Ever been to Royal Scoop?

Zane has!!!

(His statue of liberty impression.)

Birthday Picnic

Zane and I had a Starbucks picnic on my birthday. It was perfect. Me and my boy and my starbucks!

Z

Been playin' with stencils

I have been working a little bit with stencils lately. Like his new rock star shirt!??!!

This right here is probably his favorite outfit. Rock star shirt, cowboy boots and cowboy hat. Oh, and don't forget some sort of tools in hand!

Our yard Our kitchen

Art

Making wrapping paper for Maya's birthday present with color pencils, crayons and watercolor paints!!

My Birthday Present

I have to announce my exciting birthday gift from Jim & Beth!!! (Paul's Dad and step-ma)

I got a new and beautiful camera!! I don't know how to use most of it and it will probably take most of the next two years or so to learn how to use it, but it is for sure our new toy!!! I got a Canon PowerShot SX10 IS which is not an SLR (decided that I did not want to go that far, plus I really use the movie features of cameras, as you all know!) but it has got more features than I can handle which is what we were looking for! It has a SUPER zoom though!!! This is always a fun feature that Paul and I both LOVE!!

So, look forward to seeing many experiments that I will hopefully find all sorts of time to post them to the blog for all to see and wonder "what the heck was she thinking?" or "she really can not use that camera!!" Either way, it should be a fun adventure. Paul and I also think that it may just take a notch better movies than we have been getting. We shall see.

So, I of course had to make a new home for the camera. I just did not want to get one of those awful looking, bulky camera bags that I end up never using because they take up way too much space in my bag. But, I wanted something that would protect the new toy... check it out.

Pretty cute, heh? Well, I like it and even though it is pretty girly, Paul really likes it too.

I can just toss it into my purse and the camera is safe.

The crazy thing is that after an outing or a couple days of using this camera, when I go to download the pics, instead of having 70 pictures, I have like, 300!! Then it is work to weed through it all and delete about 150. When you have a fun camera, you take pictures of all sorts of things... LUCKY YOU!!!

Don't have a pic of the new camera cause I am always using it!!! :)

Late Night Entertainment

Often times (for some reason late at night usually) Zane ends up wanting to get out the crazy keyboard. We got it out last night and had quite a show!

Yuck!

Happy Mother's Day

Last Night: Family Jammmin' on the Deck

Last night we had a family jam session at Mom & Pete's out on the deck. It was a beautiful night with beautiful people.
Zane had a blast and wanted to be involved on every song. Of course.
I have 8 videos to post so beware, they are a little long but wanted to post them all for some of those out there who would have really wanted to be there. This way you can get a little taste of the action... (don't feel like you have to watch them all... although they are pretty rockin'!!)

Today: Circus Chatter

Our 3 Man Band

Cooking

Ok, so today has been quite the productive day!! (In the things that I love to do of course!)

I have chopped 5 lbs. celery, 5 lbs. potatoes, 1 lb. broccoli, 2 bulbs of garlic, 2 lbs. onions, 1/2 lb. shallots and baked a loaf oatmeal, wheat & honey bread. All organic and very yummy. And when Zane got up from his nap we baked oatmeal chocolate chip cranberry cookies!!

So all that chopping turned into a large quantity of cream of celery soup AND potato broccoli cheddar soup which I just don't know what to do with!!! I just had so much loading up in my frig that i just had to go a little "ape" on it!!! AND of course it lead to so much more!

So it just felt so crazy not to share... hope all is well with all....
I am all about the soups as you can tell... when your frig gets overwhelmed... turn it into SOUP!!!

And MORE Rockin' Zane!!!

And MORE from today. Yes, all in one day.
Amazing. Yes, thank you.
Also, we ate ice cream sandwiches together today and he told me that it was "Licioudis" (delicous). So cute. Had to share it.

Zane's Song

Ever since I took Zane to the Earth Day Festival this weekend and saw about three bands perform, Zane has been setting up HIS stage. It always is the hula hoop which he stands in and plays his guitar. Also, he ALWAYS has to have his drink in front of him (you can see that in the video) because one of the guys that was playing his guitar on stage was looking for and drinking from his drink that he had sitting in front of him. Now, Zane the Performer always has to have his beverage ready and waiting during his performances. He is always making up songs now which is totally fun and cute. He can also now sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider from beginning to end with no help from Mommy. Watch out Nashville!!!

Hopefully I will find time here and there to post more pics from the last couple months. I have so many good ones which also means that we have just been so busy just having so much fun! Lots of play and beach time and TONS of catching up with my boy time which is just so wonderful! Hope to let you all in on my fun times once I get enough alone time to post more!!

Foran

Look at what my Mamma is up to now!!!

Smoozin' in Kentucky

HAPPY BUNNY DAY

Dying eggs with Gramps and Grandma this week in Lakeland.

("Ummm, how do you do this stuff?")

Leaving the eggs and carrots out for the Easter Bunny.

Look what Zane found in his bed when he woke up this morning!

Enjoying a jelly bean and Reeses Peanut Butter Egg breakfast in bed with Mommy and Daddy! He was so kind to come share with us!

Hunting for Easter eggs.

Even Buddha enjoyed Easter.

The Easter Bunny left some jars full of fun beads and old wooden spools!

My first knitting projects (besides washclothes, of course). Grandma Beth was a BIG help on the eggs while we were visiting. I learned so much from her and can not wait to learn more (be warned Beth, I may always show up with a project now!) (She knitted one of them... the good lookin' one of course!)