All he wants for Easter is his two front teeth!

Finally!!! That darn tooth is out!!! Thank heavens!!!

Unfortunately, Mom didn't know that the tooth was sitting on the kitchen counter.. so in her rush to clean up I think the tooth either ended up in the trash or down the drain. Thank heavens the tooth fairy will accept a letter with a photo attached! Ü

Kind of hard to read. It says: Dear tooth fairy, I lost a tooth but it got lost somewhere in our house. Love Joseph

Mom ran her first 5k

I know, I know, to most of you this is not some kind of spectacular feat. But for me... this is HUGE! It has been a long time coming... all my health issues over the years and especially my heart issues which have defeated my attempts at any and all types of exercise for the past 10 years. Well, in January as everyone was setting their new years resolutions... I set mine. I decided I was going to do this for myself. It was my time. So, with my dear friend Betsy, I am on a quest to conquer a half marathon in September. John called a few connections and set me up with the most awesome trainers ever. (We've learned over the years that husband and wife mixing trainer/trainee just really doesn't work for us! Ü hahaha!) So, here I am, 3 1/2 months later, 17 lbs lighter, running my first 5k. And - no heart problems! Not once have I passed out! It's a miracle!!! Seriously! I'm so happy!!!

Saturday, amidst the 31 degree temperature, rain/snow mix falling down, I did it! And as I neared the finish line and saw my wonderful husband, beautiful kids (all 3 crammed in our jogging stroller trying to stay warm- poor things!), my mom and my brother - I got so choked up I could barely breathe!

This is just the beginning for me....

My trainers... Greg and Rich.

A Not-So Happy April Fools

I love Family Fun magazine. I am always happy when it arrives in my mailbox. I love all the fun crafts, games, gifts and funny articles about parenting and kids. So, when I received my April issue I found this great idea for a fun April Fools idea for my kids. I've never really participated much in April Fools day, just because I never think of anything fun to do until after the fact. Then, by the next year I've completely forgotten my good ideas. Well, I got this fun idea and I went for it!

So, for snack time I told the kids I made them a special fruit punch drink for snack time. They were so excited, practically licking their lips! This is what they got:

Jello.

This is what they did:

And then:

Mahlia is just devastated... she did not think this was funny at all! Joseph is just plain furious. Jackson, well, he was pretty unemotional... he was just wondering what the heck was going on.

I even tried to make up for it by adding whipping cream.

At least it made Jackson happy!!!!

Guess April Fools just isn't our holiday. Which is just fine by me!!! Ü BTW - I am laughing so hard as I write this... this could have been the funniest thing ever!