what I wore Wednesday and other randomness...

3 outfits this week + 1 I forgot about from last week.

yep.

3 + 1 = 4

let's get to it...

(linked up with Lindsey again and extrememly jealous I'm not going to Blissdom this weekend to meet her and other fabulous bloggers. maybe next year...)

If you're joining me today for the first time- welcome and thanks for stopping by! I always use props in my WIWW posts because, well, I'm an actress. It just comes naturally.

dress- belk

cardigan- the limited

belt- Target

boots- nine west

prop- iphone

 scarf & belt- Target

dress & jeans- old navy

boots- lucky brand

prop- chicken alfredo reheated from dinner the night before

top- the limited

vest- coldwater creek

belt- Target

necklace- premiere jewelry

jeans- gap long and leans

shoes that you can't see but are fab- dansko clogs

prop- rolled up Kelly's Kids catalog

dress- belk

tights- target

boots- ebay (no clue what brand at the moment)

turquoise ring- hospital jewelry sale

turquoise earrings- no clue

prop- Mary Martin

(her diaper and socks are from Target)

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randomness...

I made a big pot 'o chili saturday.

it is the only thing I can make that the hubs actually likes to eat.

(thank you Judy Holland for that recipe you wrote on the blue index card. I'm still using it a year later...)

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after seeing several ads and reading several blog posts about the Canvas People and their FREE canvases made from your precious photos, I decided to check em out. I'm here to tell you...

it's legit.

when I ordered mine a month ago, they were offering free 8 x 10 canvases (all you pay is shipping) with an option to size up to larger canvases for a fraction of what they'd normally cost.

I chose to size up.

I paid 9.99 for an 11 x 14 of my favorite most recent pic of my kiddos (taken by the fabulous Erin Schmidt) and it arrived a few days ago-

I'm seriously loving it,

and yes- I stepped outside to try to get better lighting, but it's been pretty yucky/rainy/gray here for a while now.

of course, when I turned around, someone had snuck outside behind me

haven't decided where to put it yet.

for now, it's living next to the LOVE sign on the piano.

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we celebrated 3 more birthdays last night with the hubs family at a Japanese steakhouse in town

E LOVED watching our food being cooked

singing happy birthday to Diane (hubs aunt), Blake (hubs cousin's son), and Maxine (hubs grandmother)

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tonight-

I'm in the kitchen.

cooking heating up food for E and O for dinner.

I call them into the kitchen to eat.

in they come.

sometime in their walk from the living room to the kitchen, an object changes hands.

E decides she's going to share a toy with MM, who is playing happily in the dining room in her bouncy seat.

as I'm at the table with O and E in the kitchen, I hear MM gagging.

bad, bad sound.

I run into the dining room, and I find this in her hand...

well, I find the glasses in her hand.

that little torn off part in front?

I found that in the back of her throat after i went in digging.

yum.

Thank you, E, for being a sweet big sister, only-

next time, let's not give the babe something she'll eat that's not food.

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I just love the front of this cheerios box, don't you?

makes me want to cut that heart out and do something with it.

hmmm......

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and lastly,

here's a pic of someone who didn't want to go to bed tonight.

she's hiding.

but i found her.