Ordinary Days...

 He's loving his Cheerios! (And anything else he can get in his mouth!)

 

Balloon wrestling, always a highlight.

Finding things to do on a rainy day.

Craft time - watch out Lego man!

Mail from a friend who recently moved away. We miss them!

Helping with laundry. He's really good at taking clothes out of the basket. :)

I pretty much love finding "messes" like this!

Just being silly!

I love that I have so many wonderful moments on such "ordinary days". There is so much life happening all around me with these beautiful kids that I love. I hope I can always keep my eyes and heart wide open to it all.

Yep, yep, Yep!

I randomly came across this awhile ago, and took the time to re-find it, because it's hilarious! And oh so true. Right now I'm the cranky, 9 months pregnant momma! And I look forward to sleep deprivation and crazy, guilt-ridden thoughts! Seriously, I'm ready for the change! And oh so grateful for Heavenly Fathers understanding of what mothers go through with a new baby, and the strength He gives us.

Random

All evening I had some extra company in the kitchen.

He had an accident today and needed some gluing, and then a rest as he dried. This little dollar store figure has been with us for quite awhile. Lots of tears were shed over his brokenness, but I think he'll pull through.







The other day I saw a commercial (for what? I don't know) where a husband asks his wife "Can I quite my job and start a blog?". I thought it was hilarious! I haven't been very good at this blog thing lately. At first it was because I was so sick and tired, now I'm mostly just tired. Yesterday at church someone asked how I was and my mind went blank as I stared at her. "You look tired", she said. Yup, that's it. I'm going to practice some positive responses this week so I'll be ready when asked how I'm doing - "Great! I actually got some laundry done this week!", I'll have to work on it.

I spend allot of time in the kitchen. Today's dinner was Salisbury steak with a mushroom bbq sauce, mashed potatoes (mixed with cauliflower because my kids might eat it and get and extra veggie, plus it tastes great!), and sauteed green beans and broccoli. What did we actually eat most of the night? Homemade apple fritters of course! Really, all of this constitutes as what my husband calls "Too much". But I was thinking out loud and my little boy was so excited when he heard "donuts". So the kids helped me make it. They like helping me put all the ingredients together whenever I bake, it's cramped and we make a mess, but I like it. Also, I have realized that cooking (mostly baking) has become my hobby, or even a therapy of sorts. When I'm feeling down I make something yummy and the whole process of creating it lifts my spirits. When I'm happy I feel like making something to celebrate! Kitchen science really interests me too. Learning the "whys" and "hows" of it is pretty cool. But I find that even in this I need to find balance. We have our pizza nights, or even cereal nights!

I've been having allot of heartburn lately. Our baby must be growing his hair! It makes me excited to see what he will look like. My little boy actually had some heartburn the other day (too much sugar!), he calls it "the bad spits".  

Anyway, I actually have quite a few things to post about, and would like to get back into a 'blogging groove'. I like to blog.... But this is it for tonight!

Spaghetti

Sometimes dinner prep is just plain fun!

Up To's

Yesterday - I cut my little girls hair!! I can hardly believe it! Her first hair cut ever, sadness. It was time though, things were looking more straggly than cute. Here are some before and afters:

Before -

After - 

Bye bye little baby wisps! It does look better, like she's a proper little girl now. Where's my baby?!

And this morning I decided to do a little draft for Halloween. My boy wants to be "black Batman", so we pulled out his sweat pants, dad's black socks, and black duct tape and we created this masterpiece -

He's a natural Super Hero I tell you! The poses this boy comes up with!

Of course Evelyn got in on the action. She eventually found a party hat to wear and we dubbed her "party girl". Oh the silliness!

The Necessities

We were on our way out to somewhere, so of course I was walking back and forth trying not to forget anything. My little boy keeps asking "when are we going?" and I answer with "as soon as the bag is packed". Both little boy and little girl immediately pick a toy from the toy box and dump it in the bag. Done!

Silly...I love it!

"The Electric Company" show on PBS is pretty much hilarious! Here's a clip I saw this week that really made me laugh!