growing up..

Oh my god....
I just love these girls!! They are growing up so fast. Way too fast!!!

Playroom Challenge

Ok people...... I am putting out a challenge.
I am doing this for my own sanity.
For the life of me, I cannot keep our playroom clean! No matter how much I try, I vacum, I wash, I pick up, I throw away...I just can't do it!! When I ran my preschool (out of this very room) I was able to keep the room spotless!! Everything had a place, a bucket, a bin. The floors were vacummed AND washed EVERYDAY!!
Why is it that I can keep up with 6 kids and teach them thier ABC's and 123's, but I can't keep up with just ONE kid???
Ohhh I know. That is because Lily is also know as the "Holy Terror" of the playroom. LOL

There must be someone..somewhere who has a playroom that can never be cleaned!!
I want to see it! I want to feel "normal". LOL

Here is my before and after picture.

BEFORE:



AFTER:

Rock and Roll

Yesterday Lily and Abigail were jumping on the trampoline. Well..Abigail got bored and left.. and Lily stayed there bouncing..
I grabbed the video camera this time...and well...this is what I caught.
wait for it..it is towards the end.
Sooooo Funny..

Teddy in Belly mommy

I just had to share these photos with you. Lily wanted to carry her bear "in her belly"




She was sooo proud!!

Cutting down the tree...

We have a LARGE maple tree growing in our backyard. So big that it covers the whole yard with shade and it hangs over the house. (which causes your house to rot).
We had Saint Mary's Tree Service come by today and cut down all the branches that hang over our house.
Lily thought it was pretty neat and yelled TIMBER!!!

He was quite high in the tree..we have a 3 story house and he was up past the roof top!





Yeah...Yeah... I know, the house needs painting, but as soon as we paint it, the property taxes will double! So instead, we've fixed up the inside and this summer we're putting on a porch. (one that you can't see from the road) hee hee...away from the prying eyes of the tax assessment man!!

TIMBER!!!

NEVER a dull moment...

I swear never a dull moment. On Saturday just as the kids announced that they were now "officially" bored, I looked out my kitchen window and saw.....


now you have to understand....we live IN the city....DOWNTOWN....we have squirrels, pesty awful pain in the butt squirrels..(yes I have issues with them) but it's not often you see a raccoon. We see the damage they do, eat our garbage etc...but we don't get to actually see them very often when the kids are awake.
So this big fellow was out in the middle of the day, hanging out on my neighbors roof.
Apparently if you see one in the day, and its moving slow...and not scared of people, it is probably sick.
Well this one hung out for the day...moving slow... and not scared of us (even Lily) yelling at it.
So..I made the phone call to the rabies hot line and the "raccoon wrangler" came by and tried to catch him, with a long stick that had a loop on the end. He would grab the raccoon by the neck and drop him into an awaiting cage.
Well let me tell you....NOW my kids were no longer bored.

It was getting dark and late so I sent the 2 older girls into the house to get ready for bed (Lily was already in her bed) and Frank and I went out to watch the excitement with our neighbor.
About a half hour later, I thought I would check on the kids. I came into the kitchen and it looked like a bar scene....there was: lemon juice, grenadine, orange juice, sprite, ice cubes, lemon slices and to top it all off...the martini shaker.... the girls were making "special drinks"
All I needed to do was add vodka and I would have had a nice little drink...!
I had them clean it up, and sent them to the window to watch.
( no I didn't get a picture.. I was too busy getting the gin down from the cuppboard)

Well, the raccoon outsmarted us, so the wrangler left a baited cage by the house and said he'd be back in the morning.
When we got up in the morning, the cage was gone and so was the raccoon.
So we made the assumption that he caught it.
UNTIL ..... Yesterday, when I looked out my window and saw:




Wait a second.....this is the SAME guy.... oh no....did he catch a healthy one and now its brain is disected in some lab in the states???
Ohhhh nooooo I feel so guilty.... I decided to let this guy live out his distempered life on the roof.

mmmmm cookies...

Abigail and Lily decided to make ginger crinkle cookies on Friday. I stood behind them with the vacum running and a wet cloth in my hand.

Measuring....


Stirring....
(Notice the roses......1 dozen for my birthday last week) :O))


Rolling...and Tasting....Cooked...uncooked.....
all good!!

Rubber boots

Lily LOVES her rubber botos....wears them ALL THE TIME...rain or shine! I thought I would share a few pictures from last week with you.



I love this picture...top of the head..nose and toes...


She's trying to pull his eyes out.

New Banner

Here is the new banner I made for the blog using FotoFusion. Now I just have to figure out how to get it onto the page.
I need it to be bigger and clearer, and without the trial version written all over it! LOL

hey...what's happening....

Penny, your right, blogger isn't allowing comments! I thought it was something that I did. Guess not? That really sucks. Were you able to fix yours?

I like the lock idea and going back to look for it. How neat!

Andrea,
I have a couple of pairs of shoes and a pair of rubber boots for Ally Cat! I think we should get together this week. What about Wednesday or Thursday? I'd love some help with the blog, obviously I'm having some problems!! LOL I am very tempted to but the fotofusion program, it's only 39.$ and I've downloaded the trail version and absolutely love it! I'd love to hear your suggestions.

Dianne.. Are you coming up for the hayride this weekend? I have a little something for you. ;)