a mother's happy day

My Mother's Day celebration started last Thursday with a present from Bergen that he made at preschool. It was supposed to be something for me to open *on* Mother's Day, but he couldn't even wait for the car ride home and had me open his gift sitting in the hallway outside his classroom. It is a pot with a drawing he did inside. He is so proud. . . and so am I!

The celebration continued up in D-Town for a busy, fun-filled weekend up north. In only a matter of about 30 hours, Bergen got to feed the ducks, watch a deer that has been frequenting Nana and Papa's back yard, make a visit to Papa's office, see the Aerial Lift Bridge in action, help Papa BBQ. . . He was a BUSY boy (who took a very long nap today to catch up!).

We had a great visit with Great Grandma and Grandpa Birk on Saturday. . . Annika was mesmerized by their dog Birkie while Grandma and Grandpa were mesmerized at how fast the kids are growing!












On Mother's Day we had about 16 people over for brunch to the Hus House. It was wonderful to see everyone . . . especially those that are "snow birds" and are back for the summer.

My wonderful day ended on a loud note with Annika screaming at the top of her lungs on our drive home. Now we know that she will not sleep in her car seat so when we travel we will go during her awake times instead of when she should be sleeping (which tends to be the more logical times for families to travel). At any rate, I ended the day squished. . . and I mean SQUISHED. . . between the two car seats in the back seat. And even though my legs were feeling numb and my ears were going deaf, there is no place I would rather be.

our sweet baby girl

i see the signs

Signs are surrounding us. . . road work ahead. We received numerous warning notices this winter from City Hall about road construction that will occur this summer in front of our house. These notices made a quick entrance into our garbage without much thought. However, when I started to see the trucks and signs this past week I got a heavy feeling in my stomach. While I think it will be fun for Bergen to have front row seats to watch heavy duty trucks in action, I have a feeling we are in store for a very looooong summer of dirt, dust and detours.

my two left feet

My mom and I went to the Mom of Multiples Extravaganza Sale a few weeks ago and I scored these super cute pink stripe shoes for only 75-cents. I couldn't believe it. Such cute shoes for only 3 quarters? I thought it was too good to be true! I couldn't wait for Annika to wear them and when I went to put them on her yesterday I discovered that they were two left shoes.

Ahhhh, a great deal for someone with two left feet. For me? A deal too good to be true.

bpa-free(dom)

In light of all the recent information about bpa, I decided to get rid of all of our bottles and was planning to sell them in our garage sale later this month. We had a ton of Avent bottles that Bergen used as a baby and since Annika has never taken a bottle, we don't need any right now. So I had them all priced and ready to go. . . until a friend told me that Babies 'r Us is buying back ALL bottles with bpa in return for an in-store credit. I just took all of our Avent bottles to our local store and they gave me FULL PRICE towards an in-store credit! Yup, full price on bottles that were 3 years old!! Now we have a nice credit to put towards things we need. . . like bpa-free sippy cups that we can use with both kids.

The word on the street is that not all stores are doing this - it is at the Managers discretion if they are going to participate or not. So, if you have any bottles that you would like to get rid of, give your local Babies R Us a call to see if they will take yours back and you too can be feeling bpa-freedom and have a nice in-store credit to boot!