Since I'm a copycat..

My sister just posted about this giveaway 

and I'm a sucker for a giveaway copycat I had to enter. 

Here's the linky. Check it out!

Sammy Says

"Mommy, you have issues"

Oh how right you are, my son!! =)

"Let's not be too hasty, Mommy!"

He said he heard that one on Mickey Mouse.

"When I'm 21 I'll be a grown up."

Gottcha. I'll try and remember that.

On a slightly different note.

The sneaky little dude went into his bedroom right before nap

and hid a football under his pillow.

Unluckily for him, his Mama isn't as dumb as she looks! =)

Dummy

I'm ashamed to admit it, but there are so many parts of this book 

that just FLY right over my head.

Which makes me wonder.....what does that make me????!!!!

Do you see what I see?

Here's what I'm currently looking at:

Rub a dub dub

2 Crazies in a tub!

(I'm sitting in the hall as to avoid any splashes on myself or my puter!)

Freaky Wednesday

Have you seen the movie Freaky Friday?

I realize it's only Wednesday, but something most definitely freaky is happening over here!

Sit down for this one.

The almost 4 year old (random napper) is sleeping soundly

and the 1 year old (rock star napper) is having a screaming, whimpering, no nap fit!

It's bizarro!!

And I don't like it!!!!!!

True Confessions

"Hi, my name is Debby and I pick trash."

I'm not a super obsessed trash picker. 

I just find things, every now and then, that I can't pass up.

...enter my newest find. And boy was she a F.I.N.D!!!

Here she is as I found her: (minus a small amount of snow on top!)

It was a little vanity in it's previous life. 

It had a mirror attached, but was needing some help anyway.

I just love the style and the cute little drawer with the silver knob!

I cleaned it up and removed the mirror. 

And here she is in her current state:

(please excuse the outdated calendar on the wall. thank you.)

She'll sit here in the living room for now, but I think eventually she'll be in our spare bedroom...you know, once we HAVE a spare bedroom! =)

In case you don't know, we're currently in a holding pattern for putting a 2nd floor on our house.

It's a classroom that the Lord has us in right now to teach us LOTS of good, tough stuff! =)

Anyway, Lord willing, some day we will have the 2nd floor and we will have a spare bedroom.

And this little beauty will be a desk for guests and a place for my laptop (you know, so it'll be out of sight and I won't spend waste so much time on it! ;)

I can't decide if I want to paint her white or black so I think I'll leave her as she is until I know exactly where she'll be and what she should look like.

I'm really excited about this table! 

Can ya tell?! =)

My 2 (most recent) favorite pix

Fun Giveaway

There's a fun giveaway going on here.

Check it out!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!

Today is Gwyneth's 1st birthday!

What an awesome God we have!!!

She's a little miracle baby!!

{Check out here story here}

Happy Birthday!

(I took pictures this morning of the boys wishing Gwyneth a happy birthday, but I'm really not feeling well so I'll add them later.)

Sammy and Caleb Say

This is Caleb's first edition of Caleb says 

(and fitting of a 2nd child he has to share 

it with his brother - poor child is gonna 

need some serious therapy some day!!)

Sammy: "Run, Caleb! Run from your life!!!"

 (don't we all have days like that?!)

Caleb: "Goooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaal! 

(Can you tell he's been watching too much Soccer with his obsessed Daddy?)

Caleb: "Uhguuuuuhs!" (translation: Eagles!!) 

(he's also been watching the Eagles with his Daddy)

Caleb: "Uh-lub-uh-tuh" 

(you really have to sound that one out and 

even then it's like trying to decode hieroglyphics! 

Let me help, "I love you too") 

So cute!!

The little things that are making me happy today

{Whoever "they" are, they were right when they said 'simple things for simple minds'!!}

1. The boys slept in until 8:35 today! Yipeee!

2. I am down 3 lbs in 2 days 

(granted the first weigh was in the afternoon and 

this one in the morning, but just let me celebrate, ok?! I'm stoked!!)

3. I had chicken and black beans cooking before 9am! 

I'm having such a hard time thinking of good things to eat, 

but I figure these have tons of protein and fiber and not 

many calories so if nothing else they'll be great for breakfasts.

4. God has been providing for us in the most amazing ways! 

(yes, I know, this isn't a little thing by any means!!) 

He's provided for us over the past few weeks through 

friends & family, 

extra painting jobs (and MUCH higher paying ones!!) 

and even people who don't know us! 

And all of this in a time when we need it most!! 

We're seriously overwhelmed at God's amazing love and care for us!!!!

Sammy Says

While driving down a street with lots of trees on a sunny day:

"Mommy, the sun keeps trying to take my picture!"

{you know when the sun seems to 'flash' at you between the trees as you drive?}

"Mommy, the moon is broken!"

{it was a half moon, but he was very concerned!}

"Who's making all of that racket?!"

