Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mom's out there. My Mom is an amazing Mom. For all the things she did and still does for us, I am so grateful. I hope some day my kids feel the same about me.
I was definitely feelin' the love this Mother's Day. My day started with the proverbial breakfast in bed. Callie got up even earlier for Mother's Day than she did when the Easter Bunny came. That made me feel special.
The kids gave me a Crown to wear. Queen for a day? I'm a Queen for Life! Trent made me a very creative Hershey Kiss Heart Card and invited me to go to a movie with him. HIS treat! Such a gentleman offering to pay! Callie made a nice clay creation at school.
We capped off the day with dinner at my favorite resturant, Kirches. You may remember I also celebrated my Birthday there. I even ordered dessert! A great day.

Happy Birthday Callie!

My little birthday girl! 4 years old! Lucky girl, she got to celebrate her birthday 3 times! At the second party someone asked her how old she was. She had to stop and think about it, and said, "am I 5 now?" No Callie, just because you celebrate your birthday again doesn't mean you have reached the next age. After the third party she asked if "she was having a party again tomorrow?"

She made sure we had her birthday girl hat. Breakfast at Egg Harbor - Rainbow pancake made with a special flair for her special day!

Dinner with Gran, Grampy and Auntie Kate at The Rainforest Cafe for the 2nd year in a row!
VOLCANO!

Trent picked out this Thumbellina for Callie, one of her favorites. He was so sweet when he asked to go shopping for her.Marshall is all about the thumbs up with the kids lately!
Princess Clothes! Have been donned at least once every day since!
Thank You everyone! Callie is a happy girl!

Messy Meal

It's a rainy morning, not too hot compared to the 90 degrees we've been having. I was in the mood for some Malt-o-Meal for breakfast. We like the stuff, but I hate making it because it is always such a mess. The powder flys out of the box all over the counter, I have to use two measuring cups to prepare it and it sticks to the pot after it cools. I use half milk/half water to cook it, makes it taste oh so creamy. But the milk always causes it to boil over. This is the messy-ist part of all!
I was standing by today, to make sure it would not happen. I may have mentioned in the past I am an energy nazi, so of course even though its kinda dark and rainy, I don't have any of the lights on. I couldn't really see if the liquid was getting close to the boiling point or not, so I went to turn on the light. I am also easily distracted and started going though my mail. Not more than 3 pieces in I hear the sizzling and look over to see the bubbling foam spilling all over! Malt-o-Meal, my cooking nemesis! You're lucky you taste so good!
The milk even gets down under the cook top! I guess it gives me a reason to get under there and clean! (I'm such an optimist!)