dancing in the rain = therapy

So, Anne has a touch of stormaphobe. It is acutually quite annoying.
Since in MO it tends to rain-err. storm nearly every day in the summer.
She paces around hunched down peering out the windows, then claims she is SOOOO TIRED and runs to our bed to hibernate under the covers.
I would love to call her wierd, but since I am about 98.9% sure she gets it from me....well, you get the drift! :)
It rained recently when the sun was just as bright as a normal afternoon day. Adam made the girls come out and dance.
They had so much fun.
It really didn't help the phobia, but it made for a great blog post! :)
~chat soon!

numbered days...

This is Katherine's sweet little foot.
I found her like this early this morning.
Baby feet are my favorite. Even 2 year old feet! :) So cute and little and chubby.
Got to thinking that the days of her little chubby foot hanging out of her crib are numbered. She's starting to venture out into big kid waters...it feels, to us, like she has been a 'baby' for so much longer then Anne was.
Maybe because she is the youngest, maybe because she appears smaller, who knows.
Truth be told-she is growing up faster then anything and I can't stand it! ;0)
Bittersweet days, aren't they?
~chat soon!

wedding prep.

annie, my cousin, is getting married.
in just a few weeks!
it's so exciting. we have a very tiny family, she is my only female cousin-so it is a big deal.
i can't wait. plus anne clara is the flower girl!
i love weddings. susan is coming in town, ohhhhhhh-i can't wait!
the drama, the beauty, the love, the memories...it's so great!
today, we got together and made the favors. it was very productive and a great time. we laughed, and worked, and ate, and worked, and laughed, and worked, got teary over music/memories, and worked....it was great! :)
really looking forward to the big day!
i love you aunt linda and annie!

p.s. mom is reminding me of how big of bridezilla's both susan and i were-suz, how about we remind mommma how big of a momzilla-she was!? WE LOVE YOU MOM! (mom and dad married BOTH their girls off 7 months apart-almost to the DAY!-she had the right!)

wednesday.

not a lot going on...

hope your day is good!
~chat soon!

just lookin'

 

we spotted the triplets in the backyard yesterday.
they stayed for a long time. just munching on the grass, checking out the slide, and stomping their feet at anne.
so cute. adam even said they are cute. (and if you know adam...he doesn't think deer are all that cute come november-if you know what i mean! wink wink!)
love this picture.

it was fun.

so as of monday, july 26th, i am facebook free.
weird. maybe.
but for my family and i, it was necessary.
i loved reconnecting with a lot of people that i have missed through the years.
college roommates, highschool besties (i don't like that word-besties, it's gross!), coworkers, youth group leaders. ;) it was fun.
it was also, dare i say, cult.
it sucked me in. i admit. it did.
i looked at it often. i looked at pictures of families, i chatted with friends, and just killed time. lots and lots of time.
so i have deactivated my account.
the time, the drama, it was fun. but not productive, and at times, not positive.
not a place, i need to be.
the amount of time i'm spending on facebook, needs to be spent fulfilling hobbies, crafting, volunteering, relxing, being with my family.
i didn't say i wouldn't peek back once my life becomes calm and boring...but for now, i'm passing.
~chat soon!

*disclaimer-don't take my antifacebook rant as an insult to current facebook users, its good for some, just not for me, right now!*

weekend activites

yesterday, kate woke up with a dry diaper.
i immediately pulled it off and said, 'today you will go peep on the potty!'
she looked at me like i was NUTS.
rightfully so, she has spent the last 2 1/2 years wizzing in a diaper, knowing no different really, for her to wake up on a random Saturday and me deem it NO DIAPER DAY!
she has done really, really well.
i am not a lover of potty training, could be because I am TERRIBLE AT IT! in fact i am a firm believer that someone should start a center that the children can go to for a few days and you pick them up when they are done. kind of like doggie boot camp or something. (call me sick, that's fine, just being honest!)hopefully this will continue. only two accidents yesterday and none today!
whoop whoop!
~Chat soon