Clouds

Are we living at the base of a mountain?

This one was taken at night and the lightning was making the sky look blue. If you look closely, there are stars and a lightning strike. The reddish orange light is from our street light.

How We Spent A Rainy Day

Since a deluge of rain cancelled swimming lessons this morning, I decided to load up and head to the mall. We checked out the new Forever 21 store- clothes I would soooo wear if I wasn't 30 with 2 kids. I was probably the oldest person in the store. We hit The Children's Place for some great deals and I found awesome steals at New York & Company. Dress pants in a size tall for $7.99?!?! I couldn't pass it up.

Lillian reading a book to Lucas while waiting to go to the mall. Lucas is about to take a big ole bite of the front cover!

Hanging out in the tent we made in the living room. Yes, it is coming down tonight.

Everyone came home happy!

Obligatory Father's Day Post

Here it is- after reading my blogging friends' posts regarding today, I decided to do the same. I am married to the most wonderful man ever; he is patient and understanding when I really want to rip a certain 4 year old's head right off her body. While Lillian is certainly a "daddy's girl", Lucas has a deep fascination with Brent that will one day mean father/son hunting and fishing adventures. He watches intently as Brent does things like read the paper or putter around. I may be his primary caretaker now but the day will come when dear ole Dad will get the glory for being Lucas's favorite. Lillian already gives Brent the title of "favorite parent." Like I said, he is more understanding of her 4-going-on-14 attitude. He is always willing to jump on the trampoline, play CandyLand, or swing someone around like a helicopter. As I type, Lillian and Brent are involved in a game of hide-n-seek. Here's to the greatest Dad ever- Happy Father's Day, sweetheart!

Our Father's Day gift

Ho-Hum

The kids and I were homebound for 3 days while our vehicle had some work done to it before the factory warranty expired. It's a long story(as it always is with car work) but the job took a day longer than necessary. Anywho, Day 1 (Wednesday) was fine and dandy. We were plenty busy organizing and doing laundry- who doesn't want to spend all day doing that?!?! Day 2 started to get hairy but we did some cool things like created Lillian an art gallary space outside the laundry room to hang her creations. Day 3 (Friday) we were flat out bored. Outside was okay for awhile, I had NO motivation to do any housework (what's the point? It just gets dirty again!), and there was general unrest among the tribe. Did I mention how much blog stalking I did this week? Check out Lindsey's new blog; she just kicked it off last week and it looks great! It is one thing to choose to stay at home but another entirely to be forced to do so!

All is right with the world... vehicle was picked up yesterday evening.

During the past week, Brent has been working on a MAJOR project in our kitchen (it involves electricity and late night cutting of drywall after the kids are in bed). I completed a MINOR project in the music room i.e. our formal living room. Pics will be posted soon!

Room Redo

In March, we celebrated 2 years of living in this house. In those 2 years, I had planned to paint and decorate Lillian's room. The project never got off the ground, mainly because Lillian wanted pink and red flowers; I wasn't on board with that color scheme. I got motivated to do something when I found these great polka dots at Target. For $16.99, we bought enough to cover one wall of her room. We moved furniture, cleaned, organized, and then spent 15 minutes putting up the decals. Lillian is proud of her "new" room and has started making her bed every morning to keep it looking nice.

It fits her- "The Queen Reigns Here"

109

Lillian has been stuck on the number 109 for awhile. She'll ask, "Do you wanna hear me count to 109?" She can count higher than that but continues to stop at 109. Today she said, "Mom, I love you more than 109 polka dots!"

That may have something to do with the surprise in her room... stay tuned.

Kid-Friendly

I've been a little wordy in my last few posts. This one will have pictures. We spent the weekend with friends, enjoying their pool and company. Kids were everywhere! At one point, there were 9 kids Lillian's age and under. Naptime happened in shifts!

Best pic of the weekend!

Lucas finds a shady spot (above) and meets a friend, Sydona (below).
First time in a pool
Lillian and the boys