go shaster!

• loved spring break and having the freedom to do what we wanted when we wanted everyday of the week! granted preschool is only 2 days a week. was still nice! BUT by the end of our 2 weeks (yes we got 2 weeks and yes i was totally kicking myself in the butt...albeit lightly:).....for not going to maui or california or iowa where the weather was warmer and they're not b.u.r.i.e.d. in snow...just saying) i was ready for the return of routine. the brothers were ready for some little "alone" time if u catch my drift!
• ok, so yes we have a lot of snow but i really shouldn't complain about the weather. no it's not beach worthy weather but today is the first cloudy day in over a week and a half i think. we have been digging the warmer temps (upper 30s...whoo hoo) and getting our boogie board on. that's boogie boarding in the white stuff! shedding the inner liner to our winter coats and those crazy "big" kids on the street were even wearing shorts outside to play! silly "big" kids!
• thank u to the nice man in target this morning that saw me coming with the wild child (aka. nick) blazing a trail in front of me while i scampered after as fast as i could lugging a car seat with my sleeping, chunky babe in it. he must have seen the wild look in my eyes bc he got me a cart faster than anyone could and even picked the trash out of it! even better, it was a small cart not those long carts that steer like semis that nicholas is drawn to. he didn't even have time to think about the fact that he was in a different cart!!
• mourning the departure of the nap for a particular 4-year old in our house. i think he's pretty much good without it now. maybe twice a week if i'm lucky. this momma lives for nap time. so it's kinda sad. but not worth the hassle of trying to get him to fall asleep rather than talk to and rearrange all his buddies over and over again while his bro is trying to take a much needed nap in the bottom bunk.
• ummm...i love easter time! the colors, the eggs, waiting for the leaves to sprout on our easter tree, the anticipation of warmer weather, and the peeps! yep, i said it. peeps. i puffy marshmallow heart them! but only at easter time! i can't eat them at christmas and halloween. they just don't seem right and i swear they don't taste the same as at easter time! my favorite way...opening up the package and letting them get a little hard....mmmm...yummy!
• on the way to target this morning, nick said "go shaster" mom. and just bc it was so cute, i went a little faster. and the grin on his face, so worth it!