Sunday, May 26, 2013

Puppy Party

Rocco turned 4 today
We threw him a puppy party.
 
First up...
Puppy Hats for everyone!
(Oriental Trading 22$ for a dozen!)
 
 
Then a bone hunt!
 
 
 


Every puppy loves an obstacle course:

Jump through the hoop,


Carry the bone,



Push the ball with your nose,


 
 
Then we just did lots more stuff like:
 
Make muddy paw prints.
 
(Potato Stamps)
 
Clip their nails.

Yes...we seriously did.

 
Of course we had to eat bones
 
(Graham cracker bones)
 
& cupcakes too...
 
One last thing you won't want to forget:
 
 
 
~Happy Birthday Little Pup~
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday, May 17, 2013

One day a year...

 
My little sister & I have nine kids between us.
 
and
 
One day a year,
May 17th,
on this little girl's birthday...
our kids are all different ages...
 
 
 
 until tomorrow,
when this lil' guy turns 2.
We think it's pretty cool
& take a picture every May 17.
 
Little joys, love 'em.
 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

We love her...

Miss Hannigan...
 
she's a big part of our lives here.
 
We sing her songs,
we quote her,
we love her.
 
Having a kid named Annie you see that play a lot.
(We are kinda lucky :)
 
My little sister's daughter has seen it too.

Zadie
 
When they have clean up time at their house she actually says,
"Mom...say 'Get to work you rotten orphans!'
&
"Say 'You're gonna work until this dump shines like the top of the Chrystler building!'"
&
"Mom, don't help us...just walk around & yell at us!"
 
So...she calls them rotten orphans & makes them clean :)
 
& they love it!
 
At our house we like the line,
"We're not having hot mush for breakfast,
we're having cold mush!"
 
The kids groan but they actually love cold mush!
 
 
I get lots of requests for "morning mush" from the kids & today Annie brought her teacher a jar of it.
 
 
It was good practice for Annie writing
a recipe to pass along with the jar.
 
 
I love how she spelled Vanilla:
 
 
Morning Mush
 
                                         1/2 C Oats
                                         1T Peanut Butter
                                         1 container vanilla Greek yogurt
                                         Ground flaxseed
                                         Fresh or frozen berries
     
                                         Mix & Eat
 
We like the Dannon 2x protein vanilla greek yogurt
Frozen berries are actually fab in here!
 
Hope you get a chance to try a little morning mush.
Miss Hannigan would be proud :)
 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Just can't wait...

We are so tired of being cooped up from the long winter that even the rain doesn't scoot us inside.
A day like today was perfect for catching raindrops,
(Oh lil Roo:)
 
 
 
And rainy days are perfect for projects!
 
This summer we are headed on a trip to the Gulf of Mexico & we are sooooooo excited!
 
So...today we made a chain to count down the days until we leave.
 
 
Annie & I had fun looking through my old scrapbook stuff
 
Then we just slapped them on our ocean chain.
 
 
I must admit this is my favorite link:
 
 
The kids are already fighting over who gets
to tear off the shark link but I don't care...
 
 
I Just want to enjoy every minute of anticipation
before we start our 24 hour ride south to heaven.
 

I think the anticipation is just as fun as the travels.
You going anywhere?

Sunday, May 5, 2013

She is dangerous...

We live on the tip of a curve...we also have LOTS of teenagers in the neighborhood, so cars coming flying around the curve & I worry like crazy about my kids.  Many times I have seen the teens texting while driving on top of that!  So when my kids ride their bikes I am usually out in the street by them.  And I must have warned the kids a million times of the dangers because the other day Rocco was riding his bike down the road singing a song he made up.  It went like this, "I'm not dying, I'm not dead, I'm riding my bike & I'm not even dying." 
 
He sang it for a good 15 minutes.
 
Then he rode by me, "Mom aren't you proud of me I am riding my bike & I'm not even dying!  Aren't I such a big boy Mom?"
 
Oh Brother!
 
I don't know how many of you remember the
of teaching Annie how to ride a bike.
 
She rides almost everyday now.
Even in the snow.
 
After school she gets out of the car
& rides her bike no matter what.
So one would think she would be an expert right?
 
Well...just last week while I was standing
in the street holding Kit...
& she hit me!
 
Smacked right into us!
 
I actually had to make a rule:
If you hit me with your bike I will take away your bike for 2 days.
 
Then the very next day
~I am not even joking~
look what I caught her doing:
 
 
Yes folks...she is texting while biking!
 
She borrowed my phone to call a friend
& I totally forgot until I turned around
& saw her riding down the road like that.
 
 
 
I was so glad I had the camera close.
(I had just taken the other biking pics in the post)
 
Just when I think I have seen it all...
 
Don't worry I took it away before she took out any parked cars.
Don't think she wouldn't!
 
Oh & if you missed the post of Annie learning to ride,
You really might want to read it.
I just reread it myself & I have tears running down my face from laughing so hard...It was painful..very painful.
Just Click HERE.