I am so glad the weekend is nearly here.  I am really looking forward to enjoying the weather.  I hope it is nice this weekend.   Life is crazy as always.  Erik has been hospitalized since last Friday.  We will be picking him up today and doing an intake for day treatment.   I am not exactly sure what the outcome of this last incident will be.   We will see.  Seem this is the new normal around here so I am trying to get used to it.  

Last night hubby was at a party for a co-worker.  He is planning on applying for a different job at the college since this person left for a different job.   Tommy and I enjoyed a quiet evening at home.  It was very nice.  He played outside with friends and I sat outside and read.  We came in and he was in bed and asleep by 9:30.  Very nice!!  I didn't do much around the house so I will need to do that stuff today, while Tommy is at Preschool. 

Last weekend I spent most of the weekend making phone calls and getting my parents 50th wedding anniversary party planned.  I finally figured out a great gift for them!  Can't tell about it as she reads this....has to be a surpise.  Maybe that is for a protected post!  

Finished another book:

The Year of Magical Thinking -Joan Didion - (3.5/5)

Josh is busy as always.  Last Weekend was Prom.   I of course took some pictures.   I will share a few and then I gotta run and get showered and ready to pick up Erik.   I will update more later on all of us!!!  Enjoy the pics....

Josh went to Prom with two friends, Amy and Emma.  

            Emma, Josh and Amy

    The girls work at Presbyterian Homes so we went there to
take pics.  It is a very nice place.  The residents all liked seeing the
kids dressed up!

                             EMMA                                                 Josh and Amy

Amy and Tommy

Josh the Guy in White.....

Emma and Amy

Prebyterian Homes provided the kids with a lovely place to have a meal before prom.

Subject: A Day in the Life of a Preschooler Mom

> So, we had this great 10 year old cat named Jack who just recently

died. Jack was a great cat and the kids would carry him around and sit

on

him and nothing ever bothered him. He used to hang out and nap all day

long on this mat in our bathroom.

>

> Well, we have 3 kids and at the time of this story they were 4 years

> old, 3 years old and 1 year old. The middle one is Eli. Eli really

> loves chapstick. LOVES IT. He kept asking to use my chapstick and

> then losing it. So finally one day I showed him where in the bathroom

> I keep my chapstick and how he could use it whenever he wanted to but

he needed to put it right back in the drawer when he was done.

>

> Last year on Mother's Day, we were having the typical rush around and

> try to get ready for Church with everyone crying and carrying on. My

> two boys are fighting over the toy in the cereal box. I am trying to

> help my little one at the same time I am putting on my make-up.

Everything is a mess and everyone has long forgotten that this is a

wonderful day to honor me and the amazing job that is motherhood.

>

> We finally have the older one and the youngest loaded in the car and I

am

> looking for Eli. I have searched everywhere and I finally round the

> corner to go into the bathroom. And there was Eli. He was applying

> my chapstick very carefully to Jack's . . . rear end. Eli looked

> right into my eyes and said "chapped." Now if you have a cat, you

> know that he is right--their little rears do look pretty chapped.

> And, frankly, Jack didn't seem to mind.

>

> And the only question to really ask at that point was whether it was

> the FIRST time Eli had done that to the cat's behind or the hundredth.

>

> And THAT is my favorite Mother's Day moment ever because it reminds us

> that no matter how hard we try to civilize these glorious little

> creatures, there will always be that day when you realize they've been

using your chapstick on the cat's behind.

Monday - May 7th - Hamburger Helper and Veggie (make Salad for tomorrow night)

Tues - 8th - Marinated Chicken Breasts - Veggie Spiral Salad (pg 51)

Wed - 9th - Leftovers

Thurs - 10th - Cheese Burger Pasta /Garlic Bread/Salad (***Tommy just loved this, he ask to have it for bedtime snack as well)

Bacon Cheeseburger Pasta
8 oz cooked tube or spiral pasta (cooked and drained)
3/4 lb hamburger
6 bacon strips (cooked and crumbled) (I freeze up fried bacon crumbled)
1 can tomato soup
1 cup cheddar cheese

Heat up meat and add other ingredients. Heat through and sprinkle with
cheese Serve with mustard or barbecue sauce if you like. 4-6 servings


Friday - Movie Night:  Happily Never After
Meatball Pizza Subs/ Chips and Dip

Sat -12th - Super Stuffed Potatoes (pg 13) and Salad

Sunday - Mothers Day