APRIL HEAT WAVE | Can you believe it's 80+ degrees?

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Can I blame it on pregnancy brain?

I remember thinking.... "how can anyone be so dumb as to lock their keys in the car?". I did one better... I locked my keys and my 2-year-old in the car today at the gas station. I still don't know how I did it, but I did it. My first thought? Call my neighbor... they can bring me my second set of keys in a few minutes... but wait! My cell phone is in the car. I have no idea of their phone number. Now what. Luckily, I picked the gas station next to the Car Detailing/Extreme place and they had the tools to get in, along with another good Samaritan who happened to be pumping gas at that time. Crisis averted. Jonathan thought it was a game as Mommy smiled at him through the window. Check that off my "to-do" list of dumb moves in my lifetime.

What has she done to the cat?

Boy, do you think Delaney is ready for a baby sister?

GOING GREEN | at least for breakfast!

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They do like each other!

Some fleeting moments of sibling love...

Letting go... and letting the dirt in

I had to let go today... let go of all my squeamishness about the kids getting muddy...
It was an unusually warm day today...but very muddy since the 8+ inches of snow we had last week melted rapidly leaving us a yard filled with muddy holes and dog poo (thanks, Bailey :)).
But I gritted my teeth and just let them be kids.
That's what baths and washing machines are for, right?

A rare moment of sibling love...

"Are those your school shoes?" Yes... just grin and bear it, Mommy

"Look how big I am!" He couldn't begin to reach the handles last year!

The Princess and the dragon...

I dare not tell you how much Disney charges for facepainting... but the results were priceless. They looked so darn cute!