Andrew and Sami

confession

so I am doing my monthly confession. first off, i started a new blog (well not really a confession) but it will def. be elizabeth's no holding back opinion on various topics. i set up the blog but haven't actually posted anything yet. also, i warn you now that half of you will be offended and the other half of you won't read it. well not really, but yeah kind of but not really. i mean we all get offended over something. every once in awhile it will be a pet peeve (the offending part) but in general it will be about tv shows or my opinion on some stupid thing i heard about.

now on to the confession. i figure if i put it out there then i can't be that evil. so here it goes: i make myself feel better by making fun of others. yes. thats right. it could be anything from hair style to weight to what they are wearing. i know there are others of you out there that do it and yes it is a self esteem thing. obviously i don't share this thought w/ others besides garrett and mariah sometimes. oh and i have totally been overweight...as in not prego overweight so i can justify that (50+lbs more than i am now). :-)

whew. i did it.

oh and on a side note: i am done w/ editing for grammar. it takes too long.

Kids, Can You Say “Mafioso”? Muy Bueno!

Kids, Can You Say “Mafioso”? Muy Bueno!

click on the link to the best picture that doesn't poke fun at one specific person...just their car!

Family prayers

Maddie said family prayers before bed tonight. She prayed that dad wouldn't be tired and fall asleep in class (he is in class in the evenings) and that no one would wake mom or dad up in the middle of the night for something so that they (mom and dad) wouldn't be grumpy in the morning. There were a few other things, but those were the best.

She's been wanting sleep in our room so we came up with a deal that she could sleep in our room every other night. It has worked so far. She doesn't complain on the nights she is in her room which is much better than before. When Garrett and I go to bed, we move her onto the floor. Every night she sets up her bed by laying out my yoga mat, covering it with a fleece blanket and using our extra pillows to cover the opening to underneath the bed. She is starting to have the afraid of the dark, etc phobias now. Her ped said it was normal to start that at age 6. I am def. not going to tell her that I still imagine someone grabbing my ankle if I walked next to my bed in the dark. Seriously, before G left for China back in May, I bought a table lamp that I turn on before I turn off the bedroom light so its not dark when I cross the room.

Craft Time

My sister has craft time w/ her oldest and I decided to follow her great example. I bought some "as is" cupboards at IKEA and decided the girls would paint their own headboards. I bought craft paint from Michael's and for about 6 dollars total, the girls have their own picture to put above their bed.

I traced stars, hearts and circles on their boards using cookie cutters. Reagan did a good job at first coloring the individual shapes but then went a little crazy and ended up going abstract on us all. I of course had to "modify" it a bit so there was more than just a mixture of five colors (which basically turns into a nasty brown color).

Can you guess which one is Rea's and which is Madisons?!