Too many toys!

My girls have alot of toys! Some of their toys I enjoy. What can be cuter than little girls playing "mommy"?????? Granted, my girls don't need 6 baby dolls each, but they are totally hooked on their favorite babies. Julia's Katie is on the left. Audrey's Brody is on the right. Don't these babies look... loved??



Then there is dress up! I LOVE having the girls use their imaginations by putting on dressup clothes and shoes. What a classic sound it is to hear little girls clickety-clack around in their princess high heels. Excuse the cardboard moving box underneath our dressup chest. :)



BUT THEN...

There are some toys that I want to have "disappear" during our move. One of them is this Cootie game. Whenever we try to play this game it winds up being played for approximately 57 seconds and somehow in the short time frame, the little beans get strewn all over the floor.

BYE-BYE BEANS!!!


I was also planning on having the Polly Pockets disappear during our move. I'm now rethinking that decision. Since soooo many of their other toys have been packed up recently the girls have come to rely heavily on these little mini-Barbie thing-a-ma-jigs. Our Polly Pocket basket is now pulled out multiple times a day. I guess we'll be keeping them after all.

This & That Thursday

* Thank you to Walmart, Starbucks, Lifeway, and Barnes & Noble for the cardboard boxes. It would be a travesty to have to actually pay for packing supplies.

* I bought PopTarts at Publix today (BOGO + coupon + our need for easy go-to breakfasts/snacks this next week)... I'm rather proud that a minute ago Julia said, "Can I have one of those thingies with sprinkles?" I eventually realized that she meant the aforementioned Pop-Tarts. Kudos to us for having children that aren't familiar w/ PopTarts! (We'll skip out talking about all the unhealthy things they ARE familiar with...)

* My mom made a Facebook photo album today titled "Hand-me-downs." In it she put pictures of Julia and then pictures of Audrey wearing Julia's old clothes. Apparently, she finds this humorous; I just find it to be sound financial management. :)
***UPDATE*** Mom has since contacted me and said that she made this album in order to look at the differences in the girls when they were at the same age NOT b/c she found my using hand-me-downs humorous.

* If anyone is in the Phenix City area Wednesday (and feels a compulsive need to clean) then stop by and help us get ready to SELL THIS HOUSE!

Breathing easy

I've been freaking out lately. I'm sure everyone reading this is shocked over that since normally I deal very **cough** sensibly with the stresses in life. :)

This week, my worries have centered around the sale of our home. Ex. How long will it take? How much will we be able to sell it for? What will our finances look like after this is all over? Etc... I was even reduced to tears yesterday afternoon b/c of the stress I'd put on myself. Julia was extremely sweet in the way she comforted me. She has also been very protective of me since then. This morning, Matt and I were joking about something and Julia (not understanding that we were kidding around) said, "Daddy, stop it. We don't want Mommy to *sniff sniff* like she did yesterday." Yes, the child actually mimicked me crying with a few "sniff sniffs!" It was very sweet and funny.

After lunch today, the girls and I snuggled on my bed and watched an episode of Dora the Explorer. I got to thinking right then about my "stresses." Yes, moving and selling a house are a big deal,but... they're really not all that humongous of a deal. Some of you that regularly read this blog have gone through times in your lives that were (are) so much harder!

My parents and my in-laws are all healthy. My husband and I have both been blessed with our health as well, and my children... well, I cannot begin to imagine the pain that some of you have experienced reguarding children. I haven't had to deal with much of anything in comparison to what others have been asked to handle. My load is light, and yet I still struggle to carry it. Not today! Today, I'm going to "let tomorrow worry about itself." Today, I'm going to pack, plan, and prepare our family for this upcoming change in our lives, and I'm going to appreciate the fact that my struggles are wonderfully few.

Good-bye Storytime!

During the last 2 years, the girls and I have rarely missed a preschool story hour at the library. We've especially come to depend on the socialization it provided us during the last 9 months or so. Since we're moving next week, today was our last day with our library friends.

Thanks Mrs. Jill and Mrs. Gypsy for the pretty cake!

Do you want to play a game??

My guess is that we'll have MANY conversations such as this in the next week!


Julia: You wanna play a game?

Me: (hesitantly) Ummm ok, which one?

Julia: a puzzle?

Me: Sorry, they're all packed up. What about Uno?

Julia: NO! How about Whack-a-Mole?

Me: Sorry, it's packed up. What about Guess Who?

Julia: Candyland?

Me: Packed.

Julia: Zippity?

Me: Packed

Julia: Bingo?

Me: Packed.

...

Julia: (in the saddest voice she can muster) Well, What am I going to play??

Me: How about UNO or Guess Who??

Julia: (sighs) Guess Who, but I want to be red.

Terri Blackstock

This week I FLEW through Terri Blackstock's Redemption Series. I had never read this author before, but I'm thrilled that someone recommended these books to me! That's why I decided to mention them on here. I have a hard time finding Christian fiction that actually entertains me, but the 4 "Light" books definitely did! Are there any Fiction books that you would recommend to me???

New hairbows

Last week, I actually won one of the giveaways that I tend to enter in blogworld. I won a $20 egift certificate to Flowerzinherhair.com!I ordered 2 pair of "natural" looking flowers, and (of course) I chose to order light pink and white b/c those colors would likely be used most often. I was also thrilled to know that shipping on my $20 order was free! 4 hairbows for absolutely nothing??? Fabulous!! When they arrived today the girls and I tried them out immediately.

Pink is definitely my fave!


I asked for a smile.


I asked for a silly face.


Then the girls started wrestling!


**I was not asked to help promote this site! I just wanted to share about our goodies.