nothing says spring..

nothing says spring like tulips. i love tulips. but these tulips i bought a couple weeks ago are as white as the snow that has fallen the last couple of days. ugh. so i will keep buying tulips at costco for inside my house until i can see my tulips outside my window.

OPAM

first of all what a terrible blurry picture. i don't know how to fix that. i read on someones blog about OPAM. one project a month. what a fabulous idea. my project for the month is to finally move jessi into her new room-the old playroom. we cleaned out the room today, we meaning me and 2 very helpful toddlers. this weekend will be painting (done by the hubby, i am a terrible painter) and a new light fixture will be hung. bad news is that everything in this room is now in the family room. i did make a path to get to the couches for tv watching. do you love my model? pants are overrated. he thoroughly enjoyed dancing to the high school musical 3 cd in an empty room. me too. i will post pictures of our progress. wish us luck!

14 months and 17 days

it is official. she is walking.

not very good.

but she is walking.

why won't she listen to me when i tell her to bend her

knees just a tiny bit more.

it will be so much easier.

why won't she do what i tell her.

because she wants to do it her way.

not my way.

and i am just the mom.

not "just" the mom.

i am the mom that will always pick

her up when she falls.

and tell her to keep going and to keep trying.

because that is my job.

and i must tell her how much i love her.

everyday.

february

february. i love the this month. it means we have survived january, the longest month of the year and now we enjoy the shortest month of the year. next thing we know it is march, baseball season starts, warmer weather and no more bundling up of little children with all their many layers. i also love valentines day. i remember growing up my mom always gave us the "coolest" presents. one year i got a peach colored telephone that matched my peach and aqua room perfectly. another year i got an acid-washed guess mini skirt-oh how i loved that mini skirt. so here is to a month dedicated to love and here is to finding some really "cool" gifts for my five. six if ricky poo is lucky...

happy seven!

today she turned 7

7? already?

breakfast in bed

a party with her friends

her favorite dinner

dessert of her choice

what made her smile the biggest?

the fake nails her aunt gave her, the ones santa forgot to bring

love you lils!

happy birthday

lots of "news"

only one new years resolution-to be in front of the camera more this year instead of behind it

ruby has new bangs

random news

new body-ah! i wish. why is it so easy, fast and fun to gain weight and so miserable, hard and sloooooow to lose it?!

new bedtime so i can get up bright and early to work on this new lean and toned body i am looking for

new look of the blog-very simple- very me

a new year

2009

i am healthy, the hubby is healthy and all 5 children are healthy and happy as can be

life really is beautiful

celebrate the season-celebrate a birthday!

rode polar express

in jammies

good times

decorated for the season

bought tree

smells sooo good

need to decorate tree

happy holidays

ruby's first birthday

decorations

presents

cake

family

balloon wishes

one tired little girl