My second gift from God...





Skin that even tastes pink.





Squeals of glee just for me...





I love her more than you can know.

Rainy day flowers

Rain! Yes, rain! If only I could take a nap. Oh well, I'll settle for BabyCakes taking a good nap.





I bought these old bottles at a yard sale for 50 cents a pop and the yet-to-bloom purple irises (where my tennesseans at?!) at Trader Joe's this morning for $4.50.





One says "One Quart Liquid, N.C. Approved, FOREMOST" and the other says "Biltmore, One Quart Liquid."





You know I love me some repurposed-with-a-vintage-twist.

After bathtime and before bedtime, I took a few impromptu shots of BigBoy and BabyCakes. He in his new (aka- purchased for 50 cents at a yardsale yesterday) spiderman pj's and she in her snowflake hand-me-down sleeper from Biz. (Thanks, Rach!) You wouldn't know by the pajama choices that our heat index reached 115 today.


BigBoy in his protective-yet-proud older brother pose.





BabyCakes trying to break free of his protection, possibly foreshadowing their future relationship. :)





They are enamored by one another... unless she's pulling his hair.





The original stinker and his stinker in training. He can already get her riled up and squeeling like no one else.





I must remember that they are always looking up to me. I'm the only mother they will ever have.





I'm going to do my best.
Hopefully redefine my best.
And then let my best eat my dust.

Hold on kids, we're in for a wild ride.

Toy Story 3

Saturday I took BigBoy to see his first movie on the big screen (and, sadly, my first movie in FOUR years.) -- Toy Story 3.

He was so excited that we (yes we, not he) were actually yelling "Yay, Toy Story! Yaaaayy!!!" in the car ride over there.
In the candy aisle of Dollar Tree -- conveniently located next to the theater -- he was jumping up and down in his Woody t-shirt and Toy Story flip flops saying "come on, Mom, I go see Big Toy Story!" I group of teenagers were really amused by him.





The movie was GREAT but BigBoy thought it was pretty scary at parts.
After it was over, I though for sure he would say he didn't like it but he said "I really loved it!" :) When I asked him about getting scared so often he just said "No, it was just a little bit scary."
Ha. I thought he would say he hated it.

Now he refers to it as the Big LOUD Toy Story, though. :)

This is how we roll...

through the grocery store. :)



(Try to pretend those cupcakes are fresh produce.)


When you have a baby in a huge carseat-carrier-thing and a kid in the front of the cart, it leaves little room for you know, groceries. Most of the time BigBoy walks but today he was "tiiiired" (I think it was the heat) so he hitched a ride.

Can you see the boxes of pasta sitting precariously on the edge of the cart and the edge of the car seat? There are 18 eggs in the bottom of the cart that I prayed would not slide out and be run over in a slimy-crunchy disaster.

No disaster, though. Just a typical trip to the store and I thought I'd share it.
Okay, off to finish dinner...

Last week was filled with a lot of fun but now it's time to get back to business. I have some projects that need completing so I just thought I'd drop by for a second.

I managed to catch a pic of BabyCakes' new tooth with my phone this morning.
(Look very closely at her bottom gums.)



Ok, back to my work!

You will die laughing

Oh. my. goodness.
Suburbia at its best. I laughed so hard BigBoy came running with his popsicle.

Enjoy.



P.S. I love you J. Thank you for your "dad life."