Note To Self

Note to Self:  Not all pillows are washable.
 

 Above are the remnants of Ben's pillow..all the wonderful synthetic stuffing that turned into a ball of "hair-looking" mess in my washing machine at 9:30 last night.  My little Man was too busy having fun being naked and playing in his bed to bother getting up and going to the potty when he had to pee.   :-(

Maybe I should have made a wig for Halloween.....

Happy Valentines Day Aunt Sis!

This is for my Aunt in New York, who sent us shoppin' this weekend so the kids could pick out something fun for Valentines Day!

T H A N K   Y O U !!!

Daddy Daughter Dance

So there must be hundreds of "daddy-daugher dances" going on tonight!  Who knew there'd be a run on corsages at the grocery store???  Little Miss C is hopefully having a fun time with her Daddy right now!

Christmas in February

THANK YOU, POP & GRAN, FOR SENDING CHRISTMAS OUR WAY!  AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED AND OUR HOUSE IS FULL OF THE SOUND OF MANY BELLS RIGHT NOW.   :-)

A New Room!!!

Well, we did it!!!  Our wonderful parents kept the children for the weekend and I worked on giving Mr B a new "big boy" room!  Here's the happy little man in his new bed when we arrived home tonight.

 Grandma, Nana, Papa, Grandpa....here's a part of what I was able to accomplish with your generous help - T H A N K  Y O U !!!!!

The Beautiful Part

So if you read my last post and saw the reality behind the wonderful, here's a glimpse of the fun part:

 A plethora of Hello Kitty "stuff" from Grandma...

 The Tractor (with the dead battery that we didn't realize was dead until Christmas Eve...so the poor kid had to just sit on it for the first week he had it!)

 Me and My Boy

 Santa's Cute Little Helper

Reading the Book with Nana

 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Us to You!

Lest It Seem Perfect

Before I post our best Christmas pictures and make you believe our life if picture perfect, I will show you  the reality that was my kitchen on Christmas Eve.  Have a good laugh.  :-)

Ben laying in the kitchen floor playing with play-doh....play-doh which was supposed to have stayed in the cookie sheet.  Yeah right, Mom.  

 My kitchen table is under here somewhere.  Play-doh containers, a princess wand, box of lasagna noodles, purple tin of stickers, basket of cloved oranges, kleenex, a princess crown.....

The kitchen island.  I managed to keep it clean for a few weeks after Thanksgiving, which was quite a feat!  Now....a half-eaten banana, a half-finished cup of coffee, a gift from under our tree that Ben decided to unwrap, saran wrap, a piece of the dollhouse that needs new batteries (it still needs batteries 5 days later), family photos, coupons....

 The only crowning jewel is my clean stove tackeled amidst this chaos

(it doesn't look perfect in this photo, but trust me it was as clean as it gets)!!!!!

We'll follow-up with our fairy-tale Christmas day soon!  :-)