Wordless Wednesday Memories

Wordless Wednesday

These are the facts...

We said our goodbyes to Rob.

We hopped in the car to get to church early to set up the Primary room.

I wasn't paying attention, reached to grab something and ran into the curb.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

Turned around, asked a friend to bring half of my kids to church.

Rob put a spare tire on the van (minutes before heading to the airport). He ROCKS!!

Made it to church on time to set up.

Sunday started off crappy and didn't really get much better. Sigh...BUT...

Saturday was awesome! Spent the morning shopping and eating with Denise. Spent the afternoon at the Car Show with my family. And rocked the night away with the Beatty's. Couldn't have asked for a better day!

Dancing and jumping around at the Harris Pavilion.

Eating cupcakes from the new bakery, Oh So Sweet Treats. Yummy!

Old Town Manassas Car Show

Super Wall-E and his sidekick Super Anna.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Happy Sunday

We hope your Sunday is going better than ours.

I'm such a copycat!

So I "know" this gal who crafts up a storm. Her name is Katie of The Polka Dot Pig. And she made the most adorable "Literate Pumpkins". I just had to make them, too!

They were so easy and fun to create. Best news, too...I went to the used book store and they had a FREE bin of books outside the front door. I bought a few new spools of ribbon (because I can never have enough ribbon) and here you go...
Aren't they so cute? Let me know if you give this little project a try!

This is AWEKOME!

I know Evan's speech problems are nothing to laugh about, but I just can't help but to love how he expresses his excitement...

"Evan, did you like school today?"

"It was wicked awekome, Mom!"

(Can you tell he's excited to go??!!)

Makes my heart melt every time.

Holy Smokes! Who is this kid? And where has my baby gone?

Color Choices

Several months ago, I scrubbed the urine infested main level bathroom of our home and a few minutes later (seriously, only a few minutes) it was a nasty mess again. So, I banned the boys from ever using that bathroom. And to keep my anger at bay, I went out and bought the ruffle and pink toile line of bathroom towels from Target. That would show them!!

A few days ago, I bought some paint to finally get that bathroom in girly-girl shape! I had threatened the boys with pink paint, but went with a boring, simple "natural linen".

However, someone else had grander plans! And I came home to this...
Which has now turned into a bathroom/laundry room overhaul. I'm not going to complain because it needed to be done. And it's going to look great!

Now the color is hard to see here, but I was going for a sage green in the laundry room. But ended up with a sea foamy green...

Which is exactly what happened when I painted the dining room...
In real life, the two colors are just about as identical as colors can get. Good thing I like the color because I'm not a re-painter.

Sunshine on a cloudy day

These Two

After doing the "happy dance" as the bus pulled away this morning, I headed back towards the house to see my other two hooligans playing on the driveway...

Goodness...I'm going to miss having these two around...
No more "happy dance" for me because the other two keep me on my toes constantly!! After the bus pulled away, Evan and Anna piled in the car so we could pick up Tyler's inhaler. Evan was so excited that he could be a big boy and sit in the way back of the van (because Tyler and Jared weren't there). At the pharmacy drive-thru window, I picked up the prescription, signed and payed for it and pulled away. As I turned the corner and pulled up to a light, I heard a large thump in the back of the van. First thought was that someone rear-ended me, but when I looked back, I saw that Evan was not in his seat. Instead, I saw him hiding in the trunk of the van! The little monkey snuck back there while I was at the drive-thru! I had a mild heart attack (in case you didn't know...I'm carseat anal), flipped out, demanded that he move up to his normal seat in the van and buckled him up.

Never a dull moment!

Tyler and Jared will be home in 3 hours!

Get a clue!

Me, I need to get a clue!



It takes this...
Anna changing her own diaper for me to realize that she is ready to be potty trained.

Potty School begins once the boys are all in school. I'm envisioning this going way smoother and quicker then with the boy's training because Anna is such a "do it myself" kind of girl!



But I'm not going to get my hopes up!

Parents of the Year 2009

I think this has just cinched the deal...we ROCK as parents and completely deserve this honor!

And I bet you can't guess which child of ours took a nasty fall into burning coals...