Wordful Wednesday - Where have you been all my life?

Or at least for the past year that I have been really visiting other blogs. What or who do you ask? Google Reader that is what! I never spent much time in there because I follow so many blogs because you have to in order to enter most contests and honestly I don't really want to read all of them. I do however want to read people's blogs that I find interesting and especially to follow people's blogs who comment on my blog. What I have done in the past is just go to my own blog a few times throughout the day and look at the very bottom which is most of the blogs that I read daily. Then, I took some time with Google Reader and made a new folder and put all of my daily reads blogs in it and it has changed my life! For the blogs that I didn't really comment on anyway I easily read through the posts. It is all right there in a nice little package on my computer. Maybe I am catching up with the rest of the world finally!

A shot from our beach trip last September. I am cold! I want spring to be here! I want September to come soon so we can go back to our beach!

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Wordful Wednesday - Touch of Grey

I am in a black and white mood. Our TUT theme this week is black and white. My idea for the 52 Weeks of Me project is going to be b/w (if it works). Another 52 week project I am doing on flickr is Shades of Grey too. Trend here?

and then this little one who is giving me her best "you promised me chocolate goldfish after the last picture you took" face. I still think she is beautiful even when she is mad at me :)


I guess it is a good theme for winter but these are hard themes for me because I love color! I mean we live in a red house for Pete's sake! More Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and for the more chatty ones like myself there is Wordful Wednesday.

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WW - Extreme Dock Makeover - The Reveal

I left a WW post hanging a few months back and I am sure everyone who reads this is dying to see our big dock reveal! If you don't know what I am talking about I posted on WW about the Extreme Dock Makeover that was going on at our house in honor of the actual Extreme Home Makeover that was taking place in my home town. Our dock didn't get done for about 2 weeks after that post and by that time I had moved on lol :)

"Move that, umm goose?"

The sky was GORGEOUS on Tuesday morning when I took these. So much so that Violet commented on it too. I knew that I wanted to try and get my dock pictures so that it would be in the background. Didn't turn out the way that it looked though.

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Wordful Wednesday - Favorites

Our girls each asked Santa for one thing and they all got it. As much as they wanted those items they are not the favorites. What is?

The earmuffs that Violet picked out for Piper. HUGE hit! She doesn't take them off. All.Day.Long. or All.Night.Long. That's right, she sleeps in them too.

When we were in Ohio for Thanksgiving our girls used their cousin's sleeping bags. Couldn't stop talking about them! Matt put them on our list from him and I. They have slept in them every day for nap and every night for bed. I had to tell them last night they had to sleep in their sheets again because I had to wash the sleeping bags. They LOVE them! Doesn't hurt that one is Princesses and the other Tink.



Our Ruby got this plastic toy called a Bilibo. They all fight over this one! I don't get it but it got great reviews and I will be leaving one myself :) She also got mega blocks which I haven't been able to put away. So far so good, I haven't stepped on one. Last is the donkey in the background We got it super cheap second hand and they are happily bouncing their days away on her. That is when they aren't fighting over that pink plastic thing :)



Just cause I love this shot of the girls so much it is going on my wall.



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Wordful Wednesday - Christmas Bokeh

Lights are twinkling on the the Christmas tree

Antique reindeer proudly taking their place.



All of my little birds waiting impatiently for Saturday to get here.



Our smallest cheese ball is going to have so.much.fun. She just doesn't know it yet.



Last night I got on my tippy toes on the edge of our 5 foot retaining wall to try and get a shot of the beautiful lights that my husband hung on our garage. He does such a great job with them every year.



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WW - It's just a picture a day

That sounds easy doesn't it? I tried to do a picture a day last year but failed. Life got busy and I didn't really give it the time that it needed. I have been trying to think of something to do next year and my mind keeps going back to that 365 project. I just don't like starting something and not finishing it - that bugs me. My mind says to get out my craft stuff and sewing machine but the reality is a busy little girl who likes to have her hands in everything will make crafting a nightmare. Check out our hot mess today. She won't keep a hair thingie in, snot nosed b/c she refuses to let me wipe, still has some crud from lunch by her mouth. Sheesh!

Now this one makes me want to take 365 days of pictures - all of my kids. How boring but seriously I love taking their pictures so much. Violet asked me today if I was going to take her picture. Of course her ulterior motive was gum. Regardless she is a wonderful little model so she can have the gum for 10 frames.



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WW - Muwah!

Feeling down in the dumps? Feeling like no one cares? Come to our house and our Ruby will cheer you up. She is full of love and kisses. She kisses EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING! She went back and forth with Violet and Piper kissing them until they finally tired of it. Me? I never get tired of it :)

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WW - Middle fake, big fake & baby fake

I know that I take too many pictures of them. They have heard "I will give you *insert whatever I have handy here* if you just do what I ask for 2 minutes". Really that is all you need most days and normally they are happy to help their mama get a treat. We played after school today and I thought it was a perfect opportunity to get a shot of all 3. As I was going through all the pictures I came across this one - they are so cheesey. In fact they were probably even saying "cheese" in that fake "but I am smiling" sort of way.

