Monday Manifest on Tuesday

Things We Did WIth The Kids Today That I Loved

1. They unrolled an entire roll of tin foil.
2. They both fell asleep on my lap at 11:30am.
3. They stole bell peppers from me as I chopped them up for dinner.
4. They played with our mini shop vac for over hour.
5. They played with a squirt bottle for 45 minutes.
6. Sonya chose to be naked the entire day.  
7. Teddy ran across the room multiple times to to get a cuddle and a kiss.
8. They practiced taking turns and sharing.
9. Teddy imitated Sonya.
10. Josh and I squirted whip cream directly into their mouths.
11. Gave them a bath....it had been since last Thursday.
12. We all danced around the house to Christmas carols, with all of the lights turned off except the Christmas tree.

I Heart Faces- Scenic B & W

This week on I heart Faces the challenge is scenic black and white.  

This photo I took this Fall at the pumpkin patch. 

Here is my cute family making their way through the pumpkins. 

 Click on the button above to to all of the other great entries at 

I Heart Faces.

My New Baby

My wonderful loving husband gave me my Christmas present a little early this year.  

Let me introduce you to the newest member of my family.

Here is a closer look.

I have wanted her for quite some time, and now she is mine.  

I wanted to give her a nice 1950s housewife name, but with all of my naming abilities, I was stumped.  

My sister Gretchen suggested Doris, but that didn't fit.  

I have taken to calling her Lady, but we shall see.  

Now that I have an amazing dough hook, for Lady's inaugural run I decided to make a rustic Italian bread.  

I am still figuring out all of how to use her the best of her ability, but the bread turned out divine.

Be prepared for a lot more baking posts.  

If you have any baking requests let me know.  

I would be happy to oblige and bring it to you, so I don't look like I am smuggling loaves of bread down the back of my pants.

Monday Manifest

What I Think The Old Venture at Deer Creek Should Be Turned Into

1. Ikea
2. Costco
3. Babies R Us
4. Roller Rink
5. Sky Zone
6. Indoor Waterpark

What is your dream for Deer Creek?

Rainbow Bath

On Sunday Sonya discovered my gift wrapping box full of ribbons, wrapping paper, tissue paper, glitter, name tags.  Needless to say my stash was destroyed.  I tried to salvage what I could, but she kept getting the box out.  Basically all that was left was the tissue paper, and by Tuesday it was strooned about the living room.  I happen to be babysitting for my friend Katy's little girl Claire.  Katy was just busy, giving BIRTH.  Claire was blessed with a beautiful baby sister Mary-Jane Grace Martin.  Ok, back to the tissue paper.  With two toddlers and one three and half year old the on my hands, the tissue paper became the best way to pass the time.  Sonya proceeded to create the game, Rainbow Bath.  Rainbow Bath was basically Claire and Teddy laying down in my gift wrapping box with Sonya throwing the rainbow colored tissue paper on top of them and jumping on them.  They were loosing their minds, and thought it was the best game ever.  

Here is the proof.

(Embrace the grain in these photos.  My house is really dark this time of day.)

    

Teddy kept stealing Claire's binky, too.  

He thought it was hilarious to put it in his mouth.

Claire didn't find it too funny.

The last photo is my favorite. 

 Maybe I will pull this out for their rehearsal dinner someday.  

HA!!  

Monday Manifest

What I Bought At Penzeys Last Week

1. Freeze Dried Shallots
2. Hot Chocolate Mix
3. Mexican Vanilla
4. Garlic Salt
5. Sunny Paris Seasoning
6. Shallot Salt
7. Northwoods Seasoning
8. Cinnamon Sugar
9. Cinnamon
10. Sweet Hungarian Paprika
11. Sesame Seeds
12. Adobo
13. Fajita Seasoning

Bits of Our Day

Today was one of those days I decided the kids and I needed to stay home. 

 I thought it would be a good idea to make these cookies.

It really wasn't.  
Teddy just screamed and pushed my legs away from the counter until I gave him a spoon to lick.
Sonya had very hard time listening while we were baking together.  I ended up yelling and freaking out about the measurements being wrong.  
Then she looked at me said, "Mama, I just want to bake wis you."  
Parenting fail.    
After the baking debacle, Sonya pulled out the $5.00 costumes from Old Navy I bought two weeks ago.  
The perfect remedy for a cranky morning.  

They were ridiculously cute.

First the giraffe

Now the monkey

I have talked about our backyard before, but I can't say enough about it.  We have a great deck and awesome play set that the kids love.  
I think my kids would love to be pushed on the swings for hours.  
I can only stand it for five minutes. 
Here is a look at their favorite activity.

 This is the new favorite activity Sonya and Teddy like to do together.

They love to swing and twirl on their bellies.  I love seeing them together like this.

When the costumes came off they spent some more time whining, and then we played peek a boo with my two colanders from the bakers rack.  They thought it was the greatest game ever. We had a little lunch leftover Imo's, grapes, cantaloupe, and bell peppers (sorry no photo).  After the our lunch, they drew on the chalkboard.

While they drew on the chalkboard, I noticed my kitchen floor.

These photos were taken at 12:30pm.  
When do you think I last washed my floor?

6:00pm the the night before!!!  
My floors could be the death of me.  I did mop, again, today.   
I am sure by tomorrow you would never know.  
Anywho, back to our day.  We made it to nap time, barely.  
Luckily Sonya C.  fell asleep in the chair, so I could catch up on my shows.  
Here she is.

I hope you enjoyed a look at random parts of our day.
I forgot to mention I wore my pajamas all day, and didn't brush my teeth until 6pm.
Don't be jealous of me.