If You Give a Mom a Muffin......

I was cleaning and found this poem I picked up from a playgroup. It gave me a smile so I thought I'd put it on here for all the moms out there!

If you give a mom a muffin
She'll want a cup of coffee to gowith it
She'll pour herself some
The coffee will get spilled by her 3 year old
She'll wipe it up

Wiping up the floor, she'll find some dirty socks
She'll remember she has to do some laundry
When she puts the laundry in the washer,
She'll trip over some snow boots and bump into the freezer.
Bumping into the freezer will remind her she has to plan dinner for tonight.

She'll get out a pound of hamburger.
She'll look in her cookbook (101 Things to Make With a Pound of Hamburger).
The cookbook is sitting under a pile of mail.
She'll see the phone bill is due tomorrow.
She will look for checkbook.

The checkbook is in her purse that's being dumped by a 2 year old.
She'll smell something funny.
She'll change the 2 year old.
While she is changing the 2 year old, the phone will ring.
Her four year old will answer and hang up.

She remembers that she wants to phone a friend to come for coffee on Friday.
Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup.
She will pour herself some.

And chances are....
If she has a cup of coffee....
Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.

Enjoy!

Whitecaps & Tubing

On Friday, we went to the Whitecaps with Scott's work. It was a lot of fun! They rented out the Steak and Shake Deck for the game. On the way to the deck, there were Lansing Lugnuts warming up, when we walked past, the kids said hi to them. The manager then called us down by them and gave each kid a ball that they were practicing with! They were excited! We were able to watch the game from here as well as eat some dinner. They had unlimited food from 6:30-8. There was hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, chips, cookies, ice cream and pop. Our kids are now old enough that I did not have to walk them around to keep them entertained because they watched almost the whole game. I have no idea what went on, but the kids do! I always like Windemuller's summer parties because it means fun for the kids also!

On Saturday we went tubing and boating at Gun Lake. The kids ended up liking it but neither was thrilled with it. Megan started her first ride with Scott and was crying until we got in calmer waters. Cody started out with a big smile when he was with Scott then decided he was done. Cody went 4 or 5 times and Megan 2 very long rides with Scott! Cody went with Scott, me, and Dave(Scott's brother). On Cody's last ride with Dave, he ended up wiping out as James said! I am lucky that I didn't see it otherwise I would have freaked out! Cody went one way and Dave the other when they landed. Dave was able to swim to Cody and then stand up in the middle of Gun Lake. That is when I turned my head saw it and almost jumped off the boat to go get him! Everyone was amazed at how calm I was, I think it was because I didn't see it and knew his life jacket was on! The rest of the family went tubing, including Scott and I. I am so sore this morning I can hardly lift my arms up! It was lots of fun though!

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High School Musical & a Block Party

Today was another fun & busy day. We started the weekend with our niece Betsy spending the night on Friday. My kids love having little ones over so this was a lot of fun for them. They get along with Betsy, Lily and Wyatt so well it ALMOST makes me want another one. Then I remember the joy of being pregnant and waking up with a newborn and I'm done wishing that!
This afternoon we dropped off Betsy and went two different ways. Megan and I went with my mom to see High School Musical(the original) at Civic Theater while Cody and Scott went to the block party for our neighborhood. The musical was really cute and got all those songs in my head! Megan seemed to really enjoy herself but I think what she really liked was the 1 on 1 time she got from us!
While we were at the show, Cody and Scott were in a bike parade around the neighborhood followed by food and fun with all the neighbors around here. There was a volunteer fireman who was able to get a truck and park it in front of his house. For the second time this summer, Cody was able to shoot water from a fire hose. He told me that is the reason he wants to be a firefighter, so he can use a fire hose!! The fireman has a hydrant in his yard that he opened up and let the kids play in. Megan and I were back at this point so both kids had a ball running through all that water! It was nice to see and meet some new people from the neighborhood. I even ran into someone I went to middle school with! Enjoy the pictures from the party!

Life with Cody

Anyone who has ever spent 5 minutes with Cody knows that it's never dull when he's around. Today when Scott got home from work, I took Cody out shopping to get Megan's birthday party. He was bouncing off walls he was so excited because he loves me. That was his reason for wanting to go with me. I get him buckled in his car seat and then ask where he wants to go shop, thinking Target or the mall. He looks at me and says, is Linen and Things still open? I laughed and then said yes but they don't have toys there. He then tells me he wants to go to Costco- he loves their samples(or staples as he calls them)! I finally tell him he can choose Target, Meijer's or the Mall. Cody chose Target because he didn't want to have to up the escalator at the mall, he's still afraid he'll fall down it again! Anyway just a little picture of what daily life is like with Cody!

Girls Night Out (In)!

Last night we had a girls night out with some women from church. We went to Kristin's house and all brought so much food. There was a lot of yummy things to eat! It was so nice to spend time with all the girls without interruption from any kids. Nikki and I scrapbooked all day so we enjoyed a girls day out all day! It was fun to spend a day with adults because the kids have been home 24/7 since school let out! Here's one of the pictures that turned out from last night. I kept doing different thing to mess is up so we had to take 3 or 4 different pictures!
On a side note, please pray for my friend Ryan's family. His step-Grandpa is really struggling with pneumonia. This hasn't been easy for Kristin listening to the same words being talked about that she had to say when Ryan was alive and awaiting lungs. Kristin has more updates on her blog, The Sweeney Four.



The back row is Kristin, Lori, Tami, Jessica, and Nikki. The front row is me, Jenny, and Jennifer(yes that did get confusing a couple times!)

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The top one is my answer the bottom one is Scott's answer. I didn't think he even looked at our blog but he said he had it up for music. Any Alabama song on the blog music is for him in case any of you were wondering about the country music!


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