What we've been up to besides throwing parties and ripping up the kitchen

Yes,

we've actually had more going on than just a kitchen reno and 2 birthday parties in 1 (here and here), so I'm going to play a little catch-up...

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Sunday night-
2 kiddos wanted to camp out in the foyer-

1 of those kiddos didn't quite fit inside the tent...

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Swimming lessons continued last week for O.

He's become a total fish-

love love love that he's enjoyed swimming so much this summer.

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morning cartoon time-

babe in the pack-n-play,

E and O watching from the ottoman.

O is adjusting his swim goggles backwards on his face-

only he knows why...

and see those pretty new pillows on the sofa back there?

I made 3 of them- post on that coming next week!

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Did a lil' swimming on the 4th at Clay's aunt's house-

MM did a lil' swingin' with Maw Maw-

and a lil' loungin' in my lap-

And here's what the 45 minute car ride was like-

O had a swim meet + family night on Tuesday-

SO proud of all he's learned this summer.

Also loving how cute he is in those goggles that smoosh his ears down...

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We drove straight to the ballpark after the swim meet (with a quick stop at Little Ceasar's for some $5 pizzas in between) to catch Alberta's last game of the season.

They took home 2nd place!

Great job guys!

Here's a team pic without big giant cardboard heads...

Here's a team pic with big giant cardboard heads in air...

and here's a team pic with big giant cardboard heads in hand.

And there's one of my lil' cuties holding Daddy's hand.

Two very cute behinds right there folks.

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And today, O had his last swim lesson of the summer.

Wowza how the last 3 weeks have flown...

And that's what we've been up to.

 

Now if you'll excuse me,

I've got to get back to tearing apart the kitchen...

 

Happy Friday, friends!

Thursday randomness...

So...

I'm a lil' bummed.

(again, not to be confused with, "I have a little bum...")

I started working on a fabulous easypeasy sewing project last night with the intent of sharing it here today and my machine up and broke.

Wouldn't sew a stitch.

Sad day.

I even tweeted a pic of what I was working on as a little teaser...

I know, I know....could I BE any more vague?

And speaking of twitter, do you tweet?

I actually jumped on the twitter bandwagon years ago, before marriage and kiddos, but I mostly just creeped on my favorite celebrities.

please tell me I'm not alone in that?

Anywho... I actually tweet now and sometimes it's even interesting. Or funny. Or semi-gross, depending on what's just happened here. And sometimes, it's really good stuff, like the link to a great giveaway. I even share when there's a new post here on twitter, so- If you're a fellow tweeter, I'd love to connect with you! I'm MKMathews (so original, I know).

Now- back to machine news-  I must also tell you that I might be getting a brandspankingnew machine out of this since the hubs decided he was going to magically fix the machine himself.(If you know my hubs, this will not surprise you in the least) While he is usually quite handy and can fix most anything around here that breaks, he's never had his hands on a sewing machine.

 Ever.

 After becoming completely and utterly frustrated with the machine, I took off for one of my 'happy places'.

Target

I returned from a lovely stroll around the bullseye to find my machine with several pieces removed, all laying around my sewing table. (a.k.a. the dining room table) While he was able to put it all back in, it was, as I'm sure you've guessed, in a bit more of a mess than it had been before, so...

Hubs- don't be surprised when I tell you we have to purchase a new machine. Also, don't be surprised when I pick out a nice one.

Not the $99 one.

mmmkay?

Now seriously- moving on...

here's my boy at swim lessons, which he is lovin...

we got there a bit early today so that we could all swim BEFORE it was blazing hot, and then leave once lessons were over. This plan worked out great. We'll be doing this again.

new bathing suits all around from Target last night. Because just one a piece wasn't quite working since we're wearing them everyday. And just look at the cuteness....

Also love love LOVE that she brings Barbie. Again, I'm one proud momma.

And...they had suits with tutus.

Need I say more?

Now we're home and relaxing with some PBS Sprout.

Here's hoping that my machine is an easy fix and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

An arm I could handle, but not both.

We've got that whole kitchen thing going on....



Happy Father's Day and a weekly recap

Happy Monday friends!

Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend celebrating the Dads in your life!

First off- I must give a big welcome to my newest followers-

TipJunkie featured my wallflower project and my blog shot through the roof last night, so thank you TipJunkie, and thank you to those of you who took the time to look at my project!

I took a little break from blogging over the weekend (sorry Christa) and played and swam and surprised my hubs and worked on my tan (safely) and basically just spent an entire weekend thanking God for his blessings. We had amazing weather here in AL, albeit HOT, but still....quite beautiful.

 Since all of my posts last week were craft related and contained zero pics of my kids, I will now catch my family and friends (and whoever else cares to know) up on what we've been up to-

Finally took MM's 12-month pics with Bear. (I've taken a shot of all of my kiddos next to Mr. Bear on their birthday for each of their first 12 months.) I had this dress made for her party since her theme is Very Hungry Caterpillar. More info on the etsy shop and the lovely lady who made the dress HERE.

such a cute pose, but I'm not quite sure how she ended up with a drum stick in her hand. Ah well....

And- there's a peek at the new wallflowers in the nursery behind her.

My handsome hubs.

Not really a story here, just like to look at him.

And yes, that's an old school mower he's using.

The pool at the bottom of the slide was hubs idea.

Genius.

There's two of my three cuties.

Pretty sure number three was napping...

Star Wars legos.

All. the. time.

Her name is Eliza and this is where she likes to drink her fake orange juice.

She and her sis were also channeling Audrey on this day with their

"Little Black Onesies" that I picked up at Wal-mart when I was buying myself a tank for THIS project.

Her name is Eliza and sometimes she likes to brush her teeth for 30 minutes.

In a see-through tutu and princess top.

Thank goodness she put the tiara on the sink so it wouldn't topple off onto the floor.

Went to a cookout at the parent's house last week-

this is my seester's friend cookin up some grub.

As Wonka would say, "It's scrumdillyumptious"!

MM with the one person whose name she says the MOST-

"Pop Pop"

My mum (L) with my Mannie and Aunt.

My sweet Mannie and Grandaddy

And here's what I surprised the hubs with on Saturday. Since he'd be working all day Sunday, I enlisted my Dad's help to pick it up and have it waiting for hubs at the back door when he got home from a kayaking trip.

(Yes, I even made a bow. Because that's how I roll)

Oliver also surprised him with a Clone Wars lego that he picked out himself.

(O is requesting that I type its official name- the Cad Bane Speeder, for those who might like to know...)

Happy Father's Day to one amazing baby daddy!

We love you!

The one and only pic I took on Father's Day of us in the pool waiting for Daddy to get off work. We had a wonderful morning at church, lunch with my parents and grandparents, and then spent the afternoon swimming. Fabulous day!

Which brings us to TODAY-

it was O's first day of swimming lessons for the summer and he had a blast.

Here's to many more weeks of blazinghot days at the pool with my kiddos.

And- one last thing.

I'll leave you with a preview of what I gave MY Pops for Father's Day.

I'll share the details and more pics in a post later this week, but for now, here's a hint-

Can't wait to show you more!