Henry is 5 months old today!

Henry is 5 months old today. It's really sad how quickly time flies by. Even though I am home with him every day life is seriously a blink! Henry smiles and giggles all the time, he can roll-over onto his tummy and back and he is starting to eat solid foods. He went to his 4 month check-up last month and weighed 15 lbs. He's getting so big! Love you pumpkin!

My Husband is 30!

Last Saturday I had a surprise 30th Birthday party for Ben. It was absolutely a success and he had no idea! I couldn't believe I pulled it off. He was totally surprised. Ben's parents took the kids that day to a Halloween party and Ben was outside raking leaves so I had the whole day to get the house cleaned and errons done. Then I had him go pick up my Dad and Step-mom from the airport and their job was to "stall him" for 2 hours! It was hilarious, the entire time he never knew. I had so much help from my mom and Ben's family. I wouldn't have been able to do it without them. Ben really appreciated it and we had a great time with all his family and friends there!

Halloween!

Kids had a great Halloween this year. It was Henry's 1st and Jack's 2nd. Jack was a lion and Henry was a pumpkin. We took them out trick or treating with my Dad and Step-Mom and Jack absolutely loved saying trick or treat and ringing all the doorbells. He got tons of candy and eventually we had to cut him off before he went to bed. The Friday before Halloween, I had a party for my daycare kids and they all had a blast. I had 6 little boys running around in their cute costumes. We painted pumpkins, decorated Halloween cookies and had a trick or treat treasure hunt outside. Dacia (my assistant) came as a clown and I was a black cat.

My Little Pumpkin Henry

Jack in his Lion costume

Daycare Kids

Pamper the Provider Conference

This past Saturday I attended the, "Pamper the Provider Conference" in St. Cloud. There was about 400-500 Childcare Providers there. It was nice to be in the company of others who knew about the everyday workings of running a family childcare business. I attended a couple workshops that day, "Marketing Yourself in a Recession" and a Sign Language Class. Both were really helpful for my daycare and I am glad I went. There was also lots of vendors there to shop and be pampered! I got a wonderful hour massage!

"Johnny Mow!"

Didn't know a 2 yr. old could have an obsession did you?