Kids are sooo cute

The lunch bunch

My friend, Stacey, and I have started going out to lunch every couple of weeks. Our first place was a little sushi restaurant. 'Wow, that's brave.' your thinking. That's what I was thinking too! Here is some veggie sushi (I don't even like COOKED fish, so I went with veggies.) looking all cool and edible on my plate.

Look at Charlie's face in the background. He's thinking, 'What an embarrassing photo of me!' Oh Charlie, you always look adorable!!!
Now Charlie is thinking, 'She actually did it. Huh, I thought she was just going to take pictures. This whole thing is so confusing.' Oh Charlie, you are so adorable!!!

And....we survived. But alas, never to return to a sushi restaurant again.

Happy Birthday!!!

So I celebrated my 27th birthday. Weird! But it was definitely fun. Look at my beautiful cake. I saw it on allrecipes.com and it looked so classy and simple, I really wanted to try it. Kit kats and m&m's. SIMPLE. Mabel is in the background drooling over it. She was dying to eat it.

Randy made me an amazing dinner and bought me roses. We ate outside on our porch and it was beautiful and delicious!

Tutu Tea Party

Whoa, this happened forever ago and I am finally posting. Mabel was invited to a tutu tea party with girls at church. They dressed up in tutus and pretended to be fairies. Very cute. They spun in circles, painted faces and fingernails. I can't remember everything that happened, mostly that it got up to 95 degrees and we were all dripping with sweat when it was time to go. But everyone had a great time!

Sleeping babies?!

To start with, I would like to mention our lack of TV and internet for about 4 days. Mabel cried when her cartoons wouldn't come on. Then when our TV was hooked back up they conveniently plugged up all the channels we aren't suppose to get, whoops! Randy cried when ESPN was plugged up.

Now to vent my frustrations. I just read my friends blog (Kristen, that's you) and she said her 3 month old is sleeping through the night. As I write, tears are beginning to pour down my face. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!! COME ON! Some of my other friends were talking about their babies sleeping through the night too. My kids are HORRIBLE sleepers, until they turn one. Which means, Charlie turned one in February and Faye was born April 1st. COME ON! My new year's resolution is, 'No Babies in 2011'.

Here's the moral of the story. If your baby is a good sleeper, just shut up. Ahhhhhhhh, all right. I think I'm better now. If I have offended anyone in anyway it is only because of my sleepless nights that my temper flares. Love.

Delicious

So, a couple weeks ago I decided to finally introduce Charlie to the wonderful world of playdough. With Mabel I was super freaked out about mixing colors but I decided this time, who cares? The kids certainly don't, and if I want to get anything done while they are playing, they won't have the luxury of unmixed playdough. They may care when it all turns brown, but for now it's all good.

Speaking of playdough turning brown...remember the title of this post? Charlie is all about the playdough eating. I yelled at him a few times, but it's too good to resist. But hey, the container says non-toxic, right?

Singing in the rain

We had a nice summer rain storm the other day. Here are the kids splashing in puddles and playing with their umbrellas.

I remember when I was 6 and it poured rain! Our neighbors yard must have had a foot of water in it because I got in my swimsuit and rode my big wheel into it. The water was freezing but I had so much fun. I did get in trouble because I didn't tell anyone where I was or what I was doing. It was sooooooooo worth it! My kids would never do that...