Yesterday my little guy turned 3. All day was deemed “his day”. He chose breakfast (waffles), lunch (waffles), and dinner (tacos). He played kitchen all day, wore his snappy new clothes (plaid shorts, racecar shirt), and helped Mommy bake his cake (confetti cake, confetti frosting). It was a very good day for this newly minted pre-schooler.

The part that sucks is I don’t have babies anymore. They are little boys. Independent, strong-headed, loving, creative (yes, they still fight over imaginary things – *sigh*), crazy boys. No longer babies.  But they will always be MY babies…

Whew – it’s a warm one today. I spent the weekend catching up on my to-do list, then I decided last night I HAD to make Jam from the gajillion pounds of cherries we got from our tree this year. I don’t know if it is just these cherries or cherries in general, but it doesn’t really “scream” cherry. It’s sweet, it’s a bit tart, but not a distinct Cherry flavor. But’s it’s jam – 4 jars full!

My little guy is turning 3 on Wednesday, and I can’t figure out what to get him. He LOVES being in the kitchen and pretending to cook, but we don’t relaly have the room for a kiddy kitchen, so I was thinking about getting him a bunch of the baking and cooking sets I have seen, and some play food, and putting it in one of these shopping baskets from Target:

Yes? No? He has trucks and trains up the wazoo, and the grandparents usually take care of clothes, so I thought this might be a fun option.

On the WW front, I lost 2 more pounds, but Aunt Flo brought them back with her – ugh. But I have to admit that the PMS that usually rages just before her visit was almost non-existent this month…I have been moving and exercising more – our cable has exercise TV on demand and it has a TON of different videos. Dance, ballet, tae bo, and even Jillian from the “Biggest Loser”. So much better than trying to get up at 5:30 in the morning to sneak in a walk before everyone wakes up.

I am taking TONS of pictures – I am getting braver about showing them, and learning a lot more about my camera – I can’t rave enough about Me Ra Koh’s “Beyond the Green Box” videos for making sense out of all the technical parts of a camera without making it seem intimidating. Her blog is also a great place to find fun tips and other inspiring women photographers…

Well, back to the grindstone laundry. I have a couple of fun giveaways to tell you about later. Have a great Monday!!

…can’t get enough of this song