Cinco de Mayo

(I know this is old)

Our biblestudy celebrated Cinco de Mayo with dinner and Cerveza (with limes of course!)... we had wonderful time of fellowship and fun!... and then we got to biblestudy! we had 20+ people in our house... for those of you who know our house you know how much of a party that was! Love my awesome $2 banner?... I loved it against my wall color.... saving it for next year!Daisy and Nora are 2 and learning to share together!... now that is something to celebrate!

Bumbo

Cora is getting soooooooooooo big! And so fast! I love the Bumbo becuase it gets her up and in the action with the rest of us. Daisy has been interacting with Cora so much more recently and the Bumbo has helped this.

I have been a "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD" blogger

Hang tight while I try to catch you up in the happenings of our little family:

We spent a whole day our at the Shearing Day for the MVFF... for Christmas my parents have given us a Spring 2009 CSA share to the Martha's Vineyard Fiber Farm (MVFF)... basically we get a share of the wool from their spring shearing in the form of ready to dye yarn... I have been told it is expensive, beautiful yarn... this whole idea is from the genius brain of Susie the fiber farm's farmer/modern day shepard... she has a blog and this spring we watch anxiously while the goats were having their babies and now the sheep are... they even have a lamb cam set up so you can view the nursery... our visit to the farm (which actually moves to the Hudson Valley for the winter) was fabulious...
their shearer was a wrestler in the past... he was amazing... our kids loved the sheep getting their "hair cut"
baby goats enjoy the shelter from the visitors...Daisy was not to sure of the sheep and goats at first but by the end of the day all she wanted to do was watch them get their hair cut..Grandpa showing Giuliana and Carter the goats (yes even D&J and the family came up for the visit)
some of their beautiful yarn was for sale... I snagged up some sock yarn for a small summer project to carry around with me...there were demonstrators their showing how the weave with yarn and spin yarn from the wool...

we had a mini party for Guiles and Genna since we missed out on their Birthdays...
Carter chased the chickens and finally petted one....
and this little girl found her thumb earlier that week but at shearing day she declared it her best soothing tool (besides Mama of course!)

a scary thing...

when you are missing a cloth diaper and you can't remember if you used it or not... after embarrassing yourself by e-mail people to see where your missing diaper is (soiled or not) you find it rolled up into a ball in the diaper holder where it belongs..... not sure if the whole situation was scary for me because my brain just couldn't think where it could be or just the thought of baby poo sitting in Kevin's aunts lovely bedroom under the bed or something!... or being stuck under a seat in the van in 90degree heat... yuck!... other than that we are LOVING cloth diapers and just installed a clothes line so we can dry them in the breeze and sun...

Rebekah's Junior Prom...

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Sorry things are slow here but since I have been back to work it seems everything is going rather slow... Just not enough hours in the day... in a revolt against feeling like i just can't do it all I woke up on Friday after sleeping all day while my Mom and Dad watched the kids for me... I decided quickly to give into the beautiful day and head to Boston to help pretty this girls up (not that she needs it or anything)... after being stuck on the Pike at the toll in Red Sox vs. Yankees traffic I made it there just in time to play make-up artist.... oh what fun it was and the kids loved it (Daisy even got a lipstick kiss on her cheek)... throw another sister and some fish and chips and a stop at a work related BBQ Kevin had and then a quick trip home... I regretted it while garage saling at 7:30 the next morning but hey this only happens a few times right?... I wish I could find the cute picture of her getting ready for my senior prom... she was eight and had dressed up for the occasion.... my how time flies!

for the love of Pyrex...

a new Rutland yard sale find...
someday I will have a whole set...
once my Brimfield budget can handle it!

While watching Babe...

Carter: "Mama I want two dogs!"

Me: "Go call Dad and tell him." (this is always my response to the dog thing because I would get one in a heart beat but Kevin is not really a dog person and says Carter has to be 8)

Carter: "But Mama I want two dogs for the sheep."

Me: "What sheep? We don't have any sheep?"

Carter: "Well why not?"

