{Day 43}
Valentine Brush: scrapnfonts.com
{Day 44}
Valentine Brush: scrapnfonts.com
{Day 45}
{Day 46}
graphic heart brush: Designer Digitals
{Day 47}
Love frame: Andrea Victoria @ Designer Digitals; Paper: Mindy Terasawa @ Designer Digitals
{Day 48}
Love frame: Andrea Victoria @ Designer Digitals
{Day 49}
Valentine Brush: scrapnfonts.com
{Day 35}
Super Bowl Sunday. I am that far behind. Things have been a bit busier than usual. Better late than never. Didn't care a lick about the game. Went to a little party at my aunt and uncle's and came left around the time the game started so we could get the girls in bed.
{Day 36}
Slice of life: a shot of girls in the car on the way home from school. This is a very telling shot. Emma's mouth is open because she talks ALL the time. Lyss loves this "Laughtop" still that Mandy got her for Christmas. Often, Lyss can be a cranky fussbudget on the way home. Screeching to have her shoes taken off, put back on, trying to reach a book, NO, the other book. I remember this day because the toy kept her well occupied. And, oh yeah--quiet.
{Day 37}
The girls having a snack after school.
{Day 38}
Art work of the week: Emma's class studied moon phases.
{Day 39}
This was amazing! Our local grocery featured it in the store and the smell made me turn around to go see what it was. I have made it three times since (including Valentine's) and am planning to make it again soon.
{Day 40}
Girls' night out: Mandy and I went out for sushi - which was delicious! Plus we had a great time hanging out.
{Day 41}
These gorgeous amaryllis bulbs bloomed like crazy for a couple of weeks. Wait until you see the photo of them lining the walk up to the house.
{Day 42}
Had dinner with a good friend from high school that I hadn't seen in awhile. This is her cute as can be little girl.
{Day 34}
{Day 32}
More artwork of the day. What's that? Why, yes, that is the same outfit she was wearing in yesterday's photo. Thank you for noticing. I did cheat a little on this one and took both photos on Wednesday. When nothing happened on Thursday, I forgot all about taking a photo, so here you go:
{Day 33}
How much is that kitty in the window? PS - this is a little sneak peak of the new color of the house. Dad is still working on some gorgeous shutters, so it's not completely done, but I took a photo anyway that you'll be seeing very soon.
{Day 30}
I've wanted to include something other than just photos, but I've had such a good time with them so far that I haven't gotten around to it - until my friend shared this quote.
I'm not one of those "no regrets" kind of people. I've always had a hard time understanding how anyone can feel that way about life and not be completely egocentric. I'm always working on something to try and be better, but I also tend to rehash the past and think of what I might've done differently.
Lately, as I've become closer than ever to the Lord, I am starting to appreciate my mistakes more. If life was perfect, then why would I need Him and how would I grow? I know I'll never be perfect, but I've gotten the courage to change who I am and get out of my comfort zone, in my health and in relationships, too. BTW - I've lost 15 pounds since November. Not a bad start, eh?
{Day 31}
Remember this photo from ages ago last week? Well, think hmm...sippy bottle of milk, kind of the same as paint, right? Let's try it. Tip it upside down and see if some comes out. Yay, it does! Now, swirl it around and pretend the table is your masterpiece. Voila!
{Day 29}
Lyss went in for her 18 month well-visit (at 19 months since things were a little busy right before Christmas) last Monday. She handled her two shots pretty well. Didn't like being measured for height (95%-ile) Her favorite thing? The scale. Not sitting on it. She cried for that part (I think she weighs about 26 lbs.), but as soon as she was done, she was all smiles when she figured out that there were buttons on the scale. Kept pressing them and saying, "buttons," as she looked over at me every time she pressed them.
{Day 28}
BTW, this is last Sunday. This is the house I grew up in since I was 5.5. We just moved back here last summer. It's been white for as long as it's been. It used to have hunter green trim and it might have even had blue trim, too. The funny thing is that I don't remember what it was last week. (It's already been painted in this pic.) We've been painting the main part of it for the whole past week. Dad went for something a bit more dramatic this time and it's almost done, so the after picture won't be too far behind this.
{Day 24}
On Wednesday, it was cold here in South Florida! Now you northerners are probably thinking, yeah right. Maybe. But overnight temps below 50 degrees is newsworthy, so when it gets below 40, that's even bigger news. But the really big deal is when it doesn't get above 50 even by afternoon. That's cold!
{Day 25}
Artwork of the day from the 1.5 year old.
{Day 26}
There's Em in the car line where I pick her up every day after school. Almost every day she comes skipping over to the car with a huge smile on her face.
{Day 27}
Lyss noticed Grampa out back painting the trim on the house so she got out her favorite Christmas toy - the laptop from Mandy - and parked herself at the table on the patio so she could hang out while he painted.
This is before I figured out how to keep my journaling cards from moving around, so they still looked a little askew at this point.
Oops! I posted day 23 before I posted day 22.
{Day 22}
We had Monday off school for MLK Day and first thing in the morning, the girls were out on the patio playing. Em is very into food display and presentation. She loves Ultimate Recipe Showdown and really gets into creating her own *recipes*.
