Confession time…

I lied to Fred. ‘Tis true. I told him we’d do the Gingerbread Tree yesterday and we did not get to it.

Sad, but there it is.

Maybe this afternoon?

Yesterday Tori babysat next door for a few hours to earn some money. Jenna came over with supplies so we could help her make cakeballs for a holiday gig. I dipped pretzels with the leftover chocolate. Yum. At one point the girls walked up to Walmart for… uh… not sure what they went for?

The boys helped create some cute gift tags for me. Thanks boys!

Recently the kids discovered they could make money selling pecans to a local pecan company. They spent a few hours picking up pecans.

*Ugh… look at those dirty boy hands with claws. Guess who is getting nails trimmed in a few moments?

Yesterday we finally ran by to get haul weighed and cash paid. Total amounts earned: TJ $7.50, Tori $5.50 and Jenna $2.50. Tommy, of course, did not participate. I promised him we’d find a way to earn some money that was tree nut free.

Last night most of the gifts were wrapped. Yay.

And this morning the boys found Fred up HIGH.

Only two more nights of Elf Mischief left. Wonder what he’ll get up to next?

Just a few Sunday pictures

I broke down and put some lantana in the front bed. I know it will do well there, but I have been hesitant to put it in because I know how it can spread. Oh well, I’ll just have to keep it in check.

And we just added some simple marigolds for color as well.

Some other garden shots:

And a ‘friend’ we found. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

Weekend projects

Check it out: Nesting Place

Gorgeous home decorating ideas.

We were inspired to finally put up a back splash in the kitchen.

We also picked some new flowers for the planter out front. I’ll post pics of those after I get them in the ground!

Saturday clean up day

Oh yeh… Tim rocks. Today he totally helped me get the house clean. He did tons of laundry, serviced the vacuum (getting enough hair from the beater bar to make a blond wig…ewwwwww), vacuumed the house, then later did the yard. I did help… honest!!! I got the bathrooms in shape and then dusted everything. Climbed up on the bookshelves and removed all the nick nack stuff and CLEANED. And I’ve been doing a little bit of work on the side as well. But really… Tim rocks. Just face it.

A couple of years ago I found some chopsticks in the dollar spot at Target. The kids LOVE these things. They are connected at one end and ‘springy’ making them super easy for the kids to use. Tonight we had stir fry since we ended up with some tasty fresh snow peas fresh from a friend’s garden. (Yummmo!) So, of course, the chopsticks came right out.

And then I thought I’d include some pictures of the front porch area these days. We have some gorgeous potted bougainvilleas Tim got us recently at Home Depot. Love those. And the potted hydrangeas are coming back fairly well. Next Fall I will send them to the greenhouse to winter over I think. Less trauma to them.

Happy Palm Sunday

Look what I discovered…

Life with kids is amusing.

Just some pictures of the dog

It’s a pretty calm Saturday around here.

So, I give you pictures of Glory Dog.

Have a great weekend!

Froggy Mornings

Every school morning right now the children get up and look to see how many tree frogs are on the kitchen windows. The record currently stands at seven frogs.

Glory would like to add that the frogs are somewhat tasty.
(Yuck!)
And I would like to remind all frogs that I give fair warning before turning on the grill.
(Ewwwwwwwwwww!)

Other than warily watching Dean last week, we have nothing exciting to report. Dance has started for Tori. TJ and Tommy are both signed up for Soccer. And I officially drive the kids around way too much.

And that’s about all I have for you tonight.

Around our home

Recently I found a new love: black spray paint!

I brought together modpodged frame hooks, cubbies, and a white framed dry erase calendar today. Love the new look in our mudroom. The names in the frame hooks were simply done in Photoshop (Amber Clegg’s papers) with text and printed off at Walmart.

The front porch also saw benefits from black spray paint. We inheritated a couple of white chairs from Nana and Lalo that I adore.b (Thanks you!) The white stood in stark contrast to the house. But black is PERFECT!

So, can you see the froggy body print and footprints in the condensation? The kids thought this was so funny Friday morning!

It’s been a mostly laid back project day. Tim is working TWO jobs today and the poor guy is sick too. Daddy get’s a day off Sunday for sure.

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. Catch you later…

Goofy boys having fun.

Scrapbook Wall Art

Check it out!

These are Ikea 5×5 frames, and Making Memories Chipboard words that I got at Target. 10 layouts printed at Walmart on 5×7 sheets.

Cool.