Me: "Now you really need to call Dad!"

a little bummed....

I am slightly upset that I am going back to work the same day as Dunkins' official Iced Coffee Day (the 21st)... iced coffee is a sure sign of summer for me and going back to work just in time for summer is totally NOT cool! But just an FYI all 16oz iced coffees 50cents and 10% of the proceeds go to Homes for our Troops. Honestly I think they should go toward support groups for coffee-holics!

Easter Celebrations

we had a wonderful Easter weekend with my Grandma visiting... on Friday we colored eggs and made cutout cookies... this morning we started with the kids finding their Easter baskets... they both got rain boots that we desperately need this time of year...Daisy *HEARTS* candy....
and today we all had Easter dinner with my family... I tried to keep things simple but beautiful... it was however freezing today but thank the Lord there was the perfect amount of sunshine... it made for some wonderful pictures... we did make it outside for an Easter egg hunt... Daisy's dress was a remake of a dress I wore when I was two... it was given to me by my mom and it had a stain on the front that I couldn't get out... so I cut it apart and made a new dress using the cross-stitched birds in the new dress... I love the way it came out and I love the color because it draws out her blue eyes... we took a couple four generation pictures... I love this one! all in all we had a wonderful time and were sad to see grandma go!... At least we will see her in August just in time for home-grown corn.... yum-o!

what I have been up to...

I have been working on our new laptop and it is confusing because I am not sure where to keep my photos... so i haven't been blogging as much... so I have been a little MIA... I have also been working on my maternity leave to-do list (I go back to work in less than 3 weeks)... and distracted by this....

Before:After:
airbrushing in photoshop.... so much fun! I am taking a photo editing course through SisTV and I mostly want to work on lighting but I am learning way more than I ever thought and I have airbrushed myself to have flawless skin!... I love the process and love looking younger but don't worry I won't waste to much time on this because I am off to scrapbook for the weekend with Marissa! Yeah!

I just don't understand...

How do kids learn that pink is for girls and blue is for boys? I have never told Carter this but he definitely knows it... I bought these magnets at Target and LOVE them so much!... we are huge Mr/Mrs fans in this house... so we put these up the other week and the next day Carter organized them "Mr"s on on side and "Mrs"s on the other... all without my encouragement... the only thing I am wondering is how did he learn this and why is Mr Messy with the woman?... (Even though I know he is pink)...

the sunshine is making me....

lazy....

happy...

thankful...

creative...

at peace...

hopeful...

and ready to tackle our yard in the morning....

letting it hang out....

Cora often has a hard time waking up for her last feeding of the day... here she is still sleeping after trying to get her to wake up... I put her down to get my own midnight snack... and came back to find that chunky thigh hanging out... (she'll hate me for this when she is older but I also hate going to bed after 11:30 everyday!)

we are home...

after a 10 day vacation to Myrtle beach with a few little detours there and back we are home...




however we are little overwhelmed with laundry and an empty fridge... I know most of you understand...

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Fondue Fun!!! (and pain)

a week ago we had planned a fondue lunch for our dear friend Jennifer to kick off her 40th birthday month!... I had planned and gathered everything for cheese, oil and chocolate fondue... when it came for the big day I knew that open flames on a table with toddlers was dangerous and said a little prayer for our safety... well God answered that prayer because the dish the oil was is broke right after I carried it to the table... thank God we hadn't lit the sterno yet... the only injury was a fairly bad burn to my right index finger... I was so grateful that our house wasn't burning down that I really never felt any pain till later that night... my finger, though it has been a bit of a handicap with three children to get dressed and into car seats, is healing very well and we are still very grateful for God's hand in the whole thing! that night I asked Kevin how I was going to sleep in my bed knowing that we could have been homeless that night... he simply stated that I had to realize that God really does want us here and to open our home to others because He could have taken it away in that moment... I drifted off to sleep thinking of the summer and our plans for entertaining, growing our garden and watching the kids play outside.... a week later I am still shocked by how shaken I was but God really blew my mind... here are few pictures of the chocolate fondue experience which was the most fun!