Halloween

Such a fun weekend! Friday night we came up with Steven's costume in like 5 minutes- it went from cowboy to gay cowboy to finally, white trash. Around noon on Saturday, I changed mine to sort of go with his [and for some other reasons.]  Maybe I'll get to use my Indian outfit for something else one day, its so cute. Steven looked SO funny, perfect outfit for him. It was such a fun, crazy night. I laughed soo hard the entire time. Two things I learned: my husband is a badass dancer and dancing in a room with a strobe light is the funnest thing ever! When we first walked in, I couldn't handle it- I felt like such an old lady but a little bit later I was fine and us girls had so much fun busting ridiculous moves.

Brit Brit and Virgil

Britney Spears paparazzi shots.

Fun food for today.

Breakfast- orange scrambled eggs, bat waffles and ghost banana.

Lunch- bunch of random orange stuff. The cheese is shaped like a pumpkin.

[in a muffin tin! I need to get better ones, these are cheapies but they're perfect for meals]

Dinner was a repeat- mummy dogs, monster pasta and yogurt.

Aiden loves his "pumpkin lunch" that's what he calls them. All day he used the word "spooky" to describe stuff. So cute. :)

I wonder if she'll still want to pick her own outfits when she goes to school. So silly!

Aiden was so excited about trick-or-treating all day, so was I, but also nervous that Rian wouldn't keep her costume on. She did so well and the kids looked awesome!

My peacock and robot.

My Mom had to work and we wanted to stop by to see her but our texts kept missing each other. We went trick-or-treating in Grandma and Grandpa's neighborhood then stopped by to see Titi and Uncle Geoff. Aiden got SO many compliments- everybody loved his costume! Ri got a lot too but pretty much every person we walked by said something about the robot.

Hope everyone had a safe and fun night-

Happy Halloween from us!

Dancing maniac.

Aiden's always loved dancing, I have a million videos of him. He's so crazy, Steven always has to stop watching- he says Aiden makes him dizzy.

This morning I was in the kitchen cleaning and Rascal Flatts "Life is a Highway" came on. Aiden came running in saying, "Its the Lightning McQueen song!" He was so excited.

[I'm going to start using youtube facebook and blogger take a way too long to upload and usually don't work the first time.]

He rolled around like this the entire song then wanted to listen to it over and over. He must've been so dizzy. A few songs later "Brown Chicken Brown Cow" came on and he knew right away what it was and started singing. He makes me laugh.

My favorite thing in the world...

when my baby falls asleep in my arms.

[I love how she always sleeps with her mouth open and her big teeth showing :)]

She didn't nap today, she just played the whole time. I went in there a couple of times and told her to lay down, then dozed off for about 20 minutes [I had a bad headache.] When I woke up she was still banging around in there so I let her out. Her room was a mess! She rearranged all the picture frames, dumped all her rubber bands out, put all her bows in a bucket, took the lace out from under the mattress and broke the handle of this wicker carriage thing that holds all her babydolls. When I opened the door and saw everything, she was soo cute- her eyes lit up, she smiled and said, "Hi Mommy!" I thought she'd be grumpy as the day went on but she was fine.

She gets messier with age!

I gave them their night-time milk around 6:50 and I knew she'd fall asleep so I had her sit with me and she passed out before she finished. I held her for about an hour, I loved every second. Just today I was thinking how weird it was that when Aiden was her age, I also had a 6 month old. She's still so babyish to me but she's almost two! Aiden became a 'big kid' in my eyes so quickstyle. Sometimes I feel really bad about that.

I'm trying so hard not to get baby fever. Its really hard to ignore it with the kids getting so big. I didn't think I'd ever want another one but its slooowly making its way into brain [but mostly my heart.] I know we just can't. I think that's the hardest part for me.

 Too bad we're not rich.
Maybe I should start playing the lottery...? :)

Bye bye blonde

Its the same color I always use but it looks so dark!

[Didn't take me long to go back to my old ways, last time I got my hair done I told myself "No more cutting your own hair and using box dye" ha!]

