so.dang.tired

struggling just to get through the day.   completely exhausted from a week of getting up every 2 hours from sick lizzy.  thank god for balloons to provide hours of entertainment for the kiddos...

bubbles

good lord, here we go again!!  (reference to our 9 pets we had pre-kids)...

yup, this is a hamster.  in a pink cage.  for a girl who loves pink!

it was free.  i couldn't say no!

her name is bubbles.  :)

this little girl loves her already.

vintage desk

somewhere along the way, i realized painting furniture makes me happy.  it's a great distraction, a creative outlet for me and something completely different from mothering to do.  i love this stratford blue on this vintage child's desk.  the desk was in terrible shape.  someone was throwing it away, so i took it, removed the drop down leaf, unhooked the metal arms and sanded the thing down and painted it.  a top coat of poly and voila.  a little desk for a little girl.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace

goodbye summer

Is anyone else ready for autumn?!!!  Went to Michael's today and all the fall decor was already up.  Reds, oranges, yellows - and the smell of cinnamon.  It made me happy.  Got me some super cute fall decor earlier this week which I'll put up soon and take pictures of.  Can't wait for cooler weather!!

where did time go?

whoa, it's already august, summer's more than half over, and i missed out on posting a gazillion little things over the last few months.  oh well!  when i remember to post, it's 11pm and i'm too tired and it's way too much effort to haul myself down to the basement computer to upload pics and write anything semi-coherent....

well, how am i doing?  not too bad, i guess.  i'm still not getting good sleep (will i ever?!) because of e + e, but i'm still trying to do fun and creative things during the day -- and doing this helps kick the blues and quickens my spirit.  lots of arts and crafts, making matching games, painting tables, laminating pre-school games (love my laminator!!), etc etc.  sometimes i feel like i'm running a preschool, haha.

emilie is now fully potty trained (who-hoo!!) after 4 days of toileting misadventure (poop in the underwear, on the floor, many pools of peepee to clean up - sorry) and she is more than ready to start preschool next month.  next month!!  where did the last 3 years go?!  the days have definitely been long, and the nights hard, but these several years have zipped on by....

eliz is growing by leaps and bounds every day....talking, making jokes, running, jumping.... now adays, she comes to me and says, "what are you doing, mamma?" it's so adorable!

emilie about to devour her cupcake after she FINALLY pooped in the toilet and filled up her potty chart!

playing a home-made matching game!

the huzz and the girls before church on sunday...

did i mention it's our 6 yr anniv on sat?  :)

out front before church.

happy day!