He Just Showed Up Today...

He says he comes in peace. We'll keep him.

YOU MUST WATCH THIS!

I wish I could embed this video here for you but please take the 7 minutes and watch this. Sterling's teacher (who is AWESOME) played this in his class yesterday with the message "you can't judge a book by it's cover". This really hit a note with Sterling and he was anxious to show it to me. The comments from the judges at the end really show how easy it is to "judge" and how you really can't judge a book by its cover. Just take the time. It's worth it. I promise. I still have the goosebumps and I've seen it 5 times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

We picked up a stray...

...on the way home from bowling. He has yet to introduce himself, but he's cute, so I think we'll keep him.

funnies for Friday

Read these on one of our news links at work last night. They are cartoons and I don't have the pictures but I think the words will make you laugh just as much. I am in no way condoning smoking - it is totally gross and disgusting, but you'll have to agree, these are funny.

Doctor: "I'm prescribing you a patch to help you quit smoking...wear it over your mouth".

Patient to Doctor: "I don't have time to jog or lift weights. If I weren't smoking my lungs wouldn't get any exercise".

Have a good weekend.

pee my pants

Let me just start this by saying that Jessica gave me permission to post this picture. Let me also say that Emma is the funniest kid I have ever met. One night at supper she was making all these crazy faces. She would cross her eyes and wiggle them around and make funny noises and pull on her ears and I just have to say that it was so funny I seriously peed my pants. And I wasn't the only one! I honestly don't think I have ever seen Craig laugh so hard. I know that I was laughing so much that I couldn't catch my breath. It was so funny.
On a serious note - I just want to give kudos to Jessica. Emma is amazing and Jessica is so much of the reason why. Watching Jessica parent Em shows me why Emma is so kind, sweet, strong headed, funny, always wanting to "be in the play" and just plain old awesome. Jessica - you are doing such a great job with her. She is fantastic.
I do have a video I plan to post some time this week called "Emma's Rock and Roll ABCs". More hilarity. Stay posted!

Happy Birthday to You...

Today is my mom's birthday.
Happy Birthday to you!
We love you.

Here are 9 things that describe my mom: (6+3)
my mom is:

1. kind
2. caring
3. an awesome mom
4. a great friend
5. a terrific amma
6. funny
7. loving
8. generous
9. and lives with her whole heart

I love you, mom! Always

In celebration of my mom's birthday, here are some cool quotes I found:

Of course I can do anything. I am a mother. - unknown

A mother's love perceives no impossibilities. - Cornelia Paddock

A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose no one can take. -
Cardinal Merrimold

and the one that reminds me the most of my mom -

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do. -
unknown

Had a great Good Friday at Niagara Falls. Went left about 9am and got home about 6pm. It was so much fun. We walked for miles, had a picnic, people watched and just enjoyed being together. Baba brought his binoculars (the same ones I used to use as a kid) and the boys loved getting the chance to see through them.

All is well here. We have had a great visit with everyone. We loved having Emma and Jessica here. Emma is so hilarious. I haven't laughed so much in a long time. I have a hilarious picture and story about her but will wait to get Jessica's permission before I post it.

A bit of sadness here yesterday. Sterling and Kaeden were playing on Saturday and they came across their gifts from the Easter Bunny. Sterling thought they were from us and thought nothing of it. When he did the hunt and found those things from the Easter Bunny he was devastated. He cried and cried. It was so sad. He now believes that the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy are not real but surprisingly does believe in Santa. It was very sad. I think Kaeden is probably done believing as well but he didn't even mention it. Needless to say, I was pretty upset myself. He was bummed out for a lot of the day. Well, he made it 11 1/2 years, so that is pretty good.

Mom and dad are going back West tomorrow and the kids go back to school after having a four day weekend. It is going to be very quiet here.

Hope everyone is well and you had a great Easter.