Friends....

I'm an incredibly fortunate person. I mean that. When it comes down to it, I lead a pretty darn good life.

There are a number of reasons for that. I'll begin with the three tiniest reasons. Connor, Jackson and Sawyer. They make me laugh. Everyday I am reminded of how lucky I am to be their mom. Sometimes its as simple as a laugh...or a funny face.

We had a really good day today. We were in charge of children's nursery at 8:15 today. We barely got there in time. Turns out, there were no kids other than our own. So, we laid on the floor and played with our boys. It was great fun. We all really enjoyed it.

At church, they have a puzzle with the alphabet. I thought I'd test the boys a little. Connor wasn't really interested, but Jackson...he's the man. He knows about half the alphabet. I think S is his favorite letter. He knows a,b,c,d,e,f,l,m,n,o....a whole bunch of letters. And the ones he gets confused with are letters that look similar to other ones...like o and q, w and m, y and v. I'm way impressed!

After church, Connor wanted to go to Burger King and have a picnic. Since it was before 10 am, we decided to drive over to the Strasburg Railroad. Little did we know, it was Day out with Thomas. It was mobbed! But...the minute the boys saw Thomas, they flipped out. We decided to stay. It was spur of the moment...but we had so much fun. We ended up riding a little steam engine and promising that we'd return the next time Thomas was in town. I know this sounds cheesy, but watching the boys the first time they saw Thomas chugging in...it brought tears to my eyes. They were so excited. Connor just kept talking about how great this was, and how neat it was. Wow.

Last week, we went to visit my best friend and her boys Robert, Joe and Mitch. We were joined by two other girlfriends and their kids. It was a great time...except....We were supposed to go to the bay to swim, but the bay was closed. Too much bacteria. Yuck! There were dead fish everywhere, but that didn't spoil our time together. We went to the park...played in the sand...and ended up getting home at 8:45. It was a long day, but a lot of fun. More on that, next time.