My glasses are so old and ghetto. I got them a couple of months before I had Aiden. There's bite marks in them, cracks in one of the lenses and one of the ear pieces is held on by super glue! I need to get new ones so bad but til lately, I didn't wear them a whole lot so I never thought about it. I don't know if its the brand of contacts I was last prescribed or if my eyes are just getting old, but I have to take them out all the time now. I used to be able to wear the same pair for a few months til I noticed they needed to be changed, now they bother me after just two weeks. Boo. Stupid old eyeballs.

Shopping.

Punky and I hit a few stores bright and early this morning!

The long awaited day I could use my coupon was finally today. I was 99% sure they wouldn't have the fringe boots. I checked the site before we left to see if they had the option to check the stores availability [they didn't] and there were only the bigger sizes left on the website. But much to my surprise, they had a bunch in the store!

Love them.

A million times cuter and way easier to put on than the other ones.

They didn't have the flower leggings I wanted but that's okay, all I really cared about was the boots. The coupon was 40% off and I also had a $5 off voucher. I got her the boots, a pair of leggings and 4 shirts for $27.37. Without the coupon and voucher, the boots alone would've been $30! A couple of the shirts were on clearnace and then they had an additional 30% off- love getting awesome deals.

We don't get to have girl-time much anymore since Ri also goes with Grandpa on Wednesdays now, we had fun this morning. She was so well-behaved and loving all the attention. I love having alone time with the kids, they act so different when they have one-on-one attention. I think Steven and I need to give them more time with just us while the other kid has a visit with the grandparents.

Static & Superheros

It was so cold in here this morning! Aiden woke up and turned the switch off for the fan that brings the outside air in, then came in our room and complained about being cold. He got under the covers and asked me to get his blanket from his room, I told him no [I didn't want to get out from the covers!] Then he asked Rian, haha lazy!

There was so much static, both the kids had helmet heads. Anytime Rian went near the furniture her hair went crazy, it was sooo funny! She always get dry, red cheeks when the weather changes. Poor baby- she looked like a mess today.

My superhero.

We didn't do a whole lot today. We went outside for a bit then straight in for baths because they were so filthy. I made dinner and they were huuuge messes again. After I got done they were still eating so I started on dishes and they started going crazy, acting all silly and rolling food on the table to each other. I started to tell them to stop when this song came on:

Perfect timing.

Its a few years old but I still can't listen to it without getting teary-eyed. Even though they shouldn't have been playing with their food, I just let them. They were laughing so hard and having so much fun together. In a few years, I'm going to look back on these times and miss them so much. I think about it all the time, I only have two more years with Aiden til he's off to school and spending more time with his teachers than with me. And before I know it, he'll be too cool for me. :(

You're gonna miss this

You're gonna want this back

You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast

These are some good times

so take a good look around

You may not know it now-

but you're gonna miss this

Me.

The way I dress is the same as the way I decorate my house- random. I like everything, all different styles and looks. That was one thing I hated about high school, all the labels. For the most part, I've always dressed pretty plain and simple. The last few years I haven't had a whole lot of style- going through two pregnancies close together, taking care of babies and staying home, all the while trying to make my house pretty and have the kids look good- most times I come in last. [Which is fine, that comes with being a Mom.] 

I found an old scarf today that I bought around my 21st birthday [geez over 6 years ago!] it has gold sequence thats falling out all over the place, but still pretty. :) It got me thinking back to that time and further back.

In one of my past relationships, I felt like I had to dress to fit his style. I remember when I bought my first pair of flats, they were plain black ballet-style and I actually felt embarrassed to wear them. I had them for about 2 weeks before I actually wore them out of the house. It was Thanksgiving when I finally did and I second and third and fourth-guessed my decision to wear them. How weird is that. Talk about insecure! And when that relationship ended, I started getting into different looks. One day a certain somebody told me I dress weird. :\ She probably has no recollection of it but it still crosses my mind more often than it probably should.

