Here I am!

It's been a while, huh?! So pardon the random steam of consciousness that is about to follow!After the wonderful craziness of Christmas, we settled back down and tried to get back into our somewhat normal routine. January consisted of several birthday parties which the trio enjoyed despite a variety of meltdown for a variety of reason. They love to sing "Happy Birthday" just not at the time their friend is being presented with a lovely cake filled with candles. They usually wait until we're on the way home to sing and continue wishing that friend happy birthday for several days. It finally clicked for Sam that birthdays = fun and presents. We also told him that his birthday is in February and he is FIRED up! He'll tell you he'll be three in February but when I try and tell him it's February 23rd he says "no mama, my birthday is February"! He doesn't get the date part but oh well. Incredibly hard to believe that my baby will be celebrating his third year of life in just over a week. He's a funny kid and I can't imagine our lives without him.

On a side note, H, G & S have now decided they are the Wonder Pets. H is Linnie (who she specifically stated lives in a cage), G is Tuck and S is Ming Ming. They wake up in the morning referring to one another by their Wonder Pet names. The other night when they were taking a bath, they sang the theme song and told me I was the baby turtle that they were off to save. Their little imaginations are just blossoming and it cracks me up to hear the conversations they have among one another.

For me personally, I have a new semi addiction to home decorating/crafting blogs. I've found some really great ideas out there and for the most part, they are thrifty projects that I can do without spending too much money. I did make one significant purchase and it was my Cricut Machine as seen here:


I can make all kinds of fun shapes/letters when/if I choose to pick back up my scrapbooking, but it also lends itself to making fun banners like this:


I've got big plans in my head and I'll keep you posted as they come to fruition!

Another idea I ran across were these cute heart rice krispie treat pops. As I was making them last night, I was mumbling under my breath that they were not as quick and easy as recipe stated; however, when you've got three children and you're making treats for 30 children, it takes some time. I was a little impressed with the way they turned out. Now I'm just praying that this winter blast doesn't cause the schools to close tomorrow meaning I'm stuck with 30 rice krispie treats as the Valentine's Day parties are tomorrow!

Speaking of Winter Storm 2010, here are a few pics I snapped of the snow earlier today. It's hard to tell, but it has been coming down pretty hard since 7:00 am. It looks nice from my cozy office, but I'm not a big fan of the snow. My children can't wait to make a snowman and snow angels but I'm kinda hoping the white stuff doesn't stick around!