Let's Be Real

I have a bit of a weakness when it comes to taking pictures of my kids. I want them to be perfect. Or maybe not so much perfect, as I want them to look cute. And that's all fine and dandy (they ARE great at looking cute), but it doesn't show the whole picture. And if I'm using pictures and this blog to document our life, then we need a few more "real" pictures around.

I have been known to get the kids dressed out of their pj's and brush their hair, just simply because I wanted to take pictures of whatever it is we are doing around the house. Let's face it. If we aren't going anywhere for the day, 99.99% of the time nobody makes it out of pajamas. Less laundry. Right? So yesterday morning, when the girls were doing their usual, I thought about how I needed some pics of "the standard", and I grabbed my camera.

Both the girls love dressing up. But Abigail, does this thing where she doesn't put the dress over her head. She just sticks her arms through the arm holes and the dress drapes down the front.
Case in point:

How about that pink camouflage t-shirt? And she was watching Cinderella. Touche.

And Natalie. She has discovered the world of PBS and Nick Jr. on the computer. She loves playing the games on there. It's kind of a catch 22 because I don't want her to spend hours upon hours on the computer, but yet all those games are quite educational. I have a feeling she's going to be reading sooner than later. She already knows how to open up the browser, type "p" "b" "s" in the address window and pick the correct url from the dropdown list that comes up.
And it doesn't get any more "real" than this, with the crazy hair, and the completely cluttered desk.

And now that these pics are on the world wide web, I'm sure they will thank me later. Like 10 or so years from now. Kind of puts a whole new spin on breaking out the baby pics for boyfriends.

And just because I can't leave the boy out: Talking to daddy before bedtime.
I TOLD you my kids are great at being cute. ;)

Another Quick Post

The stitch removal went ok. It's never fun to have to hold your child down while they cry because they just don't understand. But she did good holding her head still for the doctor, so it was over quick.

John's better. He did go on to work today, but headed to bed as soon as he had some dinner.

I on the other hand am miserable. Not sick, just miserable. I had to take my wedding bands off today after going into a panic this morning that the band may have to be cut off. The swelling is here. I can't get comfortable, I have restless legs, and for the past few nights I've had lots of Braxton Hicks contractions from about 5-7 pm. I'm in the last leg, only 6 weeks to go. Hopefully it doesn't sound like I'm complaining too much, LOL! It's not that bad, and could be worse.

And here's a page a got done during nap time today.

Mother's Day and 12 on the 12th

The mom's plus a granddad and a kiddo.

Had a good Mother's Day. After church we had lunch at Macaroni Grill with my family, then that afternoon I got a 2 hour nap. It doesn't get much better than that!
For my mom I did completely handmade stuff! I made her a tote and had it monogrammed and also made her card. Even though I'm a big paper crafter, I don't really do cards, so it's fun to make one every now and then.
I'm participating in a little project called 12 on the 12th. I'm supposed to have 12 pics to represent my day, do a layout with them, and do this for the next 12 months. We'll see how well I do to remember! I really like this idea, because as you'll see I got some pics of things I wouldn't normally capture with the camera.

Morning teeth brushing.

A glimpse of John's books.Pile of laundry to tackle today.

Morning cartoons and milk while waiting for breakfast.

My rose from Mother's Day on my kitchen windowsill.

Taking a peek at momma's latest CK issue.

Ode to the pile of laundry.Mid- morning Cheez-it snack.

Our only working phone at the moment.

Lunch time and yep, she's still in PJ's.
Snapshot of our counter, result of no cabinet space.

My scrap desk mess with part of a current project I worked on during N's nap.

So with a few hours left in the day, that's the wrap up in snap shots. AND I got all that laundry done!!