Long Time

It has been such a long time since I have posted on here. I hope people will still enjoy reading my entries. Things are going well in my life right now. I am currently working as an Assistant Director at a local childcare center that's growing quickly. That's not all that's growing quickly, my boys seem to be growing right before my eyes. My oldest is now 6 years old and will be in 1st grade this coming Fall. My little one will be turning 2 already this coming October! My baby is no longer a baby and that makes me sad but he is growing up into a wonderful little boy. I have recently returned to swapping on swap-bot and have some new pen pals as well which is really nice. I have also started taking Kung-fu lessons with my son and my best-friend, we all really enjoy it.

Fun at the Park

Today one of my friends and I took my boys to a local park. We were there for over 2 hours and it has a big grassy field right behind it. I was starting to get antsy so I decided I was going to go for a walk around the grassy field. My older son decided he wanted to go with too so off we went on our mini-walk. Less than a minute into our adventure my son goes, "LOOK MOMMY!" Right in front of us was a snake! We watched him slither around, he was actually very pretty and quite big for a snake that would be found in the area we live in. Anyways it was a neat experience so I wanted to share :-)

I'M BACK!!!

Dear Pre-baby Body - How I miss thee.

Love, Mama of 2

MNArtists.org

I have recently discovered a site for Minnesota artists called MNArtist.org. It is pretty neat. If you are from Minnesota you can sign up and have a free artist homepage and show your art in a collection. It's really nice too because people can go to the site and search for a specific artist, or they can search for a specific kind of art. I also have the option of listing my Etsy store on my page (which I did). They also have articles, they have a blog, they have a calendar for events, and they also have news and opportunities for locals. The way I found out about the site is actually kind of interesting. My landlord was one of the people who started this site and in the garage my fiance found t-shirts, buttons, bookmarks, and stickers promoting the website. Instead of just letting the items sit in her garage and collect dust I decided I would sign up for the site and continue supporting it and promoting it. I have worn some of the t-shirts, and I have started to send out the bookmarks in my swap packages (I swap on Swap-bot) and on every envelope I send out I now place one of the stickers on the outside so more people will be able to learn about this useful, and unique website that helps support local Minnesota artists.

Como Zoo

Today my fiance and I took our son to our local zoo. We all had a lot of fun, and my son really enjoyed seeing all of the animals. This zoo is really unique because it runs on donations, you don't have to pay in order to get in and see the animals and the exhibits. We donated some money even though we didn't have to, but we always do because it keeps the zoo open and running. My son really enjoyed seeing the lions, giraffes, gorillas, and zebras. I liked seeing the sloth and the seals. We ended up buying popcorn and enjoyed being out in the sun (we had such beautiful weather here today). Sadly we didn't have enough time to go through the conservatory, but we will have to save that for another day and another trip!

4th of July

Yesterday was the 4th of July and sadly I woke up feeling pretty sick. I ended up sleeping for most of the day. Luckily my son was so excited about seeing some fireworks that I forced myself to get out of bed and venture out to find some fireworks to see. We were planning on just watching them from our car, but once they started we decided that we needed to find a parking spot so we could get out and enjoy them with the crowd. Thankfully my fiance found an awesome parking spot where we jumped out of the car and had one of the best spots in the park! We all had a really good time and the finale was so beautiful and my son and I started clapping along with the crowd. It would have been nice if I didn't feel so sick that day, but thankfully it ended with a bang!

Longville Art Fair

Yesterday me and my fiance's family went to the Longville Art Fair. It was a pretty decent size considering the location (Longville is a tiny little town). We bought some kettle corn as soon as we got there and it was delicious! We also bought a little glass coin that has a shamrock on it and a rock that has the word peace on it (the peace rock was for my fiance's father). My little boy got a small Diego pillow for his stuffed animal raccoon, and a cow bookmark. My fiance also bought a big cheeseburger for lunch while we were there and it was great. We all had a great time while we were there :-)