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wordless wednesday ~ body art

I think the whole body art thing is still lingering from Canada. And honestly, my tip for you is you just gotta go with it sometimes in order to keep both the peace and your sanity.

It all began with drawing pictures to hide an ugly temporary wall…..

But then Addie happened.

1 dinner, 2 meals ~ bowls & burritos

I absolutely LOVE when I can make 1 dinner count for 2 meals!  Such a time saver, not to mention budget friendly…

Crock Pot Chicken Bowls are one of my favorite meal staples.  If I don’t make this once a week, then at least every other week. (Sad I know, but like I said, EASY).

This past week I threw everything into the crock pot, and by “everything” I mean, all that I’ve listed as an ingredient, plus any leftover chicken or beef that I found in the fridge. (We had grilled…

sprinkles mom of the month

Now I don’t necessarily think that what I do is any more unique or special than any other mom.

Truly, I think we are all remarkable for being moms and that ANY mom will admit, that she had no idea the job she was taking on until she became a mom!

All that being said, I’m often asked in emails if I would post what my daily schedule with the Littles looks like.  And although I would love to do this, it’s just…

friday favorite ~ who needs school to love a backpack!?!?

It’s been a little while since I’ve shared a new FAVORITE, so I thought it might be fun to throw one out there… (plus it’s been awhile for a GIVEAWAY! Be sure to scroll to the end!)

Now we are not starting preschool this fall, but do you really need to go to school to love a backpack???

I tend to obsess about things sometimes (who me?! what???).  So I kinda went nutty looking for just the right backpack for the girls.

I wanted it to be small…

local love ~ did someone say food truck???

HOLY MOLY has it been a bit crazy since we returned from our trip.

Truly, I’m surprised we are all still breathing around here…it feels like we have been running circles inside a tornado.  But I suppose that’s to be expected with most families.  Come on Shanna, get with the program!

It gets me in the gut though when I get so swamped that I can’t post something, like when you have that feeling you’ve forgotten something.  You count all the heads of your kids…

watch out picasso, here come the littles

As I’ve said, we’ve just returned from my parents cabin in Canada where we’ve been on vacation for the week. When you have a cabin by a lake in the woods, the surroundings give you LOTS to do.  But it helps when you can “help” your Littles jump start that fun.  Because my parents drove up, I sent up a bag of “goodies” to pull out with the kids throughout the week.

Washable paint was one of those good times!

The girls and I went on a walk one…

my favorite place

I’ve mentioned it before. My favorite place.  The cabin on the lake where we spent our childhood summers.

It was and is an amazing place.

It’s in the middle of NO WHERE (which I say with all affection, no where is a PERFECT place for the cabin to be).

Addie & Hay visited with me last May, but this was the first time to take all 3 kids and to be there together with the other kids we grew up with…

so unhappy...

It’s rough.

As you can see, Piper is a tough baby.  Pretty much always unhappy

If only we could get this kid to smile.

Let me know if you have any advice.

Thanks for your help!

ashley ann...a wonderful new favorite!

I’ve said it before, that I love using Google Reader as it pulls the RSS Feeds from all my favorite blogs to one nice neat place.  This made is easy for me to read in the middle of the night from bed while I was giving Piper her bottle, and now read when I wake up and can’t for some unknown horrid reason, go back to sleep.  But when I look down the list of feeds that have been pulled for each blog, I’m always a little overwhelmed by

couple travel favorites & lifesavers!

As I’m working on getting the family packed up for the next big adventure, thought I would point out a couple travel ESSENTIAL favorites!! I don’t think I could ever travel without either of these.

Aquaphor is a booty saver! The first time we traveled with Addie in a car, we drove to and from Tahoe, that’s 9 hours each way.  She was 9 months old and she got the worst…

wordless wednesday ~ love them freckles

And love this kid.

That’s all I have to say about that.

Thank you.

food just tastes better off the floor

Continuing the playing catch up with my huge list of “to do” items (and lack of daylight hours), here is another archived posts that some of you may not have read.  This past spring I was asked to be a contributing writer at the SV Moms Group, Orange County Moms Blog.  The Group was an amazing group of Mom writers from all parts of the US and Canada, and I was honored to be a part of it.  The original post can be found

dont miss the funundrum!

I had such a fun date night with my 2 year old little last week!  We went to see the Greatest Show on Earth, Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey’s, “Barnum’s FUNundrum” last Wednesday. (If you missed the details, check this post out). My girlfriend and I took our older kids (Older!! Ha!! They are 2 and 3!!) and had a ball! The girls were in awe and amazement!  (And we liked the fact we could actually strap them both down in car seats and were…

Time. Are we short of it, or just not know how to enjoy it?

While I play catch up with my huge list of posts that need to get written, I thought I would share a few archived posts that some of you may not have read.  This past spring I was asked to be a contributing writer at the SV Moms Group, Orange County Moms Blog.  The Group was an amazing group of Mom writers from all parts of the US and Canada, and I was honored to be a part of it.  The

i may or may not...

…be pregnant.

Ok, NOT.NOT.NOT.NOT.NOT!!  That was just a bad joke.  But I had to do it.

Now even though my sister says I don’t need to do this, when I’ve been MIA for more than a few days, I DO think an explanation is in order.

You see, there are these 3 kids, and life, and well….

Yeah, I don’t think that’s really an excuse either.

So let’s try this “dog ate my homework” route…

We may or may not be in the middle of a playroom project.

road trips ~ a favorite thing

So I took a road trip this past Saturday to see family and friends in the Bay Area.  The drive took me about 7 hours, which is what I had guessed it would with the kids.  I pretty much thought I had lost my mind to even think doing a drive like that with a 2 year old, 1 year old and 4 month old was a good idea.  My husband thought so too, but he didn’t do a very good job of convincing me NOT to do it.

(He

my new best friend

I took a little adventure on Saturday and drove 7 hours with the babes to see friends & family.

Yes. Drove. In the car. Just me.  And 3 babes, 2 years old and under.

Fun.

In all honesty, not that bad…I had pretty much thought out how the drive needed to play out and had a few contingency plans, but all in all, it went off without a hitch!

But I think I really have Dora and all her friends to thank for that.

Now I’m not a big DVD in the car…

we work for room & board around here

We’re kind of slave drivers around here. You pull your weight, all 30 lbs of it in the Littles’ case, otherwise no dinner for you!  You work for room and board…..

We don’t even give much time to fasten your onsies…

Nice girls.  Good work on that rim Hayden!

Addie, keep your eye on the goal….clean car for Mama.

Be sure to ring that rag out, no dirty streaks on the car please.

Hayden: “How do I…

little miss sparkle eyes

Sweet Piper doesn’t get much air time on MFE.  She’s typically in my Ergo Carrier, or down for a nap when the excitement is happening.  But I figured it might be nice to give her a little post so she doesn’t come to me one day asking for therapy, wondering if she really is a part of our family.  Sorry baby, it’s not because you’re third, promise!!  I have plenty of photos of you, they just aren’t baking cookies, washing cars, taking swim lessons…you know.  And I’m not sure how far a…

how does your garden grow ~ part 3

When you leave your kids and your husband for 3 days, your always a little nervous to what you’ll come home to….there is always good and there is always bad.

Now the bad wasn’t soooo bad as far as the house and kids were concerned…

Nothing a little straightening couldn’t handle.

No broken bones.

But the garden had a few hiccups…

The Powdery Mildew we’ve been fighting on the Zucchini and Yellow Neck Squash has won.  We could continue to fight it,…

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