My Hot Mess of a Purse!!

My friend Lindsey over at http://thecarsonsblog.blogspot.com/ is having a Hot Mess contest! The prize for her contest is a Lindsey original! :) I love Lindsey's hats!!! We have several of them, and need to get a few more to match this winters wardrobe!!! Check out her blog and her etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop/ReapWhatYouSew?ga_search_query=reapwhatyousew&ga_search_type=seller_usernames You might even recognize one of her models. :)

So here is my hot mess of a purse! It's amazing at how much clutter you can gather in such a small purse! Just imagine what my diaper bag looked like!! ;)

Items in my hot mess include:

1. my name badge and key card to get in the kids school

2. my keys

3. lipstick, and gloss aka: plump in stump

4. hair ties

5. expired coupon

6. bottle of Tylenol

7. ratty old wallet

8. bottle of hand sanitizer that Neen calls hanitizer

9. handful of trash, receipts, and wrappers

10. pen

11. my phone

12. 2 redbox dvds that I have had for toooooo long. Should have returned them over a week ago.

13. a handful of change

14. a pair of CLEAN Dora panties

15. 2 smashed cereal bars

16. tin of mints

That's my Mess how about yours?

Beautiful Sunrise

In the past week the plants in our backyard have sprouted these long wheat like ends, and they are beautiful in the sun. In the back we see them in the sunrise, and in the front they sparkle in the sunset. They are just golden and gorgeous!

Will this girl ever wear shoes?

Trin does not like shoes, or boots for that matter! A couple of weeks ago I took her to the store, and told her to pick out any shoes she'd like to wear. After many shoes were tried on she chose these boots! I told her that the boots she chose were so cute, and the best boots ever! She was so proud, and couldn't wait to wear them!

When we got home she put the boots on, wore them for about 10 steps, and kicked them off. She said that she didn't like the boots, they hurt her feet, and they would be cute in her closet.

She was right. The boots ARE cute, and they're in her closet! I could almost kick myself in the rear for not putting any hard sole shoes on her until she was 20 months old. She wants nothing to do with shoes. She loves her flip-flops and crocs!!! I love my flip-flops and crocs too, but they are not the safest or warmest type of shoes to wear! What am I gonna do??

Oh...in this picture she's showing me all the places the boots hurt!

In Full Swing!

Our lives are HoPPin' right now! School is in full swing and our calendar is FULL!!

The kids are loving school, and the only complaint I've heard is from Anna, and she doesn't know why school can't start at 10:00 am. She's not a morning person and says that she would love school more if it started later!! ;) Wouldn't we all?

Our schedule these days includes: golf 2xs a week, private tutoring for Casey in Math...cross your fingers it helps, because it cost an arm and a leg! :(, gymnastics class for each of the girls once a week, Anna has brownies once a week, and drama club once a week. Trin and I have MOPS twice a month, and Bible study twice a month. Big Casey also has a Bible study twice a month, and church. We're contemplating doing a small group. My head hurts thinking about it, but I LOVE it!!! I love being busy and on the go, and loving my kids all the while!!!

So what does your schedule look like these days?

Anna on the first day of school! She is quite the diva!!

Bub on the first day, and sweet as ever!

Don't let Neen fool you in this picture! She was so excited they were going back to school! She loves having her time with Mama back! :)