My Little Lady

It's only 8:30 in the morning and it's already shaping up to be an eventful day.

First things first.

Three years ago today I became a Mamma for the very first time. Happy Birthday my sweet Elliot! I love you so!

some fun things about Elliot Anberlin:

• She was named after the musician Elliot Smith, as well as the poet T.S. Eliot, and the band Anberlin
  
• When she was little she would watch Winnie the Pooh and grab her head on the part where Pooh bear bonks his head on a tree.
• Elliot is SO incredibly thoughtful. She always gives me hugs and kisses when i'm feeling down and is eager to "kiss it better" if someone gets an owie.
• Elliot may be diminutive in size, but she has a personality (and a temper) bigger than most adults i know.
  

For her birthday my bff Katie and her two precious daughters are coming up to play, as well as my parents and sister.

OH... and i'm making these. :)
http://conversationswithacupcake.blogspot.com/2009/05/split-personality.html


In other happenings. I put my jeans on today and found 8 or 9 Hungry Hungry Hippos balls in my pockets. I think one of my favorite things about mommy-ness is finding random things in strange places.

I once found my cell phone in a box of Frosted Flakes. That is not even a joke.
:)

Sand in my Hair

I took the girls outside (or "ah 'sie?" as Stori calls it) for a little Father's day photo shoot. Elliot is helping me paint and put flower stickers on a picture frame for daddy, and i thought we'd play in the backyard to get a few cute pics. Of course i forgot that Stori hasn't napped yet today. oops. She wasn't the most cheerful of kids. But I got some decent ones anyway. It took me over an hour to get one where they were both smiling.
Wanna know how I did it? I laughed like Goofy (uh-yuck) Astoria thought it was freaking hilarious.

This is Lovely

I found this today via Neil Gaiman and his awesomeness.

http://catherynnemvalente.com/fairyland/

I donated a little. You can too, if you want.

I wish with all my little heart that I had though of some of these lines.
especially:

"Is she very terrible?"

The Green Wind frowned into his brambly beard. "All little girls are terrible," he admitted finally, "but the Marquess, at least, has a very fine hat."

My goal for today is to buy batteries for my camera.

A Little Cleaner

I decided to take the background off my blog. I wanted it to look a little less... messy.

Elliot's gem of the week:
"Mommy has holes, and daddy has sparkles."
About a week ago i had a terrifying moment when my sweet pure and honest kid pointed out a friend's mole and said "what happened to your face?" I only wanted to die a little. We saved the situation by pointing out that lots of people have moles and freckles and these are things that make us special. I showed her the mole on my forehead, and the freckles on daddy's arms and face. Yesterday, she apparently remembered the conversation, and lifted up my bangs so she could see mommy's "hole". Then pointed to daddy and showed me all of his "sparkles".

I know that this blog is severely deficient in the picture department, and for that i apologize. i've never been super great at taking pictures. The pictures i do take end up cataloged away on our computer and rarely make it to my work computer which is really where i spend the bulk of my "computer time". So i'll try to work on that. Promise.

In other happenings, we took the girls to their first ever movie in a theater. We saw "UP" in 3D. It was a sweet movie, and Elliot really liked the dog. However, going to the movie in 3D was a mistake. Astoria wouldn't wear the glasses at all and Elliot toughed it out for a little over the first half of the movie, but eventually got sick of hers too and took them off.

This weekend is Blair's birthday and we are celebrating by going to a basketball tournament in Salina. Woot. It would almost be bearable because my dear friend Katie C. lives there... unfortunately she will be out of town. Boo. Oh well. Next week Blair and I are going to SLC for a wedding, so i can make up the birthday date then. It will probably involve Marqutos, Rico, and hopefully some sushi. :)

A few recentish photos...


Elliot's Easter dress
And Astoria's Easter dress...
This is Elliot showing me her "mad face". If only.
Oh, and I graduated College last month. Did I mention that? The red thing on my neck means i'm smart, and the little white circle under my thumb means i'm a writer... i guess. I'm probably going to need to work on that sometime.


love and rockets...

Nice

I just found a Jack-O-Lantern face Pez dispenser in my purse.

sometimes i am so delighted that i have kids.

I think i'm going to keep him in there for awhile.


I just took some pictures of it with my phone and tried to send it to my blog... but it didn't really work. So you'll have to check facebook to see them.

Bacon and Karma

Lately i've become a huge believer in Karma.

There are many good things that I want to have happen in the near future for me and my little family. There are jobs, and creative projects, financial endeavors, and other wishes that consume many a tête-a-tête. So in an attempt to see these things realized, we have begun to practice principles of good Karma. It's just an experiment at this point, so we'll let you know how it goes. Who knows you may even be a recipient of some karma that you can in turn pass on to someone else.

Also, bacon is delightful.

Yea for poems

So 2 of my poems are being published in the Kolob Canyon Review this year, which is awesome since they had like 150 or something submissions, and only selected 30 pieces... and 2 of them are MINE!!! Ha ha ha ha!!!!

As soon as it comes out, i'll put more information up. Such as purchasing, where you can read them, etc...

Anyway. Yea!