Mama's Chair

Did you have a "Mommy's chair" and "Daddy's chair" when you were growing up? A chair that was mostly reserved for Mommy or Daddy when they were home or during family movie nights? We did.

We still do actually. Except now we have Papa's chair and Nana's chair. And then we have my wonderful rocking chair which of course is Mommy's chair.
We don't seem to have a Daddy's chair though.

So inside the house is Mommy's chair but outside we only have this one grey camping chair that I hate. We used to have more but they got put away for winter and have never been seen again.
The grey chair had this lip that cuts off the circulation to the back of your legs, and it's covered in spider webs. It's also fabric so if you hose it off to get rid of the spiders you then have to sit in a soaking wet chair. It is also ridiculously difficult to get out of if you are pregnant (which i am not currently).
It is not my favorite chair.
Plus there is only one so only one person gets to sit.

Today while shopping for our back yard beach I got my self a "Mommy's chair" for outside.
It's plastic so it can be hosed down and dried off. Also, it seems hard for spiders to crawl up (several have tried already and I watch with satisfaction as they slid off).
It's comfortable enough to take a nap in.
And best of all, it's pink.

Back Yard Beach

Today Rosie said she wanted to go to the beach that didn't have any sharks or jelly fish.

She's never been to the beach before but she watches Octonauts (http://www.octonauts.com/) and she learns about the ocean and its creatures.

Anyway, a quick trip to Dollar General and we have our own private beach. And it seems to be quite a hit.

Tomorrow we'll add sand

Mushroom fun

$11 and quite a lot of my own hot air equals hours of summer fun. Just wait till tomorrow when I put water in it!

Getting Stuff Done

First of all, I got "in trouble" for never posting on the blog. Which is why I'm posting like crazy these days... also, When my in-laws asked me what we've been up to lately I said "not much" but in the same conversation said I was too busy to blog. So which is it?

Well both... but the kids are growing up way too fast and we do run around and do interesting things... like spending all day at the car dealership getting the car worked on... that I just need to write about it and post more pictures. Actually I need to remember to take more pictures.

So here we are, Blogging again....

So today I really wanted to get things done around the house. But Obadiah was being fussy and needy and just wanted to be held. Poor thing. I started to get frustrated and then I remembered the Ergo!

Rosie lived in the Ergo when she was Obi's age, but Obi is just so much more mobile than Rosie was that I just forgot about it. Until today.
So this is how we are getting things done today.

Rosie always hated being on my back. She wanted to be cuddled and held on the front. Obi likes it on the back though. He can watch what I'm doing and then can take a nap back there while I do the dishes.

This is fantastic. I'm off to do the dishes...

Camera Fun

This morning the kids and I were playing with the camera on the Desktop computer.

We had a lot of fun taking way too many pictures of our selves. OH the silly things we do when we are trying to entertain our selves. 

 I'm kind of in love with my new lipstick I got for my birthday from Sephora. It's the color Mulberry by BITE (for the girls out there). Today I am wearing it nice and dark but it can go on as a light summer pink too if I put a bit of lip gloss on before it.


Also, Isn't my sweet girl such a sweetie? she gives the very best hugs. I do so love it when she's in a huggie mood.

Princess dress up

Rosie is very imaginative and likes to play dress up. She also likes Mommy to play dress up with her.

Father's Day food

With a Father as amazing as William it's important and fun to go all out for Father's Day.

After cards and presents, William mowed the lawn and planted the garden and fixed the plumbing (these were things he wanted to do) while Rosie and I made cupcakes.

After our pre-dinner cupcakes we had a lovely steak dinner and then banana splits for post dinner dessert.

I'm not sure who was more happy, William or Rosie.

Boston Cream cupcakes

It's not pretty but it does taste good.

Our Father's Day pre-dinner dessert

Happy Father's Day