B.S.C.

craft mania, new years and resolutions

I've been trying to get some things checked off my craft list that have been hanging over my head

1. finishing my Christmas photo card album-which you will note I put the wrong date on the cover. SHOCKING!

2- making the title page to my project life album

3. I finished my project life 2011 and sent it to be printed.

done, done and done.

next up. finishing the 2010 december daily.  geting there.  I picked it up again this evening.I just WANT IT DONE.

For new years eve, I found these cute printables on line.

This kids filled them out to variying degrees. I will keep them in a secure location (meaning I won't forget where I put them) and hand them out next new year's eve. I set them on the kids table, at each place setting.

Us adults didn't have any on our table.  Apparently our resolution was to get through 8 bottles of wine.  Uh, there were six of us.  You do the math. 

the girls and I made some gluten free cupcakes, our favorite gluten filled salted fudge brownies and some cheater cranberry bliss bars from starbucks.  If you haven't tried those yet, you should.

 

Resolutions:

Gracie has been home the last two days.  sick. sick. sick.  poor thing.  She stayed with my dad this morning while I went to work.  When we got home, we played an exciting game of SORRY.  Being one to multi task, I whipped out my foot file and went to town while playing.  Gracie asked why I was doing such a thing and then she answered her own question.  "OH because you have lizard skin."  Gee, thanks honey.  I told her it was my new years resolution to keep my heels baby soft. We'll see how long that lasts. 

resolution 2- participate in a sprint triathalon

resolution 3- finish a craft once I start it

I'd also like to be more organized, forget less, bake more, cook more, craft more and find a way to fit hot yoga into my workout routine.  

for now, I think I'll just start with keep my heels as soft as a baby's bottom. 

someone get the belt sander...

 

the pumpkin patch

I wish we had gone on a sunnier day!

pumpkins for the slingshot

 She found the RABBIT!

 

I ended up waking out about half way through.  My foot was killing me in my rain boots.  I barely beat them out.  

Looking for pumpkins.

A heavy wheelbarrow.

Sweet Sisters.

 

 

let freedom ring

(jen brought me that sweet subway art and the cute tote, filled with more cute goodies)

or just cram so many activities into one weekend that you exhaust the heck out of your kids so that they crap out by the end of the night and sleep until morning. 

the friedrichsen's came to the town home saturday for the 4th of july weekend.  i could not think of a more perfect and fun family to spend this family holiday with!

jen was the fabulous photographer, who captured all of our time together so well. 

when they got here we immediately headed to the pool.

after the pool, eric concocted some electric lemonades for jen and i

not too sweet and barely able to taste the alcohol.  can you beat that?

then we had a yummy dinner of marinated chicken skewers with chimichurri- will post recipe later.  seriously to die for! grilled veggies and cilantro rice

then eric reminded us that we needed to decorate the golf course for the parade.  

first step: a good wash.

a little decor.  we had to flip that flag around.  it just didn't work for martha.

and then we had some jello jiggler stars

the next morning, we got up bright and early to get ready for the parade. 

on the way to the parade jen noticed my patriotic sunglasses

we had some candy and bubbled to throw out.  note to self: need more bags of candy and bubbles next yet.  4 boxes of bubbles and 7 bags of mints didn't cut it.

waiting for the parade to start

bud bud  found a fire truck

we spotted george wa and betsy ross

and who doesn't love a patriotic ass?

after all the candy throwing in the hot sun, the kids needed a drink and little cooling off time in the water

which is approximately when annie told me she had to go to the bathroom. the only "bathroom" was a sani can that has probably sat in the hot sun for approximately 1000 days and never been emptied.  we stood there for what seemed like 5 minutes when finally this old drunkish looking man stumbled out.  at which point he looked at me with his crazy eyes and asked me if i was a grandma. 

i was too stunned to answer with a smart retort and replied no-i'm her mom.

then i got my wits about me and said "do i look like i could be a grandma?" and as the words came out of my mouth i was struck with the realization that it was mathematically possible for me to be a grandma, based on my age.  

to which he replies, "well you're one fine looking woman."

and then i offended him by acting all hurried like and saying "look, she's gotta pee or she'll wet her pants."

being so repulsed by the rotting corpse like smell in the sani can and the interaction with the old man, i ran down to the beach like a crazy person and yelled at jen and the kids to hurry and get up to the golf cart...ANNIE HAD TO PEE.

and me...i am scarred for life.  later annie said, "i'm sorry you had to talk to that man mama." she's pretty preceptive about social situations and she could tell it was inappropriate. 

then we headed out on the boat

the boys went wakeboarding

g and e contemplated jumping in.  which they did.

so i've learned the best way to boat with kids.  ask your new friends to come out in their boat, too and then send all the kids with them on the inner tube.  it was like couple date day for an hour.  and it was heaven.

yay for jen's use of self timer and the yay for the camera not falling into the icy blue water

after a full day of water activity- we still managed to fit in some coloring

another trip to the beach

dinner and some cupcake decorating

and then we watched fire works that didn't start until 10

do you think we wore those kids  out?