That was one of the first things that I noticed when Steven and I were finally able to be together, I felt totally comfortable being me with him. If I bought something kind of "funky"- I didn't get stupid worried that he'd think I was weird like I would've in the past. There are some things I wear that he makes faces at but it doesn't matter, he's still going to love me! I always tell him to shut up, the guy that basically only wears plain white t's and Dickies isn't allowed to give me fashion advice!

On one of the last episodes of 'Kate Plus 8' she was talking about getting older, she said something like in your twenties you're still trying to figure everything out and in your thirties you start to realize who you are. I totally got it. Now that I'm in my late-twenties, I feel like I'm finally starting to get a sense of who I am. I felt like I was a late bloomer til I heard her say that.

Finally getting comfortable in my own skin.

[Although I'm not sure I'll ever love all the wrinkles I'm discovering.]

I want it all!

I've been feeling like I need to step it up, revamp myself so Steven doesn't get bored. [Haha kidding.] I miss dressing up and wearing heels... maybe Mom and Dad need a date night!

Halloween cupcakes.

Today was kind of a blah day. I did't have energy for anything. I was on the floor and Aiden asked if I was tired and I told him that my belly had cramps, he said in a really soft, sweet voice "Awww. Want me to kiss it?" :) Then he wouldn't shut up for the rest of the day about cramps, even though it was probably the first time the word had ever been said to him. Silly. It was so nice today, I felt bad for not taking them outside. :\

I picked up some cupcake stuff yesterday but was in such a rush that I didn't get Halloween wrappers and different sprinkles like I wanted to. Cupcakes, making meals and giving baths was the most I did all day.

Aiden was so excited that forgetting the other cupcake stuff didn't matter. He wouldn't even look at me! He just wanted to look at and touch all the stuff.

The two on the left are the ones he put frosting on, so cute! He was concentrating so hard and so proud of his work. Cooking with him is fun. He kept saying things like, "Oh my gosh, I love cupcakes!" and saying how yummy everything was while licking his fingers.

Love my little messy boy.

The first time we cooked together was actually last October, we baked Hallween cookies.

Seriously, could time fly by any faster?! Doesn't even seem like it was that long ago.

What a baby face he had just a year ago. :(

Memories: Aiden's first Halloween

When it gets to certain times of the year, I always think back to the previous years with my babies. I think every Mom does it. Last night I was looking at pictures of Aiden's first Halloween, he was 2 months and 10 days old. I wasn't even going to get him a costume, it was the last thing on my mind! But a few days before the 31st, I was walking to the checkout at Walmart and there were a bunch of itty bitty costumes. I loved the little tiger but the only size they had was newborn [he wore that size for like a week] I didn't care, I had to get it. He fit, barely. He'd only be in it for a few hours anyway.

Around that time was when he started to smile [even through all the screaming, we had some happy moments!] I have two videos from Halloween day of his cute little smiles. I remember being so proud to show the videos off, everybody loved them! Steven's dad got teary-eyed and my Mom wanted to email one to everybody. Aiden and I were at my parents' house so I could catch up on myspace [no internet at our house at the time] and while I was there I got a call from my old coworkers, they were having pigs in a blanket- my faaave school lunch and wanted me to go eat with them.

So we headed over, where he screamed the whole time. :\ Afterwards, my Mom wanted me to go to her work so she could show him off. Of course- he screamed. I remember it being really hot that year too and I felt bad when I put him in his costume so I turned the a/c down. We just stayed home and passed out candy- I love doing that but now its fun to take the kids trick-or-treating. Steven's mom and Haley came over for a little bit then we put him to sleep. I even remember what he wore to bed that night, a onesie with trains all over it and light blue pants.

I miss my dark hair! Last week I decided its definitely going back, its just a matter of when. Right now there's a million things I'd rather spend $100 on than my hair. I love the blonde so much though, I'll just wait til my roots look really bad. :)

Sunday & Monday = our weekend.

Last night.

