Brownie points?

When you see a chair pushed up to the stove it usually spells trouble.

Little miss Audrey was very good at sharing...

Sharing as she spoon fed little mr.beckham and herself half a tray of brownies.

Guess whose more covered in chocolate?

We bought a zoo?

So we bought a zoo? Ok we didn't buy a zoo but we bought zoo membership passes! It's pretty close to our house so we figured it would be a good investment for family fun through the summer!

We had a blast! The kids where in pure heaven---ok I was in heaven as well. For sure up our alley! Can't wait for warm summer days and many zoo visits!

'Hello'

These past few days when we tell Audrey she can't watch any TV she has figured out a crafty solution.

She grabs her fake 'cellphone'
'Hello you want some TV?'
Pause
'Yes, ok, I'll get some TV for you'
Pause
'Ok, bye bye'

Then she scrambles over to me or Brent...

'Um, they want some TV. Ok? I get it for them.'

Crafty crafty crafty
Some serious brownie points for creativity at 2.5 years old.

Mommy's turn
'Let me talk to them'

(Audrey hands me the phone)

'Hello, how are you?'
Pause
'Good I'm glad. You're tired?'
Pause
'Oh you wanna go to bed'
Pause
'Ok, I'll go tuck you in'

***look of fear crosses Audrey's eyes***

'Audrey they want bedtime and they wanna go to bed with you. We better go night night'

Mommy-1
Audrey-0+brownie points

No free kitty cats

Audrey's quote of the day
'Beckham mommy said we can't have snack. No snacks. We wait for dinner. There are NO free kitty cats----OK???'

Haha oh the laughter that I hid ;)

Sewing adventure

So Audrey is somewhat of a nudist.
Last summer she was a force to be reckoned with when it came to dressing her! This summer I was thinking easy breezy might help.

I got a sewing machine-yahoo! My dad&linda rock! (Xmas gift) my last sewing machine died when I fell down the stairs with it and it shattered into a million pieces! Boo! So I'm excited to get into if again. I never in a million years would have thought I would be excited about domestic things-lol-but I love it!

I saw a simple pattern for toddler dresses and I decided to do it! I think I kind have went a little nutso! Ordered enough fabric for 13 dresses! Could make some for next year though. Got a smoking price! Each dress works out to under $4 with all material, ribbon, thread! I figure with them being inexpensive I don't have to worry about her wrecking them or getting filthy.

Just ordered them this morning. Nervous, excited and eager for the material to arrive.

(Yup, ordered material online-honestly these days I don't get out of the house much without the babies. Brent's been working like crazy. So I wasn't going to waste what beautiful free time I have in a fabric store. Fingers crossed that its good quality!)

Lustful boots

I have this problem
B-o-o-t-s
They call my name.
I'm naughty.
I have some beautiful boots.
I love then dearly.

So 2013
Hellooo---we live in a farm house.
We have a barn cat
I'm buying our first chickens in the next week or two!
I'm practically a farmer...
Did I mention the mud on our property-it's crazy. I am that mom in the grocery store in my rainboots most days.

So I bought $12 rainboots.
They died 6 months later
I guess I'm 'vigorous'
Brent thinks buy a little nicer?
I showed him the escalade, Porsche of rain boots.

My 'hunter' lust.
Ok so I first showed him my dream rain boots. I'm so 'country' I have dream boots.

They were $195 and British inspired.
The look of horror was kinda...fun?
Ok Porsche rain boots are a no go...

How about a Audi?
So a 'plain' pair that would match everything. On sale $80.
Bam.

Ok so maybe not the price tag Brent was hoping more. I think he was thinking upgrading the $12 boots to $40 boots.

Did I mention the lifetime warranty?
Did I mention I'm practically a farmer?

Ok-I'm usually a cheapskate but for some reason these boots are calling my name.

I dropped the bday card.
71 days I shall see if I get the 'Audi boots'

I would hurl if I got the 'Porsche' boots---prob not in a good way haha. $200 on rubber boots might stress me out. I'm such a freak. It's 10:54 and so in 1:06mins it's 70 days before I find out about mg 'Audi boots'

Lately

Oh man it's been a busy season. Besides renos, work, life and all those lovely things that make every day wild and busy there has been so much more.

Audrey has moved to not wearing diapers at nighttime anymore! Woohoo!

Beckham has his first real cold. I indulged him and babied him like the sweet baby he is! Then after he thought real life might entail being carried around all day---no sitting allowed for mommy...ya right. We nipped that in the butt. ;)

Have done some planting with Audrey, some baking with both my babies, and many other fun crafts!

Our cat has become very social so everyday we go and feed him and play with him---even though mommy and daddy are NOT cat people we somehow have been talking about getting another kitty this summer...(we apparently did buy a zoo)

Our friends baby was born, and big success it did not give me baby fever...it made me grin and be so glad it's not me with a baby! I can't wait for a summer with NO babies! Maybe some extra independence for mommy!

Brent is also taking an accounting/bookkeeping course so that has been filling up another evening for us. Oh-vey!

It's been a fun season though, I'm thoroughly enjoying the age of my sweethearts. Beckham is just such a doll. Everytime I take him out of the house he's always flirting with the old lady's. heartbreak center over here ;)

February you are nice but lets skip this crap and get right to summer!!!