I have some fun things for you today! There’s a recipe for a fabulous raspberry cocktail, fashion gossip and a gift card giveaway involved! Happy Friday Friends!!! Do you watch the Oscars? In college we used to all get together and watch the award shows as a group!! We always ordered Chinese food for the… Continue Reading
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Bug & Monster Spray
I hope you’ll read on to find out how to create your very own *magic* DIY bug and monster spray! “A spray a day keeps the monsters and bugs away!” Why had I not thought of this sooner?!? All that spider/Halloween/Ghost/Haunted House talk lately has Michael not wanting to go into our basement by… Continue Reading
First Day of Kindergarten
Today was Michael’s first day of Kindergarten! I didn’t cry. I am not much of a crier. I was really, really ready for school to start. Michael has so much imagination and curiosity in his little head that after a long summer with MANY days too hot to even send him outside…I am ready… Continue Reading
Things I Say 8,643,710 Times a Day
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! The other day, I started to realize the things that I say 8,643,710 times a day and started to make a list in my mind. Well…you know how that goes…now you all get to read about them! Things I say 8,643,710 times a… Continue Reading
Spangenblurbs 7/1
Wow…it’s been a really long time since I did one of these posts! I got off track and never jumped back on. These are basically about funny things my kids do or silly stuff that goes on in our life and a play on our last name…Spangenberg. Ryan got this giant beach ball for his… Continue Reading
Happy 2nd Birthday Ryan!
Ok so the 12th was his actual birthday but I am behind in posting this because we were having so much fun! Happy Birthday to my sweet baby boy. I fell in love with you the minute I saw your lip quiver in the OR and my love has grown a million times and again.… Continue Reading
Just a Bunch of Words…
Amidst the Washi Tape craze that is going on here, other stuff is happening also. It’s good to be back in St. Louis. If you follow hockey, you then know that the Blues are in the Stanley Cup playoffs. If you follow baseball, then you know that today was the Cardinals home opener. It rained… Continue Reading
You Can Just Call Me Bobby…
OK so Ryan is talking up a storm which is great and all. The thing is…he seems to like to replace the “M” sound with a “B” sound… Milk = Bilk (not to be confused in the car for BOOK which he will then shoot you the look from hell and throw the book across… Continue Reading
Yearly Memory Calendar
I do realize that I may be posting this project a wee bit late but since it is revolving, it really doesn’t matter when you start it! With the colds we caught from the Holidays and then the recent passing of one of our family dogs, I am just moving a bit slow! I’d love… Continue Reading
Goodbye Old Friend
Our oldest of our two dogs, Thumper, passed away during the night on Tuesday night. Freddy gets up each morning to go work out and then returns and walks the dogs. He came into our room a little after 6 am and told me that Thumper had passed away. He was 11.5 years old. I… Continue Reading
Children’s Sensory Fun!
Do you remember back this summer I told you that I loved our water table that the boys had? Well I decided to bring that table inside and take advantage of our wall to wall tile floors! No, I didn’t fill it with water…I filled it with dry pasta noodles! That’s right, ziti, rigatoni, egg… Continue Reading
Vehicle Upgrades
This is a post filled with pictures of my kids and not much else. Just putting that out there at the start! Freddy & I unfortunately are still driving the same rides, but the kids totally moved up in the world. We gave Michael a new bike for his birthday! It was much needed! Which… Continue Reading
Baby Boy’s First Haircut
BREAKING NEWS!!!!! The baby mullet is GONE!!!! It was time. As much as I hated to cut his hair, it had to be done. Cutting your baby’s hair is like one of the many events that just beam flashing lights around the fact that he is growing up. You know, those annoying flashing bulb ones…I… Continue Reading
Happy 5th Birthday Michael!
Happy 5th Birthday to my Sweet Boy! I can hardly believe that 5 whole years have already gone by! Here’s the day we brought Michael home from the hospital! He was so tiny and smelled soooooo good! I could have just stared at that precious face forever… and I still do…. He is full of energy… Continue Reading
We Both Are Learning
Well…today was day 4 of Pre-K. The morning started out great. Michael woke up in a great mood, got dressed, ate breakfast, played with some letters and his little brother. He sang on the way to school and asked me 8 million questions and how to spell a few words, or rather spelled words for… Continue Reading
