My little Fireman/Cook

I might be really spoiled, but my son LOVES to play on his own.  He does have times when he wants us to play cars with him or jump on the trampoline with him (yes, this does happen!), but sometimes he will go off to another room and play by himself.  Sometimes thinking about a 2 year old playing in another room by himself might immediately make you think....TROUBLE!  And sometimes.....you're right!  But most times he is just having a great time!  This particular day I couldn't help by smile when I found him doing this.....

I JUST LOVE THIS LITTLE MAN!!

St. Patrick's Day

Just thought I would post a picture of Riley and I on St. Patrick's Day.  Another homemade shirt from Mommy!  I am not real creative....but I try!

All I could do was laugh....

With the weather getting nicer out, I am finding it is even more difficult to get work done inside the house.  Riley loves to be outside so on laundry days it can be hard to get anything done.  Once we are outside....he doesn't want to come back in!  One day we were out on the driveway drawing with some chalk.  I convinced him to go inside to change his trainer, but he wanted to take the chalk in.....ok fine, we are going to change the diaper and come right back out!  Riigght. After I changed the trainer, I remembered I needed to change the laundry too, but forgot he had the chalk. I came back to the kitchen when we were going to head back outside and this is what I found......

All I could do was laugh!  Of course I tried to be a good mom and tell him he should not color with chalk in the house.....but how could I blame him?!?  I DID let him have the chalk in the house!  :)

Outdoor Fun!

So it has been a crazy year so far.  I can't believe it is almost JUNE!  I promised earlier that I would get everyone caught up so here goes!  The first of many catching up blogs!
 
We were very spoiled in March and Riley got to spend a lot of time outside, which he loved!  One of this favorite things to do outside is play with Bailee & Dougie.  They live across the street.  Between our busy schedule and their busy schedule they don't play together very often, but when they do...look out!  :)


Enjoying the nice weather!  I can't help taking so many pictures of him playing....he makes me smile!


Helping Daddy landscape!  Riley had so much fun with this.  He hasn't really ever played in the dirt before.  He can sometimes be weird with being dirty so I wasn't sure he would like this very much, but boy did he prove me wrong!  See for yourself....

Playing on his playground.  We bought this for him last year at a garage sale and he still loves it! 

 Hope you enjoyed seeing some of what we are up to when it is nice out!

Where's the camera?

It has been a long time since I have posted a blog.  We lost our camera and I didn't have any pictures!  After about three weeks of looking for it, we broke down and bought a new one.....and 3.5 hours later we found our old one....go figure!  I am busy getting ready to head to Georgia with Riley to see Amber, Jason, and Colt!  Once we return from that all three of us are making a short trip to Chicago and then Kyle and I are off to Vegas!  April has flown by already!  I promise to update on what you have missed with pictures once we return from Vegas....at the beginning of May!

Happy April!

Tara

Mini-Vacation

This past week Kyle, Riley and I had a chance to go on a mini-vacation.  Riley was such a trooper because it was a jam-packed 36 hours!  We first headed out to run some errands and then headed up to Schaumburg to visit Legoland.  It wasn't as exciting as we were expecting, but Riley did enjoy riding the "train". 

The disappointment didn't last long because we were off to Chick-Fil-A for dinner!  They had a play place so after we ate Riley got to go in with the kids and play.  I think he went down the slide about 1,000 times!  Then we were off to check into our hotel.  We decided to get a hotel room for the night so Riley could go swimming. He is such a little fish and will be swimming before we know it!

The next morning we were off to take Riley to his first (official) movie!  We took him when he was 2 months old, but that doesn't really count.  He did amazing and sat quietly through the whole movie!

Hopefully we have as much fun on the next mini-vacation as we did on this one!

Tara

Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

I have a friend (Stephanie Tierney) from high school that is doing the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this year.   The walk is on June 6th and she is raising money to "help provide access to care for those that most need it, fund educational programs, and accelerate research into new treatments and potential cures." 

This is an event that I would like to someday do myself.  For now I will settle for supporting someone who is helping to fight this battle.  Please donate, for everyone who has battled breast cancer, everyone who has a family member or friend who has battled breast cancer, and everyone who has lost someone to breast cancer. Every little bit helps!

For everyone who knows what my mom went through with her fight with breast cancer to everyone who knows what my Dad, sister, and I went through with her fight with breast cancer.  Please help with a donation so some day we can find a cure so no one else has to experience what we have.

Here is a link to her page if you would like to donate!

http://info.avonfoundation.org/site/TR/Walk/Chicago?px=6308471&pg=personal&fr_id=2171

Thanks so much!

Tara