There are things I do that never seemed interesting to me before our boys were born. I am sure this is true for all parents. With me, the first thing I became interested in due to my parental role was a rediscovered interest in toys. Secondly, baseball began to occupy a lot of my time. When previously, I had no interest in this sport at all! In fact, I said our boys wouldn't even play that sport! Some of you are laughing at this...because now it is such a big part of our life! Well, this past weekend, the third oppurtunity for me to grow my interest as a parent of all boys happened.
Ryan recieved a phone call informing him that the deer lease was clear and he could take the boys (Rylan and Caden). So, because this all happened quickly, the big boys
were getting ready and we did not have a chance for me to get Hudson away from all this camoflauge excitement. As you can imagine, this three year old did not take it well at all that he was not invited on this trip!!! Oh, there have been other times this has happened and Hudson has to just get over it. For some reason, on this day, I thought why couldn't I go and take Hudson. Ryan quickly agreed and we packed our bags as well. As the older boys 
packed knives, camo and guns.
Hudson and I grabbed snacks, a portable dvd player, a leapster, and a few books. And we were off. The older boys were full of advice for thier mother who had never been in a deer stand before this moment. I enjoyed the moment and secretly thought maybe Hudson would fall asleep and I would get a moment to myself.
Hudson and I dropped off the boys and headed to our stand. As we sat there, watching all the deer, I must say it was a suprisingly pleasant moment. Hudson whispered, played his games and watched deer. Ryan and I sent messages back and forth about what we were seeing. It was during one of those messages, I remembered my Christmas present from Ryan, an iphone! So, there Hudson and I sat (on top of a hill...with service in the middle of nowhere) surfing the internet, checking email and searching for video clips of the Backyardigans on youtube. Ryan was so surprised at how much fun I was having in our deer stand. He even offered to buy camoflauge for me for Mother's Day.
Ryan recieved a phone call informing him that the deer lease was clear and he could take the boys (Rylan and Caden). So, because this all happened quickly, the big boys
were getting ready and we did not have a chance for me to get Hudson away from all this camoflauge excitement. As you can imagine, this three year old did not take it well at all that he was not invited on this trip!!! Oh, there have been other times this has happened and Hudson has to just get over it. For some reason, on this day, I thought why couldn't I go and take Hudson. Ryan quickly agreed and we packed our bags as well. As the older boys 
packed knives, camo and guns.Hudson and I grabbed snacks, a portable dvd player, a leapster, and a few books. And we were off. The older boys were full of advice for thier mother who had never been in a deer stand before this moment. I enjoyed the moment and secretly thought maybe Hudson would fall asleep and I would get a moment to myself.
Hudson and I dropped off the boys and headed to our stand. As we sat there, watching all the deer, I must say it was a suprisingly pleasant moment. Hudson whispered, played his games and watched deer. Ryan and I sent messages back and forth about what we were seeing. It was during one of those messages, I remembered my Christmas present from Ryan, an iphone! So, there Hudson and I sat (on top of a hill...with service in the middle of nowhere) surfing the internet, checking email and searching for video clips of the Backyardigans on youtube. Ryan was so surprised at how much fun I was having in our deer stand. He even offered to buy camoflauge for me for Mother's Day.
I think it was at that point I felt I needed to admit to him what exactly I was doing in that 
deer stand...shopping on Potterybarn.com!
deer stand...shopping on Potterybarn.com!
