Exhibit A: Henry's old bedding that Kate now uses. I just picked up that pink bird crib sheet last week, so we pulled the old one up (which looked just like the bumper/blanket) and changed it out and now this is what she's sleeping on. I think it works. There was no way I was…

A bit late posting, but Miss Kate turned a whopping 11 months on the 14th of April. She's a little sass-master this one. She can out-eat her brother and has finally moved beyond the army crawl to actually crawling. She can sign "all done","more", "eat", "milk", "drink". Last week we caught her 'raising the roof'.…

Chocolate Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies that is. I haven't made these in ages and forgot how good they are. Here's the recipe so you can make them, too! Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies1/2 C Butter2 C Sugar1/2 C Milk4 Tbsp Cocoa1/2 C Peanut Butter3- 3 1/2 C Quick cooking Oats2 tsp. Vanilla Add the first 4…

We took the children down to Carlsbad this afternoon for the annual "Flower Fields" festival where they have over 50 acres of Tecolote Giant Ranunculus. Sigh. It was amazing. It looked like a giant quilt of never-ending flowers. You can see an aerial shot here. We took a tractor ride around the 50 acres which…

I pooled my birthday money together and splurged. I have been wanting this diaper bag for the last 18 months. My other diaper bag was hammered (and yes, that's me babbling along about how badly I wanted this very bag.) 4 years of spilled drinks, crushed up crackers, cheerios and stinky diapers. Gross. The thing…

Today was hot. We had a last minute trip to the beach this afternoon.  So last minute, that there were no towels, swim trunks, umbrellas or change of clothes. Zip, zilch, zero. So we skipped rocks and played in the sand. Today was the day that this little boy decided he was no longer afraid…

I've just returned home from a funeral for one of my childhood friends. I think I was about 11 or 12 when we first met. She lived one street over from me and we were in the same ward. I can't seem to get her big, infectious smile out of my mind or her beautiful…

Don't be fooled, his name was Victor and he hails from Mexico. That's how we roll here in So. Cal. He could work those knives though (and onion volcano's, which by the way, did not have flames bursting out of them-boo on that).  It was a day full of birthday wishes from loved ones. There…

Hope you had a wonderful day! Ours started bright and early (a little too bright and early if you know what I mean) and all Easter baskets were found and loved. Henry would like the Easter bunny to know that he does NOT like jelly beans and why did you put them in Kate's basket?…

This no camera business stinks, right?? Lame. Chris brought one home from work for me (whatta guy) but it's…meh…and I'm not used to it and blah blah blah. All I want to do is make peeps and blog about it, right? Sheesh. I ask for so little. So the peeps turned out better the second…