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November 15, 2010
by janette
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oh, what a weekend…

This picture sums up our weekend…

It wasn’t pretty.

It started Friday with Ellie 7:30 a.m., continued at 10:30 p.m. that night with Evan, and then hit Nathan and I on Sunday.

I honestly can’t tell you what my kids ate for lunch on Sunday. Nathan said he fed them. I slept through it. Between the two of us, we managed to feed them dinner. Nathan made grilled cheese, and I managed to pour a couple glasses of milk and find a box of goldfish crackers.

I don’t know what they did all day. The living room should have given me some indication…

Yep, there was some great parenting happening here yesterday.

November 10, 2010
by janette
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Another fabulous Allen Designs giveaway!

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You should head on over to www.close2myart.com and check out her stuff.

I am lucky enough to have a couple of her things…and kindof excited that winter is coming so i can pull them out again…although not so excited about other things that come with winter…you know, snow…ice…ick.

Happy Exploring!

October 29, 2010
by janette
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don’t we look festive?

Again…I love this time of year!

I love it enough to con my mom into helping me make costumes for the kids (she pretends like she doesn’t enjoy it…but i know she really does.) , to make one costume for myself to fit the family theme, come up with one for our work theme, compile one for the hubby, and help out with several others at work.

I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!

Could you tell?

Its a family affair here…

Its a lot of work! Glad it only comes around once a year…and that we start planning it well in advance!

Happy Halloween!

October 25, 2010
by janette
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pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere.

I love this time of year.

Crisp mornings, warm afternoons, apples, Halloween, and pumpkins…

I posted a few pictures from our recent trip to a pumpkin farm. The kids had a great time picking out their pumpkins. My only rule was, you have to get one you can pick up.

This one was not going to work. Cute to watch him try though.

But this one did.

Ev eventually found one too. Can’t wait to see what carving them brings.

My prediction…a couple scary faces, and one child who will touch the goo…and one that won’t.

October 5, 2010
by janette
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big boy’s first haircut

Although there are few things I love more than this boy’s hair, it was quite obvious my little man needed a haircut. Hair in his eyes and long, long top layers covering those beautiful blonde curls. Oh, look at him…so cute it literally hurts me. When I look at him, i just hear his little voice saying “love too, mommy.” Yep, gets me every time.

We’d talked about getting a haircut…and one minute he’d be excited, the next he wouldn’t. He knew the drill and would repeat it to me. “Water on it, then snap, snap.” When it came time, i think he was too excited about playing with the salon’s toys to think about the haircut. Finally, we convinced him to come sit on mama’s lap.

Here goes…the first cut….

Kristi said he actually did really well. It felt like he was squirming all over the place, but she said she’s seen much worse.

Checking himself out in the mirror…almost done.

And…getting his much deserved sucker.

You can see I couldn’t quite cut off all the curls. We cut just enough so that he could see again…

Let me tell you…if this kid lived in the 80′s, he’d have great mullet hair. Great. Mullet. Hair.

I know eventually they’ll have to go, but for right now…I’m LOVING those curls!