Bedtime last night was a SUCCESS!  There were no tears, no whining.  How did I do it?  Well, Peyton loves to race.  So, we raced the clock.  I timed him putting on his pajamas.  I timed him picking out a book to read.  I even timed our rocking - three minutes (1 song) with me, three with Daddy.  When time was up, he was nearly asleep because he was trying to beat the buzzer to sleep!  He was in bed and asleep by 8:15pm, which hasn't happened for some time.  The past few weeks it's been 8:30, 9, 9:15 before he was in the bed and actually eyes closed asleep.  So this is one HAPPY Mommy!  Tonight we'll shoot for a little earlier start time so he can be in bed and asleep by 8pm.  :)  I'll let you know how it goes.

Busy, busy, busy!  The past few days I have been helping my sister (Melinda) plan a wedding ... for June 9th - yes, this year!  Melinda is out of town so that's why I've been recruited to do some running for venue contract signing, etc...and I'll be the photographer on the Big Day!  And she has been tirelessly working on the centerpieces which will have some real flowers, but also these really cool paper flowers -- and I'm not sure how many she's made, but the picture she sent looked like a lot!  I don't know how she's doing it!  I must say that even though it's been a little crazy with the date so close, I'm really enjoying our Barrelhouse (her event business) - Avonlea Events (my event business) collaboration!  In addition to that, I'm rebuilding my lia sophia business after baby!  All that (and yes, I'm still working on the house cleaning checklist!), and I'm making sure to make plenty of time for my kiddos!  There's never a dull moment around here!