Piper has her school pictures on Friday. My girlfriend was surprised that I was getting them done and well, I wasn't really wanting to pay $14 for 2 3x5's and a few wallets. Highway robbery! Matt wants them. I guess so that we can look back and laugh at her b/c historically aren't school pictures the absolute worst? I have quite a few years I would like to magically disappear :) I can't wait to see the cheesey smile Piper comes home with.

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WW - The Hunt

My Aunt Bebe loved to go thrifting. I went along with her at an early age. She loved the hunt and in turn taught me to love it as well. When Matt and I first met we used to go to antique shows and swap meets. Fun times. My kids are still a little too young for that yet but what they aren't too young for is thrift stores. There is always something to find at a thrift store right? Violet now asks me if we can go to the Goodwill or Value Village. My girls love those stores as much as I do. It makes me so happy. I had some errands to run and asked her if she wanted to stop by Goodwill on our way home. Well certainly she did. So I packed up my car with 2 boxes that I had to donate and off we went. It is like a vicious circle, I buy and then I purge lol :)

What goodies did we come home with? Well I found a beautiful "much to fancy to wear to school but since it was $2 she can" dress for our Violet. A swim cover up for me - while you are reading this I am probably wearing it b/c we are AT THE BEACH! Finally the the pièce de résistance - the owl necklace.

While we were in the parking lot Violet found a dime. She decided she wanted to buy something with her money. I know a dime doesn't buy much these days but I agreed to let her look at the costume jewelry. She found this piece with no price tag and they gave it to us for $.50. I thought that was a little high but she loves it. I know I am not really teaching her the value of money b/c I had to give her $.40 to cover it but she is 3. There is a lifetime to learn you can't afford anything. That is why you shop at the thrift store - treasures to be found!

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WW - Busy, Busy, Busy

My older girls are off to school now. With Violet gone 2 days a week and 3 hours a time you might think that I have some time to take a deep breath and get some things done around our house. You would think that if you didn't know Ruby. That child has me running constantly. These 3 shots were taken within a few minutes while she was literally running from one side of our yard to the other checking out everything in between. This baby is wide open. Matt called her "Forrest Gump" the other night b/c "if she is ever going anywhere, she is running!". Since that is my all time favorite movie it got a laugh from me :) So if you think you might drop by and find a clean house anytime before that baby goes to preschool, well you might be disappointed.

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WW - I want to remember

I was somehow blindsided that Piper was going to be in school. I knew it but when it came right down to her going I thought "Now, really. It's too soon." I am paying special attention these days to moments and funny things they do. How Piper and Violet still wear their headbands "Flashdance" style. How when I am able to finally get Ruby to sleep the older girls and I enjoy picnics in the living room. How they will still climb on my lap for hugs & kisses. I have blinked and my oldest went from a babe to Kindergartner. My middle is going to start preschool. How my heart is breaking watching these firsts and I can't imagine it will get any easier from here on out. These are the times I wish I were better at scrapbooking or even buying my youngest a baby book.

There is a special closeness that my girls and I have. I know that it isn't going to always be this way but oh how I wish it were. Matt says they are my army - have I mentioned that before? We have a chant "1-2-3 Lucas Girls!" Watching them do it makes me smile every time :)

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WW - Mad Skillz

Did you hear that?
No? I am surprised b/c she is really good at it.
That REALLY loud noise was Piper burping. What else can she do you ask?

How can I even be worried that she isn't going to be ok at school on Thursday with all the cool things that she can bring to her fellow kindergartners.

Still I am.

Our dock isn't quite done b/c we had some rain delays. Figures right? No worries b/c part 2 will just be next week. Here is the big reveal from my home town though. Seems Extreme Home Makeovers can work in the rain. Just sayin.



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WW - Extreme Dock Makeover Part 1

My hometown of Neenah, WI is buzzing this week. They found out on Saturday morning that Exteme Home Makeovers was coming to town. Not only was it coming to town but it was coming to MY OLD STREET!! I am almost as excited as the residents and have been watching everyones updates on Facebook daily. Fun stuff. In honor of this I am going to have my own edition but closer to home, my backyard. Not as dramatic but we needed to do it. I am afraid to say that we were "that" house for over a year now. It isn't our fault totally though, Mother Nature had a little bit to do with the demise.

Before demolition




The demolition has begun. Yay!!




Check back next Wednesday for the big reveal! Also, don't forget to enter the giveaway I am hosting for a custom headband, clippie, and bow.

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