I LOVE this soap!

UGH! I totally LOVE this soap and every day it gets smaller and smaller!!!!!

I picked up this soap visiting my sister around Christmas Time at an International Market store! I love the smell of it in the shower, I love the lather it makes, I love how it feels smooth and soft on my skin, and I love how the smell lasts on your skin all day! Even Shaun uses it--it's done wonders for his dry elbows!

"Why can't you talk Aunt Val?"

Poor Valerie had her wisdom teeth surgically removed today. She is doing pretty well, all things considered. Anneli had to go over to "feel her better" with some flowers. She went into the store with Red Flowers on her mind but we left with as she called them, "not pink but not white flowers."

Okay, I admit while I was at the store, I also bought myself a bouquet of pretty red tulips. They were so pretty I couldn't pass them up. It has brought a touch of spring to our home!!

National Craft Month!

March is National Craft Month! What a fun time of year--Spring crafts are always fun!

Anneli LOVES to do crafts! She is always asking to do them. It's fun to watch her concentrate on her projects. Here are a few simple crafts that kept her busy this afternoon while Christopher was at school today!




What are we going to do tomorrow???

Our Weekend...

This weekend was a little rainy, but it didn't put a damper on our weekend! We, Anneli, Valerie and I, attended our cousin Meagans Bridal Shower in Gardner, Massachusetts. It was a long two and a half hour ride int he rain, but Anneli had fun sitting next to Aunt Val and watching The Little Mermaid. It was cute to see Anneli hold Aunt Valerie's hand during the scary parts. (In the picture below, Aunt Valerie was asleep but Anneli still had a hold her finger pretty tight!) Heck, the Little Mermaid is really scary kid movie! Most of the Disney girl movies are! It was great to see our cousins and aunts on my mother's side, the party was fun, and the food (brunch) was super yummy! Anneli had fun too playing with her cousins! We played one game that was fun for the adults as well as the kids. We were broken up in different groups and given one simple roll of toilet paper. We then had to choose a "bride" and then design and dress her in a wedding gown made of toilet paper. Here is a picture of all the "brides".

My mother on the end was pretty silly looking, but the little kids had a total blast wrapping her in toilet paper! Anneli kept saying, "That's not nice mommy, right?" I told her she could do it here, but not at home! I don't trust her though, I've been keeping a close eye on our toilet paper!! :)

I think that Valerie's dress was pretty awesome! Our cousin Chippie is one heck of a designer!

We are looking forward to her wedding on April 12....a fabulous month to get married I must say, since April 15th will be 8 years for Shaun and I! Oh my, time flies when you are having fun! :)

Good-bye old Refrigerator, Hello new!

Finally after years of procrastination...

Goodbye Old Refrigerator (and oven)!

Hello New Refrigerator (and oven)!

(I have the new oven hood/vent thing, just waiting for Shaun to install it!)

*This spring we will start kitchen renovations so when we go to sell the house, someone will want it! Fun, fun, fun! :)

Anneli's little Chick.

We had a great time Thursday at our ward's Playgroup. (Well Anneli did, Christopher feels too grown up since all the kids are Anneli's age!) They ran around the gym kicking balls to each other, read two books, made an Easter Chickie Egg Carton Craft, had a cute yummy Birds Nest Snack and played some fun games in the gym.

After Playgroup we raced home to get Christopher lunch and then off to school. It was funny because the house was quiet and I was puttering around and I heard Anneli talking to someone--which isn't totally abnormal since she loves to make her dolls and stuffed animals talk with her. I looked over at her and she's carrying around the little Chick she made! It was cute. She carried around that little chick all day and she was it's Mama!

All about Chris...

Our little Kindergartener is growing up! Here are a few stories all about Chris!

This morning I was trying to get Anneli to put her shoes on. I yelled to her from the bathroom to put her shoes on, and she was talking back about something and then Christopher started talking about something else! We were all talking all at once and he exclaimed, "This is such a cacophony!" I heard this and asked him to repeat himself and he said it again. I then asked him to tell me what cacophony meant...he told me it meant "two sounds joined together and it makes a bad sound." Smarty pants!

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My mom was talking to the aide in Christopher's Kindergarten class and she said that Christopher wrote a sentence all by himself and they were amazed that it was all spelled correctly. Here is the sentence he wrote, "The octopus blends into the ocean scene." They asked him if he wrote it all himself and he said, "yes it was in my head."

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One evening last week Christopher was on the phone with Shaun. I heard him say, "Have you started your journey yet Dad?" I laughed because "journey" is defintely the word to describe Shaun's long commute home from Norwich. Anyone who knows Route 2 would agree I'm sure!

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