ooc summertime...

things get a little out of control in the summertime. normally my children are not allowed any candy, especially suckers or any other kinds of teeth rotting, cavity giving types. ( not one cavity for any of them so far...) but in the summertime... they are consumed for breakfast.

a little summery of our kitchen at 1:30 in the afternoon on a monday.....

what am i gonna do with this child??

one of my sweet angels, not naming any names,

is having an awfully hard time in the whining department this summer. she might be voted #1 whining queen for the last 3 weeks. she has been hot or cold since the day she was born. she is either the easiest, sweetest child you have ever been with, or... the opposite. usually she is very good, but for some reason, this has not been her summer. so this morning, after getting in trouble for whining appx. 2 min. after leaving a special summer movie at the theater, she was sent to her room as soon as we got home. her father came up with some "work" for her.

i was soon presented with this....

deal, mom? what is that about? i had to laugh though. i am pretty sure her heart was in the right place. how could i be mad after those promising words and beautiful pictures.

p.s. i think we'll go out for some ice cream tonight.

projects..

i am super excited about my bathroom and my new bike. they are getting very close to completion. p dubs has been working very hard on both. he made a mistake in the bathroom today (which i am not allowed to talk about) but it's ok. just a minor setback. now i need to find the perfect mirrors, a light, some glass shelves, some accesories and.....

it will be done!! (and it will have only taken a little over a year, but who's counting?)

Hopscotch Camis GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hopscotch Camis GIVEAWAY!!!!

Marseilles Dress SHABBY APPLE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Marseilles Dress SHABBY APPLE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

let's totally crash this! who's in???

happy birthday little sister!

can you tell which one of these little ladies is my child? one of these things is doing it's own thing... what kind of a mother recycles a daisy vest? that is taking the green thing a little too far. poor L had to use her sister's vest from 3 years before. i barely even put the new patches on. she wondered why she couldn't have a vest like all the other girls, i told her the truth, it was because she was the most special daisy. she seemed ok with that.

summer so far...

here are some shots from the last day of school. the kids got to have an end of the year luau. oh man did they have fun. surprise surprise, i was in tears when the firefighters finally started to spray the kids. don't ask me why. the kids were just so excited, the anticipation, the big strong men donating their time for the kids pure enjoyment and delight, the smiles on their faces watching the kids jump and laugh and run. and i'm also a big sap.

so right after L's big daisy bridging ceremony (pictures to follow), Pdubs took the kids on a very special camping trip. they had a blast. tons of bugs, mud, sitting around the fire and other fun camping activites. i heard all about their wonderful adventures when they got back. they even brought me back a caterpillar which i was extremely thrilled and apprecative about.
never eat alone.


stories around the fire...

here are some other random things that made me happy....

before we left on our trip, S made us a huge paris display. i loved her pictures and explinations...
one of the best deliveries you could get first thing in the morning.....

how lucky am i that my sissy can make these wonderful things? not so lucky for my scale.

i'm caving... and i like it.

this blog is a little ridiculous, but also hilarious...

i had to link back to this post because i love what she is going for here.

 for those of you who have read twilight... check this out. it's *redic*

p.s. am i too old for a pocket edward? i totallly want one. i love him. shhhh.....

busybee lauren... EDWARD

me and the girlzzzzz...

i just love this picture of my little squishy faced baby.

i had a lovely weekend with the little girls. p dubs took the big girls camping. i thought they would never come home. i guess they were having a wonderful time. it's cool tho. me and my little homies had a pretty big weekend. we got to have a sleepover with auntie sar and auntie nattie and TBA. we hung out and watched Taken. creepy. cool tho cuz it was filmed in PARIS!!!

now little S woke up pretty grumpy, which made it tough to do all the things we wanted to do. she was not being a nice cousin. S and TBA were at it all day. good thing they are so stinkin cute.
naughty things:
1. S hit TBA on the head with a toy pot.
2. S yelled "no" loudly pretty much all weekend
3. TBA quickly ( like the speed of lightning) knocked a full soda all over her mommy... funny, not funny for nat :(
4. D has all kinds of new scratches on her sweet little face from "loving" on kitty Charlotte.

good things:
1. we found all the material for the flower girls dresses
2. nat and i found our shoes for the wedding (patent leather, so cool and retro)
3. i was telling D about my wonder cat Patches, and how she used to go to the bathroom on the toilet (true story) anyway, she laughed and said "what? she didn't have her own glitter box?"
4. sar found her super cute shoes for the wedding.
5. we stayed up late and had an oreo picninc in the front room. they loved that!
6. watched benjiman button (weird) and jon and kate plus 8 (disturbingly sad)
7. did a photo shoot of an awesome family
8. had lots of time to just hang out and play

love this...

a glimpse into paris.

oh man was it heaven! wish i could have stayed longer. we did miss the kiddos so much, though. we decided we would have to go back with them!!

highlights

1. eating unlimited crepes and macaroons and then walking it all off. we walked probably 100 miles.

2. meeting parisians and having a new french facebook friend!(modern day penpal!)

3. visiting all the beautiful churches.

4. drinking. morning-cafe au lait ( steamed milk). after breakfast- wine and our fav 1664 blond.

5. the farmers markets. fresh produce, meats etc. one of the perks of being up at 5am everyday- we got fresh croissants right out of the oven at the boulangeries! and mostly just the boulangeries!!!! bread. yum. more bread. and the cheese! so different from here!
6. almost dying when a dog jumped out of a trunk barking at us. it was very late and we were looking for st. catherine  at rue de bac. we never found her. bummer!

7. the view from our hotel. ooh la la.



8. all the pretty flowers....





9. listening to my new fav carla bruni, the first lady of france, although my new french friend, ameilie, tells me her reputation is questionable...


10. getting lost and not caring.
11. the amazing photo opps.
12. not understanding the hours of the metro and almost getting trapped in the station. we had to run and slide under the closing gate!

13. eating lunch under the eiffel tower.

14. learning the history of the city.

15. people watching.

16. finding the fabric district and antique flea markets. i bought a book of paintings and some old spoons. i love them. i wanted to buy... old newspapers to cover my bathroom walls, a set of 3 garden chairs, old dolls, a velvet chair, an old stool. ( couldn't fit them in my 1 backpack i brought)

17. this list could go on and on.....