rain, rain, rain

'rain, rain, stay to play'

i love the cold rainy days.

bye felicia!! (to 2014)

life has been back to normal.

back to the daily routines of every day monday-friday life.

wake up (at the last possible minute for me), get dressed as i hear the girls play like it's saturday morning already, hush them and remind them that we do share walls with neighbors who may not appreciate the banshee cries of their stuffed toys, toast our orange juices and coffee to a good day, zip up, lights out (those dark winter mornings), and lock up.

zoom down the three flights of stairs of our apartment building, with the hurriedness of mrs. clavel, always taking turns to jump off the last step.

believe it or not, this is all done in 30 mins or less.

supermom? i like to think so..

in these first couple january weeks, we've had a couple birthday parties, neighbor gave away a keurig i was happy to take (doesn't work great, but does work enough to do the job), a baby shower in a beautiful hotel room (i love anything in a hotel room. i do enjoy that eloise feeling), and much music listening instead of tv watching (music does let the sillies out more than tv does). i have to say, i am over those kids shows..if we can't agree to watch something together, then music it is!

xoxo -stephnay

some stuff since august part II

before i go on, today is voting day!

...very proud i did.

now, continuing on from where i left off.

we get back from lovely la, back to our hectic lives.

missed the kids terribly.

..i got my craft on:

..ended up wiping it clean and selling the plates to a local tattoo artist who loved the original design. as you can see, they were very, very pretty.

met up with some buddies at our local orchard.

..we were originally there to pick up pumpkins. it was vegas, so we were dying from the heat in the first hour. we didn't make it to the pumpkins. 

got some girl time in with erin at the renaissance fair.

..it was my first time and i loved it. the stuff they sell there is awesome! and i had fun with all the game of thrones talk. even though erin and i were the only vikings there. whoops.

..attended a couple birthday parties..

 penelope loves nothing more than a good party. even today, she asks when the next party is.

'party, today?!'

..catching up on some reading..

..zombie reading.

a lovely visit with nature.

*calico basin.

a wishful visit to space.

a look at love.

..he is the best father.

a new wedding experience.

 loved that we all wore these amazing dresses!

a trip to pumpkin patch. it was a little bit of a drive for us, but it was very much worth it.

 we finally got our pumpkin.

halloween!

 we attended a couple parties. knowing that matt had to work halloween, we also celebrated early. we took the kids to the springs preserve to trick or treat the saturday before halloween. it was funn!

and of course, a couple favorite shows of the season!

fin.