A Pirate, a wench, a dragon, a mermaid and... Where's Waldo?

Halloween 2007

Simply one of the best Halloweens for the Erickson family.

Am I Blessed or What?

My children just celebrated birthdays!

Abby is now 5 and in Kindergarten! Wow. I have to have her to school by 8:00 am and for those of you who know me, you know how hard that is! FYI it's week 3 and she hasn't been late... yet.

Alexander is now 2! 2?!! I can hardly believe that is was 2 years ago I had him. Time sure does fly. He is so funny and his speech and vocabulary are expanding all the time. He makes me laugh.

See? I'm blessed. Lucky me!

I'm always late, but...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATE!!!

(It's about 3 weeks late and for that I'm sorry. I hope you had a great one and enjoyed your I'Declair!)

There are 2 things you should know about Cate:

#1 She is an awesome person and friend!

#2 She is AMAZING! and has the cape to prove it!

Love you!

Summertime and the Living is Easy...?

So you might have noticed that I haven't posted a while... Like where is JULY?!?! Ok, so I've been busy....

I spent most of July fiddle farting around... see I was busy! Well that and going to the doctors and.... well really moslty fiddle farting around! Ahh I love summer time easy.

The problem with all of the exhausting fiddling and... um... you know... is that when I finally paid attention is was AUGUST! No big deal right? Sure except for the fact that I was supposed to have built most of Cyrano by now and was WAY behind. Thank goodness my Mom and my friends love me- Cate and Mom helped me out of the hole I'd fallen into.

Now to be fair, I did have a lot of doctor appointments in July as well as getting my wisdom teeth out in early August. FYI wisdom teeth removal 4 days before your dress parade is a supremely BAD idea! My wisdom teeth story is a WHOLE different blog...

Oh and did I mention BBQ? My hubby and I decided to have a BBQ to celebrate our new back yard. Yea! Right before tech! Yea? Well we survived thanks to the help of my nephews.

So now August is almost over and Cyrano is finally open... now I can rest...

WHAT? IT'S LATE AUGUST?!?!?!
Abby turns 5 on Thursday, has her first T-Ball game that day, AND starts KINDERGARTEN on Monday next, then Alexander turns 2!

So much for summer time easy...

To Absent Friends...

Dear Aunt Bevie-

I just want you to know how very much I miss you, how we all miss you. It has been an interesting 2 years since your passing. I'm still not over it, I'm sure I never will be. I think of you so often and just wish to share with you all the joys and sorrow of my life. Mama misses you most of all. She misses you everyday.

Most of all I wish you could have met Alexander. You would so enjoy seeing him grow up and interact with Abby. Do you know he calls her Sissy? I don't think anyone taught him that, I think he just said it one day. Abby often speaks of you and how she misses you.

Every now and then I am just filled with an immense sadness and the urge to cry. I think of you and how very much I love you. I miss laughing with you, crying with you, shopping with you and just being with you.

I would stomp my feet and shout to the heavens that, "IT'S NOT FAIR!", but some how I think you'd be the first to remind me, "Tough shit! Life isn't fair." You're right it isn't and no amount of tears and anger will change that, but I can still try! You aren't the only stubborn one in the family! :)

Thank you for being an awesome Auntie- to me, to Randy and to our children. I know that you watch over us and laugh and laugh at our silliness.


So here's to you my dear Aunt!

Have a rum and coke for me, Go Dodgers!, Wanna go to Weinerschnitzel?, Need some new shoes? and Tough shit- I love you.