Aiden and his new hat from Papa [he looks disgusted because we were driving through a stinky area. Aiden loooves smelling stuff, he started inhaling deeply then asked me what that smell was then said, "Ew I don't like manuer!"] and Rian after we put her to bed. She changes in the dark now. Her shirt kept getting stuck and I'm not about to start dressing her all night long too, so I put her back in her pajamas and she threw the worst fit I've ever seen. She was throwing herself around and kicking and screaming SO loud. It was nuts. She didn't want anything to do with us so whatever! Eventually she calmed down, it was because she managed to get into this outfit. [Cute backwards jeans]

Once the kids were down, we made junk food and Cheladas because we're fatties. :) We watched 'Bad Teacher'- I thought it'd be better. Oh well.

This morning we went to Jump Up then after a couple of errands, Peter Piper Pizza for their lunch buffet. Rian wouldn't eat anything but salad, I guess she's on a diet. During their naps I finished her costume and we got a little done on Aiden's. His is easy, it'll be done in no time. We had a yuuuummy dinner then more family time. The kids love when we play in their rooms with them. We do this thing, all 4 of us, we say "My Mommy" or "My Aiden" [whoever's name] and the kids will say it too. We'll say it back and forth and they think its so funny. But Ri wasn't having any of it tonight, she was getting grumpy every time Steven or Aiden touched me- jealous! It was cute. 

I love fun, productive days. I didn't take one single picture though. Weird! That rarely happens.

Happy Birthday, Auntie Beck!

Big boy bed and Pumpkin Patch

I was a mess yesterday morning. I couldn't even think about Aiden's bed coming, I had to stop myself from bursting into tears so many times. Finally I just let myself cry- full on, ugly face cry. And then I felt better. I didn't expect to be so emotional about a piece of furniture but its his last baby thing. I snuck into his room and snapped a picture of his last time sleeping in it. Even Steven went and looked at him when he got home from work.

Here it is!

Its awesome.

My in-laws did such an amazing job. We loove it. Aiden's been so excited, he keeps talking about it. He looks so tiny in it.

Its a sturdy bed, Aiden busted his chin on it this morning. He came out screaming and when I saw blood my heart stopped and my stomach dropped. Its deeper than a normal cut but thankfully not worth stitches. Scary.

We went to the Pumpkin Patch for a little bit yeserday evening. Geoff and Jeanette met us there with their little friend Carson, who they were babysitting. So cute! I left my memory card plugged into the computer, thank God for cell phone cameras! It was HOT. We went a couple of hours later in the day last year but we wore pants and I even put sweatshirts on me and the kids. Why is it still so hot?!

These are the only two pictures I really care about getting every year-

Family picture & sibling picture.
So I was happy!

Today was a million times better than yesterday! My parents were both off so they picked the kids up this morning. Steven asked if I could bring him Starbucks [he only got 3 hours of sleep last night and had to work a 15-hour day, I guess working on vehicles is more important than sleep!]

So of course I had to treat myself to my favorite, green tea frap!

Afterwards I went to a few stores to get stuff for Rian's costume.

Sneak peek:

Its turning out way cuter than I expected, exciting!

Then my parents came back with the kids and Chile Pepper for lunch. Its hit or miss with that place but today it was yummy! They took extra long naps and I worked on her costume. It'd be done if only I had a piece of black felt, I totally thought of it while I was in line too but wasn't sure I'd need it- dang it! We had a craft date planned with Patty and Andi but they had to cancel. But lucky us, Titi stopped by. :)

We had a lazy dinner [I feel so sleepy today]-

Who taught this kid how to eat?!

Then we went outside to play.

Auntie Bec got this for Aiden when he turned one, I don't think I've ever seen Rian on it, she looked so funny, like a giant baby. Too bad I chopped her head off.

While we were out there I counted 15 bees- eek! Aiden got stung around April and is pretty scared of them now, he said he wanted to throw a ball at them to make them go away- haha no way.

