My Ian

Ian is such a vibrant little boy. He's so sweet and usually very kind, though he's had his moments in the past few weeks where his not so nice side has shown it's ugly head. But for the most part, he's a smart, funny and sweet kid. I can't believe he's 3.5 years old already. How did this happen? Today we went to get his pictures taken (along with his brother) and he posed as he always has. He's so funny. I told him to be a model! He complied!





Ian constantly picks me flowers and says "I wuv you, Mommy!" and gives me hugs. Tonight I had to take both boys grocery shopping. Ian was quite a big helper. The only thing he wanted to buy was flowers for me. Walmart had their Mother's Day flowers on discount (5 dollars for a dozen roses) so I let him pick some out. He was so happy to get Mommy some pretty flowers. When we got home, he carried them in proudly and I got them into a vase. I put them on the mantle and he's so happy that he can see the flowers that he picked out for Mommy.

Glad I'm Good at Orientation Directions!

I'm a mall shopper. It's a known fact. I love malls. I love to shop! You don't have to ask me twice if I want to go shopping if there is decent shopping to be had. Killeen has put quite a damper on the shopper in me. There really isn't too much to be had. So with Bill gone and in the spirit of keeping busy, I decided to find "THE MALL!" Good Grief! Google Maps sure knows how to get you there, but neglects to tell you minor details like 1) there are multiple exits with the same street name on them 2) most of the highways go in a big circle and intersect each other in multiple places. ETC ETC. But the mall was THERE! I knew it was! I just had to find it! So SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH I drove! And low and behold, there it was!

I didn't buy much. I actually paid 5 bucks for Ian to join a club there and got more out of the coupons that they gave me than the 5 bucks I invested. I also bought the boys a spring outfit. Other than that, I just basked in the glow of a real mall!