TipJunkie's Birthday Bash

So who doesn't love wonderful giveaways! I know I do! And to celebrate wonderful, Laurie, over at TipJunkie website's 2 year birthday and new website, we are participating in her 50 giveaways this week!!!

Keep your eyes peeled for Sweet Baby Cake Designs' submission (hint: the day after Wednesday and before Friday).

Free FruiTea!

I got a notice that Arby's was having a special today and they were giving away their new FruiTea! I had to run some errands this morning and so I stopped by our local store. I got the Diet Peach FruiTea for free (with no necessary purchase!). It was really good! They put brewed tea and sugar-free syrup into a glass with lots of ice. It was nice an refreshing on a VERY hot Florida day! Don't forget to stop in and get your free FruiTea today too!

Spring Cleaning

So I am joining the Spring Cleaning Party @ Simple Mom for the next 2 weeks! My house really needs an overhaul (yes, Mom, I know). She has a great book to follow along with her post each day of what to do. Today I did the clean sweep. I have moved all the clutter and put things away, put them in the giveaway box, or packaged them up for storage. I think it went pretty well! Here's some pictures of my progress...
Before and After:
































And here's the schedule for the next two weeks...

• Monday, May 4 - a clean sweep
• Tuesday, May 5 - the living room, part one
• Wednesday, May 6 - the living room, part two
• Thursday, May 7 - the kitchen, part one
• Friday, May 8 - the kitchen, part two
• Monday, May 11 - the bathrooms
• Tuesday, May 12 - the kids’ rooms, part one
• Wednesday, May 13 - the kids’ rooms, part two
• Thursday, May 14 - the master bedroom
• Friday, May 15 - the front entry

Come join the fun!

What We've Been Up To Lately...

We have had some wonderful weather in Florida lately and we have been trying to take advantage of it! Here's some of the things we have been up to lately.

The boys LOVE to dress up: Peter Pan, Captain Hook, cowboys, police man, or race car driver. But Warren just LOVES Buzz Lightyear. He would always pretend that he was Buzz, but never had anything to dress with. Today, Tyler got him a little Buzz Lightyear costume. Can you tell he absolutely, positively loves it! In this picture he is saying, "To Infinity and Beyond." He really hasn't wanted to take it off all afternoon, but we did pry it away to go in the pool- a common place for us to be each day.
Tonight the kids got chocolate ice cream cones for dessert. They went out to fly a kite (the only one we HAD, yes, had, left). When they came back in to get their suits on, I had to stop and look at their faces.
Ben is all nice and clean, well, pretty well.
And Warren...
This is so Warren. He is messy and dirty and only has one speed- FAST. I love these boys!

The last weekend in April we went Tennessee to see my family. On Saturday, Tyler and I drove up to Kentucky attend a girlfriend from high school and college's wedding, Lizzie. It was a beautiful wedding and a great reception. Thanks for letting us be a part of your wonderful day!

On Friday night Tyler and I took the boys to play putt-putt golf. It was Ben's second time and Warren's first time. Warren was not that interested in actually hitting the ball; he just wanted to look around and go on ahead. It was really a cute little course. They had gators to feed, big waterfalls, ups and downs, and caves! It helped keep the kids entertained.

Feeding the gators! I'm pretty sure it was dog treats.

Tyler, on one of his trips to Wally World, picked up the kids $1 kites! Warren got Buzz Lightyear, and Ben got Spiderman. They had so much fun flying them in the empty lots next to our house! We definitely got our money out of them, as they have both bit the dust now.

Can you find Buzz?

Madison's Birthday

This weekend we went to our friend, Madison's, birthday party. Madison's parents were in our small group. We just love Liz and Chad! We had so much fun going out to Hunsader Farms when it wasn't the fall festival (it looks so different). We ended up taking Brendan with us- so lots of our pictures have Ben's best friend Brendan:). Thanks for such a great time!

The boys in the sandbox

Ben

They even got to go on the train this time! So exciting!

They really LOVED the train!

Warren- Oh, he had such a big time! I couldn't keep him out of the sand!!!

Benjamin and his new glasses!

Ben and his best friend, Brendan

The boys with the birthday girl

Yummy cake!

Madison's sister, Meghan. I think she likes cake!

Brendan feeding the animals!

Warren feeding the animals.

BabySteals.com

I have posted that I love BabySteals.com before, but let me just reiterate- I love BabySteals.com! They offer the best products and such quick shipping. Though you only get one item a day; it's still great! And when that items sells out, they're gone. Those girls keep you on your toes! I find so many neat products from their website and at such great prices (at least half off, usually)! You have to go check them out. Plus they are getting ready to have Huge Birthday Party very soon (do I smell prizes?). Go check them out www.babysteals.com! You will not be disappointed!

Stellan

As many of you know there is a wonderful momma, Jennifer, that writes a blog called My Charming Kids. She is an amazing mom with 4 kids. I have been following McMama, as she calls herself, and her littles ones ever since I found her through Angie and feel like I know her personally, though we have never met. One of her precious little ones, Stellan, was diagnosed with SVT (a major heart problem) in utero last summer. It seemed like the whole blogosphere came together to pray for this little one. You see, Stellan is a miracle. When he was born, he had NO heart issues of any kind! Praise God! An answer to prayer. Last week, he got sick with a cold and McMama took him into the ER just to be sure he was ok. They treated him and were about to send him home. Then they gave him an albuterol treatment. His poor heart didn't like that AT ALL! That sent his heart haywire and he is still in the hospital. Part of my heart has been with Jennifer all week, getting her Twitter updates via my phone. I have been on the edge of my seat waiting to see what is going on with little Stellan. While we were at Disney, I made a sign and asked some of the characters to hold it for a picture. Today, I found out that one of them made it into his name gallery. How exciting! Pop on over and take a look!

http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2008/08/eventually-these-photographs-will-be-in.html

Disney

This past week we took off and went to Disney World for an entire week. We had 7 day passes and went to a park every single day! The boys had so much fun! Since I had too many pictures (like 600, but I narrowed it down to 100), I put up a slide show. Feel free to click on it to actually see any of the real pictures.

Look who came to visit!

This weekend my nephew, Camden, came over to visit! His mommy and daddy were celebrating their first anniversary (Happy Anniversary, guys). We had lots of fun- swimming in the pool, going to Toys R Us, getting the other boys hair cuts, and going to the park. Here's some pictures from our great visit.




Camden also had his first taste of REAL banana. Can you tell he LOVED it?
And this is Ben's latest creation of a track. He came and got me to take a picture.

Robinson Preserve

This evening, Warren and I went out to Robinson Preserve, a local park. It was great! Very nice nature trails and lots to see. Warren love climbing the lookout tower and watching the crabs. We had a great time. You will have to click on these pictures to get the full effect!

Running away from me!The awesome lookout tower. Yes, we climbed all the way to the top!

Lots of crabs around.

Unedited Warren

Same

This one you NEED to click on. The Skyway Bridge is out there! I promise!

Lots of boaters

We parked next to the blue house in the middle of the picture. Again, got to click.