2 posts, one day. oh well!
wanting to read it right now.
craft room addition.
target find.
i dont think i will ever get over this perfume! i have loved it for as long as i can remember!
making jewlery out of jewlery.
keeping toddler busy, at least for five min.
take a handful. they are delish!
another cycle of books.
we had pretty crazy weather yesterday!......
and i LOVED IT!
i was in the middle of cooking dinner. and all of a sudden it got dark and started raining. we all ran outside to play in it! it was so refreashing and cool! we were catching it in our hands and splashing it on our legs! so wonderful! addie got to bring out her umbrella! callie just wanted to get out in it, umbrella or not. she loved it! it smelled divine!
and then the power went out and our house started getting really hot and we were all hungry but i couldnt really cook anything. cereal didnt sound so appealing. so we had to hop in our air conditioned car and go to grandma higbees house!
this little booger was so excited about the rain and
would not look at me!
holding on to her umbrella for dear life. she may be the next mary poppins! who wouldnt want to be "practically perfect in every way"?
gotta love the wet, after nap, bang pony!
never doing bangs again on her!
still not looking.
rain, rain, please stay! maybe for a few more days!
****p.s.
i got the recipe blog up and running. it is called 1tablespoon.blogspot.com.
i need to get everyones email address (those who want to contribute) so i can add you to the list so that you can sign into the blog and add your recipies. the easiest way for me would be to just email me, mhig36@yahoo.com.
thanks for all who want to contribute, the more the merrier. and if you just want to stop by the blog and check out the recipies, add it to your favorites list and tell your friends about it! should be fun!
my children have decided to get up with the sun at a lovely 5:30am! i wish the sun wouldn't show its face until 8:00! during breakfast i asked addie what she wanted to do today, and she replied with a loud, boisterous scream, "GO TO THE PARK!!!" at first i thought, "no, its suppose to be 110 today."
but at 6:30 it really wast too warm, so i threw on some comfy clothes and we went to the park! she loved it. we havent had outside play in quite awhile! 
i picture her shouting at the top of her lungs...
"WAKE UP EVERY BODY!!!"
i am sick of her bangs. i regret cutting them! poor girl! oh well, live and learn!
have a good night!
i am bored and i cant sleep.
i have had this song in my head all day.
i totally think it should be on the twilight movie!
listen to the words carefully.
i love her voice.
i love this song.
totally think of bella and edward!
i am so lame!
{check it out!}
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ctIC65PV0
look at the smile on this guys face!
mark made a purchase yesterday. i gave in. i was so set on the fact that he would not get a motorcycle! well i dont have to explain the gas prices. and my husband works 30 min from home. it adds up fast. this thing gets 60-65 miles per gallon! ya i was sold! it will save us a ton of money! 
i am having major anxiety thinking of him on the road. so yes, i am normal and yes, i worry. i have mixed emotions right now and i am trying not to think of having a quadriplegic husband! :o)
im so glad when daddy comes home,
(keep in mind this is me singing this song to my husband,
not my kids!)
glad as i can beeee!
CLAP my hands and SHOUT for JOY,
and climb up on his knee!
put my arms around his neck,
hug him tight like thissss!
pat his cheeks and give him whhhhatttttt?
A GREAT BIG KISS! muah!
we love our daddy o so much! he sacrifices so much for us! we treated him to a steak and potatoe dinner, followed by brownies, his fav. And later he gets to take a fun shopping trip to home depot and get what ever his little power tool hands desire!
we love you daddy and all the the other papas and grandpas in our lives!
I've decided to post often some of the summer projects that i do with my children so all you moms can get some ideas, and we can keep our kids busy, using their imaginations and gaining some creativity and self esteem. i came across this blog (thank you candace!), she uses a lot of ideas from the book The Preschoolers Busy Book.great blog, check it out! I have The Toddlers Busy Book and i love it. It gives a lot of ideas and you use things that you already have around your house! just love it! i am currently the highest bidder for the Preschoolers book on ebay! (whoever i am bidding against... just give up!) lets hope i win because i really want that book. anyway, here are some of the activities we have been doing....
{the puppet show}
i cut out images from an old coloring book and glued them on some popsicle sticks to make puppets. addie colored them and picked out her favorite! i want to make a better theater, im thinking of cardboard? we'll see if i get around to it!
all of the people in the play. i especially love red riding hood, the bird and the topless mermaid!
{washing money}
what kid doesnt like money, bubbles, water and making things shine!?
i just added some dish soap to a plastic container, added water, emptied out the coin jar, gave her an old toothbrush, and let her at it! she sat there forever! this was a hit!
{cut, paste, color,repeat}
addie is learning to cut with her OWN scissors! has to be her OWN scissors, you know how it is! i again helped her cut images out of a coloring book. i ran out of glue sticks so i put some modge podge in a bowl and let her apply it on the paper with a stick. kinda like painting. she enjoyed that. then she colored them. its a different way to use your coloring books and changes things up a bit for them! 
{another idea i have used that i can add to the list is homemade playdoh. i put it on my blog awhile ago. go here to see the recipe. its fun for them to help you make it and then play with it! and if your nervous that your child might eat it, i have an edible recipe also....
Peanut Butter Playdoh
2 C. peanut butter
6 Tbls. honey
nonfat dry milk, or milk plus flour
cocoa for chocolate flavoring(optional, i've never added it before)
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix, adding enough dry milk or milk plus flour to reach the consistency of bread dough. Add cocoa if desired. Shape and eat!
I remember playing with this as a kid and it really is tasty!
So i hope some of this was helpful to you moms! And if you have any ideas you want to share of things you have been doing at home with your wee ones, please email me, mhig36@yahoo.com. i would love to get more ideas, and maybe i will post some of them!
Heres to a summer of busy kids!
