Its been forever since I've sat down to blog. Time seems to be flying by. Literally. I blink my eyes and a month goes by. I'm not sure what to even write about. Life continues to throw stones every once in awhile, but we just keep moving.One thing I am learning in life is we have little (sometimes no) control over what happens each day. But, we have all the control over how we handle the aftermath and what we learn from each situation.
Here's a bit about what we've been up to:
* Linda, Tynia and I threw a fabulous 60th birthday party for my mom. It was all women. Lots of wine. Tons of laughs.Celebrating a outstanding woman.
* Georgia got baptized. She walked herself up and waved at the congregation. So proud of herself. I say it all the time..... "god knew" I needed that little girl.
* Lilah has a new best friend from school. Her first self chosen friend. She did good. We love Charlie and her parents. Its a bonus when you get to hang out with your kids friends parents.
* I colored my hair. Went darker. Like it.
* I've made it a priority to get out with friends more often. Been doing dinners galore. Meeting up with girlfriends at least once a week. Its nice.
* We hired the neighbor girl to babysit every Monday over the summer. That's a guarantee date night every week. Super happy.
* Lilah's next eye appointment is June 12th. I am praying they see improvement.Last time her vision was the same. It made me sad. She has such a zest for life nothing seems to bother her. She is an amazing child.

This week I got a text from my sister while sitting in a meeting at work. It said, "apparently if you pee your pants mice will eat your vagina??".

We all have different parenting, right? Well my method involves saying anything and everything to get my children to do as I say. So when Lilah started having accidents...ALL THE TIME! I was loosing my mind. As I was yelling at her to go change her pants (for the 3rd time that day)this slipped out of my mouth. "If you pee your pants the mice are gonna smell it and come eat your vagina. AND it will not feel good." Looking back maybe not the best thing to say, but heck it was worth a try. So now every time Lilah has to go to the bathroom......and she's about to pee her pants because she has been holding it FOREVER. She will run off yelling "I have to go pee. I don't want those mice to come eat my vagina!"

Just shaping two innocent little girls......

sanity??

Sanity....what sanity?

They scream

I scream
They scream louder
Today they won
I have wine-they don't so ultimately I guess I win.

A First for me

This is the first year I have made a resolution - in a long time - maybe ever. So, in hopes that I will stick with it I am writing it down. Here's the deal. I have no problem with aging, but I hate the wrinkles I see on my face. I would do botox in a heartbeat. Heck, I would do anything necessary to make myself feel better. I say if you want work done - go for it! But, in my case money is an issue. Therefore I'm not jumping on that band wagon quite yet. That and Mike told me I can't get any "work" done until I am 100% done having children AND I can't say that with 100% certainty.

So......my resolution is........Take Great Care of My Skin.
Here is what I have done or will do this year:
*I purchased the Age Smart Dermalogica series which I use day and night (including the night creams). Loving it. It makes my skin feel fabulous.
*I will get quarterly facials (minimum).
*I will not be cheap/lazy and pick up products at Target. I know my skin agrees with Bobby Brown cosmetics so I need to get my lazy butt to Nordy's (or get online) and get it. No need to Q-tip the stuff to death then buy something I end up hating because of pure laziness.
*I wanna look into a chemical peel. I've seen some amazing results from these.

Pretty much this time next year my skin better look dang good. If not I just my be looking into botox asap.

Loving the snow.

Since kids New Years has lost its luster.

I mean midnight seems ridiculously late.

I hate feeling crappy the next day.

BUT

This year was different.

We had a fabulous New Years.

We had a dinner party.

We did a mock New Years celebration at 9 for the kiddos.

They were in bed by 9:30.

We played asshole (remember from high school).

We partied till the New Year!

BEST PART

It was with my siblings and spouses.

Whom I adore.

AND

The next day we all watched hours of Parenthood - together - in our jammies - hungover - while the cousins kept each other totally occupied.

This Christmas was special. It was everything I hoped for.

It was peaceful, we did create new traditions and I felt extremely blessed. The girls were excited...excited about everything! Seeing them happy made me happy. I simply heart Christmas.

Making homemade Christmas ornaments

excited about the barbie house Santa left

Christmas eve with the cousins

opening presents......lots and lots of presents

No tears for Santa this year