Happy Thanksgiving!

Today I am thankful for my daughter Cailyn for making me realize how wonderful life is through a child's eyes, the love she gives us, and the happiness she brings to our lives. I am thankful for my family who although they are not close, they are always close in my heart. Lastly I am thankful for my friends for making life fun at every turn.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

-April

Picture Time

Our little girl.....




Is growing up....

Warm Thoughts

Today I had the a wonderful conversation with Cailyn:

Cailyn: Mommy I hope it is icy outside today.
Me: Why would you want it to be icy out?
Cailyn: Because I like when you hold my hand and keep me safe
Me: Mommy will always hold your hand and keep you safe, even when you are older I will always be there to hold your hand
Cailyn: that makes me happy


Cailyn will be 4 next month. Each day she is more passionate and affectionate with us and I love it. This is a wonderful age full of questions, emotions, and development. Cailyn I am truly blessed, and proud to be your Mommy. I love you sweetie! Here's to never letting go of you :)

Fun Hats

This was taken at the Portland Children's Museum. Cailyn loves to play dress up and this was the perfect place to try on all types of different hats.

Halloween Pictures

Here are some pictures of our Halloween weekend. We had a little Tinkerbell on the loose and she had a ball. We went to a Halloween party at the mall, we had a party at day care with all the kids, and then finally we had some trick or treating on Wednesday night. Cailyn had a great time and got to see all her grand parents too. I hope you enjoy our little Tinkerbell!






Papa, Cailyn, and Mamae

Meme and Cailyn



Cailyn and Grammie

Fall is Here!

I love fall. I love the leaves changing colors, the crisp feeling in the air, pumpkin pie and cider... it is just a wonderful time of year. Before you know it, it will be snowing so we are all enjoying the extra warm sunny days. Did you know that Christmas is only two months away....

Turning OFF my listening ears!

So my day today was as folows:
I sat in a classroom at work from 8-4
Picked Cailyn up from daycare, dropped her off at my Mom's house
Sat in another class for school from 6-9.

Lectures galore (11 hours actually) from time card instructions to TQM... what a day. I have enough junk in my head, I can't even begin to organize it all.

So I am off to bed as I am exhausted.

(New job is going great though, more on that soon)

Have a great "hump day" tomorrow!

Party Day

Today we are going to a birthday party themed around pirates. Cailyn woke up this morning just thrilled that today, yes today was finally the pirate birthday party. In other news, Princess, our four month Aussie, is growing like a little weed. She is a lot of work, but we just LOVE her. She is so much fun and it makes a wonderful addition to our family.

Tomorrow we are back to the old routine as I am officially back to work. The last two weeks off with Cailyn was so much fun. Some of the highlights are:

-Going to Portland to the Children's Discovery Museum
-Swimming at the indoor pool
-Bar Harbor and Schoodic Point
-Cailyn's first try at mini golf
-Adventures at Uno's in Bangor... I will leave it at that.
-Shopping for new winter (yes it is getting cold up here) clothes
-Play dates with five other Moms and 8 kids at the park... and then McD's for lunch
-Lunch with our friends from High School that have just moved back
-Hosting my first Home Interior party
-Making pancakes for Cailyn EVERY morning :)
-Getting the house ready for winter and catching up on all my laundry

I now go back to full time work, part time school, and a busy toddler... but although life is hectic I am really enjoying the ride!

Picture Time

Here is a cute picture of Cailyn.

First Post

I have finally entered the world of blogging!
I hope to use this as an way to keep in touch with friends and family that are away, while also expressing my own views and ideas about what is going on around me.

Thanks for checking in. More to come once I get settled in.

-April