driving me crazy...

Being strapped into a car seat has never been on Marnie's list of "things that I love and that don't make me scream." In fact, we travel much less than we used to (as a means of preserving some of our sanity). She has good moments... but they almost always involve food. I used to say that when I had kids I would never feed them in the car. I thought it was unnecessary and a bad habit, and blah blah blah. Needless to say, I've changed my feelings on that. :)

Yes. I gave my 13 month old a Redvine (or two, or three, or four...) to keep her from screaming us all crazy.

After a long trip today, I treated Britt to a Frosty. {It was the least I could do after I made him try on 10 pairs of shoes at the shoe store.} I had to pull over and take this picture with my phone, because it was just so cute. I don't know what I'd do without Britt's in the backseat. He's my extra set of hands...He's the best big brother I know. :)

let's go fly a kite

Britt made this little beauty at story time last week.

Miss Marnie was too busy running laps in the front yard and trying to open the gates (ugh, already) to care about the kite.



After realizing that his homemade kite wouldn't fly more than 30 inches above him, Britt asked Daddy to take him to the store for a "long long long stringed kite." You can imagine his glee at finding a long long long stringed kite that had a picture of Batman on it.


sorry about the poor photo quality on these last ones. i just had my point and shoot handy, and dusk is tricky...

to do...

See if I can finally gather all of MJ's hair into 2 ponytails... check!

Give Britt a few peaceful moments in which to practice the timeless art of meditation... check!

Keep MJ from falling off the step stool... uh... (for the most part) check!

Try not to laugh too hard when MJ tries (for an hour!) to climb into her doll stroller... yeah, there's no way I could watch that and not laugh. :)

I've never been so constantly busy/entertained. :)