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2.7.10

Jada Pinkett Smith and one of the 7 dwarfs

Had to share this tonight in case you were in the mood to shop:)

I have wanted this growth chart for a long time. I think I have even posted about it before.

I think I was waiting for a super sale.

30% off is a pretty good sale:)

Now I am happy.

Hurry...if you want one...the 30% off sale ends on the 5th.

Erin Condren...love her

Yes...I will give this growth chart my stamp of approval. I have purchased other personalized growth charts before...dissapointed really. This one...it is super cute.

And man...Jada Pinkett Smith is the size of my 10 year old (as of tomorrow:( )

She is a teeny tiny thing I tell ya...Jada Pinkett...not Peyton...it will be interesting to see where she tops out at. I remember doing the growth calculator when she was like 4...it said she would be around 5'10"...we will see...that is pretty darn tall. I am not tall. My husband...he is tall. But Peyton has always been the tallest kid in her class...with no signs of slowing down. I predict some major gawky stages fast approaching us;) If it keeps the boys away...bring it on.

Ainsley...she is somewhere between a zebra and one of snow whites peeps

30.6.10

so cute! Cat in the Hat hightops!

I don't forsee either of my chicks wearing these...even with Peyton's obsession with converse rearing its ugly head daily. I think we missed the boat on the Cat in the Hat version...BUT...they are darling.

I wanna see these on a super funky little skater dude.

Genius really.

I do think these are darling. Love them really.

Wonder if Peyton would wear them.

I did score a great deal the other day however. It occured about 2 hours after I was complaining that when your kids grow out of "kid sized" shoes...and they are into women's sizes...that the prices double.

Just look at a pair of nikes. Kids...$50... womens version $100. I don't get it. Some of them are the exact same shoe...and since a kids size 4 is actually larger than a womens size 5 (yup..it's true) then it REALLY doesn't make sense.

Never the less...I scored this pair for Peyton for her birthday.

They WERE $150...marked down to $47 on clearance with only one pair left.

Whoo hooo. Yay me...I mean...yay Peyton.

And since I am fully aware of the cost of the rhinestones needed for these...$47 is a darn good price.

lmnop...how I love thee

lmnop is an online magazine that stops me in my tracks...every time it pops up in my inbox.

I love it. The ideas are amazing...the "finds" are fabulous...and the photos...breathtaking.

If you do not already subscribe...do so now. It is free. You will not regret it.

lmnop

This issue could very well be my favorite.

It is about rainbows.

Oh how I love rainbows.

Color color...I am like the cookie monster but with colors...and cookies actually...but that is an entirely different addiction.

Best...book store ever

This picture will forever be engrained in my mind...I love it that much.

I want a photo of my girls exactly like this.

Anyone wanna take it? I can try to do the makeup and hair.

Wouldn't it be cool if this was a brother and sister? Think of how happy that mom would be

to have such a funky cool yet totally sweet photo of her kids.

Did I mention how much I love this?

29.6.10

Yum

How good would these be for a nice festive breakfast?

with these on the side

and a yummy yogurt and fruit smoothie

28.6.10

Um...are you kidding me?

Wow. Somethings just make you go wow.

Everything at I am Baker makes me go wow.

It also makes me feel incompetent and TOTALLY like a cheater to think I could

pass off cupcakes for the big 10 birthday.

Dangit. Gotta get creative I think.

Seriously...how great is that cake. I don't even want to understand how she did it.

Just sit back and enjoy looking at it.

27.6.10

Ask and you shall receive...

Voila...these are about the prettiest things I have seen all day.

Jennifer just sent this link over from One Ordinary Day (clearly a blog I need to be following...hello)

These will need to be made in my home this weekend.
They are glorious.
And here I thought I was over cupcakes...clearly I am not...I have mentioned them in two blog posts in one day.

This picture makes me so so SO hungry.
My house is beyond pathetic. I feel like I live at the grocery store and yet, I swear to god, I was just snacking on salad topping. No joke. That is the yummiest thing I can find in my pantry right now.

Today was so beyond boring...I am ready to go to bed.
Days like this I do get alot done however...and by "days like this" I mean...days that I cannot muster up enough oomph to leave the house. So work work work.

And of course...snap a couple of pictures.

My preteener...aka tweener...she will be 10 on Sat.
My heart is breaking already.

Those pants...I need them in my size. They are Butter Super Soft...and my kids have alot of them...in both pants and hoodies. There is nothing softer. If ya need a pair of them...Hipster Kid is my go to Butter shop. Elizabeth is the Hipster mama owner. She is fabulous.

Oh...then we have the daily pool shot...since that is basically all we can do here in the summer. Swim.
Our hair is thisclose to turning10 shades of green.

This one cracks me up...they were doing the "High School Musical" pose.
Notice the lovely landscaping behind the pool. Oh ya...talk about baaaaad.
It won't be for long...there is just no point in planting anything now as it is 110 degrees out and nothing stands a chance of living if you plant it now. So I get to look at that lovely mess for 5 more months.

Just concider this a before picture. You just wait. One year from now we will not notice that house back there...or the hideous fence...wish I knew what I had in store for that god awful dirt planter.

