MmDonals

Today I took my 3 little ladies to McDonald's- alone. This is not a feat I usually attempt by myself, but between a playgroup down the road, and dentist appointments for John and I, it was a necessity that had to happen.
Since Elizabeth and Cosette we busy big kid watching, I had some time to just listen to the sounds of the McDonald's playroom. I just thought I'd share with you some things I overheard while I was there:

Anything else?
Can I help you?
Mine are independent now.
Wow, you have your hands full.
You have to keep your shorts ON!
No taking off your clothes.
Mom, he's bleeding.
You are so brave.
Dial it down a bit.
There was a lot of kids right there.
I don't like the Batmans.
I don't know how you do it.
Mmmmmmmm
Shhhhhhh.
Watch over your brother.
No shrieking.
I like my special drink.

And MmDonals is how Gianna says McDonald's right now and I just love it!

Swing Time

We have great trees in our new house. Just not the kind that have low branches to hang a swing from. So my creative wonderful, crafty husband, went all out and figured out how to hang TWO swings on the back porch.

Enjoying the swing time!

Get high with a little help from my big sister!

Embroidery Night 2010!

I had the most fun last night hosting a few gals over for Embroidery Night 2010.
(I do so hope you said that in your head with the same voice as the Monster Truck rally commercials. You know-"Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. Come see the Big Monster Trucks." If you didn't happen to use that voice, could you go back and read it in your mind in the monster truck voice? It will make you smile when thinking about ladies drinking iced coffees, sewing and monster trucks all at the same time!)
I just wanted an excuse to have fun with the gals and use my monogram machine. I made a Lemon Blueberry Bunt cake, and a Chocolate Cake with Truffle Icing! Oh my, was that good! We had some iced coffee (105 degrees does not cool off much at night) and lots of fun fellowship. I enjoyed bribing my friends to hang out with me! We had a blast and just a fun excuse to hang out on a Tuesday night.


Chatting it up!

Having Fun in the wet bar.
It's John's Man land and he was quite upset that I put pink flowers in there. Sorry dear. It was for Embroidery Night 2010!!!!!!



(You said it in the monster truck voice that time didn't you?)

UGGGGGG

Cannot get a video to upload. Rest assured that I have some cute videos and will by golly, get them available for your viewing pleasure.
In the mean time Talk amongst yourselves.
Here I'll give you a topic: I have lots of other obsessions along with school supplies.
I have the need to have about 100 rolls of Toilet paper in the house at all times, along with 3 FULL containers of dishwashers soap.
Anybody else want to come clean with their over buying ways?

Would you like to wish on a star?

I had read about the meteor shower and thought it would be fun to see it. Last night John and I just went outside and had a mini date.
We lay on the front sidewalk and just looked up in the sky and we were awed.
We actually saw the skys move. It was really cool. We saw a few and we have a street light at the end of our drive way. It was really really really cool. Just to look up at the heavens and know that the Lord God created it all. A-Ma-Zing.

Psalm 33:5-7

⁵ The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.

⁶ By the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

⁷ He gathers the waters of the sea into jars ^a]">[a] ;
he puts the deep into storehouses.

Sweetness

Hot

No new news for you fellow Texans. It's HOT here!!!!!
I had to laugh a bit at myself when I looked at the car thermometer as it said 90, and I thought to myself, "90 is nice. It feels cooler today."

We had a play date at a fellow mom of twins house this morning and had a good time. We all went outside for about 5 minutes. Elizabeth was sweating all over her head and Cosette was turning pink! One of the other girls said, "I hot. Go inside." So we did!

The babies have dropped their morning nap. After a busy week in the nursery at VBS they decided that it was more fun to play than nap so I obliged them. It's been a little different adjusting to the new schedule. Bye bye forever my morning email/blog check/get a shower and get ready for the day time. But hello to new adventures and more fun time together! (read that as, "Hello to mommy running more morning errands! Hurray!!!!!")

And August always means the start of the year for me. I think that it's really when you should celebrate the new year. New things start. New changes. Summers doldrums and oppressive heat are finished and fall just celebrates the harvest and the promise of what's next. Yay Fall.
I've also decided to officially stop shopping for crayons and markers. I have more than enough to give to Operation Christmas child, keep two toddlers and a preschooler well occupied and more than enough to start my own crayon supply store.
Anyone else have a school supply addiction?