. wordless wednesday .

 

 

. 10 on tuesday .

here is my list of 10 things i need to do or think about before the new year.  (yes, i am already thinking about that time.  it's coming quick, people.)

1.  what.  when.  where.  how will i pull off 2 birthday parties or just one big one.  karsyn's birthday is december 22nd.  mykah's is january 10th.  for us this is no big deal.  but if we would like any guests at our party/parties we have to strategically plan around Christmas and new year's celebrations. 

2.  what will we get the girls for their birthdays and for Christmas.

3.  prepare my house for a small walker.  a child that is.  mykah will be one in january and will soon be walking.  i need to prepare.  it is big walker proof, but not small walker proof.

4.  a new job.  details to come later. 

5.  decide what i will make/contribute to thanksgiving dinner.  i usually bring paper goods or something non-perishable as we travel the farthest out of everyone that attends.  last year, i believe, my family was 60 strong for that gathering.

6.  clean our back yard and prepare for 2 children to play come spring time.  maybe when it's not mosquito infested we can enjoy it again.

7.  call and get karsyn in on gymnastics.  why do i put this off every week?

8.  keep my house clean.  that truly should take up all 10 spaces.  seriously.

9.  figure out a new entertainment center arrangement for our living room.  our tv will not survive 2 children and 20 little fingers if it is not up higher. 

10.  try to relax.  try to enjoy this time.  this truly should be my #1, but for the lack of time to rearrange everything, i'll keep it right here.  maybe ending on a positive, inspirational something will make me happy.  my girls are growing up so fast.  by the end of the year and start of the next, i'll have a 3 year old and a 1 year old.  i get very much caught up in everyday life and cleaning and organizing that i find myself not taking the time to sit and enjoy life.  so, here's to it.  off to do sidewalk chalk on this beautiful day.

. my pumpkins .

i think i'll write fall a love letter.  it is because of this favorite time of year that i can capture pictures like this of my sweet girl ...

 

unfortunately, sweet baby is not a big fan of those big orange pumpkins.  she cries everytime.  but her smile is so sweet that any other picture we get is super duper cute.

 

this past weekend we went to a new pumpkin patch in lavernia with my parents, my sister and brother-in-law, and my nephew.  karsyn had a blast.  mykah had fun being held.  she knows how to work it, folks. 

and my non-poser actually posed for me.   

we had a great weekend and would do it again every weekend if we could.  maybe next time the tables will turn and i can get some pumpkin pictures of sweet baby.

 
 

. bad, bad blogger .

i have my moments.  sometimes i do really good keeping up.  other times, well, i slack off a little.  ok, maybe a lot.  this whole mommy of two thing is tough.  these days my mind is drifting in between what-do-i-feed-this-kid-who-can't-really-eat-finger-foods-but-wants-to ... how-do-i-get-this-baby-who-always-has-been-easy-to-get-to-sleep-but-now-screams-for-an-hour-back-to-sleep ... to why-does-my-almost-three-year-old-have-the-attitude-of-a-teenager?

oh the joys of mommyhood.  i'm glad no one claimed it was easy.  right now, this is what we are dealing with, struggling with, living through, and still loving ...

*mykah is 9 months old.  she has always been the easiest baby.  always happy.  always ready to sleep.  in every way possible, complete opposite from what karsyn was.  karsyn did sleep good, did eat good, and was typically happy ... until she turned 2. 

*but mykah has now decided that, because she has 4 teeth, she can eat whatever she wants.  she either chews her baby food and makes it squeeze out of her cheeks or she screams until i give her whatever karsyn is eating.

*she has also decided that she wants to scream and fight us for an hour to go to sleep.  i think it might be almost time to not have that morning nap, but i'm not quite sure yet. 

*karsyn is plain sassy, and sometimes i catch myself calling her "sassy" instead of "sissy".  she likes it.  she knows it's true.  and more times than i would prefer, she says things that i have told her before.  for example ... to our neighbor friend, "you are not being nice.  i think you need to go sit in time out for a bit."

i get frustrated.  i get worn down.  i get fed up.  but i'm lovin' every minute of it. 

should i mention that just today i had to clean up a puddle of pee from the mall floor, only to come home and have to clean poop out of the bathtub.  while i was cleaning off pee-girl, sweet baby pooped.  nice.  and right now i'm washing sheets from said pee-girl because she then peed her bed at naptime.

so that, my friends, is why i have been a bad blogger this week.

. fall favorites .

of course my favorite color is orange.  it's obvious.  so fall being my favorite time of year comes as no surprise.  the only thing that could top it would be cool weather every day instead of once a month.  right now, however, another favorite color is coming up in the ranks around my house.  that color? 

aqua.  it's my new love.  my kitchen is now orange and aqua.  it makes me happy.  so this is my new fall favorite decor.  it's home is on top of my entertainment center in the living room and it's perfect.

 

isn't this adorable.  those candle holder things were brown and i painted them and added antiquing glaze.  an orange pumpkin on top and it's the perfect fall decoration for me.  cute and simple. 

 

and if pumpkins weren't such a fall-thing, they'd for sure be up year round at my house.  yes, just because they are orange.

what's your favorite fall decoration?