Sandy you are such a B****

Hope everyone is safe up north! The pictures and videos being shown on the news are just plain scary!

I'm so thankful here in Richmond we got nothing but a 2 day rain storm with a little bit of wind.

Sorry for the short post but just wanted to let everyone know we are okay.

P.S. being stuck inside, the twins have decided they want nothing to do with diapers, and have been using the potty, with not accidents (I'm still in minor shock).

More posts to come, hope everyone is/stays safe!

School Days

Missed me???

We've been getting used to new school routines and settling down for the fall weather that has suddenly swept into our town.

I may or may not have already gotten my halloween deco set up..

just on the inside!!! I'll wait to do my front porch until Oct 1st :)

I had to share our classic "first day" pics with you all, and I haven't forgotten about doing the Twin's Bday post, I have a tease for you at the end...

Annabelle

Gabrielle

They were so excited :)

The Big Girl :)

My three girls, ready for school!

Birthday Tease!!! This was their cake...ahhhhmazing, right??

Sorry for the out of order pic!  Yes, she wants to be a firefighter when she grows up!

Sweetheart!

Happy Monday!

Juliette, Says

I had to do another post on the great/cute little phrases from my 3 year old! 

Are you mad to me? (Are you mad at me)

What does it do's (for, what does it do)?

goof bug (for, goofball)

crunchy cough (this was when she had pneumonia, and had a really mucousy cough, she called it crunchy..which is a pretty smart way for a 3 year old to describe her cough)

Her new cutest phrase is when she asks where her daddy as, I say "he's at work" and she say's "He'll be home in a little bit of a second"

LOVE HER.

We survived North Carolina!

We survived our road trip, and I have to say, the kids did much better than I was anticipating.

It was so much fun to celebrate their cousin's birthday, and they had a blast sleeping the night in a hotel room!

Remember when you were a kid, how much fun hotels were??? Well the girls loved it!

We made it home safe, and thankfully didn't hit traffic, we also survived our poolside cookout yesterday!

Now, PARTY MODE!

The twins turn 2 on Friday and are having their party on Saturday!

I can't wait to post pictures, their theme is bookworms :)

I have to give myself a little shout out on this one, because the twinners are so anit-TV it's not even funny. So, they aren't "in" to any characters that most kids are like mickey or curious george. 

But, they LOVE books! So bookworm theme was born!

We also have open house on Friday to meet their teachers, and I am way excited about that as well :)

Busy week! I'll keep the posts comin!

Convention, Convention, Convention!!

If you're a political nut like me, then you're glued to coverage of the RNC convention! I love this stuff, politics is dirty, and scandalous and most of the time, completely unfair; but I love the political process, so I geek out over things like conventions, debates, elections and supreme court decisions!

I've been battling a nasty head cold lately that couldn't come at a worse time! We are heading down to North Carolina this weekend for my niece's birthday, then next week we have the beginning of dance class, open house at the kids' new school, AND the twins' birthday!!!

I'm trying to get my act together, because I just don't have time to be sick :(

The netti-pot has become my new best friend, and I've bought all the alka-seltzer at our local CVS. I can't say ENOUGH about the advanced strength Bayer, because it is literally the only thing  keeping my pulsating headache from exploding my head!

Please send healthy vibes my way, people!

I need them!

It's been too long...and I'm so sorry for that!

We've gotten knee-deep into summer around here with playdates, playgrounds, pools, and crafts :)

The hubs and I headed out for the west coast a few weeks ago, and of course parent's can't enjoy a kid-free getaway without one kid getting pneumonia and another getting pink-eye!

Oh parenthood.

But we were determined to not feel guilty, we were going to enjoy our vacay!

We took in all San Fran had...we were total tourists, walking the streets with our unfolded maps, taking the ferry to alcatraz, checking the golden gate bridge, sausalito and of course the red woods :)

It was 5 jam-packed days, but it was so much fun! A little awkward finding our groove in the beginning since me and the hubs are so used to it just being us PLUS 3 kids! We found our groove though, and really enjoyed spending time with eachother

We didn't realize how much we actually needed some "us" time until we were there!

Special thanks to my mom for watching the girls during our getaway :)

Now we're gearing up for a family trip to North Carolina to celebrate our nieces birthday and then it's back home to celebrate the twins turning 2! 

2!

crazy! Then the girls will be off to a new morning program we just signed them up for!!!

Lots of fun stuff coming up and  I'm ready! I'm also ready for fall and pumpkins, and baking, and did I mention Christmas???

Yep, I'm ready for Christmas :)

Friday's Five!

My top 5 for the week...

1) Old Navy

have you been there recently?? I've always loved their kid clothes, but they have got some bangin' styles for women as well. LOVE! Lots of cute flowey (apparently this is not a word according to spell check) tops (which when you have 3 kids, is a must in your wardrobe) and adorable colored jeans that are all the rage right now...head on over!

2) Naptime Missions- my new summer resolution: get something productive done in the house while kids are sleeping, yesterday was re-organizing my pantry...

YIKES! It was a tad bit out of hand, but now...

It's gorgeous, and makes me happy whenever I sneak in there for a snack!

3) Pool time!

When we're not at the neighborhood pool or at my parents house using their pool,  it's nice to have an inflatable hippo pool you can throw in your back yard on these 100+ degree days! This one is from Target, and we have gotten our money's worth :)

4) Instagram!

I'm a little late to the party, I know, but I love this thing! It's so much fun putting different filters on the pictures and making them look perfect....like this one

and this one...

All 3 girls on the 4th of July before we headed out to the neighborhood parade!

Which brings me to #5

5) Independence Day!

I hope yours was filled with fireworks, good food, and good company :)