The Mother ‘Hood Official Video

The cookie ladies

We do all our grocery shopping at the same store in town and probably go a few times a week.  Sometimes in the winter it may just be for one thing but it gets us out of the house at least.  Thankfully at the bakery you can get your kids a free cookie which keeps them busy and happy while we are trying to shop.  We see the same few ladies each time and over the years my girls have developed a little relationship with them.  They started to get to know us when Mia was old enough to get her cookie.  They have seen her grow, they saw me pregnant with Melody, our first shopping trip with Melody we stopped by to introduce her.  They have seen Melody grow and eventually be old enough to get her own cookie now too.  Mia knows their names and they know my girls by name. That's the extent of our relationship and interaction with them but they are a witness to our girls growing up and I think that is sweet.  I'm thankful for our cookie ladies!

Goals for the New Year

I've never really been one to write down resolutions or goals for the new year but I guess one of my goals for this year was to write some goals :) I even laminated them so that shows that I mean business!

I'm sure some of mine are the same as a lot of peoples.  I want to read more.  Instead of watching TV at night I want to crack out a book and read.  Fiction, bio, inspiration, whatever I'm in to at the time.

The one that is pretty intimidating for me is planting a vegetable garden.  I don't do well keeping plants and flowers alive so this could be a disaster but I'm going to try.  I want it to be a fun activity for me and my girls and something that we have to tend to regularly.  And I think it will be exciting for the girls to see something grow and we get fresh vegetables out of the deal....hopefully :)  So now my research begins so I can have some sense of knowledge on what I'm doing!