loving their bar

their first lunch at the bar . . . notice the monster bites nana? they loved eating up there. and no they still haven't gotten dressed by lunch time.

their first craft time at the bar. it's been a long time since they have gotten to do paint. and yes . . . they are still nakey and i honestly don't see any chance of them getting dressed in the near furture! but at least now . . . little shrimp does have an ernie diaper on (her favorite diaper character) and little miss finally did decide to . . . oops i mean mommy made her . . . put her panties on.

starting to look like a home . . . sorta!

so i finally got the barstools assembled and i totally love them! i was really worried about them looking too "heavy" in our small kitchen but they really set it off. . . even though the counters are still covered in who knows what!

this is the sofa that we bought . . . the first one. when they delivered it had a couple of things wrong with it. some of the stitching was coming out . . . fixable. had an area that looked like it was about to rip . . . not so fixable. and the frame was completely broken on the chaise part . . . definitely not fixable! so we went to the store and returned it.

this is the new set that we got. they picked up the sectional and delivered these yesterday. i LOVE them. we were really biting our nails . . . hoping that they would look good in the orange room and getting prepared to repaint. we loved the dark chocolate sectional in there and we just weren't sure how these light slate blue sofas would look. i actually like them a whole lot more than the brown. i can't wait to get my curtains and pillows in there. we still have to find a rug for the room too . . . when the room is finished and the furniture is in it's actual place, i will post more pics of the room.

this one's trashy . . .

is this the most serious trash truck you have ever seen or what?

oh . . . sorry for the lame title! i told you in my first post that i'm not a writer and i forgot to mention that i'm not a comedian either. that was the best i could come up with . . . so just bare with me.

is it naptime yet?

we ended up getting home a little later than usual last night after cheerleading because i had to deliver these . . .



so, i didn't get a chance to work on these . . .



because i had some orders i had to work on so i finish these . . .



and this crazy girl stayed up until 4:30 am with me . . .

project for tonight . . .

the stools from target came today! i decided to go with these stools, because they looked a little more sturdy for the girls. still undecided on chairs for the dining room table though.

but for now we are off to cheer practice and the stools will have to wait until we get home! how cute is this little dynasty cheerleader?

thank you nana!

they love their jammies that were in the box!

yummy

i always loved making english muffin pizzas when i was a little girl . . . and now this is one of my girls favorite things to do too. it must be such a great feeling for a 2 and 3 year old to make their own lunch, watch it cook, and then get to eat what they made!

how cute is this?

i was catching up on my blog addiction and one of my daily reads featured the most adorable artwork!!

you can find carla sonheim's GIRLS! art in her etsy shop.

on a roll!

2 nights in a row . . . all 3 girls are in bed and asleep before 9pm!

learning is fun

just came across these pics from the Louisiana Children's Museum that i have been meaning to share. the girls had so much fun learning . . . i mean playing!

3 down . . . so many left

things are starting to get settled . . . well kinda! we are trying to do at least 1 little project every night. this past week and weekend we got the microwave and stove installed . . . thank you electrician and plumber for not doing this! and last night sean got the shelves installed in our little pantry hiding out under the staircase. oh and he also got the shoe molding installed in our office, so i guess that's actually 4 down!

our project for tonight is to get the gates on the stairs. and i'm getting ready to head to my favorite place . . . hobby lobby . . . to pick up a table that i am going to be using for my sewing/craft table!

ice cream for breakfast?

staying dry at night is a big deal for our little miss. she has been wearing panties during the day since before she turned 2 years old. but for some reason she has the hardest time staying dry all thru the night, so she still wears a pull-up to bed. her 4th birthday is fast approaching and we would love for her to be able to stop wearing pull-ups to bed before she turns 4. so last night while we were getting ready for bed, i told her if she kept her pull-up dry, she could eat ice cream for breakfast and . . .

decisions . . . decisions . . .

i have been on the hunt for barstools to put in this corner of the kitchen for a while. i found some that i like at hobby lobby but they were $199.00 each. they always have their things on sale, but i still didn't want to spend that much. they are stained with upholstered seats. with wood floors and stained cabinets we were thinking that would be too much stained wood. and upholstered seats probably aren't the greatest idea with 3 messy little girls in this house!

so last night i was up till all hours of the morning searching the web and of course i found some at tar-jay! and they are on clearance! so i showed sean this afternoon when he came home from work and he says . . . great, lets get them. so i ordered them right away! well . . . now i think i am having buyers remorse or something. yes, i am feeling ok. i am second guessing myself on whether or not they are going to be too big and bulky in that small corner in the kitchen??

originally i was wanting something sleek, modern, and airy. we are going eclectic in this house . . . modern and old mixed together. after i got the girls to bed . . . did i mention they were in bed and asleep by 9 tonight . . . i had this great idea to see what ikea had to offer. and of course i found something there too! and if you can believe it . . . it is even cheaper. a lot cheaper! so, now i am completely torn.

i also found some chairs that are exactly what we are wanting for the dining room. i cannot get over the price of these and the barstools! i am thinking that i am going to be cancelling my order from good ole tar-jay!

note to self . . .

don't buy any more toys . . . they don't even play with them!

pop goes the weasel

too good to be true?

this is what all 3 of my girls are doing right now . . . . and these pictures were taken at 9 p.m.!!! i couldn't tell you the last time they were all 3 in bed that early. ok, so little brown eyed girl isn't in bed, but she is sleeping. and i'm sure the big girls were always in bed this early while they were with their nana and pops . . . but nana's must have a special potion that puts kids to sleep early or something because this is a very rare occurrence at our house.

our happy little family

recharged . . . well sorta

as if i wasn't lucky enough just to get a couple weeks with only 1 baby . . . i got to take a girls trip to orange beach, alabama while the big girls were in missouri! it was so wonderul! 6 girls hanging out on the beach for 3 days with no worries other than remembering to reapply our sunscreen. we had so much fun, that i think i'm still trying to recover and catch up on the sleep that we forgot to get while we were there. the problem is that our condo was within arms reach to florabama . . . and we shut them down everynight!

life as we know it

our family is back together again! we picked up the girls from their 2 week stay with nana and pops friday night and our crazy life with 3 little ones is in full throttle again. we met nana and pops in hardy, arkansas to get the girls and we spent saturday rummaging thru all of their great little antique shops. we came across a little shop . . . . i wish i could remember the name but of course i can't . . . and they had the greatest wall signs. there were 3 that i fell in love with because they fit our family to a "t."

"the only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping child"
"a crowded nest is the best nest of all"

and this one is the unofficial . . . . well maybe it should become the very official motto for our family . . .
"we may not have it all together, but together we have it all"

our life has been so crazy for the past year and a half. we have spent a good chunk of our time traveling the roads between missouri and new orleans and a good chunk was spent with daddy in new orleans and me and the girls in missouri. but all of the craziness really doesn't matter to me. i can handle that . . . i am a mother right?! all that matters is our family is together and we are living our craziness with each other!

i'm not lost!

i promise i'm not lost! we have been so busy trying to get things moved into our new house and moved out of our rental. i have lots of stories and pics i want to share. i'll be back very soon!