A Blast From The Past

Today we just needed to get out of the house. Too much indoor time makes for restless boys and disobedient behavior, and perhaps a cranky mom.

We went to Costco. We did need some blackberries and milk so it wasn't a frivolous trip just to stir longings for unneeded "things". Although it often gives me a case of the "I want's".

Corbin saw an amazing jungle gym with slide and started to beg to play on it. Obviously they had thought about this being a desire as it was raised off the ground and out of reach. But we decided to check it out and look at what we passed,











Can I just say that my heart skipped a beat? I loved watching these shows growing up and was just talking to Casey about them the other day.

We didn't buy them, even though I wanted to. Maybe someday I'll share these fun shows with my boys and they'll enjoy them as much as I did.

You Can't Win Them All

Sometimes I wondered if the phrase should be "you can't win at all". I have never been one to win drawings, raffles, door prizes or giveaways. But apparently my losing streak has ended. Last week I won two different times!! How crazy is that?

I am super excited about both items that I won.

The first was a fun giveaway on another blog. All you had to do was leave a comment after the giveaway post. I did, and so did over 1000 other people. Want to know what I won? Well, here it is,

I know, I know, most of you are thinking "what's the big deal?". Let me tell you that as a nursing mom this is crucial if you ever want to be able to get away for more than three hours at a time. They are expensive and a new one was not in my budget. And I have desperately need a new one for many reasons, especially since my other children broke my old one by standing on it. Perhaps it should be left out or unattended. This new one most certainly will not be left out. Thank you, Jennifer!

The second giveaway that I won is great for the whole family. Abraham Piper of 22 Words was hosting a giveaway for Eddingtons. If you don't live in Minnesota, you are missing out. They serve the most wonderful soup and breadsticks. And if you are a Minnesotan and haven't been there, why not?? All you had to do was "like" them on facebook as your entry and you could repost on twitter as an additional entry. I did both. I won! We are so excited to go eat at Eddington's. 

So, while you can't win them all, sometimes you can win something. Now lets just hope that I win the Acme Tool giveaway I entered last week too.

Obsession

I may or may not have an obsession with chocolate, especially when it is combined with peanut butter. All I wanted for my birthday was chocolate cake with peanut butter butter cream. So, I made it myself and it was so yummy. I even made it "healthy" by using applesauce instead of oil. Ok, I am pretty sure that once you get all the frosting on the cake it never can be considered "healthy". Unless your definition of healthy is- ridiculously good, full of flavor and otherwise horrible for your waistline.

 Like I said, it might be an obsession. I wish I would have taken pictures of Silas after he ate his first one. It was priceless. About as good as his cake on his first birthday. There was chocolate and peanut butter frosting everywhere and he has been begging for more cupcakes for days.