HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Today is my mom's birthday...HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

These are pics of Riley wearing a vest that my mom kept from when we were little. I think this one is actually Auntie Katie's because A-dee has one too and I think it's smaller, so that would be either Meg's or mine. Anyway, thought it was a cute one for Grandma today:)

Random Weird Face

Josh told Riley to make a weird face. This is what she came up with.

Bring on the Pictures!

Ok, a friend of mine and the kid she nanny's for met us at Ridgedale on Friday for some fun at the playground and a quick trip to Build-A-Bear for Penguin to get a tune-up.

Some Updates on the Riley-isms

Riley is a chatterbox, to say the least. Some of my favorite things lately.

Everything is "perfectly" as in "It fits perfectly" or "that's just perfecly"...She also loves to say quick-e-ly (did you know quickly was a 3 syllable word)..."Mommy come quick-e-ly!" "Mommy, can you get my muskick box quick-e-ly?" (Music is still muskick) She also says..."hmmm, kinda" if you ask her if she wants to do something.

And one of my favorites...last night she woke up at 1 a.m. She wasn't screaming or scared, she just yelled "Mommy, I miss you so much!" She adds "so much" to a lot of things:) But I miss you and I love you "so much" are the best!

What I don't love is: "No, I'm fine!" Imagine it sarcastically, with attitude and usually a somewhat wrinkled nose. She does think she's 2 going on 13! In fact, she just told us on Thursday that she was going to be 13 on her next birthday! YIKES!

I promise the next posts will have photos. We're back in the living world and going places, taking pics, I just haven't gotten them downloaded yet!

Oh, the shame!

Help, I'm already losing in the race to $500 for the Animal Walk. She is at $370 and I'm only at $170. On the right hand side of the page is a long to Animal Humane Society Donations For Walk, click there and it will bring you to my donations page. If you plan to send a check, please let me know the amount so I can include it in the race and put it on my pledge form. I assume this race will be over by Monday so we will be back to our regularly scheduled begging:)

TIGF

We are excited to go to Ridgedale's playground twice this week. And we're going ice skating on Sunday...so this week we are happy for things to get us out of the house when Cabin Fever is setting in big time! I know I've been short on photos lately, but with everyone being sick, we haven't left the house much. I promise more photos to come soon!

Let the Games Begin!

Ok, today I officially begin my fundraising for the Animal Humane Society Walk. Click the link (there is a link, apparently it doesn't appear visible - Animal Humane Society Walk is clickable, I will also add to the right had list below on my page.)and when you get to the Walk page, click on "Find a Participant" and look for Molly Schuster. I am racing a friend this year to see who can get to $500 the fastest. This is an increase in her goal so I actually hope she does really well, but I need a little friendly competition to get her there;) If you guys plan to donate anyway and don't want to be included in any future incentive stuff, please donate early to help me get to $500 fast!

Also, this year, understanding that the economy is a mess, I am reducing my goal to $1250, but I hope that I can shatter that goal. We'll have to see. If you have lost your job or might sometime soon, please don't feel like I'm trying to push you into donating! If you wanted to pass along the information to other people I would really appreciate it! I'm not taking people off the list this year because I don't want to forget anyone next year, but I know it's not going to be possible for some of my "regulars" to contribute this year, so I'm hoping to find some new "regulars" who can help! Here's a list of what your money can do:

$10,000 Funds an extraordinary rescue such as AHS’s efforts with Hurricane Ike and the Iowa floods in 2008.
$5,000 Helps fund a cruelty investigation and animal seizure.
$2,500 Allows us to purchase medical supplies and medications for 83 surgeries.
$1,000 Provides resources for AHS mobile services unit to provide needed surgeries at other rescue organizations in Minnesota.
$500 Helps 3 dogs through the Adoption Preparation program which readies shy or fearful dogs for adoption.
$300 Supports an AHS educational program in a Twin Cities school.
$250 Provides x-rays for two injured animals.
$100 Pays for a puppy or kitten to be spayed or neutered.
$50 Pays for full vaccinations for two homeless cat.

If we make our goal, we can help them accomplish a lot! Thank you so much for your help and as always I apologize in advance the the mass quantity of requests. I love animals, what can I say??