bathtime is always happening around here. seriously. my boys love to take baths. how could you not with this selection of toys?! this particular time luke insisted i take pictures. of. every. toy. by. itself. honestly. the kid is crazy. so, here are a few of the pics from his most recent tub party.

the new-found skill of gurgling chocolate milk:

swimming with the dino

a picture of all the guys - as requested by luke himself

my sweet boy is getting so big!
making sure i took a picture of the storm trooper. mind you, we have pictures of each individual guy. alone.

and a picture of the cup. so important.


and luke's shriveled little foot.

the boy is silly and i love him to pieces.

You can have anything you want if you give up the belief that you can't have it.

-Dr. Robert Anthony

(seen here)

late valentine's report

i'm a bit late on posting our valentine festivities. the heart shaped pancakes didn't happen. neither did the pink milk. max had a primary party saturday morning where breakfast was served. mike was off helping with a food drive. luke and i enjoyed large bowls of cereal with regular white milk. yum. but the sugar cookies...those happened! and were so amazingly yummy. come to think of it, i bet the only picture i even have of them is one luke snapped and a few of us rolling out the dough. oops. slacking on the photo taking, i guess. trust me. they were delicious.


moving on to our wax-paper-crayon-shaving-hang-in-the-window hearts. those were fun. a lot of work sharpening all those crayons, but fun. max enjoyed himself and we now have these darling hearts dangling in our kitchen. should have made these a month ago! although i hate what i did to my ironing board cover in the process. (updates on that to come...once my long awaited 'package' arrives in the mail!)



oh, and this is how mike spent a good portion of valentine's day. he really needed a nap.


then for dinner it was a yummy heart shaped pizza - max's request that wouldn't die.


it was loverly. hope you had a happy heart day!

happy heart day

happy valentine's day. make it a good one. full of love. here's what we'll be doing tomorrow:

heart pancakes with pink milk
decorating these heart sugar cookies
hearts to hang in the windows
heart shaped pizza for dinner - at max's request. (all week. seriously. saturday can't come fast enough for the kid!)

and any other love-ish heart things we can muster. hope your day is full of hearts, too.

kaylee's 8

i can't believe that this little girl is already 8! i remember planning our wedding so that marisa and eric would able to come...after their baby was born! and to think she is 8 today. time is speeding up.

kaylee is a hoot. seriously. she is a talker and is so funny. and so smart. i imagine she keeps marisa on her toes. she is a fabulous niece and i love her to pieces. hope you have a happy 8th kaylee girl!

happy 35th!

do you know my parents? if not, that's too bad. really, they are the greatest. today is their 35th anniversary. happy anniversary mom & dad!! i can't even imagine 35 years...i'm just too young, i guess. haha! truely, they are amazing and i am thrilled to have them close by. and for those of you who know me but don't know my mom, once you meet her you'll know what i will look like when i'm celebrating 35 years with mike! we are twins. and i'm proud of that. hope you have a fabulous day today cuz you two love birds deserve it!

budding artists

usually messes my kids make drive me nuts. and all i can think about is cleaning them up. well, last night i let that all go and decided to make some chocolate pudding. but not to eat.

(although there was a little bit of eating going on...)and it was fun!!!