Sunday Shoes

Quite springy...don't you think!

Spring!

So, since spring has yet to find me I created my own little shot of spring! B in her cute tulip outfit, along with the sun shining helped me have a brighter day this past week, never mind the frigid temps!

Tonight, M prayed for it to not be so cold tomorrow! You know it is getting old when the little kids are going stir crazy and just want to get out and play...minus all the snow gear!

In a few weeks we will be off to D.C. to see the cherry blossoms so I know we will see spring eventually! Until then, B will have to do!

Hello!

I am sure much of the nation is waking up to beautiful sunshine and the bright colors of tulips and daffodils. Much of the nation...but not where I'm at! Hello! I woke up this morning to a blanket of snow. I had forgotten they, the weather predictors, were predicting snow, so I was quite shocked when I looked out and saw this in my yard!

And to think I was getting excited to see the grass through our snow...how presumptuous of me!

And yes...if you are wondering I am complaining! Anyone looking to hire a nuclear engineer in a sunnier climate!

Silly B

This morning I told B we had to get her dressed because her friend H was coming over so we could baby sit her. Following is the conversation that followed:

Me: B, hurry, lets get dressed and ready so mommy can go run before we have to babysit H.

B: No!

Me: B, that's not nice, why don't you want to babysit?

B: I can't sit on baby mama I too big!

Okay, I guess I never thought of babysitting in those terms! Funny, but I guess sometimes two year olds take words to mean exactly what they are. B didn't want to sit on a baby and hurt it! What a silly girl!

Easter Festivities

So the Easter activities around here were fun for all! M was so excited to dye eggs. She thought that we would actually get to paint them (as in paint brush) but quickly discovered dying them was okay too! She is such a cute little girl and loves art. She liked coloring on the eggs with the wax crayon and discovering the design on the egg when it came up!

I think B was excited because she finally got to hold an egg. She always wants me to let her help crack the eggs while cooking...but this privilege is reserved until about the age of five! (I don't like messes) She was thrilled that she actually got to hold the eggs. The only thing that disappointed her was that there was no purple dye, purple being her favorite color of late!

Our final product! M was sad that we cracked them and actually used them on Easter Sunday! I guess good things don't always last forever. She did enjoy the potato salad that they made though!

M found a little puppy in her Easter basket. She decided to name him Chocolate. Later she decided he needed a first, middle, and last name. She came up with Chocolate Vanilla Cupcake...a girl after my own hear!

B found a baby in a purple outfit in her Easter basket! She loves her "purple baby!"

M and B both loved looking for the Easter eggs the bunny hid all over the house. M was very thoughtful and saved some of the eggs for B. B however held her own and by the end was snagging most of the eggs!

B was thrilled to learn that there was candy in the eggs. For Easter dinner we went to our friends house, the L's, and had another Easter egg hunt. We just hide empty eggs for the kids to find since they all had a lot of candy already! B ran around finding lots of eggs but refused to put them in her basket because they were empty. She would open the egg and get a disgusted look on her face since there was no candy in it! It was a fun day and the girls had a lot of fun!

Easter Dresses

For all of you wondering what to put your children in when your Easter consists of thirty degree weather...here you go! You put them in whatever is in the stores...because the people making spring dresses for children assume that you are living in a climate that actually has a spring!


I wanted to get the girls matching Easter dresses but could not find two of the same dress that came in both of their sizes. I suppose I did find two dresses that would fit them both but I don't like ruffles, lace, sequins, rosebuds, bows, and hearts all on the same dress!




I really like B's yellow dress...I wish they would have had it in M's size. I found M a dress that had yellow in it so that had to do!




Both girls looked so cute and we had a great day at church. We had a lot of fun with the egg hunt and finding Easter baskets which I will post more about later! Enjoy the pictures of these pastel beauties!!

Spring is Here...I Think!

This is the scene I looked out upon this evening. Isn't this the first day of spring? Yes, we have had snow yet again today. At least it was just a bit.

