somebody is having a birthday tomorrow

Laine is 4 years on Wednesday. She is such a blessing and full of life and spirit. She talks almost all day. Pretty much everything she is thinking is said. She is funny and has a great sense of humor. We are so thankful for her health and she is growing well and strong. She is sensitive too and very caring. She loves to share and the more the merrier when Laine is around. Life is just one big party. Speaking of parties we celebrated with friends and family this weekend. It was a beautiful day to celebrate her 4 year old birthday. She was thankful and squealed at every gift she opened. It was so sweet when she opened a present and found something she had never seen before or asked for she said "oh, I always wanted one of these". Laine you are a breath of fresh air, you toot your own horn, and we love you so much! Have a Happy Birthday

a conversation with a 3 year old.....

Saturday, Laine was pretending she was a cow. She has a very good imagination and likes to be kitties, dogs, or other animals. Yesturday it was a cow. So this is how the conversation went...
Laine: (in a cute little cow voice) : I am a cow and need milk.
Me: Laine if you are a cow you don't need milk, you make milk.
Laine: (starts giggling) Mom, cow's don't make the milk!
Me: Really? Well where does it come from then?
Laine: Mommies and the fridge.
Me: Laine did you know that cow's really can make milk?
Laine: (again giggling...and I could see her little head spinning.. Cows standing on their hind legs makin the milk...what a picture).
Me: really they make milk Laine.
Laine: Cows can't make the milk
Me: Why?
Laine: Cuz they don't have the recipe.
Me: Thinking to my self...( I really need to take her to farm)

blackberry jam

We have lots and lots of blackberries so we have had them on yogurt, on angel food cake, and just in a bowel with a sprinkle of sugar. I have froze some of them so we can enjoy them in the winter when we don't have fresh ones. Last night Paige and I went picking berries and Jeff helped me too. I really wasn't planning to make jam but the idea came to me and I found a receipe on line. I went to the store to buy jars and sure-jel. Paige was such a big help picking and cleaning the jars and drying them. She loved smashing the berries too. Laine helped a little too. Have a fun Saturday in August!

a blog you need to check out...

You have got to check out this great giveaway over at Our Journey of Love. This sweet blogger and her husband have experienced 6 miscarriages and 2 failed adoptions and now are being blessed by being able to adopt baby Lily. They are having a fundraiser with awesome ( I say awesome prizes....cannon rebel, jewelry, blog makeover) to meet the funds needed soon.

Sponge water bombs are fun!

This week I bought some cheep sponges from the grocery store. I took 3 sponges in different colors and cut them into 5 strips for a total of 15 strips and tied around the middle really tight with some ribbons. I made 4 total one each for my girls and my nieces. We had a blast dunking the sponges in water (we made really cold by adding ice), and throwing them and playing catch. Everyone got cooled off. Lots of laughter and summer fun.

blackberry picking

i love that my 8 year old is a little old fashion, a little traditional, a little modest, and a little simple too. i love that she still likes to hold my hand, i like that she is happy when she is with family and can make fun of just about anything. i love that she is resourceful and when she sees a backyard full of blackberries, she wants to pick them and and makes pies and other fruit desserts. this morning we out our long sleeves on and made our way through the thorns to get the ripe berries. i am looking forward to the next few weeks of delicious berries.

simple picture

We went to a butterfly house a few weeks ago and had fun watching all the beautiful butterflies landing on or near us. The girls loved seeing them hatching and flying around. So pretty!

trip to the beach

This week we took a little 4 day trip to the beach with just the girls (my mom, myself and the girls.) We had alot of fun (minigolf, beach, swings, shopping, ice cream, and spending time with grammie). We sooooooo didn't want to come home but I have to go back to work Friday so we made the 3 hour trip home today. I love summer!

ferris wheel

when you look at a picture of a ferris wheel, doesn't it just remind you of summer?

Tiger game, check up, and the Detroit Zoo.

This last week we had a little get away...to Detroit. Laine's Metabolic Specialist is there and the Children's hospital. We decided to head over there the day before and catch a Tiger game and stay overnight. It was so fun. I got a really awesome deal for a hotel on Hotwire and stayed at a 4 star and it was beautiful. Laine walked in the room and said..."oh fancy momma" What a little cutie! The game was fun and the Tigers won! (I got great tickets for 10 bucks each). We got up in the morning and went to Laine's checkup. We met with everyone and they are so happy with how she is doing we don't return for a whole year! Yea for us! We might miss them though, they are so wonderful to us and supportive. Then we headed to the Detroit Zoo in the afternoon. It was a blast.