life lately

1.  baby toy on the couch
2.  box-o-crayons on the table
3.  earrings & hello kitty toy on end table
4.  basket-o-laundry on the high chair (where else do you put laundry?)
5.  dining table.  where are we supposed to eat?

life lately.  you may recall in posts past that i was focus on perfection.  that hasn't really gone away, but i've eased up these last few days.  really trying to soak in the moments with the littles.  really trying to make memories.  really trying to teach.  really trying to laugh.  and snuggle.  and read.  and tickle.  and play candy land.  and barbies.  and construction.  and glue.  and make tshirts.

and when i do those things, the house does get a little crazy.  and tonight, i'm ok with crazy.  because crazy means we had a fun day. 

yep, i bought him that shirt

perfect saturday

is it spring 'round here?  summer?  winter?  oh, yeah.  it's texas.  today was THE perfect day.  the weather was absolutely beautiful.  we opened windows ... which has now lead to itchy eyes, but it was well worth it.  the girls played outside ALL day.  seriously.  all day.  they ate lunch out there.  played more.  we ate dinner by the fire in our new fire pit (thanks mom & dad!).  jaxton swang and sat in his bumbo while he watched the girls.  they colored out on the deck.  they played and played and played.  we even went to the playground at karsyn's school twice.  THE perfect day.  i didn't want it to end.

33/365

we had the best winter spring winter spring day.

friday treat day

the girls ask every single day, without fail, if we can go get an icee, milkshake, or any other kind of treat they can think of at the moment.  it's been a rule since karsyn started kindergarten that we would only do treats on fridays if they had a good week.  there have been some days where i've been able to bypass friday treat days.  most days we skip icees because i have to go inside a gas station.  and who wants to lug 3 kids inside a gas station for 5 minutes.  not worth toting screaming baby along.

mykah remembered that when she was sick with strep earlier in the week, that i got her a milkshake from chick-fil-a.  she has asked every day since then for another one, so i promised that a milkshake could be our friday treat.  they don't forget things!!

this was a well deserved treat for this girl.  she had a great week and is working so hard in school.