This morning M was excited that today was the first day of spring. When we went out to the bus stop she got a disgusted look on her face and said...

"Mom, where is the sun, I thought it was spring?" After about five seconds she added... "and why is there still snow on the ground?"

I guess mother nature forgot to tell upstate New York that it is spring!!! Hopefully, we get the message soon!

Wordless Wednesday

Big Shoes to Fill

Last night we had our good friends the L's over for a St. Patty's day meal! After dinner the girls all found shoes that were too big for them and decided to wear them around. I thought they looked too cute so I had to snap a few pictures!

It also made me think of how quickly they are growing and some day, too soon in my opinion, they are really going to fill those shoes. (I guess M probably won't ever quite get to that men's size of shoe...but you know what I mean!) They grow so fast and are such great little girls and friends. I'm so glad I have such cute little girls all around me!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I guess when it comes to St. Patrick's day I am a bit of a Scrooge! I don't wear green to appease the leprechaun's, I don't profess to be Irish and ask for kisses, I definitely don't have a pot of gold, my name is not Patrick and I am definitely not a Saint! Despite all my anti St. Patrick's day feelings I do dress my girls in green and get excited for them.
M wanted to know why I wasn't wearing green and I told her because I was a grown up! I don't think she got the logic...o well!
I also make corn beef and cabbage with new potatoes every St Patricks day. I don't remember doing anything in my family to celebrate the Irish but R's family always had this meal...even if it isn't really all that Irish! The girls loved the corn beef...they must take after daddy!


M came home from school excited that the Leprechaun's visited her classroom and caused some mischief. (They knocked their back packs and lunch boxes off the shelves, messed up their mailboxes and stole the letter of the day!) Maybe next year I will get more into the spirit for the girls sake, but as for this year, a Happy St. Patty's day is about as far as I go!

Sunday Shoes

Thanks B

Today R and I took B to the grocery store to do a bit of shopping. While we were both unloading the cart B decided to pick up one last item. She got a pack of Rollo's and started opening it. She couldn't quite get it open so she came up to me and asked so nicely for help. She had ripped it so she could see the chocolate but just couldn't reach it. I had her take the candy to the cashier so we could pay for it and then I opened it for her! It was funny that she was so innocent and just needed a little help to get to the chocolate. I guess she found a sure fire way to get a treat...just open it while mommy is busy looking elsewhere!

Baby Snowman

About a week and a half ago R and I took B out in the snow while M was at school. R was snow blowing the driveway and I decided to go out and play with B. She loved it!

The snow was pretty deep so she had a hard time walking in it! I was funny watching her try to get around. I pulled her on the sled for a few minutes. The whole time on the sled she would put her hand over the side and scoop up snow to eat. Basically the whole time we were out she was eating snow!

Mommy took a turn snow blowing the driveway (a first for me) while R helped B build a "baby snowman." B has been requesting a baby snowman since the first big snowstorm. The snow wasn't great for snowman building but R managed to make a little one!

B loved the baby snowman! She loved it so much she decided to eat the grape eyes!! She still talks about how she ate the snowman's eyes! We had a fun morning in the snow...even if I did fall while snow blowing the driveway and again slipping on ice!!

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Shoes

These remind me of summer so I thought I would give myself a little joy to look at while it is still freezing here!

Post Card

Yesterday morning I woke up to this image out my front door. It had been snowing for the better part of the two days prior. It was so nice waking up to bright, sunny blue skies. I think the trees make for a great post card. Of course, I'd rather be viewing that post card from a beach somewhere and not my front door! I guess I'll enjoy it since spring is supposedly only a month or three away!

Trouble

So...what kind of trouble can cute little girls cause? Lots! Today I let M have a friend over to play. Before she came we vacuumed the house and cleaned the basement (toy room). When the friend got here the girls all headed down to play in the basement. It was nice having a few minutes to myself while the girls had fun together. After about a half an hour M and B cam up looking like this!

