Photos from the Poconos!

Finally! I finally got around to uploading the pictures that we took last week while we were on our little retreat to the Poconos. We had a lot of fun on our trip. Brennan did not really enjoying skiing, but he definitely loved seeing all of the snow and liked the change of scenery. We did a lot of swimming in the indoor pools - I think that was B's favorite part of the trip. Here is a few of my favorite pictures:

Trying to ski with Daddy.

Enjoying the heated pool. Fun at the Crayola Factory (where I did not lose him!).

"Not me!" Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I don't care what anyone tells you, I did not lose my son for about 8 minutes in the Crayola Factory while we were vacationing last week. I would never allow such a thing to happen, especially when there was a 2:1 ratio of adults vs. child. Upon finding him unharmed and completely oblivious that there was two adults frantically searching for him, I did not grab him by the arm and threaten him within an inch of his life scold him for running away.

I am not now sitting here wondering what in world I would do if I had two kids to keep track of!

My brother-in-law may say otherwise, but I did not fall twice just getting to the ski lift and off of the ski lift at the bunny slope while visiting Shawnee Mountain. I was not embarrassed to watch five-year-olds conquer the lift (and bunny slope!) with style and grace!

I did not post a "Wordless Wednesday" post on Tuesday last week because I honestly thought that it was Wednesday. I just wanted to see if my readers were paying attention!

How about you - anything you care to admit?

You might be a mom if...

You totally get your days confused, and you don't realize it until the end of the day :o)

Not-So-Wordless Wednesday :o)

Catching snowflakes (that are so tiny you can't see them!)

Climbing on the deck (see, there's a snowflake!!!)

mmm! Thanks for the candy necklace, Uncle B! (I wonder why he never eats dinner?!)

Out for the count!

ABC's of B

I just realized that B's "birth month" is upon me. My baby will turn 3 years old in just a few short weeks :o( In some ways it seems like the last three years have flown by, but in other ways, it seems like he has always been a part of our life. I can't really remember life before him. I'll save the mushy stuff for his birthday post though. For now, I thought it would be fun to have some fun with his name. Can you tell I have some free time on my hands while we wait for him to wake up from his nap?!

B - Bold

R - Radiant smile

E - Energetic, to say the least

N - Nana's boy

N - No fear

A - Awesome kid

N - Ninja Turtle lover

J - Josh's son

A - ALL boy

M - Momma's baby

E - Excellent ball thrower

S - Scooter rider

Laughter Lives Tuesday

This post is part of "Laughter Lives! Tuesday" on the Riggs Family Blog. Check our their blog to read everyone else's "Laughter Lives!" posts.

"I love you back."
One day, while enjoying some snuggle time and a book together, Brennan turned to me and said, "I love you, Momma". To which I replied, "I love you back". Several days later I said, "I love you B.", and he quickly turned to me with his charming little smile and bright blue eyes and said, "I love you back". It's "our thing" now :o)

Squeeze three times...
Way back when, before we were married, Josh told me that when he was a little boy he and his dad would say "I love you" by either 3 hand squeezes or 3 taps, etc. One squeeze for "I", one for "love" and one for "you". After he shared that story, we were holding hands in the car and he squeezed my hand 3 times. It's been "our thing" ever since!

"Not me!" Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

As for me, I did not spend nearly all of yesterday (minus 2 hours to go to church) in my pajamas. That would just be really lazy.

B did not drop a deuce (or "have a bowel movement" for you medically correct people) in his pants while waiting for his Daddy to turn the bathroom light on for him. Even if he had, he would never try to fix the problem on his own resulting in poo falling onto the bathroom floor. My husband did not proceed to step in said poo while walking into the bathroom to turn on the light. I did not have to get out of my warm, comfy bed in the middle of the night to scrub poo out of the tile grout with an old toothbrush. Not me!

I did not just write about poo on my blog - that's just gross!

My husband did not tell me at 6:30 am today that he plans to take me, B, my brother and my brother's girlfriend skiing for a few days next week. He knows that I am a planner and telling me the week before does not count as "planning ahead". I am not secretly really excited :o)


I did not allow my son to watch 3 episodes of Zoboomafoo in a row yesterday because it was making him laugh big belly laughs.

How about you -- anything you care to admit?

Mr. Fix-it

B "fixing" the fireplace - just like Daddy! (Ignore the mess, B had a friend visiting with him today so they pulled out almost every toy we own!)

"Not Me!" Monday

That's right, folks! It's time for another edition of "Not me!" Monday. Be sure to check out MckMama's blog for tons of other moms who are not afraid to be brutally honest.

I most certainly did not make a special trip to CVS specifically to buy toilet paper and leave with only water colors for B, a free tube of toothpaste (gotta love those Extra Care Bucks!), and a pack of orange tic tacs. I do not have the advanced stages of "mommy brain" in which I would forget my head if it wasn't attached. This definitely was not the second time I had forgotten to buy toilet paper in one week. Who needs toilet paper anyway?! (I would like to extend a special shout out to my mom, Nana, for giving me two rolls of toilet paper!!)

I did not go on a date with my hubby to a cool new restaurant near our house where we proceeded to order flambe and apple pie desserts as our entrees. We did not justify this by saying it was alright since our son wasn't with us to witness us eating dessert for dinner and we had eaten a crab dip appetizer which is kind of like real food :o)

Speaking of, I did not just steal a nibble (or more) of my husband's crab dip while he went outside to take a phone call!

And despite what you may have heard, I did not drive through a shopping center last night and forget to turn my head lights on. My mind is as sharp as a tack!

So sharp, in fact, that I did not forget to bring home the two dozen fresh eggs that a friend picked up for me at the Amish farm -- 3 times! You read that correctly, I did not leave them in the fridge at my mom's house on Thursday, Friday, and last night when I visited. 

Wordless Wednesday #3