She HAS a name!!

OK, I've been waiting to say this for nearly a year. Finally, bunny has a name!! For those of you who don't know...bunny is a little, well, bunny that Brooklyn carries around/snuggles at bedtime, etc. We have a bunny and we have a back-up bunny...yes, bunny is that important! I'm actually considering a third-string bunny as well...just incase the other 2 see too much action and need to be benched! (my brother got me started thinking on that one...his daughter has bunny, back-up bunny and clipboard bunny!)

Anyway, I digress. Bunny is now called Bubbles! Brooklyn just started pointing to it and saying Bubbles. Very cute. I'm sure she was somehow trying to say bunny and just doesn't quite have "n" down...but still adorable. So...in honor of her name...here are a few pictures of Bubbles!

This one is from when Bubbles first became the "lovie" of choice! This is B in her crib with Bubbles when she was around 11 months old! Wow....looking at that picture may just convince me we need a 3rd string for Bubbles...she isn't nearly so fluffy now!!

And this is Bubbles now. She's still lookin' good! I've been wanting to post this picture. I really just wanted Brooklyn in that pretty dress sitting in that cool chair by the tree without Bubbles....but she had different ideas! I'm so glad. What a sweet, innocent picture. Good reminder that sometimes if I get what I really want I'm missing out on something even better!

Well, I need to get going...we're off to the pool in about 30 min. and none of the kiddos have on swimgear or sunscreen!

Daddy, who's that lady?

So I came to the sudden realization that is exactly what my children might say if I were no longer around when they are adults and they came across the rare photo of me! I have almost NO pictures of me with the kiddos...except when they were born!! Robbie asked me to email him pictures of me and the kiddos (he was having dinner w/a friend he hadn't seen in several years)...got tons of photos of the kids. None of me and the kids since...ummm...the yearly Christmas card! Not true. Really, my mother-in-law was awesome...she took some just before father's day. I wanted a good picture. She tried to get a good picture. In every one...someone...is doing something...ummm...weird. Don't believe me....OK, I think everyone may be doing something weird in that picture! The key to a good picture...a one child per adult ratio. Minimum. Seriously!

So, my lack of pictures inspired me to teach my kids to use the camera. Here are the results...

Jackson took this one. B was being a bit of a stinker, so I kept having to throw her in the air to make her laugh.

The one to the right here was taken by Will!

This one is by Will as well. (obviously...I mean, come on...I'm not crazy enough to let B use the camera and Robbie is in NY)!

The sun didn't totally cooperate on this one...but I still like it. I can't be too picky, I mean....come on...a 5 year old is taking it!

Love the one to the right here with Will. I was telling him a knock-knock joke! Oh...and the rock by his foot was from B. She kept bringing them and laying them all around our feet when we weren't taking her picture!

Will even took one of just me...B kept running off and I guess he just decided to take the shot whether she was there or not!

So, now I vow to stop giving my own mother a hard time about how she isn't in any of the photos from when my brother and I were little. Yeah. That's humbling. Thanks! I also am going to try to do better about giving my kids and Robbie the camera sometimes too!

Thanks for indulging me. We had a fun "photo shoot"!

Do the happy dance with me! You KNOW you want to!!

So, today was spent doing a little furniture shopping. WHAT? Well, you know...we sold our house! And bought a new one! WOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!! Come one now...you know you want to do the happy dance with me!

OK...now sit down and keep reading my blog!!

We'll be moving in September. So, I've been searching craigslist for furniture, paintings, etc. This morning I was cruising around and saw a "too good to be true" type ad, but I called about it. Well...here's what happened.

45x36 framed print 40x35 painting 42x30 painting
chairs for our classroom table...they only had 3, but I snagged the stool my cutie pie is sitting on for our 4th chair. These are a little scratched...oh...no...ummm...guess I'll have to spend a few bucks to paint the scuff marks!

and an armchair that everyone may hate...but I fell in love with...

I tried to upload a close up of the fabric, but blogger is really tired of uploading pictures for this post and keeps giving me an error. The fabric is covered in "old world" style postcards.

So...all this essentially new (it was from the closeout of a few model homes) furniture for the bargain price of...

$80!!!

It was just $10 per piece I bought. (yes, that means I did leave some for other bargain hunters) The stool still has a price tag on the bottom from Linens n' Things for $39.99 and the paintings have price tags on the back that are from $59.99 to $119! You should have seen me cramming this in my van! The lady that helped me was amazingly spatial...thank heavens!!!

So, in honor of my bargains, and, of course...my sold home...scroll back to the top of my post and join Snoopy and me in another happy dance!