Fun for the 4th

I love the 4th of July. I love how American it is. That probably came our wrong.

I just love the feeling of celebrating America. And yes...I am Canadian.

I am also in Arizona...so I should probably make it a habit to carry my greencard around with me now huh. Anywho. I am usually packing on the 4th of July...and my husband has always had to work that day since every golf course he has been at in the past 10 years has a big shindig of their own.

Is it wrong that I am happy this year, do to the recession, the golf course cannot afford the fireworks...so he doesn't have to stay there until who knows when? Because I am happy.

Anyways. My daughters birthday is on the 3rd (sniff sniff...lots more whining from me to come throughout the week on that one) and so we will be here on the 4th. A small amount of family is coming into town...and I am wondering what fun things there are to make to celebrate the 4th.

Let me know if you have any good ideas.

Here are a couple that I have found.

Of course...no holiday would be complete without Martha Stewart

This drink from Family Fun looks like something my kids would like.

Made with cranberry juice, wild berry gatorade and diet 7up (apparently you need the diet drink because the more sugar the drink has...the denser it is...thus the layers)

There are always Patriotic Cupcakes from Sprinkles.

These would be my first stop...however I think I am totally cheating this year

for Peyton's birthday...and cupcakes it is. Shhh...don't tell her I was not up until midnight (as usual) baking some rainbow layered funkified cake this year. Does that make me a bad mom?

Of course...you need to bbq something...but that part is easy.

However...I think it would be nice to share your favorite 4th of July recipes (as in...I need help coming up with something good)...so...if ya want to be nice. Email me your favorite recipe...secret salad...perfect parfait...tantilizing (lol) trifle...and I will post it. If you have a photo...send it as well.

It doesn't have to be something you made up...it can be something you saw online

tried...

and it was fabulous.

email it to me at customerservice@paperlili.com

you can always send a craft as well...or anything that you think others would enjoy to help celebrate the holiday.

26.6.10

Summer lovelies

Man I love summer. I even love the heat. I love it.

I love going outside at 9 o'clock at night and it still being super warm.
I have no idea when this happened to me. I am Canadian for goodness sakes.

I haven't seen snow in over 12 years. I don't miss it. I miss it the week before xmas.

Then. I get over it...like really fast. Sure it was 114 degrees here friday. I didn't care.

I was floating in the pool eating a sugar free creamsicle. How bad could that be?

I am not a complainer. I don't like to complain. I am not a person that sees something and thinks, "how can I make this better"...thus the reason why I am not a multi gazillionaire who invented space bags...or the diaper genie...or...a spork. I really am quite content with things. This backfires on me...alot.

It means I am not a go getter. I am not an explorere.

Whatever. I am a doer. A very hard worker...and I am tee-red.

Tired man. I was shipping last night at 11 and I thought. Holy crapoly...I have been working continuously (with the exception of my pool float/creamsicle between 2-4) since 6am (noone sleeps past 6 in my house...it sucks). I do this everyday. I am looking forward to my break.

I am looking forward to the 24 hour drive to Canada. I have no excuse but to sit and well sit (I don't drive...any of it...I am a hazard on the highway...highways make me sleepy...even if I am driving...so I don't). I am EXTRA excited because we are not taking our dogs. Don't get me wrong. You know I adore my dogs...I will miss my George so so much. But driving in a car...and then having him sleep 120 lbs of him sleeping on my legs in my tiny little room that I grew up in at mom and dad's house. Nope. Won't miss that. Sorry George. I hope you will forgive me.

So. For my trip...I need to load up the ipod with movies. Keep in mind, I have seen pretty much nothing over the past year. Last summer I watched 27 dresses (cute) and Marley and me (omg...bawling in the car). So please...tell me what to download.

I do have two books all lined up.

Deep deep reads;) But...looking forward to them.

Have I shared with you my love for Tori Spelling. I find her adorable.

And I would like to own (of course...I would need larger sizes) everything in her closet.

The girl has good taste in clothes I tell ya.

Plus...I will have my bag of crafts to do...and I am all set:)

Ok. Just got a phone call in the middle of this post and I totally forgot about what else I was going to write about. Nice.

Until I remember...I guess I will leave you with a couple pictures of me from last weekend.

Some of my finest work I think.

We went to Slide Rock Park in Sedona. It is basically a natural water slide.

A flippin freezing natural water slide.

Honestly...the water was about 50 degrees.

But the kids wanted to go in. So they did.

I was there for photo taking only.

Until...

Yup. That's me. And right there...is really deep water.

I went down. Those rocks are like walking on ice.

I was laughing so hard, I think people watching were afraid to laugh because they thought I was crying. Omg. It was funny.

Sometimes ya just gotta laugh. I did.

Ok. Until I remember what else I was going to post...I am done.

Got my hair done today...for the first time in over 4 months...and although it was done in record timing (1 hour 30 minutes) I always have a screaming headache after sitting there. I get ansy. My blackberry is flashing like a beacon and it calls to me...and yet...I am stuck there wrapped in foil.

I hate getting my hair done.

I will be back tomorrow. I promise:)