What a day!

This was one of those days that was so busy and full,that I thought what happened this morning happened a couple of days ago!

First, Aidan's Easter party. What a great thing that was. I will post pics as soon as I get them developed. Yes, I am old fashioned and still shoot film. BUT, they are beautiful pictures! The room mom is amazing and does such a fantastic job planning. She even had something special for the siblings to do! During the party, I ran out and took a pic of Maddie at her Easter party too. Maddie, Aidan ,and Izzie were all sugared up and ready to go. That is where the busy, crazy part of the day comes in.

Soooo, Maddie spent the afternoon with us. The little girls chattered non-stop for HOURS. After we got home we had lunch, played outside, hit the park, got a slush(hello, happy hour at sonic), played inside and then back outside, ate dinner and then on to Awana's. I am worn out!

At the park, I met the rudest, punk-a**, kid in the world. Yes parents, there are times when it is appropriate to smack your kid upside the head and consider military school. The kids wanted to slide...what kid doesn't? There were 2 kids - one hugging 18, the other probably 11-12, both TOTAL thugs - sitting at the bottom of the slide. Aidan said, "hey guys, I want to slide" - BLANK stares. So I said, "hey guys, the kids want to slide". The older one looks at me and actually says, "yeah". And when he says yeah, it's not the kinds that means "sure thing!" it's the kind of yeah that is best interpreted as I am not getting off my loser a** and doing anything about it. Excuse my language, I was PISSED. I proceeded to say, "sooo, can you MOVE!" Eye roll and "whatever" and they move. I hope his parents are royally proud. Fortunately, parks and rec showed and saw this exchange and ran them off. I was told to call PD next time. I told Aidan that if he EVER treated anyone that way, I would squash him like a bug. He grinned and said "mom, I will NEVER act that way - they are losers". He is my sweet boy and I hope that doesn't change.

Noah got to swing for the first time and LOVED it, Maddie and Izzie giggled to their little hearts content. I am tapped out!


I am also posting pics of our Monday afternoon with the Campbell ladies. We love spending time with our girls!

Six years of mommyhood

Today was such a great day! We celebrated Aidans 6th birthday. Where has the time gone? I have been reflecting on how much my life has changed in six short years. I have had the indescribable privilige of become a mom three times over.

Today was a day about Aidan. We celebrated with a birthday party at the Fire Station followed by Nana and Papa coming to our house. Pictures and details about the party to follow. I'm exhausted right now...stayed up til 3am working on Aidans cake.

In honor of a very special little boy on a very special day:

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT AIDAN AND OTHER RANDOM THOUGHTS
1) His heart. He has such a sweet spirit and is so incredibly thoughtful. He has such love for his baby sister and brother!
2)His grin whether it is sheepish, silly, happy or all of the above. His laugh is even better.
3)That I can really talk to him about so many things. He is great to talk to.
4) He wants to be a superhero, but he is better than all of them put together. His superpower is his ability to love and care for others the way that he does.
5) That he can out-argue his dad!
6) The sounds he makes when he plays, especially when he is a Transformer.
7)When Aidan was little I always told him that he was my guy and he would tell me that I'm his guy. He still does and I love it.
8)His boundless energy. He can make Tigger look like a drag.
9)That God allowed me to be his mom.I feel so abundantly blessed.
10) I have so enjoyed watching Aidan grow and can't wait to see what the future holds for my little man.

Happy Birthday to my guy!!! I hope all of your wishes and dreams come true!

I'm a slacker

I have not been very good at keeping up with this lately. Since my last post, we have had Spring Break. It was so wonderful having Aidan home for the week. We didn't do anything earth shattering, but still enjoyed very much.

Aidan and Isabelle got to go to Nana and Papa's for a sleepover with all of their cousins. Aidan was the only boy in a sea of girls! They were so excited to spend time with the "Campbell Ladies" as they are often called at our house - Autumn, Aubrey, and Annsley. We think they are pretty awesome! Of course they sneaked in a little Maddie time as well.

Papa taught Aidan how to fly his kite. It was Aidan's first experience with flying a kite and he was pleased as punch! It was adorable watching Aidan following Papa around. Dad was sporting his overalls and looking cute doing it. Silly boys!

Izzie was out feeding fish in her tutu. Fashion and fish go very well together! So precious! They had a blast:)

The rest of the week, we spent lots of time playing at the park, etc. It was nice to have time together!

We are gearing up for Aidan's 6th birthday party at the fire station. I have soooo much to do and never enough time. There's the cake, the favors, the food, and the list just goes on. He is so excited that tonight he could NOT go to sleep! He finally gave it up around 11:00. He is going to hate life tomorrow!

Izzie is having girly time tomorrow and a sleepover with Maddie. She says Maddie is her best friend. I love it - cousins and besties! I'm going to miss my little chatterbox!

Other interesting happenings in the Robinson house:
Today Buster finally caught and killed a squirrel. He has been gunning for one for months. He carried it around like a prize. Yes, I had to make him drop it so I could dispose of it. Ewww! As the wife of a FF, I have had to suck it up and handle some pretty *interesting* situations over the years.

Izzie informed me that the "squirrel died to heaben with the black fish". How cute is that? I could just sop her up with a biscuit she's that cute.

Aidan was giving attaboys to the squirrel-killing mutt. He is such a boy!

I'm out!

Cliff Notes version of the Last Two Weeks

The last two weeks I haven't blogged so here is the low down. Number one would be the primary reason for my hiatus.

1) Internet issues. We had to go back to high speed while the Fios issues were fixed. Whoever decided to call it high speed has VERY low standards.
2)Busy, Busy, BUSY!
3) Aidan told Izzie that she came from Mexico. Ha!
4)Izzie colored her legs and explained to me that she only wanted to have "Monster Legs". Pics to follow.
5)Sick. We have been sick with various illnesses. Brings new meaning to the phrase "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired".
6)We are starting our garden from seed this year. I am hopeful!
7)Planning a garage sale. Might just open my front door and welcome people to just take whatever. We have entirely too much stuff! If they will kindly leave anything that calls me mommy and one dog. Phoenix is the only one I care to keep. The other two can be bought for a great price. Nix that, they are FREE! Still don't want them? I'll pay you...REALLY!
8) I am working so hard on time management skills. I seriously lack them. I am also working diligently to organize my house. Now where did I put that child???
9)Praying for Lynsey. She just had another MRI and is having some tingling in one arm. No results yet.

Well, we had a fantastic day of playing at the park and I am WORN out. The above nine things are all that I can think of at this particular moment.