The Peanut Butter To My Jelly

Cameron is the peanut butter to my jelly. And today is our third anniversary! I love Cameron more and more everyday, and am so lucky to have him by my side. We definitely are different in a lot of ways, but you know what they say - opposites attract! I happen to think that we are pretty perfect for each other. ;)

Us in our younger days...

The day we took the plunge...

And now.

I love you Cameron! Thanks for being my best friend, and my other half!

Toddler Tuesday...Curious George

Today I braved what is known as Toddler Touesday at the Mall of America for the first time. The weekly theme was Curious George, and Miley loves that show, so I went with my friend Cecia and her little guy Jack (aka Miley's best friend), and we met our other friend Maren, and her kids Caleb and Asher there. It was a day promised with such activites as meeting George, crafts, and storytime.



While the idea was cool, the whole thing was a little chaotic. I thought that all the kids would have a chance to get to meet Curious George, and get the obligatory photo, but they had a line that they closed off at exactly 10:00 am (when the event began!). I thought it wouldn't be that big of a deal, and that Miley would probably be freaked out by the huge George anyway, but boy, was I wrong (sorry about the blurry pictures....I only brought my little point and shoot camera...but really, the blurry pictures kind of fit with the chaos of the whole thing).

She was trying so hard to get to him. She was trying to run up to the front, get under the ropes, ANYTHING to get to her favorite monkey. They had activites for the kids to do, that included coloring and cutting out pieces to make a paper bag monkey. Now normally, Miley would have loved this type of thing, but I swear, nothing was going to appease her until she got to give George a hug. Which of course, she didn't, because we weren't in the line. I thought it was kind of sad that they couldn't just leave the line open for kids to get to see George, but I guess there was some kind of reason behind it.

After about 45 minutes of chasing after her, only to pick her up in tears because she again didn't make it fast enough to the front of the line, I had Cecia snap a quick picture of us with George in the background. We then ate the free bananas that they were handing out and bailed. Oh we also bailed due to the fact that some lady came shoving her double stroller through our parked strollers and very rudely asked if our kids could leave so her kids could have their spots at the craft table. Awesome.

We spent a little time shopping, and then stopped for lunch...another thing they offer on Toddler Tuesdays is free kids meals at certain restaurants, so we took full advantage!

It was nice to get out of the house and do something new, but I am not sure I will be going back to Toddler Tuesday for a while. Unless it is something REALLY good. :)

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's Day this year...

It consisted of :

• Sleeping in
  
• Strawberry crepes and smoothies for breakfast
  
• An adorable card with Miley scribbles all over it, and money inside for a massage!
  
• A dinner made by my awesome hubby and cool brother-in-law with steaks, mashed potatoes, asparagus, fruit salad, and rolls

But the best part was spending the day with the sweet little buggy who made me a mom. I feel so lucky to be Miley's mom, and feel like she teaches me about all of the important things in life.

I also have to wish my mom a Happy Mother's Day. My mom is truly one of my best friends, and someone that I admire. I only hope that I can be half the mom she is.

Happy Mother's Day to all those other moms out there...you don't know how much I look up to all of you, and admire you for the job that you do and the example you are to me- sisters, mom-in-law, sister-in-laws, friends...the world would be a darker place without all of these wonderful ladies in it!

Countdown(s)

• 8 days until our 3-year anniversary!
• 24 days until Cameron starts his half-day Fridays for the summer!
• 49 days until Miley turns TWO (kinda sad...)!
• 53 days until I turn 25 (Yikes...gettting old!)!
• 61 days until the 4th of July!
• 66 days until we roadtrip it to Laramie, WY to see my family!
• 71 days until the Polson extended family reunion in Park City, UT!
• 83 days until the Clark family reunion outside of Durango, CO!

We have spent the last 5 days cooped up inside while Miley got over some kind of nasty bug. Now that I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and she is getting healthy again, Cameron is coming down with something (probably the same thing).

So, I am trying to focus on the many fun things that we have coming up relatively soon, instead of the serious lack of fun we have had around here lately.

Sigh.

He's Back!

Miley and I have been leading the single lady life this past week while Cameron was at a national sales meeting for his division at General Mills, Brands-on-the-Go.

We went to the gym, browsed Target (a couple of times!), played at parks, read books, and other various activities to kill the time while Cam was gone. I enjoyed getting some one-on-one time with my little buggy while the hubs was away, but when nighttime rolled around I definitely missed the adult conversation and the company and found that I was talking to myself a few times. ;)

We got to go pick Cameron up his morning, and it is already nice to have him back! Not to mention he brought home a few items that we didn't have when he left...such as these (courtesy of General Mills!):

• A Patagonia fleece jacket


• A backpack/laptop bag


• A cooler


• Flip cam

• A 32 GB iTouch

• An Amazon Kindle

• And...a Wii!!
  

Not bad for a week away, right? :) Besides all these fun new toys, it really is great to have Cameron back! We sure missed him!

Now, I am off to read some instruction manuals. :)

Bed Head

Good morning everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!

Dressing Up...

I realized that I had never put any pictures up of Miley in her Easter dress this year...

Grammy sent her the CUTEST little dress (thanks, Mom!), and it was beautiful outside so we were able to get some outside shots.

I can't believe how much older she looks than this time last year...

This last Sunday before church we got some more pictures of Miley all dressed up. We are loving this sunshine and look for any excuse we can to be out in it!

I have to admit, I love dressing up my little girl!