Aahhhh!! I chopped it off!!!

Before--- Lauren was letting me know what I was in for...

Here is all of the carnage... 6 inches or more!

The new me!!

The back

Can't believe I did it, but I did!! I love it!!

Lauren's 1st day of First Grade!!

Lauren's 1st day of First Grade!!!

Outside when we picked Sissy up from school!

After her first day of school, Lauren's wiggly tooth kept getting wigglier!! Soon, it was to the point that I didn't feel comfortable letting her go to bed with it in... so... It came out!! Lauren lost her 2nd tooth on the first day of the school year!!

B4 and After- my new downstairs pantry shelf!

My pantry shelves before...

Ethan with my new GINORMOUS shelf...

My new shelf all stocked!!

Sunday at Mary's cabin

Today, we spent the day fishin up north at my Auntie Mary's cabin up north! Here is Ethan with one of his massive sunnies. By noon, he was trying to put his own worms on the hook and he held every fish! No fear!!

Lauren, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with the fish, the worms or anything remotely dirty... What a little princess!

Brad finally caught that big guy that was hiding under the pontoon... Giving him a great big kiss before he let him go. I think that we caught him 3 or 4 more times after this!!

Here is me with the biggest catch of the day!! Little Northern!!

Oh Brad...

Oh, honey...I don't have any words...

I missed this funny pic??

I can't believe that I forgot to post this funny picture of the leftovers of my hair from Andrea & Scott's wedding! This is a picture of the curly hair extensions and all of the bobby pins that I pulled out of my hair after the wedding!!

Product review - Avon Jillian Dempsey eye color

I don't know about you, but for me easy and quick is a prerequisite when I am doing anything for myself. Especially something like makeup. All women seem to have that "thing" that they feel they can't leave the house without "making up".
For me, it is my eyes.

What I like about this eye color is that it is all in one.
Avon's Jillian Dempsey eyecolor is my secret to 30 second eyes.
1. With your finger, smooth on a little bit of the highlight cream just under your brow. For a little added effect, put a tiny smudge on the inner corners of your eye (next to the nose)
2. With your eye brush, smooth the lighter color onto the bottom 2/3rd of the eyelid.
3. Line the lashes with Avon Smooth Over eye definer (I use Blackest Black)4. Use your favorite mascara.
Voila!! This is a perfect look for daytime.

If you want to create a more dramatic nighttime or special occasion look, just use the darker color in the crease and to the outside of the eye.

I am a little bit biased to this brand, I do sell Avon. If you would like to order or just browse the catalog, you can view my Avon Store here.

AAAaaaakkkk!!! I am so behind!!

I am so sorry that I have allowed myself to become behind again on my blog. Between some great weekend visits from family, the start of school, my new responsibilities within the PTA, and a virus that has sidelined me for 2 full weeks now... I am behind!! I am going to attempt to get all caught up today...

...Stay tuned

Too Cute Tuesday!

Ethan & his Uncle Andy...

Too Cute!!

Ethan's 1st Scar...

Today, after getting back from a morning of running errands, little man had an accident! He went in to the bathroom to go potty, and decided that he needed to weigh himself on the bathroom scale... I started into the bathroom, to help get him up on the potty, and just as I game around the corner, he slipped off the scale, backed into the tub and fell forward and hit his chin on the edge of the toilet seat. OUCH!!! We headed right up to the clinic, the bleeding subsided, and the Dr had to use a Dermabond to "glue" it back together. He said that if the cut had been 1 inch higher up on the chin that he would have needed a few stitches. Little man just laid on the table so bravely!! He said to me a few times "Is time get up now mom??"

Bowling at Paul Bunyans!!

Brad got us all out of the house today & brought us bowling!! Here are the kiddos out front of Paul Bunyans!!

Pirates Cove with Brian, Jenna & Jaden

Last night, Brian, Jenna & Jaden headed up to our house for a visit. We had a great time!! Here is a picture of the kiddo's at Pirates Cove where we went mini-golfing!

O.R.E.O.

Today, Lauren had her first Oreo Cookie. We had thought in the past that they had dairy ingredients in them, but recently found out that they were safe for her...
I think that she likes them...

Lauren's new specs!!

Lauren is a beauty in her new glasses!!

Playdate with Mason

Ethan & his buddy Mason, hanging out watching Cars at our house!!

Ribbit...

The little "ribbit" that Lauren & Ethan found last night...

Brad vs. the Thistle...

In this corner, stands the purple nasty pokey thistle...

Thorny spikes over an inch long throughout the entire plant...

In the other corner stands Brad, 5'11" 180 lbs armed with 2 layers of gloves and ready to fight!!!

Ding, Ding, Ding!! Brad is the WINNER!!!

Reason # 1,468,521,432 I love Magic Eraser...

Magic Eraser before...

Gym Shoe Before...

Gym Shoe After!! Can be used again this year!!!

Poor, poor little Magic Eraser... You did your job well...

B4 and After

Lauren needed a 3 ring binder for 1st grade labeled with her name. I am not one to make her go with something plain!! Above is her folder before...

And here it is After!!!

She loved it!!!

Ethan + Chocolate Ice Cream = SINK BATH!!

Nuff said!!