Friday, January 10, 2014

friday phone dump

The girls are having a sleepover with Grammy and Papa tonight. Ryan, Noah, and I ate dinner out, at a real (not fancy) restaurant where my enchilada was brought out on a hot plate and I didn't have to do the dishes. Noah behaved long enough for us to finish our meal.  Mine was eaten one-handed, but I'll take it - our first "date night" since Noah was born. 

The three of us are home now in a very quiet house. Too quiet. It feels weird. When things get crazy and the girls are running around, making messes, not listening to me at all, I imagine how nice it would be to get them out of my hair for a while and enjoy some peace and quiet. And yet, when it actually happens, I miss them. We would be running bath water right now, laying out clean pajamas, threatening rowdy naked children to get in the tub NOW.  Instead, I'm sitting with a sleeping Noah on my lap, watching and hearing Jeopardy, not really sure what to do with myself. My babies have become such a part of who I am that I don't feel like me without them.

Even so, everyone needs a break now and then and I know they are having a blast. Thank you mom and dad!

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The Friday phone dump:

This girl still has the best bedhead ever. 

There's a tiny baby on that big bed. 

He gave in to the nap-inducing heat of the wood stove. It's hard to resist. 

She thinks the tiny vacuum is fun. It's a win-win for both of us. 

Baby hugs. 

Tired girl. 

My smile-y boy. 

She helped me make monkey bread. It makes me so happy that my girls love to help in the kitchen. 

Then, we ate monkey bread. Lots of it. 

This little lady greeted me as I opened the back of the car. She is no longer with us. 

It's been a lazy week. 

Always on her toes, this one. She runs like a gazelle. 

Art time is all the time around here. Based on the pictures this week, it also seems that pajama time is all the time. 

Miss Harper. She's just like another sister to my girls. Love her too. 

And a few artsy shots from the week, because, why not?







3 comments:

  1. How you let that spider live long enough to get her picture is beyond me!!!

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  2. I NEVER leave the windows open in my car at night for fear a black widow will crawl inside, make a home, then hide out until I'm driving down the freeway--suddenly make and appearance--and we'll all die when I freak out.

    I saw that picture and all my worst fears came to life!

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    1. Lol! Well then it would totally freak you out to know a black widow lived in my mom's car for almost a year before she killed it. She kept seeing the web but not the spider.

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