So excited for tomorrow- Steven's dad is bringing over Aiden's big boy bed! Also, his Mom finished the quilt last week but I haven't seen it in person yet. And we're going to the Pumpkin Patch, hopefully Geoff and Jeanette can come too. I've been sooo excited all week about Aiden's bed coming [I still am] but tonight I realized it would be his last night sleeping in his toddler bed [which also used to be his crib] and I was hit with a flood of emotions. :( He's been sleeping in it since he was 3 days old. It hit me again when we put him to bed, I didn't want to shut the door- wah! We're definitely keeping it and turning it into a bench. I get really weird with things when it comes to the kids. I'd used the same wipe case since Aiden was born til a few months ago because it kept popping open and wouldn't stay shut, I was SAD to buy a new one. Silly how I got attached to something so small, but it had been with me since I became a Mom!

Mean Mommy.

This picture sums up our afternoon:

[Sad, right?]

The kids broke four things today. Aiden wouldn't stop "shooting" me with his guns- my rule for guns is to not point them at me and Rian [Steven doesn't care if he shoots him.] Maybe thats too strict but seriously, he doesn't need to be shooting people. Rian kept climbing on the chair and hit her face on the wall when it fell. They don't even wait to be naughty when I'm in a different room anymore, they do it right in front of me. So when the last thing broke [they knocked the shelf down that holds the dvr and dvd player] I decided to try something new and became "Mean Mommy." I told them naughty kids have mean mommies. [I know this sounds so ridiculous, but I was desperate!] On an ordinary day, I can be mean, but its never consistant. I yell then give hugs, then yell and laugh with them... its never long-lasting. But today was different and they knew it. I made them eat dinner in silence, then we went back to Aiden's room and they had to clean everything up, then they had their bath and weren't allowed to play in the tub. Rian was heartbroken, it was soo hard for me to not give in and hug her but I want them to take me seriously. Why don't they take me seriously?! I didn't yell at all but I talked in a really mean, stern voice and told them nice Mommy was gone. It lasted one looooong hour. And as I knew it would happen, they were back to their usual ways 30 minutes after we talked about everything and gave kisses & hugs. Now, all I can do it laugh...

I give up!

And if anybody who just read that thinks I'm a horrible mom, all I have to say is- just you wait. You really have no idea what you're in for, until you're living it. Especially when you have more than one kid- and especially when they're close in age. Being a parent made me realize its not all lovey-dovey and perfect, smiley family all the time. Being stern and forceful, even harsh, is what's going to mold these little souls to stand up for themselves in the future. I don't want to sugar-coat things for them. They're going to face a lot of hardships in their lives, I hope to always be their soft landing space but I also want them to be able to face reality- not everything in life turns out the way you want it to, its not always perfect. I'm almost starting to despise that work- "perfect". I'm sure many will disagree, but this is my blog and they're my kids- thank you! :)

Anyway -end rant.

This morning, before the madness.

Aiden playing dress up and Rian watching me workout.

I'm soo tempted to put her crib rail back on. She tries to get in our bed all throughout the night, which I don't mind but Steven's always been paranoid about them sleeping with us. Last week he woke up and freaked out because his pillow was over her face. He's a really deep sleeper. So I'm having to get up all night to put her back in bed. Once he's off to work, I let her sleep with me. I felt her start bouncing around this morning and right when I opened my eyes, I watched the clock turn to 6:30. Ugh. I miss the good ol' days when they'd sleep til 8-8:30.

Tomorrow will be a week since I started my ceiling to floor wall of pictures, I think its coming along nicely.

I love looking at it. :)

Random but since I made it today, I decided to take a picture.

Steven and I go through two bowls of salsa a week- addicting! Its yummy on everything.

Cheers to tomorrow being a better day-

and Mean Mommy not having to make another visit.

Tinted jar fail.

So I saw this picture the other day on Pinterest:

Tinted jars using food coloring and Mod Podge- I HAD to do it!

The instructions were simple and I had all of the stuff [I always keep jars and bottles if I like how they look because I'll use them for something] so I did them yesterday morning. A few things that weren't mentioned in the original blog: they take forever to dry. I did three, a day later only one of them is mostly dry, the bottom is still a little wet. The other one is about 3/4 of the way dry. The third one was a beer bottle and that one didn't dry whatsoever, the opening's not big enough so its not drying at all. Also they need to be placed perfectly straight [obviously upside down] while they're drying. If they're the tiniest bit tilted, the Mod Podge will drip down at an angle and clump. The original blogger used green strawberry baskets to hold them while they dried [I haven't seen those in years!] I used a cereal box, cut out holes and propped it up in the middle with a plastic container so it didn't collapse from the weight.

