Turkey Day

happy happy turkey day!



xo
joanna

Back by popular demand :)

hi! lets fast forward through the apologies and lame excuses for my absents on the bloggy bloggy. blah, blah, sorry, blah, blah, busy, blah, blah, thanks for your forgiveness.

well with that out of the way. i've missed blogging and i have ton of stuff to share. lots going on at the paff house, mostly good but a little sad. i promise to share more, lots more but first here is a quick peek at what we have been up to...



i love instagram. are you on? follow me and i will follow back. i'm joannapaff.

promise to be back soon.

xo
joanna

flash back

my little sass two years ago.



p.s. those shorts still fit her :).

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

noah's new words

noah is talking so much these days and we can almost make out about 75 % of what he is saying, yay! here are some of his new words...



"i want breakfast."

"i'm hungry."

"go away now, mom."



and the newest one...

"no way mama. no night night!"



i love my little stinky :).



xo
joanna

struggling

first off let me just say, i love my children.

but today i am struggling to keep calm and be patient with them.


corey and i went to a concert wednesday night and the lack of sleep and one to many draft beers has caught up to me. my kids of course like lions praying on a wounded elk can sense my exhaustion and have been eating away at me all morning.

i hate when i feel like this. i regret every time i've snapped at them this morning but seriously sometimes can't a momma just get a teeny tiny break? it doesn't have to be long, i will settle for a ten minute shower without someone getting in with me and/or putting a whole roll of toilet paper in the toilet.


do you other momma's ever feel like you just need to be alone? even for just a few minutes?

i will make it through this day. i will make it through this day. i will make it through this day....

xo
joanna

toys, toys, toys.....

my kiddies are very blessed. they have more toys then any child would ever need.



that is why every two months or so, i go through their toys and put a couple big plastic tubs full away in the closet. they never notice. in fact it makes it easier for them to find things to play with because they aren't overwhelmed with the sheer volume of toys. then when we seem to need a little change i switch the toys out. it is my favorite trick for winter when we spend most of our time in the basement/playroom.

do you ever rotate your kiddies toys like this?