Where ya from?

Naomi (singing) "Tell me a story, I love to hear... sing a rhyme Christmas time.....when as a baby he came to the earth!!" James came to the earth huh mom?!

Me: "yes he did, and so did you, from Heaven. When someone asks you were you're from tell them Heaven"

Me: So Naomi, where are you from?

-pause-

Naomi: "Where's my bum??"

I about died laughing, this caught me totally off guard. If you didn't catch it, she got that answer from the line: Nice bum, where ya from?

Nice indeed.

Bird skirts for Naomi. I need to start sewing again...

Grosgrain has giveaways nearly every week- so I'm linking back to her site so that I might win. I love these skirts she has this time around. Naomi wants to wear a dress or skirt nearly every day and the pocket would be her very favorite. Perfect for her rock and berry collections as we are walking outside. So check out the link and maybe link too so you might win:)
She's starting a mini online store soon too.

Link below:
GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

Pretty Princess and the Mad Chicken

Tonight was the ward trunk or treat. We had it inside because it was a torrential downpour. So it was more like a ward classroom-grab-handfuls-of candy-walk.

Naomi went as herself, Princess Naomi. I asked her what princess she was tonight, you know, like Belle, Sleeping Beauty. She said, "no, I'm Naomi." I even put gold eyeshadow/liner on her. There was a little persuasion involved but she very much liked the results in the mirror.

James however did not go as himself. My happy chubbers was completely missing. In his place we had a grumpy mad chicken. He was SO adorable though.

I made Noami pose with all the friends we could catch and I let her eat a whole doughnut at the party and a lollipop on the way home just before bed. She did brush her teeth after.

I've only eaten a snickers, tootsie roll and a bubble gum from her pumpkin bag. So far.

We actually forgot her special pumpkin candy collecting bag bucket thing and Zach saved the night and went back home to get it. James went with him seeing as he loves hanging out with Daddy so much and then he fell asleep in the car.

He was then woken up and put in a chicken suit.

I think I would be grumpy too.

It was a fun party and the kids costumes were fun, some were very original. I don't think I'll ever be the type to make costumes for my kids, but I just might if one of them wants to be something crazy one year. I guess we'll see.

She wasn't about to hug Sam in that mask!

Aren't these girls sweet?

Naomi loves Charlie only second to her James.

The snazzy alien girl costume (next to Naomi) is homemade!

The "witches brew" was cool.

There he is! ..... but not for long, James called it a night.

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

There is this dress.... and I SO want it for Naomi!!! It is beyond fabulous and Naomi would look so awesome in it! So here is my link so I am in the running to win it.
Check it out for yourself~

Time well spent

We went to Naomi's favorite playground ever the other evening after dinner, before bedtime. It has been named by Naomi the "Dolphin Park" because of the 1970's era dolphin-like swing she so loves. Naomi can make the swing go all on her own. I think she feels pretty proud of herself for that. She's so good on it that she gets it going pretty fast and then puts her feet up, like we used to do on our bicycle handle bars. There is also a big twisty slide and a fast short metal slide. Naomi is an old pro at them all. Recently she's been testing my reaction time by climbing to the very top of this thing made for climbing. But she's only two and she's a little bit like a cat, climbs up fast and well and then falters a bit on the way down. She's brave and prefers I keep my distance but I can just see it all turning South if she missed a step one of these times and fell about 6 feet to the ground.

James is thrilled just to be outside. He's becoming a great people watcher. Other children are fascinating to him. He will stare a at a child nearby and be all smiles and exciting sounds. He also loves swinging. James has been sick with a cold for what seems like forever. Poor baby. I hate when my kids are sick, especially babies. I guess we are entering the season of sickness.

But on to better topics- We has some friends over for dinner today, Ashley and Jess. It's always good to hang with them. We always seem to talk to them for forever, I love it. Zach made a very delicious pot roast. I'm so happy to say that we can now officially re-create my parents Sunday dinners. Mashed potatoes (using the Bosch to "whip" them), homemade gravy, a tender pot roast, lots of veggies, (we needed more today though), a green salad and cookies for dessert. The cookies are most definitely a Champlin thing though. A Z&T Champlin thing would have been to have grapes or some other fruit. I was missing it today.

I made some Chocolate Quake cookies, Ash helped me. They turned out pretty good. The recipe is from my all time favorite cookie book. It's called Got Milk? The Cookie Book by Peggy Cullen It's fabulous. Really. I've made the best cookies ever from her recipes, everything form the classic CCC to sugar cookies with royal icing to divinity. I always double the recipe and it's a good thing, the cookies are usually gone by day 2.

Tomorrow starts another week of who knows what for us, but I'm sure we'll be busy and tired and cranky and happy and everything else in between too.

All ready for church today.

I Heart BabyLegs

I know it's a little bit debatable about putting these on a boy, but now that I have a pair for James, I love them.

I found a darling little baby boutique (Daisy Baby) in downtown Bethesda that carries BabyLegs and bought a pair each for Naomi and James.

I put them on James with a onesie and his little legs are warm and I can leave them on for diaper changes, that is sweet. Also with my little fatty- pants are tight for sitting up. The leg warmers solved the problem.

So there was a skull and crossbone patterned pair that I briefly considered getting, being so un-girly and all. But I decided that I am undecided on that latest trend.

What do you think- skull & cross bones ok for babies/kids, and do you like BabyLegs?

Happy Meals

I am getting bad mommy of the month award delivered to my door soon, I am sure of it. I have completely immersed Naomi into the world of McDonald's happy meals. For shame, I know. I DO always get her apples and milk rather than fries and soda. But still, she can down a cheeseburger faster than me!

The happy meal toys right now are awesome. Every once in a while Madame Alexander does mini dolls for McD's and they are so cute. So the theme is Wizard of Oz with a total of 12 characters. Naomi LOVES her little dolls. So far we have the Lollipop munchkin, two Glinda's and today we got Dorothy with Toto in a little basket. Their eyes open and shut, I love that. I really want the Wicked Witch of the West- she's awesome being green and all. I think I'm loving it so much because of Wicked the musical. I saw it last fall with my sister Natalie in NY. We were surprised at how much we liked the show, loved the show.

I think until they move on to the next set of toys, we will be frequent guests at our local McDonald's.

4th photo, 4th folder...

Tagged, by Erica. I was supposed to post the fourth picture in the fourth folder of my pictures.

So here you go:

This is when Naomi was about 3 months old- I used to put the biggest flower headbands on her! I loved it. She was so bald so it helped with the girl/boy thing....

Now I tag: Jenny(out there in Oregon!) Jenny(in Illinois) and Jenny(in Indiana!)