There are days when I look back at my life and try to remember as much as I can so that I can pass this information on to my boys. So much has changed from when I was young child to today and I always wonder what it will be like for Eoin and Liam when they are my age.

I don't remember my father playing that much with us when we were little although I know he must have. My mom said we had a mattress in our living room where we would do tumbles on and even my dad would do them. Before my half sister passed away she e-mailed me a few pictures that I had never seen before. One of these pictures was of my father and his sister when they were little

When I was young we never had the toys that our children have today - if we had a car we had to use our feet to pedal around. Today they have battery powered cars that can go faster than I can walk.

For Liam's birthday we bought him a race car because we know how much he loves cars and I know that he will be getting a lot of hand-me-downs from his big brother. Since he got the car he has gotten so good at driving it and it is only set to go half speed.

Eoin is a lot like me - he loves to go outside and play all day long. He has met a number of the children around our house - we constantly have to tell him not to invite his friends over for food unless he checks with us.

Eoin is so excited to go outside the house we hardly ever get to put sunscreen on him. He is always looking for someone to play with and would probably know every child in the complex if we would let him ride around the entire neighborhood. He just came in the house trying to get Popsicles for all of his friends and he has not even had dinner yet.

We took the boys to the Dells a couple of weeks ago and we went on the Original Dells Ducks - Di liked it but Eoin was not happy. I went on this with my parents when I was very young and don't remember much of it but I think the ride is not as long as it used to be.

I also remember staying in a motel with a go cart track but we were to little to go on them - or it was just not in the budget. I don't even remember if the motel had a pool but I do remember them having to get a cot or two for us to sleep on.

The hotel we stayed at had a very large indoor water park that Eoin just loved.

When I was little we took very few vacations - my mom's mother lived in Georgia and driving down there took a couple of days. I remember going to St. Louis once but had to leave because one of my brothers got sick.

I hope that we can take the boys to lots of places so that they can see all of the wonderful sites. Di wants to go to Florida to visit the Harry Potter Theme Park when it opens - this could be a fun trip. I just checked and this is set to open is 2010 - We definitely have to save up for this trip.