guilt trip

I have mentioned in the past that often times on Fridays Campbell and I plan a special outing or a play date. Every time that we do this I have a moment of guilt. It is usually just for a second as I think about how much Wilson would enjoy what we are doing. The moment passes and I don't really give it any more thought. This was the case last Friday when Pete and I took Campbell and Vivian to the tube room and lunch at Chick-Fil-A.
They had a great time playing and while I thought of Wilson it was a passing thought. That is until that night when Campbell decided to share with his big brother what he had spent the day doing. To say Wilson was sad would be an understatement. He was devastated...brought to tears.

We discovered the tube room last summer and it was something that the 3 of us did together. Campbell and I have gone a few times since Wilson has been in school, but this was the last straw.
I try to not make many promises to my kids for fear I will break them, but I promised Wilson the next time we went to the tube room he would be with us....and so Tuesday we went straight from school to the tube room. The story of Wilson's "interesting" outfit will have to wait for another day.

to the zoo

On Friday Campbell and I headed to the zoo with some friends to enjoy the beautiful weather. It had been a while and I have to say the LR zoo is looking much better. The last time we were there they had 4 animals (slight exaggeration) and you had to take your stroller off road to see them. This time we got to see lots of animals and Campbell was thrilled.
Campbell refused to pose with anyone other than the animals so I got this very cute picture of the girls and this sad face of him.

We ended the day with a race, tiger vs. elephant, and a quick look at a VERY big snake.















Thanks Day family for the invite and free passes.

big boy trip

Two weeks ago NLR had a 4 day weekend and we jumped on it with a quick trip to Disney World. Even as I write that it sounds crazy, but it did kind of happen like that.

My mom had a season pass and had told my nephew she would take him before it expired. When we sat down and tried to figure it out about a month ago we realized this would be the best time. It was a trip just for the BIG boys(5 year olds) and my mom, Amanda and I got to tag along (I'm pretty sure Amanda and I love it as much as they do. We have collectively been close to 20 times-CRAZY!!!)

After almost 24 hours of traveling and an unexpected overnight stay in Atlanta we made it.

And though our short trip was cut even shorter, we managed to maximize the fun. We even hit all 4 major parks in the 2 1/2 days we were there.

I don't suggest this, but we did it with minimal meltdowns
and lots of laughs.The best part for me was the very special time I got with Wilson. Once I got over the guilt of leaving Campbell at home (with plenty to keep him busy and happy,) I realized what a treat it was to have these memories with just Wilson.


And on the last day we weren't just mom and Wilson we were mommy and baby tiger, with the help of some very impressive face paint.
And Dylan and Amanda were a dinosaur and a leafy/flowery forest for the dinosaur to hide in.

We even got to show off our fabulous faces to Mickey.

play day

On Fridays Campbell and I usually lay low and wrap up the things I didn't manage to get done during the week. It is the only day that we don't have a "plan" and so sometimes we are lucky enough to happen upon a play date. Yesterday morning we had Eli over to play while Amy took the girls to the doctor.

The boys had such a good time. The played like crazy and at one point they were on a hunt for wild animals.

Then we all got an invite to head over to Vivian and Bauer's house for some play time and lunch... Even a little popsicle treat (hard to imagine that they were eating popsicles barefoot outside yesterday and now I am cuddling with my heating pad, but it's true.)Thanks everybody for a super fun day!

snap, crackle, pop

As a special after school snack today we made rice crispy treats.

Sometimes i let my fear of a mess get in the way of a fun project, but today we pulled out all the stops. i even let the boys dig through our bucket of 5o animal cookie cutters.

Then we decorated our treats with m&m's and marshmallows.


We ended up with some beautiful creations. a dolphin, a penguin, a dinosaur, a chick, a lizard, a frog and my favorite a parrot.

house for sale

For the past few weeks we have been trying to make a decision about selling our house.
Today we took the big step of putting up a sign, so our house is officially on the market.

The House
1780 sq feet
3 bedrooms
2 baths
bonus room
refinished hardwoods in living and bedrooms
ceramic tile in kitchen
kitchen completely updated with stainless steel appliances
all new windows and doors
new siding and gutters


If you know anyone who would like more info they can e-mail us at loibners@hotmail.com.

we finally gave in and got 2 dogs....

.....or at least two little boys have just decided to be the dogs.