This morning I hear Jax saying, "Come on Ivy, Humpin Adam". He said it a few times as he was trying to get her off her bed and into the living room.
Turns out that's what he has been hearing from me when I say, "Up and at em" to him in the mornings. I had to write that one down before I forgot it forever.
If the flowers you draw don't look like anybody else's..... That's a Good Thing.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Sunny days
Ivy and I having been spending our afternoons at the park lately. She is so quick to make a new best friend everyday and play with them all the games that Jaxon won't play with her anymore. |
And then.............He practiced and practiced again.. |
Drake and Bubba came to visit this weekend. The kids and I loved every minute with these two. |
She really wore the visor Jax made for here. I told you she would. |
Ross shaved and got a haircut! That put the cherry on top of the whole weekend. |
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
hop on the sock bun bandwagon (Ivy and I just did)
What You Need:
1.A sock
2.A hair elastic
3.Scissors
DO IT!: Cut the toe off of the sock to create a tube. Roll your tube into a ‘bagel’ shape. Make a ponytail in your hair where you want the bun. Pull your ponytail through the center of the sock bagel and spread your hair around the sock. Roll the sock down the length of your ponytail (towards your head) and wrap your hair around it as you go. Make your you’re covering the sock as you go. When you’ve reached the base of your ponytail, tuck in any remaining ends and make sure the sock is covered with hair.
Scroll down and check out some Russian princess doing a video tutorial for those that need video instructions (I DID). Now everyone around here is wondering who keeps cutting up their favorite socks.
1.A sock
2.A hair elastic
3.Scissors
DO IT!: Cut the toe off of the sock to create a tube. Roll your tube into a ‘bagel’ shape. Make a ponytail in your hair where you want the bun. Pull your ponytail through the center of the sock bagel and spread your hair around the sock. Roll the sock down the length of your ponytail (towards your head) and wrap your hair around it as you go. Make your you’re covering the sock as you go. When you’ve reached the base of your ponytail, tuck in any remaining ends and make sure the sock is covered with hair.
Scroll down and check out some Russian princess doing a video tutorial for those that need video instructions (I DID). Now everyone around here is wondering who keeps cutting up their favorite socks.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Kitchen table artist's
Ivy takes after her great-grandpa Dan (Rock painting extraordinaire) |
Rainy Sundays mean we create art on the kitchen table. We are armed with crayons, paper, paints, glitter, pom poms, pipe cleaners, and surprise gifts for Grandmas. |
This wooden birdhouse doesn't stand a chance. Soon it will be purple with googly eyes glued all over it. |
Happiness in a homemade visor |
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Dress up
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
My Mom Moves
Have you ever hit "reply to all" on accident? Haven't we all at some point? I was recording the kids dancing and sending them to Grandmas phone a while ago. Then I got behind the camera with these hideous moves and thought I was sending it to Tasha with the the words, "CAN YOU DO THIS?". I sent it to my new neighbor instead. I was mortified! I waited for her to reply... She never did.Whats your embarrassing story?
Sunday, March 11, 2012
A Happy Girl
Let me share with you you an amazing friend of mine! She is my neighbor and super mom to a real life miracle
Girl. She is inspiring in every sense of the word and blogs about her journey so beautifully. She has a rare
story. Like [1 in millions} kind of rare.
She shares it with bravery and honesty. She is a modern day mom, advocate, daughter, and lover of the
Good Stuff that we all have all around us everyday...... yet somehow fail to recognize as "awe inspiring"
She is simply inspiring to me and everyone she touches with her shy smile or through her blog. Click here to
find out for yourself.......
Tahnie has no idea how much she reminds me of the precious moments in life. She doesn't know how much
she reminds me (without saying a single word) to breathe in the NOW of the mundane and find a way to
make my own mundane into miraculous. The last and pretty much only significant snow we had
here I walked outside to see something I will never forget. Nothing super unusual at all, but the way it touched
me was incredible. I walked outside late at night and heard 2 year old giggles and a mommy's voice
ho-humming a song while she twirled he little girl around a hundred times in her driveway. Just the two of them
in the late late hours of the night. It's things like this we all imagine doing all the time but get busy with every
thing else that keeps us from enjoying simple things like late night big flakes and dizzy spins in the driveway
with our own baby loves. I kept Jaxon home from school the next day just so we could enjoy the
snow. I assumed she was taking full advantage of the big flakes just in case they would never come down like
that again. I did the same thing after watching her spin and listening to her song.
You can find Tahnie at www.ahappygirl.com (You'll be glad you did)
Girl. She is inspiring in every sense of the word and blogs about her journey so beautifully. She has a rare
story. Like [1 in millions} kind of rare.
She shares it with bravery and honesty. She is a modern day mom, advocate, daughter, and lover of the
Good Stuff that we all have all around us everyday...... yet somehow fail to recognize as "awe inspiring"
She is simply inspiring to me and everyone she touches with her shy smile or through her blog. Click here to
find out for yourself.......
This is Tahnie and her baby love....SOOKIE |
she reminds me (without saying a single word) to breathe in the NOW of the mundane and find a way to
make my own mundane into miraculous. The last and pretty much only significant snow we had
here I walked outside to see something I will never forget. Nothing super unusual at all, but the way it touched
me was incredible. I walked outside late at night and heard 2 year old giggles and a mommy's voice
ho-humming a song while she twirled he little girl around a hundred times in her driveway. Just the two of them
in the late late hours of the night. It's things like this we all imagine doing all the time but get busy with every
thing else that keeps us from enjoying simple things like late night big flakes and dizzy spins in the driveway
with our own baby loves. I kept Jaxon home from school the next day just so we could enjoy the
snow. I assumed she was taking full advantage of the big flakes just in case they would never come down like
that again. I did the same thing after watching her spin and listening to her song.
You can find Tahnie at www.ahappygirl.com (You'll be glad you did)
Saturday, March 10, 2012
The Tooth fairy Saga
This is the big stinky tooth I had to pull out of the garbage that went under his pillow with the note to the Tooth Fairy. |
This is the letter the Tooth Fairy left under his pillow. Translation: Thank You so much for the lovely deer tooth. I have never seen one so big and yellow before. I don't have a full deer skeleton in my bag tonight. I normally just carry money and glitter. Please accept this money instead and I will be working hard this year to bring you a skeleton.
Love, The Tooth Fairy
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