question.of.the.day

Setup:  The girls are discussing Spanish numbers, and we're counting to 10 in Spanish.  Meredith takes her turn and counts to 10. 

Meredith:  Mom, do you know what 11 and 12 are in Spanish?

Me:  No...sorry.  We'll have to check on that.

Meredith:  Do you think Dora knows? 

Me:  I'm sure she does. 

I hate it when cartoon characters know more than I do.

sister.vs.sister

Recently, we were going out of town for the weekend, so I asked the girls to help pack their suitcases. I told them to grab everything that they wanted to take with us, and I'd check it before they packed it up.

Claire brought this:

Not bad...maybe a few too many items. Do you really need to take 4 pairs of pajamas for 2 nights? Or 9 pairs of shorts? Or 10 shirts? We slimmed down that pile before it hit the suitcase.

Now Meredith...

Uh, yeah, probably need to pack a couple more items, sweetheart.

Although Meredith is my girl who will wear the same outfit 4 days in a row, she does need to pack more than a t-shirt, a pair of fleece pants, a tank top, and a pair of shorts for an entire weekend!

I think my girls need to give each other a few pointers on packing, and all will be right with the world. :)

ick.

I walked into Amelia's room the other morning, and she looked like this:

What is that on her face you ask...take a closer look...

Did you guess a tick? If so, you're a winner!

Is that disgusting or what? Poor Amelia. Living in the country, we have tick issues, and I'm fully aware of them. We've taken 5 off of Claire's head so far this year. I'm convinced that her blood is pure tick sugar.

This was Amelia's first, and Meredith hasn't had any. I just found it crazy-weird that it was attached to her face! I've never seen a tick attached to a face.

No worries, though...Dr. Mom came to the rescue. :)

first.place.party

I've been training for a couple of 5K runs for the summer. The girls keep asking me if I'm going to win! It totally cracks me up. They truly believe that I might.

The other day, they were asking me again if I was going to win. I said no. "But what if you do win?" I told them that we'd have a party.

Oh, they were beyond thrilled that we might have a party because of my running skills! "Who are we going to invite?" Me: "Everyone we know!" Because if I win, it really will be something special.

Them: Will we invite everyone from church?

Me: Yep. And all of my facebook friends too. And all of my blogger buddies.

Them: Where will everyone park?!!

You see, this is why I love my children! They believe that I might actually win and that our biggest problem will be parking during the party at our house! :)

And if a big storm comes along and knocks out the first 99 runners next weekend at my 5K? Well, clear your schedules...because we're having a party, and you're invited.

june.menu.plan

Is it June 8 already?  The fact that I'm just now posting this will tell you all you need to know about our June schedule!  Pure craziness...in a good way, of course!  You'll notice (per Josh's request) that I've started planning a easy Sunday lunch each week.

June 6-12
6/6: cold meat sandwiches
6/7: pork stir-fry
6/8: pancakes and bacon
6/9: homemade pizza
6/10: chicken patty sandwiches
6/11: no cooking
6/12: no cooking

June 13-19
6/13: no cooking
6/14: breakfast casserole w/ blueberry muffins
6/15: deer steaks and creamy potato salad (new)
6/16: homemade noodles and sauce (new)
6/17: tacos (seasoned with this...new) and doubling the meat for extras
6/18: whole chicken
6/19: taco salad (use extra meat from 6/17)

June 20-26
6/20: chicken and noodles (use extra meat from 6/18)
6/21: rosemary ranch pork kabobs (new)
6/22: burritos el grande (new) and fresh corn salsa (new)
6/23: chicken manicotti (freezer meal from last month)
6/24: santa fe chicken salad
6/25: cheese-stuffed meatloaf (new...I always think that our family should like meatloaf, but we never really do.  This is the last meatloaf recipe that we try.  If we don't like it, it's going to be a long time before we try another!!)

June 27-30
6/27: frozen pizza
6/28: almond chicken and rice
6/29: fiesta chicken burritos
6/30: spaghetti w/ breadsticks

fashion.statement

This is what you end up wearing when your two favorite big sisters dress you. They choose their favorite shirt, their favorite capris, and their favorite socks.

Who cares if it matches?!!  The best part?  She insisted on wearing the same outfit the following day. :)  Thankfully, we weren't going anywhere!

f.family

Can I tell you how much fun this was??!!  This is Jessica, Amos, and their two kiddos.  Jess, Amos, and I all went to college together (Jess is one of my BFFs from my freshman year), so we got together recently to do some pics when they came to visit.  They are such a fabulous family, and it was a pleasure to photograph them!  Grace and Tyler were extremely cooperative during our session, and were rewarded with m&ms from Mom and Dad. :)

Here are a few of my favs:

Love you guys!

happy.birthday.josh

Today is Josh's birthday. This man is one of the most talented people I know. He builds stuff. He paints stuff. He grows stuff. He cleans stuff (when I ask him to). He fills our freezer with tons of meat and cooks it, too! And he does it all so well!! (He's a perfectionist, and thankfully, he knows it!)

I love him so much, and I'm so grateful to be married to him.

I love you, babe! Happy Birthday! Mwah!