chances are one in a million...

but i'll give it a try!

(doing this is one of the ways to enter :))

http://ohhappyday.com/2011/06/goes-to-paris

violet does animal sounds

excuse the runny nose, red eyes and hair in her face. she refuses to wear clips or anything of the sort. i think i'm going to cut some bangs and let the mullet flow freely. she is currently obsessed with watching this video of herself. she says "again?" and "push!" (push play on my phone) over and over and if i say no she starts hysterically crying. terrible 2's a little early??

easter!

this year we had a pretty packed weekend...but we can't complain. it was fun to do a little of our own thing, and see both of our families. saturday we went to an easter egg hunt in our city that apparently should be an olympic event. the younger age group was 0-7....aka all the 5-7 year olds got the eggs. it was like a wave... every time i thought we were getting close to eggs, they got scooped up by some big kid a row in front of us. luckily they had a consolation table where you could get a few eggs and a beautiful necklace so my girls were happy with that.  sunday morning, we did a quick bunny bread breakfast (a tradition i took from my family... although i do recall my mom's looking more like actual bunnies than mine...which looked like big blobs of bread) and easter baskets. the girls liked their finds...i also decided to start a new tradition of getting the girls a new swimsuit and cover up for their baskets. maybe i should give myself this gift too?? chances are i'll be buying those items around this time of year anyway, so might as well make it count for something! we went to church and then sped (literally) over to my grandparents on the coast for lunch and visiting. then the girls caught a nap in the car while we drove home to change clothes and go to adam's parents' house for a little more eating and a few games. then it was home for a bath and B-E-D! here are the pics to prove it.

olivia's class party @ preschool

city of WP egg hunt

 a little pit stop at home depot on the way home :)

EASTER MORNING!

 my grocery store easter lily that lasted a surprisingly long time!

 grandma & me

 olivia and her great-granddaddy

 vi ready for some action at papa joel & gigi's house

 cousins

       

       

 the only shot i got of olivia in her dress...

 and the only shot of violet in hers. boo! i kept saying i would put them back on and take a pic but it's been over a month so that's not looking too promising. they looked super cute, though! 

apparently i need an organic frying pan

i am by no means 100% organic...nor do i ever intend to be. but, i do buy a handful of things that i'm convinced make a little difference. (organic beef and dairy, mainly.) but, this article had me a little worried.....

popcorn (we consume a lot in this house)?? cookware?

blogging blues

tonight i was feeling annoyed/depressed about the fact that i've kept this blog since 2007 but in some ways i don't really feel like it amounts to much.  i've come and gone and come back again in my commitment to it, but at the end of the day, i don't keep a journal, i never print any of our photos or make photobooks or scrapbooks, so this is all i've got! doesn't my posterity want to read my blog?? kidding. i just wish i would make a better effort to 1- take better pictures that are not via my iphone and 2- have more consistency with entries that is actually more journal-like. i guess then it makes it seem like i'm assuming anyone cares about anything and everything i might write... so here is your notice: i'm not writing this for you, i'm writing it for me. well, maybe a little bit for you, seeing as how i'm horrible at KIT (keep in touch), so this is the avenue for that as well....anyways, you get my drift. here's to better blogging that i'll actually care about reading in 10 years!

a little entry tonight...

last night we went to my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary celebration. my favorite part had to be the slideshow my aunt put together of all these amazing pictures dating back to who knows when all the way up to this year (the last picture was a cute one of olivia and violet!). i'm the oldest grandchild, so i decided to make a book (i used shutterfly) giving each grandchild a page, where i had a current photo of them alongside their answers to 3 basic questions about our grandparents. it turned out really cute and it was really easy, and my grandparents really liked it. i'm hoping to get my hands on some of the pictures from the slideshow and make a similar book... i think it's a great way to have a "hard copy" of super old photos that otherwise get lost in somebody's junk drawer, you know?

in my own photos, i couldn't find an oldie of me with both my grandparents, but here's one with me and my granddaddy! i don't know why it looks like i have a black eye? 

Mother's Day 2011

Yesterday was a good day. I attempted to sleep in...why is it on days where sleeping in is planned, I can't sleep past 7:30 to save my life, but on all other days when I hear "moooommmyyy!!!" at the same time, I feel like waking up = coming back from the dead??

Adam made me breakfast and had grand plans for my gift presentation involving both girls, but they had to re-write with Violet as the solo act when, around 8:30, Olivia was still snoozing soundly. Of course Violet had no problem charging into our room with a balloon in each hand and necklaces (part of my gift) around her neck. Being the bossy boss that she is, she was very annoyed that I dare try to take the necklaces off of her and was treating the balloons like pets on a leash saying, "commeer! (come here) and "come on!"

Church, family and probably too much food rounded out the day. A belated happy m-day to my own mom who is a top notch listener, helper, opinion-giver, shopping partner, babysitter... The list goes on!

Of course my pics are less than impressive but good memories all the same, right?







The best pic I could get of her running around like a maniac with her balloons....






Oh, Vi isn't smiling, let's try another one...






Yeah, not so much.





I somewhat on accident and somewhat on purpose let Olivia nap until 6pm, so she stayed up for a while to burn off some energy. Adam got this cute pic of her after she saw me reading in the corner and brought her own material (fruit ninja on Adam's iPhone) over to join me. She is my little snuggle girl. She sat there for a while with me. Too cute.



This is the pic that was in my Mother's Day card from preschool. My favorite parts besides how sweetly is smiling are 1- she has some kind of food in her mouth and 2- she could totally use some frizz-ease.... Just like her mama!

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dear target:

stop tempting me. my children need NO MORE SHOES. they have an embarrassing amount as it is. you are only lucky that my store didn't have them in the right sizes when i was there last. and they are sold out online. ugh. i cannot resist. there aren't word to describe the cuteness of these on violet's fat little feet. there is a whole new slew of cute toddler shoes right now, but these were my favorite.