YMCA's which we will probably end up doing.....but I regress.....

So last night even though I am still fighting a bad head cold, I told Daddy we need to try to go for a while. We ate dinner, Wendy's, there is a joke about eating fast food and then working out but again I regress......

So twice I asked Nico if he had to go potty..."no Mommy, no Mommy" I said are you sure, "No Mommy I don't have to go." So even though in the back of mind I knew I should of made him sit on the potty, I didn't and we were off. We got there and got lost for a second and finally found the playroom for Nico to be signed into, got my number to collect him and we went back downstairs to put our stuff in a locker. As I was waiting for Daddy, and waiting, I hear my name over the loud speaker and Daddy comes around the corner and I said, "That was my name wasn't it?" He nodded and we were off back upstairs thinking what could he have done in less than 5 minutes already???? Did he hurt someone, did he get hurt?? Oh no, I walked through the door and the girl says oh here she is and proceeded to tell me he peed his pants. I am thinking, seriously!!!!!! I was sooooo embarrassed, and he was soaked and of course it wasn't just a little bit, it was all down his pants.....I apologized three times and we left as I was thinking next time I am NOT checking him in, it's Daddy's turn. And they are thinking, the new kid here we go........although they were very nice about it, I am still embarrassed today!

So our first adventures of working out, we never touched a machine and heard all the way home screaming......"I WANT TO PLAY!!!"

Until our next "peeing" adventure....

The Difference 2 Years Makes.....

Who can believe in 10 months Nico will be 4????

October 2007

1 Year Old

October 2009
3 Years Old

Until Next time......

To all my Family, Friends and Fellow Blog Readers:

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

On the eve of Thanksgiving, here are my thoughts of what we have to be thankful for:

* First, My husband and adorable son, Nico

* Our health, we have all stayed pretty healthy this past year.

* Friendships, relationships. How important those are to us.

* Employment, with so many looking for jobs we are very, very lucky.

* The little daily things we take for granted, stop for a minute and be thankful for those things.

* My old Dog, Athena who although drives me crazy sometimes she was our "first born".

* My doctors, who haven't figured it out but haven't given it up either.

* Chemo that has really helped my Step-Dad this past year, and every extra day we have is special.

* Book Clubs, fun days out with friends and just having fun!

* My best friend, Terri who has been in my life since I was 13 and will be there until the end and beyond :)

So many things to be thankful for, so little blogger space! That is the the start of my list....what's on your list?

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy the time with family and friends!

Until next time.....

It's back, the brutally honest truth and knowing darn well that even though it seems like we all alone with these silly things we do, the truth is that we are all in the same boat and learning to laugh about it! So here we go another episode of things I surely couldn't of done.........

I certainly never would of told my precious 3 year old that we were out of water so he would drink the much needed milk he should be drinking and told him we better buy some...No not me!

I surely wouldn't and couldn't have made my loving husband clean the bathrooms because I hate to do it while I cleaned the easier stuff around the house, no not me I always do all the cleaning and on his days off he doesn't have to lift a finger :)

I certainly didn't make an upside down cake, cut it in half eat most of the other half, leave one piece for my precious husband (who if you remember cleaned all three bathrooms) and took the other half to work. I always make sure my adorable husband has dessert of course!

And finally, I certainly would not, could not allow my son to have cookies at 9:30AM after breakfast because he ate good and he won't gain a pound....so why not let him have the cookie...even if it's before NOON!!!!

Well there it is, the brutal truth of things I could have NEVER done!!!

Happy Monday!!

The Next Tiger Woods?!?!?!

Daddy sharing Nico's Clubs

Cheese Mommy!!!


Maybe throwing it is the way to go!

One more try.......

Until our next "golfing" adventure........