I like to enjoy the babyness of her self comforting now. You know, before she's Rosies age and I have to yell at her to stop. It's nice to see the sweetness and not worry about the orthodontist bills.

Easter

I think I took more pictures yesterday than I have in the past 3 months combined. That's a good sign, right? This is just the basket portion of our day...

Goodness.

2 months? I can only say that I've just recently returned to land of the feeling alive... and that's the best excuse I've got. This shirt was one of Juliana's birthday presents. And if anybody can ever tell me how to get my flip software back onto my computer then I can also share the hysterical video evidence of the confusion involved in the gifting. The big girls thought she was a big sister merely because she turned two. Quite fun to inform them otherwise!

be loved.

Happy Valentine's Day!

continuing on a theme... 3 in one room.

A month or so ago we moved Juliana into the girls room. We finally put (almost all of) the finishing touches in there this weekend. Adding a crib and moving beds around necessitated quite a bit "stuff" rearranging and "stuff" putting away. The point? Well, their room is finally clean and pretty and they let me take pictures of them up there! These were all taken in a 15 minute span of them basically just enjoying their room and hanging out up there, no candy bribes, no melt downs,  and no pouts. Remind me to clean more often! And I just realized I didn't include the of stuff that needed so much work. Whoops. Right now, they love sharing a room, we'll see how long that lasts!

Finding three.

I come across three together a lot these days. Those two have always been good, patient big sisters but there is something about them playing together versus just juju being entertained, does my heart good I tell ya.

snow fort

Snow fort we made during the great snow this year. The girls were not interested in snow people making instead they wanted to build something. Which really meant that Daddy had to do all the work while they played and watched. I think he'd say it was worth it though!

Cookies. Eamon style.

We took the liberty of tweaking his recipe by removing the goldfish and adding some toe jam. The girls and I are in the kitchen nearly every day but rarely ever does Juliana get some baking time so this was extra special.

go away!

Please, can we have some sun again?

wait, whose birthday was it?

Snow storm birthday cake = use what you have. Angel food cake topped with 7 minute orange vanilla frosting.  Mmm, good. So glad I could save the day with my stocked pantry. I thought the girls were going to cry when we told them we couldn't go get  me a birthday cake but then they tasted this frosting. And all was well.

Are you there?

We are here. Just a lot going on. Messed up wrist for me ... makes it hard to use the computer. Training a puppy. And a toddler too. Guess who's more difficult? School is taking more work than normal. But really, if I'm honest? My absence might have a whole lot to do with the Kindle I got for my birthday....

a bit much

snow, t.v., sledding, cold, whining..... and the length of this slide show

and you thought you liked your Christmas present

decking our halls

1 - number of trees left at Lowes the saturday before Christmas.
2 - number of ornaments broken.
3 - amount of dollars our Charlie Brown tree cost.
4 - strands of glowing LED lights. Totally recommend  if you want to pretend it's a bar instead of your tree.
5 - minutes  to determine the ripster might need to be put in his kennel.
6(0) - seconds to break heirlooms and have Mama decide to pack up the precious ones. For another year.

wrap it up!

And I wonder why I never have tape.

I guess he was thirsty?

the rumors are true!

We had a white Christmas!  Possibly the best Christmas present ever.
Hope your day was as blessed as ours!

did you happen to notice?

still not enough for piggies..... but it'll do

for grammie julie

I'm sending all her presents back. What else does she need?