Our 6th year Anniversary

Today, Todd and I are celebrating our 6th year anniversary.

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Bowling + Putt putt + Ice cream for dinner = SUMMERTIME!

On Monday, Todd got home a little early and took us all to the Bowling alley. It was Bowl for a buck Monday. $1 bowl, $1 shoe rental, $1 putt-putt, $1 Hotdogs, $1 soda, $1 Laser tag! We indulged in 2 games of bowling, 2 pretzels (ironically $2 dollars each), a round of putt-putt and ice cream for dinner! I love being the parent!

3 1/2 year olds...

Jayden is testing our boundaries lately and can be very literal! When we ask him to do something (that he doesn't want to do) he begins by saying "But...". So we instilled a new "rule": NO "but's". So the other day he says to me: "Mom an um is not a but".
GREEEAAAATTTT!!!

A few more I just couldn't resist...

60a) she played racquetball, singles and doubles, in an IBM league and was really good
60b) she has collected depression glass, particularly cream pitchers and sugar bowls,
60c) she twice let people in need live with her (us when we moved to Boca, and Angel)
60d) she's good at giving guys haircuts, especially shags from the 70's
60e) she was a devoted mother to a son named Ryan.

Thank you Aunt Linda

Nifty Nifty look who's turning 60!

In tribute to my mom, a beautiful person inside and out, I've compiled a list of 60 things you may or may not know about Sherry Lee Baker Cato.

1. She can “Bakerize” anything!
2. She can’t hum in the Cranium game.
3. She was in Nicagruagua on a missions trip her 60th birthday-day.
4. She’s ticklish when you whisper in her ear.
5. She has most of my childhood books memorized and can recite them on demand.
6. She did a little “go-go” dancing (in a cage) back in the day.
7. If she does not know an answer to something she will look it up…always!
8. She can still do Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trig, Physics, and probably even a little Pre-Calculus.
9. I have seen her drink an alcohol drink, a slow Gin Fizz, twice in my life!
10. Her favorite bible verse is Phl 4:13.
11. She can read a book in a day.
12. She was in BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) for 7 years.
13. Some of her favorite albums in the 70’s were It’s a beautiful Day-David LaFlamme & Mad Dogs and Englishmen by Leon Russell.
14. Some of her favorite artists in the 70’s were Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Joe Cockers.
15. She once went hang gliding on the sand dunes in Mexico!
16. She used to have cats. A few of them were named “Pie Wacket”, “Shelter”, “Cricket” and “Peaches”.
17. In the card game Hearts she leads Spades.
18. She is always the “musician” of the family- with the keyboard and songs (like the 12 days of Baker Christmas).
19. Her lasagna is the best!
20. She finds great deals at yard sales.
21. She always has a beautiful (and large) “diamond” ring on.
22. She orchestrates the family photos.
23. She skipped her sophomore year of high school when she moved from NY to FL.
24. She worked at IBM for 30 years.
25. Her starting salary in 1969 was $9600.
26. She sings Alto in the choir.
27. She got all A’s & B’s in high school but ask her about the C in her college Art class!
28. The woman can dance!
29. She is a bargain shopper!
30. She knows a lot, about a lot of stuff.
31. She can spot a homely white chest of drawers and bring it back to a beautiful piece of furniture.
32. She has 2 brothers, 2 sister-in-loves, 2 children, 1 son-in-love, 2 grandchildren, and my dad’s dog.
33. She has a FACEBOOK page!
34. She is very creative. She can take a few boxes and tape and make an entire city.
35. She speaks French.
36. She gets motion sick VERY easily. (Like from just watching a fast chase scene on the theater screen).
37. She has recently started doing Yoga again.
38. She was once attacked, as an adult, by a dog while riding her bike.
39. She can reupholster, refurbish, and reconstruct furniture.
40. She was born in Raleigh, NC.
41. She keeps a gas/mileage log in her car.
42. She loves movies especially the classics.
43. She owns land in 3 states.
44. She can buy a domain name, design & build a website in less than an hour!
45. She loves Scrabble.
46. She is a daughter, sister, wife, sister-in-law, mother, aunt, great-aunt, grandmother and friend.
47. She sponsors a child through Compassion International.
48. She is an avid sewer.
49. She was born on a Sunday.
50. Her Julian calendar date of birth is 2432729.5
51. She was born in the Chinese year of the Rat.
52. She shares her birthday with Helen Keller (1880).
53. She has been married 39 years this Aug.
54. She graduated from the University of Florida
55. Her favorite dessert is lemon cake with lemon icing.
56. She has never had a speeding ticket.
57. Her first car was a Sunbeam and she lost the bumper coming home from UF.
58. She can write backwards.
59. She originally wanted to be called Mima but Jayden had other plans.
60. She is an amazing Godly woman with an unlimited amount of wisdom & poise.

And one more for “good luck”

61. She is bound to correct anything that is inaccurate on this list, make the changes, and send updates to everyone

Congratulations Mom!

You are 60 years, 720 months, 3,131 weeks, 21,915 days, 525,978 hours, 31,558,735 minutes, 1,893,524,155 seconds young! We love you!

A special thanks to Dad, Todd, Tara, Angela, & Danelle for their contributions!

And for now, I'm a stay at home mom!

Today was my first officialy day of summer vaca. Getting two kids into a summer schedule is a bit different than our typical weekend days. Up at 6:30 (we need to work on that), breakfast, time with Jayden while Ryland was taking his morning nap, all to the gym (think you're in shape? Try...pilates), lunch for all, naps for two, a trip to the water fountains to end the day!

A question, a picture, and six days until summer vaca!

Driving home from school today. Just me and Jayden.

J: Mom does God have a butt?

M: (pause)

J: Does he go potty in heaven?

M: No, God doesn't have a body like us. He's everywhere so he's not like us. When you go to heaven you don't have a body and don't go potty.

J: Did Jesus have a body?

M: Yes he had a body until he died on the cross.

J: Then he went to heaven.

M: Yes

J: and now he doesn't have a body.

M: Right

J: How about when TazBowe died?

M: His body stayed here and he went to heaven.

J: How did TazBowe die?

M: He was getting old and he had a hurt body.

J: And he had only one eye.

M: Right

J: (pause)

M: (EXHALE!)