I am a THIEF!

I play "The Grocery Game" and some days I walk out of the store having done a good job, I saved money, I stocked up etc. Some days I walk out of the store feeling this giddy, happy, triumphant feeling of thievery :). I didn't steal, I paid the price worked out by the store sales and the coupon people. I worked dang hard with my kids in tow - bribed to within an inch of my life - and my 3 page list - no stealing there, but it just feels so good...

Today was awesome. My kids were angels - I didn't even realize they were there (except that I was pushing this 75 pound monstrosity they have the nerve to call a grocery cart - shaped, of course, like a firetruck. It probably was an actual firetruck and they just took the motor off and hooked it to a grocery cart. They probably laugh every time some mom ends up having to push it and her purchases and her kids - you think she went through labor with the kids - nope, it was just practice so she could push a firetruck...) Anyhow, in case you can't read the receipt...

I spent $61.57 - SAVINGS OF $137.60 ...

The Watchers

Once again, sorry about the mess - this was yesterday (the sewing day :) )

Kenzie and I were in the kitchen yesterday and she was thrilled to behold 2 tractors in our parking lot, right out our window!!! We ran to Dillon's room and woke him up (Dillon's not a morning person but we were yelling about tractors and 'hurry come see!' so he came... )

Dillon had a memorable quote from the mornings viewing... "Mom it's like being in a movie feater only the feater is our house!!!" He was thrilled! He told me they looked like they were getting ready to fight :)

You know you've had a fun day when . . .

You know you've had a fun day when all of a sudden you look around and it looks like this:

(It was such a fun day, it took me about 31/2 hours (my sewing skills are pretty rusty!!!) and the kids were so happy!!! They dumped out laundry baskets, they played with sewing scraps, measuring tape, thread, and mom didn't say no unless they went near the iron!!! Oh happy day in the life of kids -- and yup, that is Kenzie sound asleep on the floor:) )

I was so busy turning this:

Into This:

That I didn't even notice :)

Not until my sweetie pie called...
There are 2 reasons you might find my dead body laying next to my sewing machine:
1 - My neat freak sweetie pie saw our room

2 - My neat freak sweetie pie saw that our filthy dirty (I like to call it carefree and happily played in) room in full color on the world wide web for all to see... :)

I'd like to thank my partners in crime ---


Credit also goes to my favorite sewing and craftiness blog for telling me what to do, I am addicted and have 6 more mens shirts of varying colors and fabrics I CAN'T WAIT to get my hands on... (Value Village first Monday 99 cent sale - WAHOOOOOO!!! 6 dresses for under 6 dollars!!!)

It's a hit, she loved it - although we'll have to see how I did when the washer gets a hold of it... shortly after this picture it somehow got covered in popsicle :)

Seattle Science Center

Make it big, we are the itty bitty family at the bottom

I know, all blurry, but I love it :)

What can I say, pretty things are attracted to him :)

Butterfly exhibit was a BIG hit with the munchkins!
Our kids and their little buddies Tristan & Nellsey - I love how kids bond instantly, they ask for them everyday and I'm pretty sure the competition is heating up for Dillon's love life - WHAT?!?!

The dinosaurs, big hit with Pickle - not such a huge hit with Squishy(Brandon held her pretty much the whole time...)

Once again Dillon liked the bugs, Kenzie just liked looking...
That is a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach my brave little son is holding - yuck, my skin was crawling looking at the tarantulas, black widows, snakes, giant millipedes and naked mole rats. Ugggg.

Our friends have a pass so they got us in for FREE! Oh I love family, friends, fun and free! We spent about 4 hours there and only got through half of it! We didn't even get to see 'Grossology' which is showing right now - actually I'm okay with missing that one... Such a good time. So much for the kids and they were just soakin' it up! We definitely have to go there again!!!

The Doctor will see you now...

The princess Dr. and her little ballerina patient. They got all dolled up in dress up clothes to play doctor - don't they normally get all dolled up to play princesses or something like that? I guess you can be a princess in any situation :) Notice the prince is nowhere to be found? When the princesses got all dressed up he asked if he could watch boy show :)
It did give me a birthday party idea but we have to wait a month and a half to see how it goes...