Whoops! I'll never make that mistake again!

In February James and I were supposed to head to Montreal for our 3rd session of ABR training. I had the trip planned, plane tickets purchased, hotel and rental car booked, days off of work, babysitters lined up for Elliot....We were ready. The Thursday-Sunday before we left I spent with some awesome ladies at a scrapbooking retreat that we go to each year. It was a great weekend of relaxing and doing whatever I felt like doing without having to worry about kids etc. I got quite a bit of scrapbooking done and I'm finally feeling like I can work on our family album and not just the kids' albums.
So Sunday came along and Andy and the boys picked me up on Chippewa Falls, WI. They had spent the weekend at Andy's parents and visiting friends and family there. We got the Minneapolis and Andy dropped James and I off. We headed to the kiosk to get checked in and guess what I realized at that precise moment-the passport we have for James is just the card=only good for land and sea travel :( I was so mad at myself! Of course the people with the airline were very helpful and tried to get us as close to the border as possible, but there were too many unknowns for me. We didn't know for sure if we'd get a rental car-let alone one big enough for James' wheelchair, we didn't know if that border station was open 24 hours and it was going to be several hours of driving late at night in super unknown territory with an early start the next morning. So we decided to re-book our tickets and re-schedule ABR. Both Andy and I were pretty mad about it. Most expensive mistake I think I've ever made. But now we are set to go to ABR in Philadelphia at the end of April. The people at ABR have been really helpful and this week we'll be connecting via phone to answer questions we have and we'll keep trucking on until we get to go in April.

Hopefully I'll get a post up soon about our new house!!!

In the meantime we are selling Butterbraids and Puffins to help raise $$ to pay for the session fees for ABR. We are amazed at the results we've seen and can't wait to do more! Price for both Butterbraids and Puffins are 1 for $11 or 3 for $30. Butterbraid flavors are Apple, Blueberry Cream Cheese, Strawberry Cream Cheese, Bavarian Cream, Raspberry, Cinnamon, Caramel Rolls (9 count). Puffin flavors are Apple, Blueberry Cream Cheese, Strawberry Cream Cheese, Cinnamon, Caramel, Mozzarella, Nacho. Orders can be placed to emailing me at ajbuettner@hotmail.com, message me on Facebook, or call me at 701-318-9938. We'll be taking orders until March 28 and delivery will be April 4th.

Also, if you're around the Fargo area on Easter we'll be celebrating James' 5th birthday!! Not too much is planned right now but I'm sure we'll have cake and ice cream and some lunch.

Here's a few pictures to hold you over! James and Elliot went to the dentist this week and neither of them had cavaties! James wasn't so sure about other people in his mouth-he even fights mom and dad when we brush his teeth and he does lots of biting during that too. Elliot cried at first, which got James upset-he hates when Elliot cries because he's scared. But we got Elliot settled and he did awesome!

Dentist checking everything out!

a little hesitatnt, James crying for Elliot



Daddy's boys for sure!





watching curling with Uncle Uncle





No cavaties!





Moving!!



Easter

Happy Easter!

Today the boys and I dyed our Easter eggs. Daddy was at work so set to work covering our table with newspaper and mixing egg dye. I saw a new idea on Pinterest :). Instead of getting and egg dye kit we used 1 pkt of KoolAid + 2/3 cup water. It worked just as good as the kits do and we didn't have to deal with the stinky vinegar! I sent Andy to the store to buy the KoolAid and the selection was pretty poor so we did some experimenting to get some of the colors. I combined Mixed Berry with Orange to get the green color, We used a black cherry for the dark red color, Mixed Berry for blue, Strawberry for pink/red and Tropical Punch for red and of course Orange flavor for Orange. I also saw another idea online (not sure where, it may have been Pinterest) and we used a whisk-put the egg inside it to make it easier for James and Elliot to help dump the eggs into the dye. Both boys had lots of fun.

Since the table was already covered with newspaper we decided to do a little finger painting too. We like to use Crayola's fingerpaints that wash off super easy.