Sweet Summertime

I know it's only May but here in the South it has been super duper hot! Our AC has been working overtime and we're on day 3 in the high 80's to low 90's. The heat didn't stop us from having fun on Sunday though. If anything it made the day more enjoyable since we were able to bring out the pools.
This would be a picture of Daddy trying to convince E to get into the pool. At first site E was not too excited!

It does not take long for these two boys to get rowdy!!

The day was full of all smiles!

The theme over at The Trendy Treehouse this week is circles. How could I not include a sweet picture of my baby hard at work....and it just so happens that what he's working on has circles all over it.

And of course where there is this little boy there will always be cars, trucks, or both close behind!!

Disfunctional Valentine's Day

It's never like the movies....at least not in my house. I don't wake up to a nice clean home, breakfast in bed, and happy healthy children running into the bedroom to kiss me good morning. Rather this morning on our 6th Valentine's Day together I wake up before anyone else as normal. I walk into the kitchen after going to bed early with sick kids last night to find a complete mess! Dinner was still left out on the stove, the door to the outside was unlocked, and the clothes wet in the washing machine were, well still sitting wet in the washing machine.
My dear husband wakes up and comes strolling out into the living room and asks, "Did you see anything in the kitchen?" My response, "Yeah, a big mess and a half eaten box of chocolates that I threw away." End of story, end of conversation...I go about my business checking on the boys and seeing how high their temperature was this morning. A couple of minutes later I walk back into the kitchen to refill my coffee cup and there sat a beautiful bouquet of tulips. Tulips are my ultimate favorite and the pale pink and yellow just made my heart melt. Also sitting by the flowers was an issue to my favorite magazine, "Mother Earth News." He did remember! He did know my favorites!! Now I'm off to tend to the sick kids. Looks like I'm going to have a day full of Motrin, coughing, and irritability but in between those moments I'll be sitting back while I can to catch a good read about gardening in my new magazine.
Thanks sweetie for a great Valentine's Day!

Another day stuck in the bubble...

With this snow that has come our way I literally feel like my family and I are living in a bubble! We are so ready to break out of it and go back to our normal lives. I actually tried today but was unsuccessful. On my way to drop the boys off at daycare I hit a patch of ice and almost hit the car in front of me and/or got run over by a truck from behind. Needless to say I made my way back home and haven't left again.
With that being said though I've had way too much time on my hands. I ran across a really neat bubble tutorial over at The Bonnie 5 and thought I'd give it a try.

I literally tried every which-a-way to get it right and I'm still not totally happy with it...but it did waste a good 30 mins of my day and bring a smile to my boy's eyes when he saw me standing on the kitchen table hoovering over a bowl. :)