Lucky

My gruesome twosome
My cohorts in crime
My little beasties

Whoooo

Made a little owl hair clip for Flannie. And then her friend came over and demanded an identical one for her. I love that age. I want to demand more things. . . I mean, I want to demand more things and have it be cute and kind of endearing.

We've Got Spirit!

It was Spirit Week at Emerson's school last week. And I have to say this boy really hit the ground running. The first day was 'Bad Tie' Day and, as you can see, he has a really bad tie and he's not afraid to use it. His tie was a collaboration wherein I say you should make a tie because that would be more fun and he says he'll just wear that one of dad's that looks like a fish because that will be easier and I come up with this genius idea to use all of the things that are cluttering up the floor of his very 7 year old boyish room which includes bugs so he thinks BUGS and is totally into the idea. Win-win situation, no? He scores a cool, original tie with BUGS and I don't have to clean up his room. Arts and crafts simply make life better.

Then the next day is Hawaiian Day. I love this idea when we live in Portland and Spirit Week is January. Nothing says Hawaiian like a grass skirt over corduroy pants and a flowered shirt over a sweatshirt under a parka. It's like a luau up in here! Emerson wore his only Hawaiian-like shirt and then he put a hoodie over it and then he added his winter coat.

The next day was Crazy Hat Day and I didn't get a picture but seriously you are not missing much. Emerson was on to me and my 'arts and crafts' tricks. He would have nothing to do with that so he took pipe cleaners and twisted them through a baseball hat. Crazy! And then he asked me if it looked like a spaceship had landed on his hat but it looked like a bunch of pipe cleaners had been twisted through it so I said nothing. And I forgot to take pictures. Close your eyes. Think beige baseball hat. Think black pipe cleaners. It's like you were there!


The next day was Mismatched Day which has to be the funniest thing I've ever heard. Funnier than Hawaiian Day is January is Mismatch Day in Elementary School! Every damn day is Mismatch Day. Really? Wouldn't it be a little bit more original to have Let Your Mom Dress You Day or Wear a Nice Sweater Day. Emerson has no idea how to MATCH MATCH let alone purposely mismatch. And I think he might have been worn out from the first few days because. . .well, look at the picture of his shoes. Oh no, the shoes aren't mismatched (which I had suggested) but the socks are. They are the same sock but one has a black stripe (that's the one on the right) and one has a red stripe (lefty). I know! Crazy! That's my boy. Most days he's wearing ten different colors (with an escape plan of shorts and a short sleeved shirt under his clothes in case of rapidly changing weather systems in the greater Portland area) with no regard for pattern or stains or patterned stains. But on Mismatch Day he wore those socks. . . under his pants. . .because the boy has spirit!

And this has so much to do with why I'm always singing that Gwen Stefani song

My kids are bananas
B-A-N-A-N-A-S

Cody is Older!

Happy Birthday, little brother!
You haven't changed a bit.
I asked mom for a sister. . . .but I'm glad she wasn't listening to me.

Cupcake, part one

I was a busy little mommy yesterday. It could have been the mood or the inspiration or the little girl whining 'make me a skirt.' But it's done. And more pics are on the way!




Flannie decided her outfit was very much in the style of a waitress so she created her own cupcake and ice cream restaurant called Chocolate Paradise then went to the library with me and her pad of paper and pencil stuck behind her ear. Just in case anyone wanted to order something.

Wheels!

On a random day in January when we surprisingly had no freezing cold wind, no icy rain, no day of gray and drizzle and there was even this big ball of yellow almost visible in the sky, Flannie took her training wheels off and learned how to ride her bike while Emerson taught himself to roller blade.































In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
-Albert Camus

Raffle Time

Raffle time is here again. And I know you have been missing it. SO here's the scoop. Raffle tickets are $5 a piece. The big prize is 4 round trip tickets anywhere in the Continental U.S. , Mexico or the Carribbean. WOW! That's awesome. Not to mention you'd be helping school kids get things they need like books and pencils and a trip to China.

Now here's the best part. . . .wait for it. . . I have the winning ticket. If, by chance, I told you that before during other raffles, then I was mistaken and I sincerely apologize. You should not let that influence your decision to buy another ticket here.

Now, how many tickets do you want?