Fall Flava

I really want a pumpkin spice latte and to buy pumpkins and put a bale of hay on my porch, but it is just sooooooooooooooooo hot!  Too too hot.  Don't worry...I've found a way for us to slip into fall flavors and it doesn't matter the weather.

Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Thank you Gina from skinnytaste.  I haven't made them yet.  These are her pics, but I wish I had one right now.  I better go hurry up and buy some pumpkin.

Yes please!!

Happy Weekend Friends!

Can't Sleep

I read something a while back that said you should turn off all electronic distractions 2 hours before bed in order to get your best sleep. I keep meaning to listen! I CAN'T SLEEP! My mind is racing with Milkweed projects. Ha! I know it's silly and pretend, but I just keep writing like it's real...like I'm Lesley Graham or Lovely Morning Kristina and I've got a couple hundred devoted followers...ha! It's the most fun...MOST MOST MOST MOST FUN!

I had this wave of guilt come over me today because I was just in a state of total complete perfect happiness. Guilt!!! Why do we do this to ourselves! I deserve total complete perfect happiness! So I'm taking it! Bringing my girls to classes, watching them play together and fight together, and laugh together. Cooking things like whole grain, flax, strawberry muffins and forcing Josh and the girls to eat them with me...ha! Writing a blog about all things I like...so so so so so perfect and complete.

Josh has been working A LOT lately...early mornings and home barely in time for the girls bedtime. That's the only un-perfect thing about this week, but I guess it's good that he's busy!

Did I mention that I 100% decluttered my kitchen today??? I did and it feels like heaven in there....perfect clean slate for new perfect things like fabric on chairs and windows, ultimate candles burning, and sunflowers in vases.

Love, love, love all around!

Here are some pics of our week....the girls at their first day of Shlenker "camp"-Liv eating a popsicle and Laine playing with some girl named Lucy in a matching bathing suit except hers was monogrammed...I hate when I don't think of these things!! ...late afternoon survival in the splash pad ...the girls making a huge mess in the kitchen because I let them play with a bag of bread crumbs, but don't worry. I channelled summer giggy and put them in the "house/cage" while I cleaned it up and then made them a new bin full of baby proof kitchen goodies. THANK GOD for those moments of "pat you on the back" parenting to make up for all of the millions of "worst parent in America" ones!

Thanks for putting up with this 100% self indulgent post. I'm aware.

Popsicles!

Popsicles = fun. It's fun to watch your puppies eat things you made and like it. We had a little impromptu pool party with the Bruno's this afternoon. It just feels good to sit around with them and do nothing. It does not feel good, however, when one of your children throws 10 fits in less than 2 hours...what are you gonna do?!?!? We are going to blame it 50/50 on being rotten and teething, because FINALLY this child has 3 teeth coming in on top and three prob means 4 because these things seem to happen in even numbers....so yayyyyyy Livy for teeth and booooooo Livy for fits! I love that cute cheek girl no matter what!

I hope everyone did something glorious this weekend! We had a grand ole time in Baton Rouge other me being bratty and throwing a few fits myself. Shiiiii....maybe we should go 33.3/33.3/33.3 for Liv. Fits= teeth/rotten/inherited...oops!

City Center

I mean....I.LOVE.CITY.CENTER! I love it everytime. Now L&O love it too!!!

Happy Birthday Sara Samet! We had a great time celebrating with you! It's not often we get the Samets outside of the 610-Hillcroft-Beechnut-Bellfort boundaries....ha! J/J....but not really! There were so many great moments on that big open fake/not fake grass. There was a guy playing the saxophone all night and the girls lived it up with Liam as their captain. I wish oh wish oh wish that I had the pics of Laine and Liam dancing and twirling...damn!

Milkweed

It's time for everyone to click on over to Milkweed!

Every now and then...

I don't normally like inspirational quotes, but my principal sends one each week and I am really into this one.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy LAST MONDAY of school!

Everyone is out of town and Daddy is working!

Not to worry...I have an agenda. Woke up at the usual hour, ate breakfast, and packed these puppies up to go to Target. Guess what?!?!? There are people that you know at Target at 8:45 on Saturday morning. Damn! My girls were covered in cookie crumbs and I was in my just rolled out of bed attire. Whatev....we got all that we needed and a bonus or 2. TARGET! Has anyone ever left there without a bonus item or 2????

MAGAZINES!!! 2 of my favorites came in the mail yesterday and super nanny had everyone around here asleep when I got home from school so I got to shower AND scan both of the mags. I found something I want in House Beautiful...duh! I mean I wanted everything and AS USUAL I want to re-do 10 things in this house, but there is also something else that I found and feel is a def attainable gift for myself. In the article it says you can get a set of 18 really ridic contemp/comfortable plates and bowls(dinner, salad, and soup x 6) no two pieces alike, but of course I can't find it on the website because it's in Italian. Can you????

Mag Number 2: Whole Living. There is a 10 day challenge...tempting. Each day has 3 parts. Like, do one thing for mind, one for body, and one for life. I'm debating the commitment. I don't want to let myself down. Maybe I'll do a tweaked version of the challenge. Instead of all three parts, just commit to one a day. I mean it's only 10 days. Here is the meal plan. It seems very detailed and a little over the top. The magazine article is much more general. If anyone is interested in 10 days of guided exercise(mostly 30-45 min walks), eating, and meditating(ha!)...let me know. I'll be the co-pilot and coach.

I did a little "popsicle part 2" today. I realized that I made the strawberry ones with expired yogurt! Oops! Nobody worry. I realized before we ate them. Sooooo...since I had a second chance, I decided to cook the strawberries first so they will hopefully be sweeter. I also just whisked in the yogurt instead of blending and left a few strawberry chunks. Even if the girls can't handle them, I'm excited to eat one!

Now what to do when everyone wakes up from their morning nap???? I would like to go to Anthro or Nordstrom to shop for a new purse, but I also want to go to High Fashion Fabrics. Can the girls handle these places???? I just.don't.know.