Catch Up Time!

I have some serious blogging to do! I haven't had a real post since April 30, just layouts since then. So...time to catch everyone up!

It's been a crazy couple of weeks around here with Tulip Time, busy school/class schedules and Mother's Day. Our weather has been great around here lately - the warmth is wonderful! Here are a couple of random pictures from the past couple of weeks...Abigail's been obsessed with dandelions and Henry enjoys his food...on his head!

A couple of weeks ago I was watering the lawn and decided to splash Henry with the hose. He loved it! Before long both Abigail and Henry were drenched - with their clothes on! I got out the Elmo sprinkler for Henry and Abigail had a blast jumping in the puddle forming in our driveway (notice the white pants...nice). It's great to be outside again!

Abigail had Grandparent's Day at school last week. My dad, my mom and Lois came. It's kind of funny that they all came (and my dad took the morning off and Lois took a half day personal day!). She's such a first grandchild! :) We are so fortunate to have all four parents living nearby!

We had a lot of fun enjoying Tulip Time last week. Other than one day of rain, the week was wonderful! We went to the park and carnival on Monday, parade on Thursday and went downtown just to play a couple other times. The kids had lots of fun smelling ALL of the tulips.

Mother's Day was a fun day. I'm one of those fortunate women in the world who has a husband who is so wonderful and helpful ALL the time, so there really isn't much more he can do on Mother's Day. I did get to sleep in, enjoy Prime Rib at my parents' house, take a nap and then get Beef Tenderloin at Colin's parents' house so it was a great day! My Mother's Day/early birthday gift is something I've been dying for...a new Canon Rebel XT camera! I'm super excited - I found a great deal here and then got a total of $50 extra off, so I'm excited!! It should be here by the end of the week...can't wait to play with it!

Today after I brough Abigail to daycare Henry and I were going to go to Target and Meijer. We were about 5 minutes away when the car in front of me stopped fairly short. I had to stop quickly too, so did the man behind me, but the man in the truck behind him did not. The truck hit the Lexus behind me who then hit me. Ugh. Henry started crying, so I worried about him first, but he seemed to be fine, just scared. The Lexus' trunk was completely crushed, probably totaled. My van seemed okay, but then I looked more closely and saw that the bumper is completely cracked and will need to be replaced. Lovely. I'm just glad we are all okay, but it was a little scary for a couple minutes, especially since I had Henry with me - I didn't like that part at all!

Abigail only has 2 more weeks (4 classes) of three-school left and Henry has 6 speech classes left. Can't believe it! Where has this year gone?

There's the Mulder Family update for you...sorry to ramble for so long. If you are still with me...have a great day!