Laundry...never a mom's best friend

Check out today's photo on Awkward FP. I laughed...but if it had been another day or time of  my life I might have cried.

http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2011/01/07/motherhood/

Happy 4th Birthday!

Luke and Noah turn 4 today. In some ways I can't believe how quickly the years have flown past. It doesn't seem that long ago that we were in the hospital holding these 2 tiny boys, full of wonder at their arrival and scared to death. Happy birthday my sweet boys!

Merry Christmas 2010

We are enjoying a magical white Christmas here in NC!

Merry Christmas from the Hardys

She wants to be a cowgirl

We were driving in the car this weekend and Grace pipes up with " I wish we lived in Texas. Then we'd HAVE to have a horse. Plus I like the music and their croutons."

I sometimes buy Texas Toast flavored croutons. The kids eat them by the handful and call them "the other kind of chips". 

Also - totally unrelated - I just had to share Luke's sugar cookie. The picture doesn't quite capture just how much frosting, chips and sugar sprinkles were loaded on it.

 

There is something so sweet about little girls at ballet class. 

Grace and Sophie's teacher Ms. Elizabeth is wonderful. She also teaches ballet for UNCG (University of NC Greensboro). She lets Grace break the "official" rule of having to wear tights with your leotard and Sophie loves that she teaches all of the French terms for the ballet steps they learn.

My Sweet Girl (Warning: This post is not for children)

This is Grace's Christmas list. She is hedging her bets that Santa is real and has asked for every pet she can think of. In her actual letter to Santa she asked for a puppy, a kitten or a real tame deer. This is a list she made at school. I think the illustrated animals are adorable. She is my first child to ask for a book as a gift, makes my heart sing! No part of me would be singing if we had a burrow or a lizard as a member of our household.

Oh the weather outside is frightful...

Ok...so the weather really wasn't frightful, but the snow was delightful! We had an unexpected snow storm (of sorts) this weekend. The green grass poking through makes me laugh.So fun! I love that we can sled in our front yard.