Helmets at the Table?

I'm not sure why... but yes, the kids are wearing helmets at the table. I think Ashton was excited to go on a bike ride with his Papa Tom so was extra prepared in case he arrived early. Or maybe they needed some head protection for breakfast?? Just another day in the life of a SAHM.

Why the kids have helmets on... I don't know? Violet's is on backwards!

A "cheese" so I can get a proper picture.

Kite Flying

The MOMs group had a kite flying date for the babies. Well, the babies just cried because it was so cold and windy but made for the perfect day to fly a kite! Thankfully, a big boy teamed up with Ashton to help! Violet kept letting go of her kite and this Mommy realized that she bit off more than she could chew!

The helper!

And it's up! 

They had so much fun while I was trying to help Violet and/or chasing her kite down!

Poor Tim! His eyes were teary and his nose was dripping!

But still his happy self!

Especially since he got food!

Yummy Nutrigrain bar!

The story of my life right there!

Poor Violet wasn't really happy to be out there. She even tucked her legs under the blanket!

Laundry Room Semi-Tranformed!

I was really just too embarrassed to take a "before" picture but imagine the tops of the washer and dryer filled to the rim with stuff! Junk, junk, junk! Well, it has all been moved and I feel a little better about doing laundry. Well, I relate laundry to gremlins. I know. Weird analogy right?! But I swear the stuff multiplies when it gets wet! Then I would just take the clothes out of the dryer and throw them onto the living room floor! Ugh! So, the laundry is taking over the entire house!

So, goal #1! Once the dryer dings, go in there and fold it! Now that I have a place to fold it, sort of, I do that and then put it away! So, I am a week into it and I'm not doing too bad! But I have bigger plans for the laundry room that I hope I can convince the Hubby to do!

I bought the vinyl letters to spruce the place up a bit!

 I must spend a lot of time in there if the coffee cup follows! Ugh!

Next step is to paint the cabinets. I am thinking white!

I found this idea off of many organizing blogs. A place for the lost socks and loose change!

My make-shift overflow pantry in the closet behind the doors. I have big plans for this area!

Violet wanted in on the action!

Goal #2... Keep it this way!

MOMs Club Easter Egg Hunt

My lovely Moms group had a Easter egg hunt a couple of days ago. Ashton was on a race while Violet needed some encouragement. While we were supposed to only pick up about 8 eggs, Ashton somehow ended up with all of the extras! I desperately tried to give them away to other kids but the other Moms were more than happy to let Ashton have the winnings! Many Moms wanted to avoid the eggs being stuffed with "junk" (ie candy) and instead we ended up with other stuff... bouncy balls, stickers, and other misc. toys. Personally, I'd prefer the candy! Let the kids eat it and it's gone! So much for that dietitian Mom right?! Instead, now we have all these teeny toys that fit into the eggs that I run around trying to keep off the floor from Timothy or find stickers stuck somewhere! But it was fun and the kids enjoyed themselves!

Violet spies her first egg! Ashton is long gone by now!

Gotcha!

Shaking it to see what might be in it!

Another score!

I told you he was long gone!

Checking to make sure the loot doesn't fall out!

See! I got lots!

Violet showing off her loot!

The aftermath... mess!

Tim trying to crawl

He can crawl when he wants to but usually resorts to scooting if he is in a hurry!

Glitter Jar

So, my parents were getting a little tired of all of the Pinterest projects and pictures of the kids so I will try to alternate projects and kids just for them! Happy Nana & Papa!

Well, this project is for the kids even if they didn't make it in the pictures. It was hard enough to pry these little things away from them to get a picture! But they are super cool and are basically supposed to be used as an alternative to time-outs. Well, I have yet to use them as a time-out method, but they love to look at them.

Violet's purple and Ashton's green glitter jar!

This is a good one to see the glitter falling to the bottom.

I have gotten on the green bandwagon on reduce, reuse, recycle! Well, I have always been a huge recycler but now I have tons of ideas on how to reuse items... thanks again Pinterest! So here, I have reused a baby food jar. Add some glitter glue, some warm water (I boiled the water and it didn't work well at first, so don't do that!), a teeny bit of food coloring and voila! The warm water dissolves the glitter glue. Since my was short of boiling, the glitter just fell to the bottom. After a few minutes, the water cooled down and the glitter was evenly dispersed!

The Garden!

I have wanted a garden from the minute we bought our house... in Virginia. Well, we are now into our 2nd house... which is now in California with 1/4 the size of a lot, but it is finally getting done! Mainly because the Hubs decided on growing the hottest pepper plants in the world. But I get my garden out of it! But we are in the beginnings of it, well I am anyways. Matt has already grown his peppers from seeds and has already planted some of them into the garden.

The larger box which is already filled with dirt is for Matt's peppers. He has already transplanted them!

The smaller box on the left side which Matt is working on is for "my" stuff. The practical stuff like tomatoes, basil, and for fun eggplant is currently being grown from seeds. I also bought seeds for watermelon, baby romaine lettuce, strawberries,  squash, and edamame! I wonder how the edamame will turn out!