Ponderings

MY ponder:

So do I wait until tax-free weekend to buy school supplies or just buy them now so I can make sure they are all there. Tax free weekend is the weekend before the girls start, and I like to be prepared. Please advise.

So yesterday when Todd got off work I drove to Round Rock to pick up our wards food storage order. Now my living room has sacks of wheat, oats, beans- you name it! Hopefully I can rid myself of most of it today...and the rest when I retrieve the canner/sealer.

A funny thing happened while I was gone. Todd was giving the girls a bath- together, which I totally don't do any more- and when they were done and putting their towels on, Sydnee starts screaming bloody murder. We refer to this as her "ant" cry since she is terrified of ants since she has been bitten so badly by them. Anyhow, a baby gecko had been in her towel and had jumped on her leg and then into the water. Ava, according to Todd, had a gecko on her towel as well but she didn't notice it and her gecko jumped into the bath directly. Anyhow, it made for an amusing evening. Moral of the story is- don't leave your towel in your room after bath otherwise you might find a baby gecko on our leg next time you use it!

Hope your day is swell, friends! Thanks for checking in!

Trouble

I've had my house to myself tonight...and by myself I mean myself and my 3 little girls. If you didn't know this- and how could you not- my girls are very girlie. So we watched our "dancing show" (SYTYCD) and I even let them stay up past their bedtime. Toward the end of the night Ava got in trouble for something, I can't even remember what now. Anyhow, as usual our fight escalated until she wasn't allowed out of her room for the rest of the night and she and I missed the end of the show. *Sigh* Here comes the ugly part. Ava really knows how to push my buttons, she can do it better than anyone I know. She really doesn't push other people's buttons as well as mine, my lucky gift as her mother I guess. Well she has an uncanny way of making a simple misdeed turn into a knock-down-drag-out kinda fight...not literally of course. Tonight she escalated our fight by calling me a name and telling me stuff she was "never" going to do. Fumes. I had to take a Mommy time-out to calm down because I was already mad that she did whatever she had done. I took a break, said a prayer, and then went and talked to her. She agreed that sometimes she tries to make me madder when I'm already mad. Its part victory that she recognizes this because since she knows she does it, she can also have the power to change it. Anyhow, we smoothed things over, said a prayer together, shed a few more tears, said the "I love yous" and "goodnights".

Its hard to be a grown-up sometimes.

So since I am avoiding closing up the house and my putting the house and myself to bed, I thought I would look over some old blog posts. So I went to 2007, when we started this blog. It's hard to believe that my little girls were even smaller not so long ago. Then I came across this entry Here and I had to smile. I love the way I close the post. Telling, isn't it?

I love that little curly-haired blue-eyed girl. I need to remember she's only 5. I can do better too. Here's to better nights with a little less trouble and a lot more fun with my sweet little trouble-maker.

Our week!

Ava's Fashion Show of some of her new school clothes-

matching socks! ;)

Good thing she's not silly...

Cool backpack...

I got Sydnee something too :)

AND I did some canning! Ignore the goofy faces and concentrate on those fabulous containers!

Lastly- Lucy's started rice cereal...she is so excited about it. :)

and that's been our week!

Lucy blows raspberries...

It's a little choppy, but sooooooo fun!

Lucy blowing raspberries...

Sydnee turns 4

Our Sunday lunch- Hawaiin Haystacks, pulled pork, cake- a yummy way to celebrat Lucy's blessing day & Sydnee's family birthday party.The darling cake by Melanie...

our birthday girl...

Everyone gathered for the blessing/birthday luncheon

At Sydnee's party the day before. Did I mention Sydnee's Primary class is huge?

Daddy telling them about the obstacle course...

The darling cupcakes for the party, again by Melanie...

They may look gross to you, but the kids loved the "octupus" hot dogs!

And who can resist a fish watermelon? :)

For Sydnee's actual birthday, we spent the gift certificate from Aunt Heather & treated the girls to a little polish job. Did you know there was such thing as yellow nail polish?

Todd and I thought it was so funny how our girls acted like they had done this a million times...

Would you expect a different color for Ava's nails?

Here are our very silly girls eating dinner at McDonalds...not OUR favorite place, but hey- it wasn't OUR birthday! :)

Happy Father's Day!

We were suppose to go to Dallas this weekend, but we stayed home & got a lot accomplished on Saturday. We emptied our game closet to make more room for food storage, organized my "office" and reorganized the play room. We want to try to get our 3-month's supply by the end of the year.Then we headed to the Y for swimming and raquet ball fun. I need to take a picture of Lucy in her bathing suit- not much of anything is cuter!

Here are some pictures from Father's Day as well.

Happy Father's Day to my favorite person in the whole world!

So I don't lose my Marbles...

I posted this on StampWithLinz & thought I would post it here too...

Hello friends. I'm sorry its been so long. The truth is, I haven't been doing much anything creative in a while...and I haven't wanted to! When I have tried, its not been up to par. And here's the 2nd part of my confession- I've gone digital. Almost everything I have done in the last 4+ months has been almost all digital or hybrid. I love SU!'s My Digital Studio and since my hands are usually full or holding a baby, it works for the time and space I have at the moment.

However, that doesn't mean I can't share my digital projects with you- so I will do that. I'll start with last night and work my way backwards. We had a Family Home Evening last night where we introduced our new Summer Program- Don't Lose Your Marbles/Summer Sanity. Everyone- except my little bitty baby- got to design their own tag for their jar. We have them displayed in the kitchen for easy access. Everyone did a good job. My husband even got into it. :) It felt good to be creative again. We'll see if it lasts. Check it out!

Happy Anniversary!

Todd and I are celebrating 9 years today! Happy Anniversary honey!

It's not ALL Todd

above Sydnee, below me

above Lucy, below me

above Ava, below me

I'm in there too... :)

For all of you that say my girls looks just like Todd, here's some proof I had something to do with it!