our...

 

 

i HOPE something grows :)

on a good day...

 

 

wordless wednesday WHY!?

a family project

in progress...

belgian waffles

 were not meant to be made this way...

  ever.

you will soon realize that flipping the waffle maker over onto a bowl, will cause much shattering of one of your favorite already chipped breakfast bowls.

(you may also realize that your ten yr old, is now wearing the same shoe size as you...as a matter of fact, he's wearing your shoes to help with the clean up...uh, when did that happen?)

your waffles will end up looking not so belgian...

and your toddlers will look something like...

this.

 my advice..

put a lot of whipped cream on whatever it is, and call it good

sometimes...

you find something special like this,

and you've just got to smile.

i broke this vase this morning, and since i was in a hurry, left it on the bathroom counter...

when i came back later,

 this is how i found it.

day one

2011 School Year

a little glimpse

of how we roll in the morning....

 the littles draw pictures with chalk in the living room while the big kids trickle out of their beds...
of course, the chalk is strewn about the house, buy the time  big kid #2 makes his way to the couch....
he steps on and crunches a few pieces that are in his path...
bubba now decides he's hungry and makes his way to the kitchen table...\
which still has my photo project on it from the night before...
baby z follows...
big kid #3 makes her way to the couch...
not enough room for  kids numbers #2 and #3...
they have a kick war....
#3 wins......
bubba is still hungry...
#2 fetches z from the kithen pantry...
he decides to make pancakes...
baby z is not happy about being exiled from the kitchen...
she bites...
bubba, also exiled from the kitchen....
starts playing with the chalk again....
curly top sits on the kitchen table waiting for her burnt pancakes...
big kids numbers #1 and #4 are still sleeping...
or at least pretending to...
but no one really wants to find out...
so we just let them be till they emerge..
#2 makes an airplane with  dad's new screw gun..
mama takes sits on the couch and drinks her coffee...
which someone put wayyy over there...

when #4 and #1 they wake up, we'll actually start our day...

 with prayers...
and burnt pancakes.

wordless wednesday

these two

just make me

smile...

laugh...

laugh so hard...

i want to cry...

they are the best of friends...

the worst of friends...

and the most trouble...

 

ever.

i love them.

"cooking"

eggs!!

yes, in my kitchen,

but not for breakfast...

a little bit of homeschool science project going on here...

2 more weeks to go!

another project in the making...

lunch

its that good.

its been a stinky week

around here.

(in more ways than one)

thankfully....when life gives these kids lemons...
they make lemonade.

when the "blizzard of 2011" is mearly a freezing rain storm....
and leaves massive sheets of ice on their best sledding hill...

they do this...

and build these with the frozen crust...

and tunnel underneath it to make these...

pretty cool, huh?


what do you do, when life gives you lemons?



 

my latest design

DIY Birthday Bonnet or Center Piece for KIDS

a couple fun projects for those little fingers that like to keep busy

1. Cut Tissue Paper in to 12x12 squares. Use four or five sheets for each flower.

2. Fold accordion style

3. Gather in center and fasten with a pipe cleaner leaving a long stem

4. Gently pull each layer of paper apart

5. Fluff and shape into a "flower"

6. Repeat five or six times and twist stems together.

7. Add a yarn tie...

and....

BOLDLY MODEL YOUR CREATION!

or

for the more timid...

make your own center piece.

1. Follow the same steps as above...

2. Add a little exta charm by cutting the ends of your folded papers at an angle

3. Gently peel layers apart....

ever so gently

and....

enjoy an allergy free bouquet!