That is Styrofoam pieces covering their bodies. I was pretty upset because the Styrofoam has been "played" in before and was a huge pain to clean up. (Imagine, vacuum clogged, sticking to everything and everyone) Before I let them know I was upset I thought I better grab the camera. B and M seemed quite proud of themselves before I told them they were in trouble. M asked if she was grounded and I said Yes! (Just no more T.V. for today!) She has been asking a lot lately if she is grounded. I don't know where she learned it but I think she is kind of asking for being grounded...I'm sure that will change with age!






The Styrofoam was all over...clothes, hair, a whole pathway up the stairs and needless to say all over the basement.


















I got the vacuum out and tried vacuuming the girls off but we just had to change clothes in the end. I vacuumed both of their hair which M was okay with but B was not too thrilled about it!








M couldn't figure out why I was taking pictures if I was upset. I had to explain I wasn't mad...just disappointed in her choice to play with such a messy thing, one I had already told her to stay out of.









I asked M what they were doing with the Styrofoam and she said they were super women (not supermen...because we're girls mom) and were going swimming. The Styrofoam is in a HUGE box that my mom sent out with a framed picture in. I decided to keep all the Styrofoam in the box to use when I have to ship things. I should have learned after the first mess! Apparently the girls swam in the Styrofoam filled box!













For being so cute they really did made a mess. I guess I still love them just the same though!

Wordless Wednesday

I Spoke Too Soon!

Well, I opened my big mouth and complained about the sunny cold weather yesterday and look what I got today! I has been snowing since I woke up at 8 and it is still snowing 12 hours later.

I'm sorry I complained and got worse weather but you will still never get me to say 30 degree weather is pleasant! It might be better than blizzard conditions...but not pleasant!

Soap

So, has anyone ever used a 12 dollar bar of soap? I hadn't...until today! I have had this bar of soap in the "unmentionables" drawer because it smells so good. My sister T bought it for me on a girls trip to NYC. It is made by a company named FRESH and the scent is lemon sugar. (I have the Sugar perfume and I love that too! I wish you could smell through the computer because I'm sure you'd all love it too!) So, I decided that it wasn't smelling much anymore through my drawer so I thought I would actually use it. It was much softer than my regular soap (if that makes sense) and produced more bubbles when I scrubbed with it. Although I love how it smells, I think I won't be using it on a regular basis once it's gone! Dove has seen me through many years, and hopefully many to come!

I will, however, be buying a new bar of soap to freshen up my drawer! Good thing there is a Sephora near by!

Alternate Universe

Okay people, I think I am stuck in some alternate universe. I was just watching the weather and the weather man said today would be a PLEASANT day in the 30's. What? Do you consider 30 degree's pleasant? Hello, when I still have to add layers to my natural body...that is not pleasant. I'll give you 60 degree's being pleasant...not 30. Sure it's better than 1 degree...but still not pleasant!

The picture is from Christmas time...don't worry...my Christmas decorations are not still up!

Sunday Shoes

On a side note about shoes...I don't own all these shoes as some have assumed! I would gladly take any of them you want to buy me. I wear an 8 1/2 if you need to know! I did try to find new red shoes this past week and was unsuccessful both here and in Boston. Of course, when you want to spend your money you can't find the right shoes!

FEAR

Okay people...what does this look like to you? What's that...a can of rolls. Well, technically, you are right. I usually buy these rolls to have on hand just in case we need a little something extra with our dinner. Although I can make pretty good homemade rolls, I don't always have the time, so these work.

So when you see this can and see rolls, I see the can and see fear. Fear you say? Yes, FEAR. I have a phobia of opening cans that pop at any time. I hate pulling back the paper and not knowing at what moment the can will burst and send my heart pounding. What's that...you say I'm being dramatic...no people...opening these cans hurt my heart. I usually have R open them or just suck it up and deal with the fear for the good of my family. I know, no food is worth all the fear, but I suppose I will survive!