The morning rush...

last night just before logging off I got an email for this:
The co-creator of the best-selling A Day in the Life and America 24/7 book series invites you to participate in America at Home, a nationwide photo project, September 17 to 23, 2007. For seven days, everyone in America is invited to join 100 of the nation's leading photojournalists to capture "the emotions of home." The goal of the project is to capture the extraordinary diversity that makes up American family life, representing a broad range of economic, geographic, racial, political, and socially diverse lifestyles. www.myamericaathome.com for more info on it
So even though I got it last night I figured what the heck why not! So today's assignment was "the morning rush" so here are a few of the many shots I took this morning. The bottom 3 are the ones I submitted.
I got this idea in the midst of eating my pancake this morning and just got up from the table and went out to the porch. My family gave me some funny looks, but I think it turned out pretty cool! P dressing himself.
Daddy and P brushing teeth. This is their reflection in the mirror. Awesome lighting in my bathroom...too bad it wasn't bigger. LOL
P eating his pancakes...his FAVORITE!

A Mozart and a...

Picasso! Parker had a blast painting today and mixing colors. Last week at school they learned about mixing so he's been really into that. It really surprises me though because at school most of the time he "chooses" not to do art the teacher says. He LOVES to do it at home!

Parker was a ham today!

I really nicely asked P if I could take some pics of him today. He said "sure!" P sitting on his toy box under his school work. This is a new favorite of mine.
One of his Ollie Trunks! That little plaid pillow isn't really his it's Coley's for his glider, but he claimed it a couple months ago. That's all he sleeps on now.
So sweet!

Finally some pics!

My camera was feeling a little loved today after me not even looking at it in a few days. This week has been crazy. One crazy thing after another happening. I'll spare you the details.
It's been beautiful here and we took advantage of that this afternoon by playing outside...a little remote control, Gator, and LOTS of BUBBLES! Boys have been in bed since 6:45...yay I get ME time. P didn't nap today and Cole got up at 3:30 from his nap and was ready. Hopefully it will be just as nice this weekend and we'll be able to go to the zoo or something.

200...posts that is!

Wow my 200th post today! A couple shots from today...was going for EYES (I Love eyes). Didn't quite get them on Cole but I still like this one from today. And then there are Parker's and WOW those blue beauties. I LOVE them! I could just look into their eyes all day long. :)

A little update on Coley...he's into everything. Like I said in my last post pulling up to everything and on the move. Well now he's also walking along furniture, standing for a few seconds at a time, and he even took two steps last night. We all saw it and cheered him on...he thought that was pretty cool! He's also up every 3 hours at night again...NOT FUN! Wants me of course and gets so disappointed when Daddy goes in the room to check on him. He doesn't even stand up for him he just sits there and cries harder then throws him self dramatically on the bed. It's hilarious how dramatic he is. LOL I think and hope it's only a growth spurt because he also took over a 3 hour nap this afternoon and he's NEVER taken one that long before. We can only hope the night wakings will end soon.

Anyway, didn't do much this weekend. Worked the Riverfest for Moms Club yesterday and went to church today. That's the extent of our excitement for the weekend. Not much going on this week either...yay!

Oh and HAPPY GRANDPARENT'S DAY! We kept telling each other we gotta call the grammy's and papa's today and well now the kids are in bed, but we thought of you all day today...Our kids couldn't be blessed anymore than they already with such AWESOME grandparents. Love you guys!

Busy, busy lately!

Sorry for my lack of posting lately. We've been really busy. Lots of stuff this week from board meetings to consignment sales to the Moms Club monthly meeting tomorrow. Yikes! I do have to say I have been on the ball today though and everything is ready for tomorrow and in the van ready to go. Yay me! So hopefully we'll get out of the door on time...haha yeah right! I have managed to take a few pics this week also. First one is of the new book Susan (my MIL) got me. I finally had time to read it Sunday on the way home from IN. I've also been stocking my pantry this week for ingredients for her recipes. The other day I made the strawberry and blueberry juices. Since then I've been putting real strawberry juice in his milk instead of strawberry syrup and he hasn't said a thing. It's still pink just and pretty much tastes like normal milk. I made Coley "banana ice cream" the yesterday for breakfast...he LOVED it! It was deliscious too.
Here's the recipe:
1 frozen banana (peel then freeze. Good for those bananas that are starting to turn brown. If your like me you don't eat them and normally they go in the trash. Until now!
2 tablespoons plain yogurt
1 tablespoon sugar

Blend it all together until smooth. First few minutes it's sounds a little rough. Serve and enjoy. Looks just like ice cream...just a bit runnier though, but so good. Cole is ALL OVER and into EVERYTHING since we got home Sunday. He spends most of his days standing now and holding up bookcases. LOL! It's a heavy one! ;) He's even standing on his own for a few seconds at a time. And here I thought the kid was lazy...he'll be walking by his birthday, watch!
Isn't this just the cutest?! This is his "new look." Such a cheesy grin. I can totally forsee this being the "cheese" smile I get for the next 3 years or so.
The cheesy look to go along with him waving HI!
This is such a GREAT picture of P so grown up, looking at me, nice smile, and even a little twinkle in his eyes. Except for the PURPLE nose. While coloring this afternoon he thought it
would be rather "cute" to color his face. Nice. I can only imagine what BOTH of them will look
like once Coley starts coloring too. At least it's not on the carpet or newly painted walls, right?!


Busy day tomorrow! Don't know if I'll have time to post.
Moms Club meeting 9:30
Consignment sale drop off 5
Southern Living party 6:30

We're back!

Went on a quick trip to Indiana this weekend for GiGi's surprise 80th birthday party. She was so SURPRISED and love every minute of it. I took a lot of pics but had to post these. (Patti I hope you don't mind this one of Brett.) Anyway, this is Brett, Bill's second cousin. He is such a ham and LOVES to pose for the camera. How could I resist this ?! And because I was taking Brett's picture Parker wanted to get in on it too. He just wasn't into "posing" and looking at me. Here's what I got of him...TRUE BOY! (I need to redo that pic the color is wonky.)

Anyway, I have lots more photos to work on and I'll post more as soon as I do that. This morning Parker and I slept in until 8:45...I think that is the first in over 3 years for me. I feel
so much better today! Not doing much today besides hanging out and enjoying the boys.

In our rush to get out on Friday I didn't have time to post about it but it was Bill's birthday.
HAPPY 31 st BIRTHDAY BABY! This year we spent both of our birthday's in the car and eating at McDonald's. Fun! We did go out Thursday night for his birthday dinner and gave him his new briefcase. He LOVES it...YAY!
Off to enjoy the rest of the day!