Happy Valentine's Day!

 Happy Valentine's Day!

I know it's kinda late seeing how I am posting this now.

But I finally had the time to sit and though I would add a new

post to my blog this weekend.

This is what we had for Valentine's day breakfast....yummy!

Heart shaped french toast with fresh strawberries.

We also had some fun earlier in the week with our

homemade paints.  Here is my little guy having fun painting!

Here's my big girl who is very focused on getting that paint out

and onto her paper.  You can see on her paper that she already

had to try it on her hand!

New Years Resolutions

Mmmmm......New Years Resolutions.....Do I have any???  

Of course I would like to be better at things, of course I want to be at my best....but do I really need to make a "resolution" to do better?

I would like to think that I am always trying to do my best.  I am always trying to do better.

I guess at the beginning of the year is a good time to go over what you can do throughout the year to make yourself better.  It's a good time to think about what matters most and what kind of improvements can be done or changed.

So in short, my resolution for 2013 might be that I take a look at what matters most to me and build upon that, to make it even better! 

Cheers :)

Happy Birthday Andrew Zachary Bucher

Can't believe 3 years ago today that we were blessed with a little boy.  Time flies by so fast....3 already!  You sure are Mommy's little man.  You are the one I look to when I need a laugh.  You are the classic class clown.  You like to make us all smile.  Anything for a laugh :)  I will love you for always Andrew!

If it involves cake and presents, it doesn't really matter!

This is birthday party, round one for my little guy.  We celebrated his birthday this past weekend with my husband's side of the family.  He will have another birthday party in 2 weeks with my side of the family.  Then his "real" birthday will be on the 6th.  So in total that will be 3 birthday parties.  I guess that's fitting...he's turning 3...so 3 birthday parties, I guess, would be in order :)

I'm finding that it's hard to celebrate birthdays when they land so close to the holidays.  It gets even harder when everyone lives so far away from each other too.  Then you throw in the shared cousin's birthdays in there too.  But really, the kids don't seem to mind.  A birthday is still a birthday!  If it involves cake and presents...it doesn't mater where or when it is or who you share it with.

Happy Birthday to my little guy Andrew!  

We also (tried) to celebrate his 2 older cousins b-days the same weekend, but unknown circumstances kept them away. 

My Little Artist

The Bucher's Visit The Museum of Science and Industry

We did have a busy October.  As I was going through pictures that I took last month, I came across all the wonderful pictures of our trip to the museum.

We went to Chicago to celebrate my husband's cousin's wife's 30th birthday.  It was a surprise birthday....all the better!  She had no idea that we were making the 5 hour drive down there!  What a surprise it was. 

We ended up spending the weekend there and took them to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.  My little guy who is now (almost) 3 loved it!  It was priceless to see his face when we walked in there.  We found the trains, airplanes, science of weather, farms and tractors.  My big girl (now 5) had fun as well.  We did find the fairy house, but in my opinion, it was not kid friendly. 

We did take a lot of pictures and would like to share them with you.  If you have not been to the museum, I would suggest that it is well worth it!  There was so much that we did not have a chance to see.  But after being there for 3 hours, our kids were tired and were ready to go home.

It was a BLAST!!!

Look Mom...I'm in an airplane!

Waiting for our turn to go in a REAL combine!

Moo Moo

Driving a tractor!

Lights

The almighty Choo Choo

All Aboard

Mommy and Babies

Daddy and Babies

So Excited!

Playing Blog Catch Up!!

Well....I don't know where October went, but I can tell you that when you are busy being a wife, a mom, a child care provider and along with the many other "hats" that I wear, times just goes by, weeks go by, the days just blur right into another.

I'm going to post a few pics that were taking during the month of October for you all to enjoy.  We had a wonderful Halloween!  Our daycare party was a success!!!  What a fun month it was.  Now to enjoy November.  Around here we take it one month at a time.  We enjoy each holiday as they approach.  No Christmas here yet.  Our neighbors seem to think that by putting a huge blow-up Santa in the yard will bring Christmas cheer early.  So for now, I just won't look in their yard.  We are busy making turkeys and talking about pilgrims.

One day at a time......