june/july ~ week 26-27 {we really should get out more}

welcome to our bloggy... err... i mean, our instagram feed.
at least, that what it seems to be as of late.

here's the rundown of our last two weeks.  two weeks?  where does the time go??

hubs took the girls to work for a bit.  i think he bought them frozen yogurt, too.  mama would be jealous, but mama enjoyed quiet for a couple of hours.  at home.  alone.  qui-et.

gracie dressed and organized her american girl dolls for a henry viii and wives family reunion.  heads attached. ;) too cute!

not as cute?  mama at the gym.  finding a food/exercise routine again is proving to be more than challenging.  gone are the days in which the girls' routines rotated around mine... now i'm chasing theirs.  and it keeps changing.  oi.

pool play-date with a load of homeschoolers anyone?  how about some math?  and several hours of it to complete a relaxing day?  if that doesn't work, how about an afternoon of running errands through congested traffic due to construction?  i have it...

how about a surprise breakfast, compliments of a certain 10 year old, to celebrate a new holiday made up by said 10 yr old... national homeschool teacher's day?  yep.  that will do it.  hahhh...

pool.  math.  errands.  pool.  math.  errands.  not necessarily in that order.  noticing a theme?
oh, wait.  yummy vanilla from mexico, compliments of friends who happened to be passing that way.  nom-nom.

assisting dad at the theater for work-day.  seeing a show.  nunsense, to be exact.  taking performance pix. 

gracie found a sign for a bald spot in our kitchen.  tempting, but we passed.  

organizing shelves and school papers from our year.  i predict i'll be going through them again for the coming year.  homeschool + bookshelves = the project that never ends.  

at least i came across a gym of a paper nator wrote.
list of rules:
 1. i can read wherever whenever i like.
 2. love one another with hugs and kisses.
 3. wear modest clothing.
 4. play piano when i like to.
 5. help the homeless and hungry.
 6. let the cat in my room when it's clean.
 7. love people big and small.
 8. i can hug and kiss gracie (when she's in a good mood).
 9. care for all creatures, but vampires.
10. LOVE ONE ANOTHER X2!

time with friends on july 4th. an annual tradition. love.

hub's birthday was celebrated with the news of work needing to be done on our 'good' vehicle, adjustable weights, homemade cards, and for a lil' balance... marble slab.  nomnom.

our last event was a much anticipated girlie gathering.  more on that soon...

but not to be outdone by the excitement of a new dictionary.  never-ever-ever thought i'd see the day in which gracie would be jumping up and down over a dictionary.  harry potter edition, that is.


so how is your week?

Project 365 ~ Week 42

What a beautiful, busy week this has been! 

We started our week volunteering for a local garage sale.  I mean... Do we know how to have fun, or what?  ha.  The girls did a teensy-weensy bit of shopping.  Nator made the comment, while paying for our items, "It's like we're paying you to volunteer."  Oh, dear.  Ha!

The girls have their dollhouse people act out their new poems.

Sometimes, school at home looks too good to be true.   :)

Poor baby girl's mouth was uncomfortable till her loose molar came out this week. I think the whole family was leaping for joy when it finally came out.  We almost had a trip to the dentist to help 'encourage' it out.

If you've ever heard the phrase... Can you scoot down just a little more?  Then, you know what Mama had to do this week.  There is nothing attractive about these gowns.  Ugh.

I was not happy to find out that I've gained 23 lbs over the past 4 years {although, I'm thinking I should have at least taken my denim jacket off for this weigh-in}, but my new doctor is now my best friend because she called me 'slender'.  ha...  

I asked the girls to set out the breakfast supplies.  They couldn't find our usual mixing bowls, so instead of downsizing to a smaller bowl, they pulled out this huge salad bowl.  Ha!!  Guess they were hungry?  :)  I know.  Probably one of those 'had to be there' moments.

Dance practices and dressing like friends.  Fun memories.

I had the opportunity to meet TWO bloggy friends this week!  It was so much fun.  If you ever have the opportunity to do this, I highly recommend it.   It only confirms that there are real people behind all of the pictures and stories.  {Sorry, we didn't coordinate our outfits like the lil' dancers.}

Linda is a bloggy friend I met through other bloggy friends.  I'm so glad I took the recommendation to visit her blog.  I was not disappointed.  She is witty, fun, beautiful, honest... and just plain down to earth, in blog-land, and in person.  We connected so easily, and I'm looking forward to visiting her again.  She lives within an hours drive of where I live!!  {I'm looking forward to that beach date, Linda.}

Sara hosts the weekly 365 each week.  I don't remember when... or how we became bloggy friends, but once she befriended me, it was easy to see she had a big heart.  She always leaves such heartfelt comments and is every bit as sweet and kind as you'd expect her to be reading her blog.  {You're right, Sara, 2 hours flew by!}

We also had the opportunity to meet her lovely daughter, Alyssa.  Sweet like her Mama, with so many wonderful opportunities ahead of her.  Can't wait to read more about her journey.

 

My Saturday started like this.  Hubs got out of bed before I did and had our littles deliver Mama breakfast in bed.  Sweet, yes?  I highly recommend starting your day like this. :)

It ended like this.  {Let me splain.  Ha!}  We spent the evening with great friends and instead of cooking, my friend and I picked up pizzas -to go- for our families.  Our friends highly recommended this place, which happens to house a large pub.  I snapped this pic to send to my hubs for a good laugh while waiting.  I warned my friend that I still blog... so you never know know what will get published.  ;)

Maybe we should have named this blog... Box of Chocolates.  You just never know what you're gonna get.  :)