I'm to blame

Not b/c I dress outlandishly but b/c I bought each and every one of these pieces of clothing. They just had the imagination to put it all together. Piper is wearing a headband, 2 barrettes, and 2 of those little pinch clip things. Excessive? Obviously not for the 3 & 4 year old fashionistas.

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I made it myself!

I had an Easy Bake Oven when I was a little girl and thought it was the best toy ever. If you had one though you probably quit using it b/c the mixes were so darned expensive and mom/dad (Grandma in my case) didn't see that ahead of time but once they did said "heck no are we going to spend a ton on those". Well, thank you internet b/c before I actually bought the oven I found websites that have little recipes on them so we do not have to fork over the $8 or so for a few cakes. Violet didn't really get how cool the toy was when we gave it to her. She didn't know what it was and had never seen one in real life but I knew when I saw it that it would be a hit. You want to know another thing about the oven that is a bummer? Trying to find 100 watt REGULAR bulbs to "cook" the food. Bulbs are so green now 100 watts are rare. Good for the earth but bad for the Easy Bake Oven owners. We found them at Lowe's (thanks to a hint from another blog) but had to buy a case! I don't EVER seeing us needing to buy them again lol :)

Saturday was the first day that we got it out and played. I was making dinner so Matt helped the girls with mixing, spraying, and finally baking. They had so.much.fun (I knew it).

and finally the pièce de résistance!



how fun was that?



I'd say success!

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Teeth, teeth, and more teeth!

How would it feel to cut 4 teeth at one time? Ask Ruby, she is cutting them right now! During the day you would never know but it is at night that I can tell you she isn't happy. Bless her heart :)

She is standing by herself more now. I think it was for about 20 seconds last night until she realized she wasn't holding on to anything and fell to her bum. I am just not ready for her to walk by herself yet. I don't mind her walking behind a walker or around furniture but come on, she isn't even 10 months old yet. What is up with that? Slow down baby!

I don't think I have ever mentioned it yet but last month she said her 1st word. Mama - of course lol :) I think that Piper's first word was ball and V's *maybe* dog but I can't be certain. You know I was laughing about something the other day but it is actually REALLY sad for our youngest. She has no baby book. Like I have not even purchased her one yet let alone write down anything. Piper's was filled out until about 9 months, Violet's I may have made up until 3 months, and like I said Ruby doesn't even have one. Maybe I will destroy the other girl's books to take away my guilt and make believe it has been an even playing field. I wonder if those mamas out there (like the Duggar's for instance) actually do a good job when they get past 3? Maybe they have the older kids start filling them out as homework projects lol :) There just isn't enough hours in a day to do it all - for me anyway.

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Who knows?

For over 5 years now my body hasn't been my own. It still isn't but I can see the end in sight. I daydream about wearing single digit pants again and not having to plan ahead my outfit to have easy boob access to nurse my babe. Ruby is no where near weaning but like I said before they are just daydreams. So all of this talk sort of makes it seem that we are done having babes right? I will turn 39 years old this March and I am now setting goals for MYSELF again. Why is it though that I don't come out and say that we are done having babies? I think that I went through a very difficult time emotionally after having our little Ruby. 3 kiddos 3 years and younger was a struggle for me and I never thought it would be. Conceiving Ruby was a struggle in itself and an emotional roller coaster that literally made me crazy at times. Today though life is back to as normal as life will probably get. It is these times that I sit back and wonder what would 4 be like? Can we handle it or should we be happy with the little family that we have created? Can we handle the trying to get pregnant again? Matt says that a 4th would make amusement parks easier. No child would be left behind without someone to play with. We could actually have a boy - however I am not sure we know how to make them lol :) I just can't squash the idea in my brain - who knows what the future holds.

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Arr!

Love the left over crafts from the party. Any activity today is a good one :)

More WW@5 Minutes for Mom

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Violet's 3rd Birthday Party

We have an equal amount of little girl and boy friends so when Violet told me she wanted a Tinkerbell party I quickly googled parties and found that mamas had a lot of success throwing Tink/Pirate parties. How much fun did I have planning it? Of course in typical me style I was running totally behind on party day though :) Violet and the other kids had a ball and that is all that I was hoping for. Thanks to some friends for taking pictures for me or I would have none lol :)

The girls all made fairy wings with gems & markers. I made each girl a fairy skirt to wear for the party. The boys made pirate hats and were able to fight each other with swords all one eyed like with their patches. It was hilarious to see them with their patches on :)

Once everyone was done with their wings and hats we had a surprise visitor - Captain Hook himself! There was treasure to be found and he brought the first clue!



Off they went! We had some really smart fairies and pirates at the party b/c they found BOTH treasure chests in record time!



My husband rocks!



Time to sing and what she waited for ALL day - eat a cupcake!



Thank you to everyone who came and helped to make Violet's birthday such a fabulous day!

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Happy New Year!

We all do the same thing every year, resolutions. Some people resolve to not do a resolution but not me, I like a little motivation even if it is only for a month or 2. Some times I actually stick with them and now my resolutions of past years are just part of my normal everyday life. I would love to stick with each and every one of these but I am human and know that I may not. So here are my 2010 resolutions, in no particular order lol :)

1. Be nicer. I know that it sounds general but I am going to try really hard to be nicer to people, especially my family. Especially my husband - there it is in writing :)




2. I want to knit. I can knit now but it is just ugly. Perhaps a class would help me. This has been a resolution for many years but maybe this year will be the year for me to do it!



3. I would love to run this (the half marathon not the full). 13.1 miles is pretty far. Summer will be the hardest time for me to stay on track b/c it is so stinkin hot down here which is why it is a resolution :)

There they are, short and sweet. I am sure I share these similar resolutions with many other people. I will come back to this post periodically to see how I am doing :) Happy New Year - kind of late but better late than never!

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