come to OUR window: i got soul....

BUT i am NOT a soilder....far from it too.... After a week of a sick monkey, who apparently when he is sick INSTEAD of being extra cuddly he takes to extra attitude and ugly tones of voice, (NOT OKAY with me!) AND after a week of a teething little lamb (who i gotta admit was hardly bad but still, a little goes a LONG way!) i will honestly say i was ready to cash in my chips! I think God knew too he sent this BEAUTIFUL weekend to RE-store my energy and bring back smiles to all my loved ones. While we didn't do too much.....We had some kinda good time, did you?

We did have to go do some photo shooting for hollywood baby's NEW website and ads but don't worry i gave my monkey the option and he opted OUT and that was fine.... when your sick you make your own calls about having to dress up and take pictures but the other two scallywags did GREAT.... My little hornet only stuck his head through the rails AND GOT STUCK a handful of times.... rinse and repeat....THIS BABY IS STUBBORN!!! he didn't cry and we managed to wiggle him out every time and get a small laugh too! Daddyc and my monkey played chase and enjoyed the sun and enormous water fountain....

why can't i stick my head through these rails?

We ATtempted lunch out again this weekend as we seem to do every couple days hoping we have made a break through......better luck next time!

Dear Friend, (who we have not seen in awhile)

While i know you must be judging our parenting or kids all together.... Our littlest lamb eating off the floor, our middle hornet SWIMMING in the cheese dip, and our biggest baby cuddled up in my lap 'cause "he is cold" and daddyc enjoying a cold beer mid-day..... Let me explain.....

First of all it was my lambs OWN chip (that is okay, right? that 5 second rule has always been a little fuzzy), and for my middle "you gotta start somewhere and to his defense that cheese dip was EXTRA runny and hard to manage and he was DETERMINED and that was just fine" and for our 4 year old.... well, he funneled a whole thing of sweet tea and had NO SHOES on lending a bit of a chill in the air, AND he had an ear infection on top of that. And the cold beer, well..."can you blame him?" There. We did so enjoy seeing you and yours and hope we didn't scare your small child as she is most precious and i do hope you gave that angel the candy she was begging for??

where are this baby's clothes, you ask? While right there in the grass..... a bubble is really, really, REALLY hard to climb in and SO NOT worth the frustration!

so home again home again to step foot outside and NEVER RETURN INSIDE.... I was going to take FULL advantage of this sun, we are quite some sun lovers in my house. And thats just what we did.... amongst some great friends which made it even better....i even woke my babies up from naps, "cause i didn't want them to miss this op to play in the sunshine OUTSIDE" they agreed, it was GREAT! and to end that day, we grilled burgers- we never left the street just jumped from house to house..... if you JUST change cocktails of choice and NOT food "is that progressive drinking?" "progressive FUN, for sure!" certainly NOT progressive dinner seeing that kate is the only house that cooked.... thanks kate- Pay back will come with time!

its safe to say my lamb LOVES a car riding toy!!!

And its SAFER to say i LOVED watching him play!!

some good tool men, very hard at work....

while playing amongst small babies, its fun to stay on rock stairs just to keep the blood flown'

and a most precious angel being so sweet as always.....

so monkey changed AGAIN..... doesn't he look stunning.... Does it matter? i agree, it does not and i personally still think he looks adorable, call me bias....when you can't find a football, make due with a basketball or better said "when you middle brother won't SHARE the football" MAKE DUE!!!

team work!!! Charlie and Whit are 3 years and 4 months apart and are the best of friends already! They really really enjoy each others company, protection, & entertainment..... As their mama i love to watch them interact.... Yes, they do love the middle one too..... but he seems to want HIS way a little more, ha! But they all three enjoy playing together and daddyc and i enjoy it a little MORE!

lucky for us, we had a princess join us!

i really love this picture...daddyc's bestest and his little boy.... the daddies stopped every now and again from a game of frisbee to catch a moment..... only a moment though and the ole' handoff came into play AS USUAL!!

And a new found fisherman!

look at my hornet....we have MAJOR sleeve ISSUES.... even an outfit like this... ROLL them UP! or else....

And at last... a party! Always fun to see a prince and his princess sister celebrate year 3 AND year 1 together.

TA DA! looking sweeter than the cake itself.

what makes you think we awoke this little guy?

And its always fun to see all these angels together...

i think its a safe bet to say ALL my brood had a great time!

CAKE TIME.... the cake matched the invite which i thought was so cute! what wasn't cute was my little hornet locating his own fork and diving into the only cake he could reach.... the angelic birthday boys.... it was his FIRST too! His grandmother okayed this to go on and i didn't argue with her.