{He had just gone to bed and I was using the blender and Daddy was using a cordless drill}

The TRUE Christmas Story

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16

Merry Christmas!!

Nap time Creative Singing

This apparently is a no-nap day for Sammy.
He's in his room singing and cracking me up!

He's making up his own words to the tune of "London Bridges"

It goes something like this:
"We are brothers all day long,
all day long,
all day long.
We are brothers all day long,
my dear Caleb"
Bridge: (i think, but I don't know anything about music and obviously neither does he!)
"yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes...." (you get the idea!!)

Again to the tune of "London Bridges" and showing that he's tired of being awake in his bed for the past hour!
"I want to get out to play, play, play
play, play play..." (again, the creativity is overwhelming!)

Jehovah Jireh

Jehovah Jireh: The LORD Will Provide.

God is so good to us!
We don't deserve all of the blessings He gives us!
It's so awesome to be a part of God's family that I can't wait to get to heaven!
It's gonna be so awesome!!!

Sammy Says Part 2 and grievances

Sammy: "Mommy, when I grow up to be a girl I want to drink that tea"
Me: "Buddy, you will always be a boy. Boys are boys and girls are girls. You'll never be a girl" (intentionally shield him from the fact that some people in this world don't accept this concept!)
S: "oh. But one day the magic star is going to turn me into a girl. When I go out at night it will turn me into a girl and I can drink your tea"
What?! Oh where have I failed?! My poor child will surely be in therapy someday and I don't even know what started it all!

I'd also like to report that "Mooshoo kiss" has now become "Pooshoo kiss". (Hershey Kiss) The child speaks clear as day, but can't seem to get 'Hershey' out!

And now for my grievances. If you're having a great day, please don't continue reading, because I wouldn't want to spoil it with my complaining! =)

#1 I am sick of blogger!!! It makes me insane! Every time I load pictures it's a pain in the neck! There has to be a simpler way!
#2 I am sick of blogger!!! It makes me insane! (oh, did I already say that? Sorry! But it's really bad!) My previous post was supposed to have a few words with lines through them. You know for drama and interest and all. Then stinkin' blogger decided my entire BLOG needed every word with strike throughs (I know that's not even a word) I don't just mean that post or even all of my posts. No, I mean every word of every post, every word of my title and even every word in my sidebar! GRRRRRRR!!

Sammy Says

"Mama, I want toast, but with nothing on it.

And not toasted"

That, my son, we call bread!

While eating breakfast sausage 

that he wasn't liking

he shuddered and I asked what was the matter.

"It's so shivery! This sausage is very shivery!"

Hooray for Cheap Family Traditions!

This is the second year of our Christmas Trip to Philly Family Tradition (kind of a mouthful!) =)

It doesn't get better than a fun CHEAP family day that kids and parents enjoy!

We spent a whopping $9.90 for the day! 50 cents for a pretzel and the r

est for the speedline tickets.

The boys loved it even though it was colder than an Eskimo's nose.

First we went to Macy's and walked through Dicken's 

Village. Sammy says that was his favorite part (even though he doesn't even know the story!)

I got this picture of Scrooge right in the beginning. Nothing else turned out because I'm photographically challenged and was told no flashes were allowed. After 3 or 4 terrible pictures another girl (you know those annoying ones dressed in their frilly dresses trying to fake an 

English accent) told me no cameras at all! Stinkers!

Then we stayed on the 3rd floor and watched the light show. I think I liked watching it better from there since I swear my neck was stiff for a week last year after looking up at it from the 

floor!

Watching the show through the railing:

These are all of the silly people who will be doing their part this week to put their chiropractor's kids through college!

This cool organ is on the 2nd floor. 

Then we went to see the train exhibit at Reading Terminal Market. Sammy loved it! He walked around pushing all the buttons to make little displays move.

Waiting...

"Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him..."

Psalm 37:7a

I seriously am trying! Lord, I'm trying to wait patiently for You and in the process I'm learning that I'm not only very impatient, but I also have a hard time not stepping in and trying to handle it myself.

I have a dream...

...actually lots of them, but this is one that I keep coming back to because it just sounds so fun to me!

I really want to cater small parties like baby show

ers, wedding showers, birthday parties, etc. 

Maybe cater isn't even really the right word because I don't really want to be involved in all the other stuff.

I just want to make little yummys. 

I love making little appetizers and pastries/desserts. 

It makes me happy coming up with them.

Last night the hubs and I were talking about $$. 

Of course! What else is new?!

We were discussing different ideas for extra income since we're not making it on what we have now. 

Either one of us needs to get a night job or we need some other creative ideas.

I couldn't stop thinking about my little dream. 

I laid in bed unable to sleep thinking up different recipe ideas to try.

It's a sickness! Send for help!

This picture makes my mouth water and sends me into daydreams of making such things!