What Was I Thinking?

For my birthday Mark "gave" me a new kitchen. He pretty much told me I could do whatever I wanted to the cabinets and counter tops. After much (way too much) thought I decided on a couple of things. I chose to replace all the doors and drawer fronts with new ones and refinish them myself (Here you may insert the, "what the heck were you thinking" comments.) And with the money I saved doing the work myself I bought granite counter tops, oh man they are soooo pretty.

Most of my kitchen is now in my living room. . .

Stay tuned for updates. Hopefully, I will finish before I go insane.

Halloween

A Cowgirl . . . a Kitty . . . Curious George . . .The Man in the Yellow Hat. . . (this photo is actually from the ward Halloween party that was Tuesday night.)

Photos from actual Halloween (not the ward party, not the school Halloween parade but actual Halloween.) (And, yes my refrigerator is in my dinning room. For my birthday Mark gave me the gift of manual labor. Of course the manual labor is my own. . . but that's the next post.)

And absentee parenting at it's very best. The stinkin' doorbell just kept ringin'. . .

TuTu Fun

We took the girls for photos today at JCPenny. Mark thinks they did a "crappy" job, but I think given the mood that The Boss was in this morning, she did a really good job. The Boss' little quirks that drive me insane are also the one that make her so much fun. She was all for taking pictures as long as she got to sit where she wanted, which was in the corner.(?) When we moved her to the center with her sisters that's when the meltdown began.

and 3 .. 2.. 1.. nuclear meltdown...

So we took some of this little munchkin. . .

Doesn't that face just kill you?

And some with Drama and Pooh Bear. . .

And finally. . .

We got all the images on CD (did you know JCPenny did that? Neither did I, but they do.) So if you want copies, let me know, I'll hook you up.

Aren't You a Little Ray of Sunshine?

Why yes, I am.

On the way home from Sonic this morning I saw actual rays of sunshine filtering through the clouds. I had to stop and take a picture. I really wanted to have my nice camera with me but the iphone photo will have to do.

Also noteable, today Pooh Bear had her first field trip of first grade and had to be prompt this morning because they were leaving as soon as the PMers got to school. Last night she asked if she could get up at 6:00 so she could be there on time. The PMers get there at 9:15. I said no.

Curious George

I have been trying for a while to get this on video. The Boss loves watching Curious George. I have about 40 episodes DVRed and have everyone of them memorized. I can be in the other room and hear the dialog and see in my head what is on the screen. Not really what I want to devote my precious remaining brain cells to, but what can you do?

Here is The Boss saying Curious George (and meowing, cause that's just a fun thing to do):
 
. . .and I just bought myself a good 20 minutes.

I'm gonna start a parenting class. I know you all are just dying to learn all my Parent of the Year skillz.

Fashionista

. . ."A person devoted to fashion clothing, particularly unique or high fashion. A term used to define a woman with a penchant for shopping and a natural flair for combining both current and vintage fashionable trends."

As anyone who has meet The Boss knows, she can be, shall we say persuasive. She has started to pick out her own clothing in the morning with varying degrees of success. This morning was a total winner.

She picked out the shirt she wanted to wear on her torso. Then she went for the dress. Next she decided on the accessories, one shirt for the preppy look. She picked out the yellow onesie and pointed at her shoulders and "said" something. So I draped it over her shoulders and tied it alla Polo circa 1980. Next, one for headgear, seeing as how she couldn't find a proper hat. All in all I would chalk this one up as a win, definitely a keeper.

Sisters

October 6, 2009

Oh, aren't sisters the best? (Brothers are OK too, we just don't have any of those around here :})

Now, I just have to include all of these because I just love them all!

 

Don't you just love these faces!

(These were obviously taken before the great quarantine of '09, because Pooh Bear is not allowed anywhere near Aria right now!)