Daddy's Solution...

Dessert AND a BATH...

Awards...

Is it bad to say this...

But I LOVE getting AWARDS!

I think they are fun and flattering...

I received two new Awards...

The first was from Lauren at Three Crazy Munchkins

And the rules are simple...

1. Accept the award.  Post it to your blog with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

Thank you Lauren!

2. Pay it forward to 15 other bloggers you have newly discovered.

~The Simply Made

She makes awesome camera straps and burp cloths...

~ Sassy Sites 

I love her Featuring You Friday...

~ The Dating Divas

I am always up for new Date Night ideas...

~ Eat. Live. Laugh. and sometimes shop

She has just the right mix of thought provoking posts, recipes and reviews...

~ A Glimpse Inside

Tutorials and Photography...

~ Fabulous Florida Mommy

Fashion, Fashion and More Fashion...

~ Momma Gets Real

I love her What I Wore Wednesday posts...

~ Decorchick

She is AWESOME and has great ideas for your home...

~ Sevin Family

Check out her candy corn wreath...

~ All Things Beautiful

She is building the best playhouse...

~ Pouty Pink Princess

She is so funny and cute and has great celebrity sitings...

~ The Pleasures of my life

Love her recent muffin recipe...

~ Jane of all Crafts

Her name says it all...

~ shorties funny farm

Her recent cruise photos will make you jealous...

~ The Davis Family

Fellow Royals fans ROCK and her little boys are PRECIOUS...

3. Contact the blog owners and let them know they have been chosen...

And the second award was from Lindsay at Boman Party of 5

And the rules were...

1. Thank the blogger who passed the award on to you...

Thank you Lindsay

2. Share 7 things about yourself with the blogging world...

~ I ate an entire bag of candy corn pumpkins this week (it is only Wednesday)...

~ I get a lot of my clothes at garage sales...

~ I am the only person left on the planet that doesn't own a Smartphone...

~ My husband and I often color coordinate our clothing on dates...

~ I love old school Hip Hop music (think Boyz II Men, SWV, Mary J. Blige)...

~ I still count with my fingers...

~ I am a multitasker...

3. Pass the award on to some of your favorite blogs...

~ See my blog roll!

Thank you ladies...

You know how to make a blogger feel loved!

Welcome Fall...

The mantel(le)...

The server...

The sofa table...

And the smell of Honey Pear Cider in my new Fall Scentsy burner...

I am linking to...

Lucky Star Lane's Lucky Linky...

get your CRAFT on with Today's Creative Blog...

Falling Up - Linky Party at Cottage and Vine...

Show Off Sunday Party at House of Thrifty Decor...

Fantel Party at Nesting Place...

Fall Open House at Hooked On Houses...

Blue Cricket Designs Show and Tell

Winner...

Jessica from Motherhood is Poop is the winner of a $25 Gift Certificate from Dali Decals...
I will email Dali Decals and they will be in touch!
Thanks again for all the entries!

Potty Training News...

Saturday our little family went to yard sales and found some great deals as usual {BCBG stilettos $1}...

But the very best part was for the first time Aidan Kale said "I need to pee"...

Held it...

And peed in the potty at a convenient store...

For most kids over three this isn't a big deal...

For our family it is monumental...

As I have blogged about in the past Aidan Kale has Hirschsprung's disease...

And if we can get him potty trained it will be a HUGE deal...

We put pull-ups on him and he did a great job pee-peeing in the potty ALL WEEKEND...

The best part is that he is so proud of himself...

Pooping will be a different story since he still has to have one enema a day...

But we are taking it one step at a time...

Favorite Finds Friday and A Giveaway {CLOSED}...

 Today's Favorite Finds Friday is...

Dali Decals...

As most of you have guessed Aidan's bedroom is baseball themed...

And when I saw this decal he {I} had to have it...

{Of course it says Aidan not Joshua}...

It is AWESOME!!!

And looks great in his room!!!

This decal is high quality and well priced...

Dali Decals was kind enough to offer one of my readers a $25 Gift Certificate to their online store...

So which decal would you choose?

This...

Or this...

Or maybe this...

Decals are the easiest way to decorate your home...

And Dali Decals offers hundreds of stocked-designed wall decals, as well as custom-designed wall decals, that can be made in over 80 different colors to match just about any decor.  Any of their stock-designed wall decals can be custom sized to suit your needs.

These are some of my favorites...

Ready to shop?

~To Enter~

MANDATORY~ Go to Dali Decals and tell me which decal you would purchase with your $25 Gift Certificate...

~For a second chance to win become a follwer of Mom of Two Boys and leave a comment letting me know.

~For a third chance to win "like" Dali Decals on Facebook here.

This giveaway will close on Sunday at midnight!!

Good Luck!!

The Sad Chair...

The further we get into the year, the more Aidan Kale talks about school...

Who he plays with...

Who holds the flag {and that is isn't him}...

What snacks he eats...
Songs he sings...

On Wednesdays, the school sends home information about some of the things the kids do during the week...

It's fun to ask Aidan Kale about criss-cross applesauce...

The Pledge of Allegiance...

The Lord's Prayer...

But nothing prepared me for the "Sad Chair"...

Aidan began by telling me that "this one girl yells and has to go to the Sad Chair"...

I asked him if he ever had to go to the Sad Chair...

One time, he says...

I asked him why...

He responded, "Taking toys and hitting"...

And before I could say another word he continued with...

"My body just does it, I don't know why my body does it"...

And my conclusion was...

The excuses start early...

Or my child is possessed by aliens...

Girlfriend...

Last night while we were at the playground {I in a skirt and knee length boots}...

Aidan Kale asked me this question...

"Mom are you my girlfriend?"

My heart froze as I answered without even thinking...

"Yes, I am!"

"Why" he continued...

"Because I am the only one you need" I responded emphatically...

Watch out little girls...

It's on...

One Day...

One day you won't run around in our back yard...

So today I will let you play outside without your shoes...

Eat ice cream before dinner...

And stay up past dark...

 

One day you won't want me to hold you...

So today I will snuggle you as we nap...

Give you lots of mooches...

And keep you close...

 

One day you will be more interested in your friends, sports and girls...

So today I will sit with you in the clubhouse...

Make sock puppets...

And play pretend...

One day you won't ask me to play...

So today I will take you to the park...

Build a city out of Legos...

And set up a Little People town...

One day I will miss you like crazy...
So today I won't...
Today I will just enjoy every messy, exhausting, sticky, chasing the ice cream truck, arguing about bed time, stinky feet, playing outside in their jammies moment...

And be incredibly grateful...