loves giving hugs. and kisses. enjoys watching elmo’s world while wearing a pink princess dress. loves doing things for herself. and gets pretty frustrated when she can’t. (sorry for the blurry pic, i was laughing when i took this). has a pretty loud howl. and can turn on the water works at the drop of a hat. but gets over it pretty quickly.  especially when stickers are involved. also loves hamming it up. but will definitely let you know when picture time is over.

there are some days when i just really love being my kids’ mom.  ok ok, i love being their mom everyday… even the ones that involve getting poop on my hands (like on saturday), and the ones that involve a kid vomiting into my hands twice (like yesterday).  but there are a few days sprinkled here and there that make me really, really love being their mom. this past friday was one of those days. i had a parent-teacher conference with mikey’s teacher that morning and wasn’t quite sure what she would tell me.  i mean, i know my kid, but i don’t necessarily know how he does in a…

man, watching olympics is so addicting.  i meant to get this post up earlier this week, but here we are at the week’s end already!  aw well… one thing i really appreciate about phil is that he’s never dismissed valentine’s day as a fake holiday but rather used the day as an opportunity to do something sweet for me.  this year was no different as he informed me in the morning that he would be making dinner for us that evening.  he even inquired about which “seating time” i preferred– giving me the choice between 4pm and 9:30pm (arranged around when the kids are asleep).  i chose the latter. but…

for joyce (and anyone else interested).  from allrecipes.com: JELL-O Popcorn Balls Ingredients: 12 cups popped popcorn 1 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup sugar 1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Brand Gelatin, any flavor 1 1/2 cups PLANTERS COCKTAIL Peanuts, coarsely chopped Directions: 1. Place popcorn in large bowl. 2. Mix syrup and sugar in saucepan; bring to boil. Remove from heat. Add gelatin; stir until dissolved. Add peanuts. 3. Pour over popcorn; mix well. Cool about 5 minutes. Shape into 18 balls, each about 3 inches in diameter. note– i used two flavors of jello, strawberry and lime, and omitted the nuts.  i’d also recommend eating these immediately after…

last month, mikey had a special guest visit his classroom… none other than dr. phil! phil was game to visit mikey’s class on one of his days off and even spent some time  preparing some notes of what he’d talk about.  i thought that was so cute.  he also went  and bought some band-aids for the kiddos– transformers for the boys and princesses  for the girls (cuz you know the mom rule about no band-aid unless there’s blood).  we  figured the kids would like sticking them on each other without having to shed blood first. miss tanya introducing mikey’s daddy to the class. dr. phil trying to have an educational…