shoe envy

I wish the shoe fairy would come and leave these under my pillow...
I have been a good Mom, I promise!





All shoes can be found at Urban Outfitters
xo

Disney Family Fun

I stumbled across this website that I have never been on before, but it has so many great ideas for you and your kids, and tons of cute printables!

I particularly like this bird mobile....very cute, and Miss P loves it too!


Do you have any favorite go-to websites for ideas or fun things for your kids to do?

We are always up for a new, quick and easy craft project around here!

xo

Toothbrushes

One of my oldest friends just got her RN and was able to journey to Uganda to help and work at a clinic there for a month (The Engeye Clinic). She needed to collect as many toothbrushes as she could to take with with her to distribute to the children and teach them about proper dental care, and asked for help in collecting the toothbrushes. My Mom and I took on the task and between the ladies here on base and my Mom's ward back home, we were able to contribute something like 700+ toothbrushes...crazy right?! Here are a few photos to share of the kids receiving their toothbrushes! I am so grateful to have been able to help in such a small way...and to be surrounded by amazing women so eager to help!

confession

Dearest Mod Podge,

You know I love you.

You know if I were to ever got a tattoo, it may have to be something like this:



I will always love you....but I have a teeny tiny confession....

I met your younger sister today....Mod Podge Sparkle...and I must say,
while you are loyal, trustworthy, and my best friend..

Sparkle is cooler, shinier, and WAY more fun.


We aren't breaking up, but I think we need some time apart....
I want to hang with Sparkle some more!

I am sparlking up some picture frames in the basement right now!!!!!
If you Mod Podge....you must try the Sparkle version....so much fun!


And yes, I know I am a nerd!
~xo

Riv...

A Nutrigrain Bar is a good way to get your kids to sit still for a minute so you can take a picture or two....don't mind the messy mouths! Doesn't Riv look huge next to his sister??? And Paige is not a petite flower herself....I got me some BIG kids!





Their teeth are SO different too....Paige has always had "Sponge Bob" teeth...super spaced out and kind of tiny (the Dentist loves her teeth)...and then there is Riv with his HUGE choppers that are so tight I fear for our Dental future with him! Between my dental rituals and the two kids, it is such a chore!

Riv is growing increasingly difficult to shoot lately....so now I must get more creative in catching him being him.






I got under the kitchen table to get those last few. He thought it was so funny!

Ahhhh....Spring is finally here...I think?

I wish our "Spring" in Washington looked more like this....instead it just rains/snows and and we have 50 mph winds. The poor blossoms don't stand a chance around here....

(image found on http://abbytrysagain.typepad.com )

April 2009

What a difference a year makes...can't begin to image how sickeningly old my children seem next year!

I want, I need...

Don't you love this???? I want one...I need one!!! I LOVE rules...no surprise to those of you that know me! What are your family rules???

Priscilla Ahn

My oldest friend Lindsay is BFF's with an amazing girl named Tiffany...she is really the coolest, and she is among other things a photographer. I was checking out her website, and fell hard for the song that she has playing on her site. Paige would not stop dancing around the room with her best ballerina moves. I had to know who sang the song, and Tiff was kind enough to clue me in to Priscilla Ahn. She has the most beautiful, angelic and yet haunting voice I have heard in forever...and so I had to share.
If you live in the Salt Lake area, please don't hesitate to let Tiffany take your picture! I wish I lived closer....

conversation

I have never really heard Paige talk to kids she doesn't know...especially older ones that she can have a conversation with (she is good at talking to babies)....we have had the same circle of friends up here for the last 3 years...
BUT, yesterday we went to the park for a bit and an older boy came running up to play. I listened in as I watched River piddling around in the tanbark.

Paige: HI (very enthusiastic!!!)
Older Boy: Hey, do you want to play?
P: Sure....I'm Paige
OB: I am Christopher
P: Like my shiny boots....see, they're PINK!
OB: (Kind of rolling his eyes) yeah....let's pretend we are on a boat, ok?
P: (squeals) Ok...this is FUN!!!
P: Do you remember my Daddy...he is Justin.
OB: Do I know you? Have we played before?
P: Yeah (nodding her head and clearly lying as we have never seen this boy before)
OB: Oh, let's go to the other playground and it can be the other boat.
P: Mommy, look at us!!!
OB: (losing interest) Ok, you play on this boat and I will play on the other boat.
P: (beaming) MOM, we are playing!!!


I couldn't help but smile for a few reasons....
#1 Paige was not shy, which has been a big hurdle for us this last year especially with BOYS, ewwww!
#2 Paige was trying to have a real conversation with this new older boy
#3 This sweet boy was actually entertaining this quasi-conversation with some girl much younger than he was....he was 5!
#4 It was nice to stand back and be privy to this small moment in my child's life. Making friends can be so painfully hard when you get a little older...so many social rules, and mean girls....I do not look forward to those days.

So for now...Paige and her shiny boots will be brave and make friends with boys, and I can be proud for ONCE she did not come running to me crying that some BOY was trying to talk to her!