Happy New Year!!!!!!!

WooHOO!!!!!!!! It's 2010!!!!!!!!! I hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and fun new year!

I'm Still Alive....

I know you were in a panic..but it's OK! I'm alive and well. I've just been really, really , really lazy......and well with the holidays, it was a bit hectic. I am thinking things are going to be calming down a lot now though, and I'm really looking forward to it.

Since the last time I blogged, we have gotten a ton of snow! The kids are loving it. They love getting all bundled up and going out there in the freezing cold....crazy little munchkins! I think it actually takes them longer to get ready, then they actually stay out there..lol! They also love the hot cocoa that they get when they come in. Can't blame them there...I live off that stuff in the winter...lol! It's so good!!

Anyways, I'm hoping that since things are settling down and the holidays are almost over....I'll start posting again regularly. Don't hold your breath or anything though...lol! Naw! I'm gonna try to post at least once a week... I think. So stay tuned....

I Love These Ladies

This made me laugh and laugh and laugh!!! Oh, how I love Kellie Pickler and Ellen. Check out this hilarious clip of Kellie dressed up as Dolly Parton on Ellen's Halloween show today. Too Funny!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

Don't bother coming back another day! I think its rained every day this week, and I'm really getting sick of it. How am I supposed to make the hubby rake leaves if they're all wet and soggy? Hopefully it will be dry for a couple days in the near future, so I can crack my whip and get him moving..LOL! I'm sure I'll pay for that comment later if he reads it..lol!

I'm also hoping it dries up by the weekend for Halloween. It could warm up a little too, but that might be asking a little too much. So I'll just be happy with it being dry.

We carved pumpkins a couple nights ago...I think everyone had fun. I ended up doing a moon and a couple bats. I went for something a little simple this year...I think it looks pretty good though still. Kaitlin had a lot of fun. At first, she didn't want anything to do with the pumpkin gut removal, but by the end she was all over it...lol! She was scooping like a pro...if there was such a thing..LOL! I'll post pics of all our Halloween activities after Halloween is over and I get pics of the kids dressed in their costumes. So look for those sometime this weekend.....

That's if I don't melt from all the rain......cause you know I would melt...cause I'm pure sugar..hahahahaha....................yeah right...

Happy Birthday!

Today is good day....Today is the day Ryan Reynolds was born...let's just take a moment of silence to fully appreciate that and take it all in...................................................ok...I think that's good. This is really just a shameless excuse to post his pic again....mmm...isn't he yummy! lol! Happy Birthday Ryan Reynolds!!!!!!!!

Boo!!!

Did I scare you? lol! Well, Halloween is around the corner! I'm so excited, its probably my favorite holiday. I love the decorations, the costumes, trick or treating, the CANDY...LOL! It's all fun. Oh and the pumpkin carving! I love carving pumpkins. I usually try to do something a little creative with mine. I've done skeletons, Frankenstein, cats...all sorts of stuff. I love watching my daughter do her pumpkin, she sits down for quite a while just thinking about what she's going to do, takes a while to draw it on...and it's usually only the typical Jack o'lantern face...its too cute..lol!

This year Kaitlin is going as a princess again. She even wants to wear her costume from last year, which is fine with me...less money I have to spend..lol! I'm not sure what Cameron is going as yet. I'm thinking maybe a puppy since he is very into puppies right now... he loves dogs...well animals period. He's my little animal lover. He spends hours playing with our dog...they are inseparable.

Tomorrow I'm going to clean the house and then when dd gets home from school, we'll decorate! First we are stopping by the store to pick up pumpkins though. She's excited about that..lol! Tomorrow should be a fun day...for both of us..lol!

Check These Out.....

Aren't they cool? I made these for my daughter to take to school for her birthday. I knew I wanted to make cupcakes, but I also knew I wanted to jazz them up a little bit. So I googled cupcakes and happened to find these. It's really easy to do.