Well, my finished products didn't come out too great:

The one on the left is still drying [the milkiness on the bottom is how they look when they're wet.] But its the one that I followed her instructions on, two drops of blue and three drops of red. Mine isn't cranberry, its purple! Weird. The one on the right I added three more drops of red. It was bright pink the whole time it was drying but lightened up a little.

Its still more pink than I'd like but its okay, it'll just look pretty in Ri's room instead of the living room.

It was so easy but somehow I managed to mess it up haha. This is my test run, I want to do more with different colors. I'm not a huge fan of purple. The good thing is- Mod Podge will wash right out! So I can reuse the same jars if I want.


And lastly:

I love this picture, its so Rian.

[messy face, feet on the table and not giving a crap!]

Finally when the benefits of working out clicked in my head and my body started getting stronger, I started slacking. I haven't worked out at all in the past few weeks- what's wrong with me?! So today I decided to get out of my rut and worked it, hopefully I snap out of this funk. It felt good to be doing it again!

Octopus hotdog

It annoys me that so many fun food ideas are hotdogs, I guess those suckers are versatile!

One of Rian's outfits for the day.

And the result of the dresser always being messed with- two broken drawers.

Our cute little craft

Aiden has his first imaginary friend, he's been running around the house all day with a ghost. When I asked him where the ghost was, he said, "In my room! I'll go get him" and he ran back there saying, "Ghost! Come on, come on!" Then he came back and said he was under the bed and didn't want to come out. :)

I made stuffed bell peppers for dinner, I hated them when I was younger but now I think they are sooo good. My mom didn't put cheese on them, maybe that's why I wasn't a fan- cheese makes everything better... or maybe I'm maturing. ;) I made the healthier version they showed on last week's Biggeset Loser. The kids didn't like the peppers, which I wasn't expecting them too but at least they tasted them. And they liked the turkey inside so I was happy with that. I don't want picky eaters!

One of my facebook friends [I met her in elementary school, we haven't talked a whole lot since then- just thru fb] turned 22 weeks pregnant last week. On Saturday she was flown out of town to a specialist and today she had her angel baby. :( As we went about our regular day, I couldn't stop thinking about her. I feel so horribly sad for her. I'm blessed with so much and I know I often take it for granted.

Make sure you hug your loved ones extra tight tonight. <3

Look what I got yesterday-

My favorite!

Yum yum yum.

Going to the Pumpkin Patch wasn't something I'd really thought of yet this year, Aiden's been seeing them on cartoons and in books so he's been asking to go. I think we'll go Friday or Saturday, he had fun last year but I think he'll love it even more this year. All these "fallish" things and its still over 100 degrees- gross.

The first thing I saw when I logged onto facebook this morning was a post from Parenthood, it said "Happy Parenthood day!" Already excited for 9pm. :)

Birthday & Halloween crazed.

I was pinning birthday stuff for Rian and I had to make myself stop because I'm already feeling so overwhelmed. Soo many ideas, I wish I could do them all. Its still two months away! But we all know, time flies.

Rian's birthday ideas

I never finish one thing before starting something else- I guess I'm good at multi-tasking... and a crackhead when it comes to projects. I'm determind to get her costume done this week and hopefully Aiden's next week when Steven's off. He's a better painter than me so I'll let him do that part.

Out of the million outfits she put on today, this was my favorite.

I love her silly little self.

This weekend was fun. Maybe too much fun, I could've slept all day yesterday. We had dinner at my parents' then came home for our Sunday night movie with some Mr. Misty floats- yum!

Saturday morning Rian wanted to help Aiden get dressed, I told her the shorts were backwards so Aiden turned around haha!

Pretty baby wearing Mommy's slippers. That shirt went with my favorite jammies of her's last winter, I'm glad they still fit!

