home

we were going to go do something today but somehow i got sidetracked cleaning noah's room and today turned into a cleaning/laundry/catchup day. as much as i love to go, being home is so very nice. my house is clean, my kids are playing {knock on wood}kindly together and i am almost, almost caught up on my mountain of laundry from the weekend.

my babies don't seem to mind, they played in the backyard, had a picnic lunch and of course watched a few charlie & lola's {we are on a charlie & lola kick right now}.


do you ever need a day to just stay home and recover? or are you just a constant "goer?"

xoxo
joanna

instagram's from today

sometimes it is just to hard to lug around my big honkin' camera when i am already schlepping two kiddos around. that is why i love my iphone. the pics may not be technically perfect, crisp or clear but it gets the job done, it captures the moment.



noah showing some skin. slushies and buddies at the mall.


goof balls. pretty girls.

xo
joanna

life as usual

vacation is over and life is back to normal....


back to art projects on the dining room floor...


killing all plants that dare enter our home...


relaxing in the backyard...


and extra dirty, whiny faces.

xo
Joanna

relaxing bath

I decided to take a nice long hot bath tonight to clear my congestion and help me sleep. I had just settled in with my google reader app on my iPhone so I could catch up on my blogs and look who showed up.


Can't a momma get a little privacy? Oh wait, I forgot I know the answer to that question and it's a big fat "negative ghost rider!"

these days

hi friends. things have been very low key around here. lots of staying in jammies late, snuggling on the couch watching toy story 3 and just plain being cozy!
i am sure cabin fever will set in soon but for now we are loving it.

this morning we got up and started our normal tuesday race to get out the door to get sassy to school on time. i had already packed sassy's lunch, made breakfast and poured myself my coffee which i was going to chug down before i got everyone dressed, then a wonderful thing happened, the local news flashed that gracie's school was closed for the day on account of snow! so i warmed my cup of joe to a nice sipping temperature and settled in on the couch with the ipad and good morning america. bliss.

today will be a good day. we will definitely stay cozy for most of the day


but i have promised gracie we will play in the snow. it will be noah's first time out, yay!

i am hoping to post some pictures of our fun later today but we shall see if my littles allow it.

also, say a little prayer for my little noey baby he is having a procedure tomorrow morning :(. he has to have his circumcision redone, ouch!!! my poor little buggy, this will be his third surgery in a year. it just plan stinks. i think he deserves a new "talking buz lightyear" for being such a trooper, what do you think?

happy tuesday!

resolution

i know i am a few days late but you lovely readers will forgive me. i have a two resolutions this year...

• more sunscreen! no wrinkles or skin cancer in 2011 woot woot!
• be kinder in my thoughts, words and actions.

part of my be kinder resoulution applies to myself. i really need to work on lowering my expectaions of myself. this doesn't mean that i am not going to coninue to try and be the best wife, mother, friend, daughter, sister etc... i can be but rather allow myself to make mistakes admit that i made them and move on rather then dwell on that imperfection and label myself a failure. i have decided its ok if my dishes don't get put in the dishwasher immediately, if laundry sits in the basket for an extra day or if my kids eat pretzel sticks and fruit snacks for breakfast (sometimes). this is going to be very hard but good challange for me. wish me luck!

happy thursday!

p.s. how cute are these kids?

Hello 2011

hi friends. i've missed you while i was away from blogging. i know, i have said it before (and i will probably say it again) but i am going to try, try, try to be better about posting. i like to blog. it is good for my soul almost like a diary, a very public diary. writing down our memories even if it is just a one sentence blurb or a single picture, will be wonderful to look back on in a few years.

did you have a good christmas? we had a great christmas!


lots of running around, going to bed to late and missing naps but it was wonderful all the same.


i am pretty sure it was harder on me then the kids.


i tried very hard to relax and enjoy myself but there always came a point where i looked at the clock realized it was hours past my kiddies bed time and i would have a panic attack.


then i would give corey the signal to round up the kids before things got ugly.




our new years was wonderfully boring.

it was perfection. it was warm



(warm enough for kids who have been stuck inside for the past month) outside so we played in the circle with our buds until the rain chased us inside for chinese and movies in our cozy basement. perfection.

we are just getting into the groove today after a lengthy break from our schedule. i have to admit it was nice to take sass to school, mop the floors, make dinner and just be regular.


happy tuesday!

Life Savers

these little babies saved my life today.



they are like magic.



my kids played nicely with each other for an hour this afternoon.



thank you weird little pom pom thingys.

the case of the stolen Ugg Boots....

if you know me you know that i wear my favorite ugg boots pretty much everyday from october until april.

two weeks ago i went out in my garage to put them on while i ran sassy girl up to school. to my surprise they were not there. so i checked my bedroom, nothing. my basement, nothing. scored my entire house, nothing. i would be lying if i said i didn't throw a mini tantrum. hey, it was cold out and i had dressed myself with the intent to wear my uggs.

i spent the next few days tearing apart my house, retracing my steps and interrogating my husband about if he knew where they were. he has always been jealous of my warm feet. after looking everywhere and not finding them, corey and i came to the conclusion that someone must have stolen them out of my garage!

my neighbor told me to file a police report. i did. the man at the police department asked me if i wanted an investigator to be assigned the case. i am still not sure if i sensed a hint of sarcasm in his voice. anyway, i said no. i already felt silly as it was to be filing a police report about a pair of four year old boots.

besides reporting it i proclaimed the thievery on facebook, warned all my neighbors and seriously contemplated starting a neighborhood watch.

on saturday, i decided to clean my messy room. there has been a small suitcase in our room since september and when i picked it up to return it to its rightful place in the basement closet, i thought, "gee this suitcase sure feels heavy. i wonder what is in it?" as i opened it up out tumbled my favorite bra, a sweatshirt, a bath toy, a highchair seat cover and my long lost UGG BOOTS!

I almost died of embarrassment alone in my bedroom.

i walked downstairs said nothing just showed corey.

he laughed.

while telling my parents about where i found my treasured boots sassy, who was in ear shot looked at me and said, "i do'ed that."

i guess i can call the police department and tell them the case has been solved.....

busy but cute

things are busy around these parts.

but i am never to busy to take pictures of my sweet, cute, perfect, all around amazing kiddos!





happy thursday!

today

{this is what our day looked like.}






{it was a good day.}