It's a great day to be alive :)

I said a blog a day and I have 36 minutes to get this blog in today :)

There is never a dull moment in the Hatley house :) 

This is how my son plays with a soccer ball net...is there any other way? hahaha I love how we spend thousands of dollars to make sure that our kids have the best clothes, the latest movies and more toys then they could ever play with and all they want is to play with is empty boxes, kitchen utensils, dog toys, watch the same episode of Thomas/Veggie Tales (Larry Boy is getting REALLY old!) over and over and OVER again and run around naked!! I think the system is seriously flawed!!

Even knowing all of this I am still lying in bed right now and making a list of all the things I want to get  William for his third birthday..things he HAS to have  does not really need.  Matt and I have found ourselves in a very bad habit. Every time we go to the store William ends up getting a toy. Usually it is VERY cheap (dinosaurs form the $1 bin ROCK) but every now and then he gets something bigger. It actually makes it a lot easier to get things we need or want him to have. Instead of waiting for a birthday or holiday and spending a ton of money at once we spend a few dollars here and there. 

Well Matt ran to the store the other night because I needed something for the recipe I was cooking. He picked me up one of  those pasta strainers as a surprise gift. When he got home he announced "Mama has a surprise!" William was so excited about MY surprise...until he figured out that HE did not get a surprise. He threw a huge temper tantrum! Screaming "I want a surprise!! Where is MY surprise" after a little explaining he started to calm down, but the truth was out there....Our child is becoming a SPOILED BRAT!! We only have ourselves to blame! We decided that we needed to curb the buying a little. Now that it is getting warmer we are focusing less on t.v and toys and more on playing outside, creating crafts and going on outings to the library, park, zoo, children's museum and big back yard. We are starting to shake off the stuffy, cooped up, stir crazyness of winter and embracing the fresh air of the great outdoors.