Happy Birthday Mary, Our Mother

The Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary!!

Happy Birthday to Our Mother Mary!!!

Today would be a great day to have a baby!! We'll see!

Mary, Mother of God and Our Mother .... Pray for us!!!

Wordless Wednesday

James sleeping or is he!!! His eyes almost look like they are open!!

I put a movie on for them one night and this is what I walked in to find. Cute sleeping babies!

I got this idea from a few other bloggers. I like the idea so I will probably start posting at least once a week. Wordless Wednesday!

Labor Day Hike

WE took a hike to help induce labor on Labor Day!!!

No labor but a fun hike anyway!

Why the children wore jackets on a hike I will never know. I told them not to!


Adriana and Daddy playing in and on the trees.

Children running in the woods.

We ran into this fun bridge. Adriana literally tripped into the bridge falling head first along side it! She got up and shock it off. Luckily she didn't fall into the water!

Sitting on the Bridge!

Mama on the Bridge

Relaxing on the Bridge! Mama knew if she sat down she would never get up!!

Playing and watching Daddy play on the rocks in the water. Daddy loves to explore and the children want to do everything he does!!

James sitting on a tree stump!

We are log walkers!

Where is Adriana?

We are tree climbers. We Daddy encouraging her Adriana wrapped her legs around this tree and started climbing! Daddy followed almost taking the tree down as mama said he would. Then James got his turn. He is learning to climb on hike adventures!!

Posing in a tree mama thought was pretty! James is really climbing the stone walk behind the tree!

One of the best parts of going for a hike is all the fun exploring that comes with it. It was a beautiful day and not to buggy. I love hikes in the fall.

Vidoe to be uploaded later!

Shaw's Deal!!

How did I do it!!!

All this for only $15.84

2 - boxes of Cheerio, 5 - Goldfish, 2 - greek yogurt, 1 cake mix, 1 frosting, 4 - organic Lemon aide, 4 -boxes of Nature Valley Bar, 12 - boxes of hamburger helper, 2 - boxes of potatoes, 4 -bag of Chex mix, and 3 bags of Bugles!!!! I think that is it!!!
Well It was done in 3 different transactions. The sale was when you buy and 10 participating General Mills products you instantly save $5.00. Some of the products I bought weren't General Mills and that is where most of my money went.

Transaction #1

9 - boxes of Hamburger Helper $1.00 x 9 = $9.00
1 - bag of Chex = 1.5
Total before savings $10.5
3 (Hamburger Helper) x .75 coupons = 1.50 x 2 (doubled) = $4.50
1 (Chex) .50 x 2 = $1.00
$5.00 instant saving
Total after savings = Free!

Transaction #2

3 - boxes of Hamburger Helper $1.00 x 3 = $3.00
2 - bags of Chex mix = 2 x 1.5 = $3.00
3 - bags of bugles 3 x 1.5 = $4.50
2 - Betty Crocker Potatoes 2 x $1.00 = $2
Total before savings $12.5
1 (Hamburger Helper) x .75 coupons = .75 x (doubled) = $1.50
2 (Chex) .50 x 2 (doubled) = $2.00
3 (Bugles) .50 x 3 (doubled) = $3.00
1 (Betty Crocker) $ 1.00
$5.00 instant saving
Total after savings = Free

Transaction #3
2 - boxes of Cheerios $ 2.00 x 2 = $4.00
1 - Betty Crocker Cake Mix $1.00
1 - Betty Crocker Frosting $1.50
4 - boxes Nature Valley $2.50 X 4 = $10.00
1 - bag of Chex mix $1.50
1 - bag of bugle $1.50
5 - bags of Gold Fish $1.00 x 5 = $5.00
4 - bottles of Sancruz organic Lemon aide .99 x 4 = $3.96
2 - Greek Yoplait yogurt $1.29 x 2 = $2.58
Total before savings = $32.04
2 (Cheerio) .50 x 2 (doubled) = $2.00
1 -( Betty Crocker Cake ) = .50 doubled = $1.00
1 -( Betty Crocker Frosting) = .50 doubled = $1.00
2 - (Chex) .50 x 1 (doubled) = $1.00
3 - (Bugles) .50 x 1 (doubled) = $1.00
2 - Nature Valley .55 x 2 (doubled) = $2.20
2 - Nature Valley .50 x 2 (doubled) = $2.00
1 - Yoplait yogurt $1.00
$5.00 instant saving
Total after saving = $15.84

Past myDue Date, Ofcourse

40.5 Weeks

Swollen Feet and big belly but most people say I don't look 40 weeks!! I feel 40 weeks. :)

Baby Bump!

Luckiest Mama in the world!! I love my babies!! All three of them!

Fun Free Weekend

EcoTarium and Discovery Museum

Fun Free Friday at the EcoTarium! Cool giant dinosaur in front of the EcoTarium!


Running away from the dino!!

What do I see in the microscope!

I can see the tiny woodlands

We meet up with our old neighbor, Joanna! I had spoken to her mother the day before with no clues she would be there. We had not spoken in at least 9 months!

Just plain exploring!

We can use vacuums to make water vibrate and boat move, FUN!

Adriana's puppet show!

Driving the boat!

More exploring! Porcupines have sharp pines!

James loved looking through the microscopes. My little scientist!

Turtles and other reptiles

African Wildlife!

Outside bubble fun!

Discovery Museum!! - Fun Free Saturday!

Inside the Science center is this mirror. I think it is really fun to see how one picture can take on so many different angles. One of my favorite pictures from the museum!

Outside waiting to go into the younger side of the Discovery Museum. Turned out to be a 2.5 hour wait, WOW!!! luckily the Science Museum was open! We we got there we went into the Science Museum to check in walked down to the children's museum to get a number then ate lunch and played outside!

Climbing up and down trees!

Climbing on dinosaurs and posing for picture!

Playing with this inventions. We were waiting in line and James had a blast experimenting with this invention, don't ask what it is? You put the screw in one of the notches a weight in the the cup and swung it!! James could have played with it for hours!!

Sand art!

Tornado tunnel

We waited in line for close to and hour to do this diagram. Why? Adriana had to have it!!! James went first his was green then Adriana!! They are fun but really an hour!

If you flash the light it freezes your picture!!! Camera does it no justice. It is one of the coolest spots in the museum!!

Mirror fun!! Mirrors really are a lot of fun!!!

Look at these balls move.

Can you see my hands :)

Stacking Ice cream!! 2 is as high as we thought it would go. Not with James he was able to stack them three Ice Creams high!

If I pedal fast enough the light will go on!! I really don't even think she saw the light she was just having fun making the pedal go as fast as it could go!!

More Pushing Fun!Hands and Face

We finally made it to the children's spot!!!

Train Fun!!!

Exploring the kitchen/dinner! Boy did they have fun serving people (strangers) food!

Both days were filled with tons of people but the children had a blast. Some people get really crazy but if you can get past that it is so worth it. I was cranky by the end of Friday it was hot and my feet were swollen. But Saturday was a nice day and we enjoy it!! Have to get me mind off of having a baby somehow!!!