a stylist...
This has been a LONG week. We ended up staying at Grandma's longer than anticipated. My hair was telling me "I need a haircut" SO Daddy made me a hair appointment since she lives closer to civilization than we do. Grandma & I trekked down to the mall with the tribe for me to accomplish this task. Finding a place that gives a good cut & is reasonable is VERY hard to find! While there we decided to get the girls haircuts too. This was their very FIRST haircut at a REAL salon. I cannot believe how well they behaved. I have taken their brother to get his hair cut & he did not behave as well. In fact he shed quite a few tears! Pat, my hair stylist, brought out kid sized robes & a booster seat fo

the case of the missing camera...
We have have a "mystery" on our hands over the past day or so while staying at Grandma's house. SOMEONE, we will not name names, misplaced mommy's camera. One hint, it was not me! Second hint, the culprit is under three feet tall. Third hint, they weigh about 23 pounds. Those determinants narrows my list down to four possible subjects. I have cornered each one of them & none of them will spill the beans. This is one tight lipped bunch! I keep hoping that one of them will miraculously appear with my camera behind their back but so far no such luck. They could have hid it ANYWHERE! I think we have looked in just about any place a two foot something could reach. Oh to get into the mind of a tw

a day off with Daddy...
I must say that we LOVE it when we have our Daddy home with us mid week. Such a treat that does NOT happen that often! The only bad part of this equation is the reason he is home, he is sick. In fact we both are sick. He is worse off than me & for him to take a sick day is a feat within itself. He by far is the WORST patient ever! When he is feeling under the weather he is like my sixth child! ugh! {Do you think that is why God chose women to give birth instead of men? hmm...} (= So even though it is nice having him here it really isn't much fun! We made him some of my Uncle's famous "Greek Soup". SO SO yummy & great to eat when you are sick! Nothing like chicken soup when you are feeling u

six plates!...
There has been a growth spurt going on in our house lately. It all started the other night when I made a pork roast & our new favorite, jasmine rice for dinner. LOVE that stuff! YUM! The aroma of the roast filled up the house I think it was intoxicating to the tribe because they could NOT wait for their daddy & D to get home to eat it! They kept saying "Eat, Eat". I guess they wanted to make sure I got their point LOUD & CLEAR! LOL! There I was in the kitchen making up their plates before 530. {We usually eat around 615} Rice is one of those dishes that you LOVE to eat but is a HUGE mess to clean up. When you have toddlers you learn to choose wisely in the food dept! I never really know whi

trying a different approach...
Life here has been a bit rough lately. Rough is putting it mildly. Things are a changing & I do not like it one bit! There are growth spurts & there are brain spurts. I think we are having a little bit of both! These "spurts" are changing the tribe's behavior & with change there is havoc! I am no big fan of change so that makes matters even worse! The biggest change has centered around what we call "nap time". It is becoming non existent! Some days are different than others. This week has been a "no nap" week. They have had mini cat naps in the car coming home from an errand & that is it! This is NOT a good thing for me & my sanity! I have tried MANY things to get them sleep longer or bette