Some of my treasures from the weekend:

new sidetable and a lantern for the start of my dream backyard- ha! [from the picture I posted the other day]... I "ha"d it because my backyard will never look like that. Rian's driving me nutty the last few days, she keeps rearranging all of my stuff. Its funny though because I remember doing that to my Mom's stuff when I was younger.

Since Friday when I gave the flowers the food and more soil, three daisy buds have popped up! So exciting.

Aiden's parking lot.

We had fried chicken on Saturday night, he had 2 legs and 3/4 of a breast- plus mashed potatoes. I've never seen him eat that much! He kept saying "More chicken fry please."

This morning Guliana Rancic was on the Today show, I love her- she's my new Tori Spelling. They said she had big news and I was expecting her to announce that she was pregnant, turns out she has breast cancer. She made me want to cry, she was saying that the whole time she's been trying to get pregnant she kept asking God why this was happening and now she knows why, because if the doctor hadn't told her she needed a mammogram to get another IVF treatment, they wouldn't have found the cancer early and it would've been way worse for her. She was saying when she finally does have a baby, she'll know that it saved her life. I hope she gets pregnant one day, I love her and Bill. Such a tv junkie.

My wake-up call

Rian came in my room at 6:30, she layed for a few minutes then kept getting up, then she started jumping around and stepping over my legs. Aiden came in a little before 7 and was still sleepy, he probably would've gone back to sleep but Rian started running in circles around us yelling, "Wake up! Waaaaake up!" Aiden kept telling her to lay down. Rian: "Can't. Lay. Down." in a slow, spaced out sentence. Haha... then she jumped on top of me, I yelled "Ow!" And she said, "Sorry Mommy. I sorry Mommy." and Aiden told her, "You need to settle down."

 I love waking up to two crazy monkies in my bed.

Obsessed...

with every single bit of this picture.

[I could stare at it all night, dreaming its mine. Maybe one day.]

Pain, flowers, fun.

I feel like such an old lady today. I've gotten hurt the past three days. Wednesday when I bought the chair, I became Super Woman trying to get Rian's carseat unlatched so I could get the chair in the car [usually I can never get their seats out] and I did something to my back in the process. Yesterday I was getting something out of the hall closet and the bag of metal brackets for Ri's crib rail fell right on my foot. Today, she was messing around on her chair [like always] and she started tipping over, face first- so I went to catch her and the chair hit me right on the forearm- it hurts from my wrist to my elbow. Ugh. I'm clumsy enough as it is so I always have bruises, I'll probably look like I got beat up... sure feels like it!

She is so cute!

My mom got her this little purse last Christmas and she finally spotted it hanging on her mirror the other day, she's been walking around with it since.

My poor flowers, obviously I don't have a green thumb.

I want my daisies to bloom again. The ones at the store look so perky and happy. And lately the pentas are blooming but die the next day or two later. I got them some food today and more soil because its gotten so low [I've been meaning to for awhile but if its not on my list when I go the store, it'll definitely be forgotten!] Hopefully that helps them. I also got some yellow mums today. There are a bunch of little white bugs that fly off everytime I water them and they're covered in ants, probably part of the problem. Annoying. Ants are driving me crazy lately, they've made their way up to the hummingbird feeder. Its also attracted a few bees, there was one today that was bullying one of the hummingbirds when it was trying to get some syrup- RUDE!

-While we were in the gardening section, we passed a pair of black rubber boots the workers use, I'm guessing. Aiden got a kick out of that! "Haha big boots! Look Mommy! Big black boots!" I guess he's just used to seeing little ones like his and Rian's. Cuuuute.

Sprinkler fun!

Rian actually kept the same shirt on today! Lately she only wears a select few, maybe I need to arrange her drawer and put different ones on the top so she'll grab those.

Chalk!

I was messing with the flowers and I kept hearing this squeak, I thought it was birds messing with each other til I turned around... the kids were butt naked going down the slide. They're so crazy.

Rian is cutting a tooth, she's about to get a full set on the bottom. I like the empty space between the front four and her molar. :( Time, you can slow down anytime now!