Finally!! Lunch at the Park :-)

After the longest winter that I can remember, Spring is FINALLY here!!! The boys and I have been heading to the park at least once a day, sometimes twice :-)

Today, I figured that 60 degrees was as close to a heat wave as we are going to get in the next month, so I decided to do a picnic lunch at the park. The boys had a lot of fun!!

What I love about having boys is that they never complain about it being cold... they just play hard and enjoy the weather for what it is!! I am way bigger of a baby when it comes to the cold then they are... I have to try really hard to keep up with them ;-) lol

Here are some pics & a video clip of the day!!

I'm not a Stereotypical SAHM...

There is definitely a generalization of what a SAHM is and does during the day & frankly I do not think that I fall in line with any of them!!

1. I am not frugal and hate cutting coupons

2. Disposable diapers please!!

3. I sign my oldest son up for as many activities as I can for interaction with other children... I can't provide everything he needs just being at home

4. I do not bake sweets often... if I do, I eat it :-(

5. I am anti-play groups

6. We rarely hang out at home for the whole day... we are always out and about!

7. I work out every other day at the gym. No excuse, SAHM's DO have the time to go

8. I don't sew (though, I would like to change that)

9. I NEVER watch TV during the day... the first show I get to watch is at 9pm.

10. You will never see me in sweats. I get up every morning and do my hair & make-up and put "normal" clothes on.

11. I take the kids out to lunch often. Mommy needs a break & it is good for kids to learn restaurant etiquette.

12. If my kids want to sleep until 10am, I let them... I do not force them to wake up at a certain time because I am "worried" that they won't take a nap time.

13. I haven't lost myself while being a SAHM. EVERYONE needs to be taken care of, not just the kids.

"Heaven is for Real"

I just got done reading the book, Heaven is for Real and I wanted to share what a wonderful book it is!!

It is based on a true story about a little boy who visited Heaven while having surgery. Over the next couple years, he told his parents stories of being in Heaven and meeting Jesus... he even was greeted by his sister (that he never even knew he had, his mother miscarried her in the first trimester).

For those who are skeptics, I say that it would be hard not to believe in Heaven after reading his story. I have to admit that I cried through most of it. I do not want to give away too much of the story, because you really have to read it to get the full picture.

Condimentaphobia

**Photo from: defindingfoodsafty.com

Condimentaphobia- Fear of condiments... ketchup, relish, mayonnaise, mustered, etc.

Though this is hard to write about (because it makes me sick) I wanted to share my strange fear... mayonnaise!!!! EEKKKK

When most people find out, they think that I am just kidding around about the fact that it scares me... but it is true, I have a real phobia of mayo.

- When I see it, my heart starts racing, my throat feels like it is closing, I go into a sweat

- I can not go down the aisle at the grocery store where it is (if I absolutely have to, I run passed it and don't look)

- It is NOT allowed in my house

- The site of it makes me gag

- I can not be anywhere near someone who is cooking with it or eating it

- At holidays & parties, I have to go around and ask everyone who brought food to make sure there isn't any mayo in it

- Gosh, just writing the word MAYO makes me ill!!!

My Mom says that I have had a phobia of mayo since I was around 3 years old. I would have a huge meltdown if it was on my food... usually involving screaming and crying. I think at first my parents thought I just didn't like the taste of it, but they then realized it was a little more then that.

This phobia has really inconvenienced my life (for my family too). My poor husband has had to endure many embarrassing moments at restaurants when they have brought my food out with mayo on it and I refuse to even take the plate. The waiters just think I am being a snob, but really inside I am in a full panic and want to cry.

Does anyone else have a strange phobia??

"Up North"

In many of my posts, I talk about going "up north." For those who are not from Minnesota, it may be hard to understand what I am referring to.

It is MN culture to go up to (Northern Minnesota) to a cabin/lake home for the holidays or during the summer. Pretty much everyone either owns a lake home or knows someone who does. It is a very common thing to see on a Friday afternoon in the summer, neighbors in their driveways packing up their cars for the weekend with their boat behind.

For those of us who live in the Twin Cities, heading up north is a must to get away from the busy life of the cities.

I have been lucky that my parent's have owned a cabin since I was just a baby and have been going up north my whole life. When I was younger, my mom, sister and I would be up there for two months straight in the summer. I have some of the best childhood memories of me running around all day in my swimsuit, catching bugs, fishing off the dock from morning until night, playing with my friends from up there and everything else that comes with being up at a lake home.

The boys and I are currently "Up North" at the lake home right now with my parents since Landon has off of school this week... we are having such a fun time. I am so happy my boys are able to experience this other life when we are here :-)

Landon & Sky enjoyed the fact that the snow is melting (very slowly)

Science Museum of MN

On Tuesday of this week, we went to the Science Museum of MN. My parent's came with us, which is always nice :-)

We first saw the Omni Theater movie called Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs. Brock sat through it wonderful and Landon was scared the whole time, but also sat through it fine. Then, we at lunch there and headed over to see my brother-in-law Adam, who works there in the lab. Landon was so excited to do an experiment with his uncle and he did such a great job listening and following directions. He later said it was his favorite part of the day :-)

After that, we headed over to the King Tut Exhibit... it was AWESOME!!! I would love to go back and look at everything again... there was just so much pieces to look at. I highly recommend anyone to go and see it.

There are no pictures allowed in the King Tut exhibit, so I don't have any from that, but here are a few from our fun day!!

Uncle Adam & Landon

Scientist Landon :-)

My boys!!

Me and my boys

The tiger was a big hit

Everyone had to get a pic with it ;-) lol