Riding in Style

Isabelle helped me with the laundry today and decided she wanted to borrow a pair of Josie's panties. She then went outside to ride in style.

Muddin

It rained and rained and rained, which means we have mud especially in the spot in our yard where there once was a tree. It died so we removed it, but the bare spot remained. Anyway, I sent the girls to go play outside and the next time I check on them, this is what they were doing. I give them credit - at least they put on their mudboots. They had so much fun. The laughter and the giggles were great. I especially loved it when one of them would 'lose' their boot in the mud and the other would try to pull it out.

 

Happy Valentine's Day

All of the girls in this house woke up on Valentine's Day to find a Reece's chocolate heart and a sweet note at their place at the table. Even Abigail and Jill got one. We all enjoyed our chocolate for breakfast. Thank you honey!

 

Where is Isabelle

I could not find Isabelle today for a while, but then I found her trail...

 

 

Mayonnaise, Mustard, CATCH UP!

I have dieted continuously for the last two decades and lost a total of 758 pounds. By all calculations, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet" ~ Erma Bombeck

When I went to cheerleading camp in high school, there was this chant we would yell when a group was falling behind. I don't remember it all, but I do remember yelling, "Mayonnaise, mustard, Catch Up." I still say it to this day. Anyway, I am obviously trying to catch up with blogging. It had been since June since I last blogged. It would keep me up at night, but I just never found the time. Why, what has changed and what does weight loss have to do with all of this?

Well, this summer (around June), I started boot camp. It starts very early in the morning so I had to up my bed time to a more normal hour . This loss of night-time time has really messed with my ability to get things done. Hence the total lack of blogging. I apologize for doing so many posts at once. Its ridiculous...I know.

What gives this week? Why the sudden surge of blogging? Kevin went out of town so I have not hit the covers before 1 all week. Of course, I am realizing I need more sleep than I'm giving myself because I'm not as nice to my kids when I do this and I am just not as happy. Exercising definitely makes me a nicer mommy and a nicer person. Too bad it has done nothing for the weight loss. Oh well....can't have everything right?

But really, I know there is a way I can do both blogging and boot camp. I vow to try to find a time to fit it in because I so love keeping up with my family and yours through blogging. So, again, I apologize for the blasts of posts all at once. Happy reading and its good to be back!

Evelyn's first haircut

At almost 3 years old, Evelyn got her first hair cut. I didn't realize how long it really was, but we cut off a lot.

Before


After

Halloween 2011

Two princesses and a pumpkin. I love Halloween when you have a big bin of princess dresses (thank you Rheann). At about 5:15 on Halloween night, I tell the girls, ok, pick out a princess dress that you want to be. They wanted to be princesses for Halloween so our deal was they could be princesses for trick or treating if they would agree to be 3 blind mice for the Halloween party. It worked and everyone was happy. Josie picked the hello kitty princess dress (because it is not itchy) and Evelyn picked the light up princess dress because let's face it - if your skirt lights up, that is pretty cool. Isabelle wore the pumpkin costume we bought for Josie when she was the same age. And Isabelle looked cute as pumpkin pie in that outfit. She loved it too - she danced around with all that tulle on her.


The trick or treating gang. Watch out!