You just make the cake mix like usual. Divide the batter by however many colors you are going to use. I did 4 colors and it was a little over a cup for each color. Then you add your food coloring. You have to use gel food coloring though.....to get the vibrant colors. Wilton makes it and you can find it at Walmart or Michael's in the cake decorating section...I even found it at my local grocery store, and I live in a very small town...lol! I used a 1/4 tsp of coloring for each color. Then you just layer each color in the cupcake liner, and bake as usual...its very easy...and Oh so cute!!!!!

The cupcake in this picture has hardly any frosting on it...it was for my 2 year old....and it was also 8:00 at night..lol! The ones I frosted later had a generous amount of frosting on them...lol! I thought they turned out pretty cute though.......

Still Here....

I'm still here, and still kicking. I have just been super busy with kid stuff. My daughter started Kindergarten and is doing great. She is loving it, so that is a huge relief. I was so afraid that she was going to through some major fits and not want me to leave her there, but nope, she's handled it just fine. I'm so proud of her.

You would think that I would have more relaxing time with one of my two kids in school, but so far that hasn't happened...and here's why..... With two kids at home, they keep each other busy...with just one kid at home, a 2 year old, he wants more mommy time. There definitely is a noticeable difference in the amount of time and attention he is needing from me. Plus I think he misses his sister a lot.

So I've been busy playing with him and getting more stuff done around the house, which desperately needed to get done. I would love for someone to come in and organize my house...that would be so awesome! To have everything actually have a place, it would be like a dream, a wonderful, wonderful dream...lol! I wonder how much that would cost? Probably a lot..darn! lol!

I also just wanted to mention that I am so sad about Patrick Swayze passing away earlier this week at the age of 57. He seemed like such a great guy, everyone seemed to love him. He fought a great fight against his pancreatic cancer. This weekend I think I'm going to watch Dirty Dancing, it's one of my favorite movies, so I think it will be a nice little tribute to him. I am also making him today's random yummyness....he was and always will be a beautiful man. My thoughts and prayers go out to his wife of 35 years, Lisa.

I'm Baaaaacccckkkkk!!!!!!!

Ok...I haven't posted here in a while....*slaps hand*......but I'm here today. I can't even say that I have a good excuse for not posting in month. I haven't been super busy. There have been no big family ordeals. There have been no deaths in the family. No big upsets at all.....I've just been lazy about posting....lol!

I think pretty soon though I am going to try and start posting regularly again. I should have more free time pretty soon. I'm taking a break from my design site for a little while. My daughter is going back to school...she starts Kindergarten this year. She's nervous about that, I'm nervous about that. It will be ok though. Anyway I'm going to chill out, relax and I'm also hoping I can sneak in a nap or two..that would be awesome!

So in a week, I will be down to just 1 very terrible two year old....lol! He has been a handful lately. We are also going to start potty training after his sister goes back to school...so that should be fun, fun, fun!!! I actually think he's going to be fairly easy to train, he seems really interested...now that I've said that he'll be a stinker butt and not do it...ugh!! I shouldn't of said that! lol!

So in the next few weeks you might hear some venting about poop, pee, and other nasty stuff....lol! Just ignore it. It's fine.

Well I think that's all for this post....see you soon....I promise(pinky swear promise)lol

GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

I'm not having a good day....I swear my daughter has been possessed by some evil demon. Her head might starting spinning around at any minute! I'm pretty sure she's a 16 year old in a 5 year old's body. Her attitude is unbelievable! Let me just say that I can't wait until school starts. It's going to be the longest month ever....lol!

Then just a little while ago my door handle on my car broke right off! Clean off! So now to open the door.... I have to get in on the other side and lean across and open the door. Very inconvenient! Especially with 2 kids in tow. Hopefully it will get fixed soon...very soon!

To top it all off my youngest child...probably won't lay down and take a nap. Instead, he'll probably stay up...get in trouble with his demon possessed sister...then fall asleep in his dinner plate(which is cute)...and then not want to go to bed at bedtime. So that's going to make for a delightful evening....*insert sarcasm here.*

I'm ready for this day to be over....