Taylor Tuesday

Don’t check your calendar, yes it is Tuesday and before 11:59 pm.  How could I not be ready for today when I had this great picture of our dancer girl to share with you.  Taylor LOVES to dance.  She loves to twirl and leap and move to the music.  Good thing she loves to dance because this momma also love to dance.  Come on over anytime you feel like joining our dance parties.

Elizabethursday

Rainy days lately translate into lots of puddles.  I am normally okay with a few puddle splashes, but not when all dressed up for the preschool program.  She never said a word.  Just snuck over to the edge of the yard while I was taking pictures of Taylor.  I see you little one and am catching on to your stealthy ways. 

Taylor Tuesday

Taylor loves to be outside, but sometimes she would rather be writing a story or drawing a picture.  Lizzie loves to be outside and begs me even when it’s raining.  Taylor and I have figured out a solution to the problem by allowing her to write stories while enjoying the sunshine. 

Elizabethursday

Lizzie loves her red boots.  Not just wants to wear them sometimes, but like LOVES them and wants to wear them everyday.  She has even taken up her Daddy’s sense of style and believe that they go with any outfit.  I guess if there’s any state where she can wear boots with shorts then it would be Texas.  I have to admit that I love her in her little red boots.

Taylor Tuesday

Thanks to a great idea from KK, Taylor rocked it for crazy hair day at school this week.  I thought Lizzie looked like Cindy Lou Who with her pigtails, but I think Taylor is beating her with this one.  Lizzie HAD to join in the fun and be in the picture too.  She thinks a pony tail meant she had crazy hair today too.  Too bad her crazy hair is more after nap, not before.

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“I’m hiding Mommy.  Don’t tell the Daddy Monster where I am.”  If you look real close you might be able to find her :)

Taylor Tuesday

Our beautiful little flower child. 

Sisters Saturday

There were so many great pictures from Easter that I thought I would make up weeks of being late on sending pictures by giving you a bonus this week.  No lie here is the actual conversation that occurred between these two.  I wanted to laugh so hard but kept it together so I could take photos.

Taylor: Which color egg do you want me to crush on your head Lizzie?

Lizzie: You crush it here Tay?

Taylor: Okay, I’ll just pick one. 

Lizzie: Yea!!!

Taylor:  Want another one?

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Lizzie LOVED doing cascarones on Easter this year.  Her favorite part was to open the egg and then pour it on her own head.  An area of the yard was covered in confetti and uncrushed eggs where she stood for 10 minutes. 

Taylor Tuesday

Our Taylor was on fire at Aunt Adie’s for cascarones on Easter!  She had her basket filled with eggs in no time and was ready for the battle among all the cousins and adults.  This is one of the few pictures I got of her from the front since she was running the entire time.  The confetti in her hair at this point seems mild to the way it looked in the end.  We are still finding tiny pieces in her hair!

elizabethursday

This one is all for you KK!  Gotta love the face you taught her!

Taylor Tuesday

I figured you are just used to my lateness now.  Many years from now the kids will still be able to look at the books of these pictures but never know how I was consistently late sending them out.  So to make up for my lateness, it is officially funny face week for my kids.  Not sure Taylor even knew she was making this face, but I feel like she might be channeling the Fresh Prince of Bellaire and saying “Wassup?'”

elizabethursday

So here’s the deal Sadie.  You go through first and then I can tell them it was your idea and I just needed to get you back into the yard.  Then I will sneak you lots of treats from the pantry later.  So glad I found you as a partner in crime. 

Top 5 favs

Remember my love for lists?  Well I have a few things that I current love and would like to kiss the person who created some of them. 

1.  the Obol – When Chris showed me the picture of this I thought it was genius.  I love grainy cereals like Wheat Chex, Cheerios, Rice Crispies, and Honey Bunches of Oats but HATE soggy cereal.  And if you have kids then you know that as soon as you make a cup of coffee or pour milk in your cereal that it is evitable that the kids will need five different things.  Oh and the ability to put whipped cream in the top part and fresh strawberries in the bottom.  Just want to kiss this inventor!!!  My sweet husband saw how excited I was and did research to figure out what this bowl was and how to get it.  He even got it in purple.  Kissed him instead of the inventor.

2.  HEB has a marketing genius on their hands.  I was buying coffee and while putting it in my cart I noticed a whole wall of cookies right behind me.  I was doing so good trying to resist the Chips Ahoy and then I saw Dark Chocolate Almond Sandies.  They make a great replacement for lunch when you realize that you consumed 5 before you even had a chance to get out the stuff for that salad you were going to have.  So worth every single calorie.

3.  I am addicted to my Kindle and love how I can start a new book without running to the store.  Plus I now have more room on the shelves in my closet.  I really enjoy my books, but the costs can really start to add up.  I follow a few different Kindle lending sites but Book Gorilla will actually send you a daily list of free or discounted books in the genre(s) you like.  I now enjoy get to read a little more for free.  And since Chris got me a waterproof bag I can read my Kindle in the tub.  Win-win in my book.

4.  Ever since making our family rules sign I have been trying to use my Silhouette more.  I stumbled across Miss Kate Cuttables one day.  She has the cutest cuttable files and offers one free everyday.  Not just a simple shape but adorable ones that often fit the season or current holiday.  They are even downloadable into jpg files so you can use them for lots of stuff.  I bought some of her items to create Taylor’s birthday invitation(more posted about this in late April after her party) and to use for decorations.

5.  I saved the best for last.  My Beehouse teapot rocks.  I mean this thing makes me happy about brewing tea like the Keurig does for my coffee.  I mentioned here my love for loose tea, but I often want more than just a small cup.  I love my sister-in-law for solving my ‘I want to fill my large Tervis with iced strawberry tea but hate brewing multiple cups to achieve this goal’ problem and she told me about these teapots.  I love my Mom for getting me one for Christmas.  They are made in Japan and do an excellent job of allowing the tea to steep perfectly.  This is actually the exact one my mom got me and I have found that 22 oz works great for me and would allow me to make 2-3 cups in case of guests.  So come on over and have a cup of tea with me.  Maybe I’ll share some of my cookies with you too