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.

State of this House

Joshua=stomach virus. REallllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??? Go away curse! GO AWAY! I'm sleeping in the guest room. Joshua is germing up our room. Girls are asleep. I did bathe, bottle, and put them to sleep by myself. I know this is something that I should have done already in my life, but seriously...first time. Neecole told me I could do this and I did. Easy.Easy.Easy. Diapers on the floor of the bathroom. 2 babies in my lap with 2 bottles at one time. Easy. It is, however, sooooooooooo much easier with a co-pilot.

7.5 more days!!!!!!!!! 7 point 5!

Popsicles!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday at my school's carnival the girls shared a pineapple popsicle and LOVED it. Like....lick, cry for more, lick, cry for more, lick, cry for more! Soooo today after school I used a couple of our old favorite baby food recipes and made us some popsicles. Easy! Breezy! Remember Green Monster? Avocado, Mango, Kiwi. Chop. Blend. Poor in pop molds. Done. Strawberry Yogurt...Same thing. We ended up eating at Gram's for dinner, so we'll try them tomorrow.

Dancing Queen!

Whoa....whoa....whoa...whoaa!!! Craziness in the house last week. Babysitters and helpers every night since Tuesday! CRAAAAZYY!! The craziness is now on pause....thank you jesus! Just in time to wind down the school year, which will be enough craziness in itself.

We went to Mama Mia tonight. I've never seen it! I know that everyone loves it! Now I know why... seriously....I LOVVVVED IT! I love happy singing! LOVE! Joshua even just did a Dancing Queen Reprise right before he hopped in bed...ha!

Speaking of babysitters....cousin Sarah was one of our babysitters in this madness. She is such a good babysitter. I can't wait until we have O+L+M three way matching smocked clothing....dresses, bubbles....I'll take it all.

**In case anyone was wondering how I'm doing on Month 1 of the countdown to 30....I'm doing soooooooo great! Outside, outside, outside......EVERYDAY! Not just at recess! These girls breathing in that fresh air and they love it!

**sidenote number 2: We(we=Josh) started to clean out the garage this weekend. It started out as a partner project, but then I had a panic attack when I realized how big the job was, so I got sent inside to take care of babies. It's def a multi weekend project, but I've got big plans for that space, so it had to get started ahead of schedule. Stand by for amazingness to come out of the cleaned out garage!

9.5 days of school left...woooooooooohooooooooooooooo!