photo friday

How can it be Friday again? That week disintegrated, & only two and a half days of school next week, & then summer holidays! I’m half excited/half dreading. Is that bad? I’m looking forward to not rushing in the morning, not nagging over honework & enjoying easy going days with my kids, I’m dreading the ‘I’m-bored-it’s-been-raining-for-a-week-straight-so-in-desperation-I-thought-it’d-be-a-good-idea-to-go-to-Target-days.’

Ah well, c’est la vie, bring on summer!

Now for the pics…

We planted a very mini garden this past Saturday, just like our yard, the mini size is just right for my level of gardening!

I was not excited about putting his 7 month onesie on this week, his first year is going way too fast for my liking. {although if he would kindly sleep through the night on a regular basis I’d be much obliged.}

We ate a lot of cake this week, which is my kinda week! Celebrated the May family birthdays Sunday, made this cake {thank you pinterest}. I could eat chocolate cake every day, oh wait, I think I have this week.

Trip to DQ for Mike’s birthday dessert. Stella was feeling festive and wore her {way too small} cat costume. And why not?

My new fav, and after a ridiculous trip to Costco, let me tell ya, I needed a glass.

Trying to take self-portraits of the glasses I was trying on to show Mike. I am completely unable to make a decision on my own, except maybe what to have for lunch, and I have a bit of a track record of making poor glasses choices…

She’s letting me braid her hair!! Sure it was to keep it away from her stitches but I’ll take it!

And finally my fav shot of the week! Noah got taekwondo {I have no idea how to spell that word} lessons for his birthday, he certainly loves the uniform!

Happy Friday!
{I get to go to UVillage tomorrow, Hurray!}

Photo Friday – a day late

My first full week back just flew by! Full of field trips and fun, pretend birthdays and graduations, with a little trauma thrown in just for kicks.

These 2 ended up in my bed every morning at 6! Good thing they’re so adorable ’cause that’s way too early in my book.

Celebrating Stella’s ‘pretend’ birthday at pre-school, they celebrate all of the summer birthdays on the last few days of pre-school.

Stella also ‘graduated’ this week! First one to graduate from pre-school in our family.

Later that day we met Noah at his field trip. There were some ugly lookin turkeys there!

And a great barn too!

Noah’s class, such a sweet group of kids.

I continue to have project ADD, lots of half-finished painted furniture, I WILL finish them!

And our week ended with a traumatic scooter crash by this one. Lots of tears & blood & 5 stitches! She is such a trooper though, and thankfully our doctor here in town was still open & able to stitch her right up.

Hope you’re having a lovely Saturday – Happy Weekend!

photo Friday – catch up edition…

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! Travelling across the ocean with a 6 month old is always an adventure, here are a few cell phone pics of our journey…

Ready for our trip – thankfully he did amazing!

Miles all cozy on the plane, this is where he slept several hours, much to my amazement.

Sun + friends + lager = a great day!

Ginormo chair at the Riverside museum. It was very rainy on the kids first full day in Glasgow, so we took a taxi to the museum.

Taxi!

Hanging out with Stella’s friend Mollie.

We got to celebrate Noah’s 7th birthday with a cake ‘made’ from his fav M&S donuts.

Park time!

My girl.

Beautiful blossoms.

Stella got to visit her old Nursery.

One final Starbucks stop at Glasgow airport. So many adventures started with a coffee from that Starbucks!

Miles’ amazing dino book, helped keep him entertained on our journey back to the States.

After over a year, I finally have my Visa/Greencard. Still can’t believe it’s real.

Returned to new surprizes in our yard, including this beautiful lilac bush. Felt like a welcome home gift just for me.

Happy Friday!

Photo Friday

A glimpse of this past week…

My 2 sidekicks.

Been doing some more painting, this is going to be Stella’s bed.

Cuddles while waiting to pick up Livi from soccer practice. This kid gets toted everywhere!

Watermelon! Everyone’s fav.

Lots of goodies growing in our kitchen, waiting to be planted outside. Growing a veg garden is one of the things I’m most excited about for this summer!

Wearing a gift from a dear friend today…

Happy Friday!

hello monday!

Time to say hello to a new week! The weekend disappeared way to quickly, but looking forward to the week ahead.

hello slow Monday morning with coffee, breakfast & the rain…

'duck egg blue'

hello painting everything I own in annie sloan chalk paint, I’m obsessed with her duck egg blue!

hello helping this excited boy learn to ride his new bike!

hello unexpected visit from a dear friend, can’t wait until Friday!!!

hello week of rain and an excuse to stay in and get some projects done (am I the only one who drops everything to go outside when the sun shines?)

hello another week of Spring!

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Another full week captured in snapshots.

An abandoned robin’s nest. The kids have it under a heat lamp at the grandparents, hoping to get them to hatch. Aren’t they just the perfect blue?

Finally tackling the kitchen chairs. I’m using annie sloan chalk paint. No sanding/priming required, it is amazing stuff!

We’ve got stripes!

Aqua nails make me happy. A new essie color I picked up for spring!

Spotty shoes also make me happy!

Noah and I are in competition for best bedhead, I won today.

Cool foggy morning today…

Happy Friday!

hello monday

Another week!

And another attempt at anticipating good things this week, looking ahead with thanksgiving.

I had to try this with my son already this morning as he listed off all of the awful things a Monday at school holds. Things like chapel and music class, oh the horror. Anyways, it took a minute but we thought of some good things too, you know, recess and lunchtime!

hello more spring weather, and discovering the treasures our garden has to offer.

hello salads with avocado, my current favorite.

hello meal planning and grocery shopping with 2 kids instead of 4!

hello hanging out with this spitfire, she loves helping with the laundry and cleaning, making it much more fun.

hello munching on easter candy from the hunt yesterday,

hello planting seeds to grow starts for our vegetable garden,

hello walks in the warmer temperatures with Stella & Miles,

hello *hopefully* last week of Mike working crazy hours!

hello unexpected surprises that life with 4 kiddos can bring!

linking up with lisa leonard, inspirer of ‘hello monday’ and maker of some of my favorite jewelry!

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Android finally has instagram – I’m so excited!
Here’s another week of photos…

She may need new socks…those bright pink ones are hard to let go of.

Sunny *but cold* walk.

Livi helping me make baby food, apparently not a fan of the smell of squash.

Microwave s’mores = YUM!

Miles looooves bananas!

Signs of Spring are everywhere!

Happy Friday.

hello monday

hello new week!

I’m trying to face this week with hopefulness instead of dread! It’s Spring Break and the hubs is working 14 hour days… oh help!

hello week 2 of being ‘facebook free‘, definitely still a good choice for me!

hello nana taking the kids to see the “Lorax”, adding some fun to Spring Break!

this is my kids’ favorite line:

 

hello making Easter special this week… easter egg coloring, easter bread, cute easter cupcakes. I’ve been on carb hiatus but bring on the festive treats this week!

 

 

I hope you have some lovely things to say ‘hello’ to this week!

x

Photo Friday

Another set of photos to show what we’ve been up tp this week!

Olivia played in her first soccer game (or more properly ‘football match’). Her team won & she enjoyed herself, grass stained knees and all!

The gorgeous view from the playing fields, it was such a beautiful day.

Hello beautiful. I love you, yes I do.

Miles enjoying the warmth & sunshine.

Wee man turned 5 months this week, mixed emotions.

Decorating some delicious Easter cookies.

Brothers.

With the warm weekend came the discovery that we have some sugar ants living under our fridge. Stella has taken up camp there to squash any unlucky ones that dare to venture out. Turns out she hates bugs even more than I do.

Happy Friday!