wedding weekend

hey all,



sorry no posting, things get crazy...

we spent the week getting ready to travel to VT for a dear friends wedding, packing, baking, dealing with a spider-bite on t's face- which thank goodness went away prior to the event, making a bombin' bruscetta, and then the weekend enjoying the most deeeeeelightful of weddings...a friday eve rehearsal, where hubs, pa, myself and matt were on pizza duty for the homemade outdoor pizza oven event, it was a blast, a saturday wedding, and a sunday brunch-fest, amazing. exhausting, amazing....

the wedding was beautiful, the bride was breath-taking, and vows were exchanged, an in between vows, a T ran down the aisle, yelling in her oh-so-adorable voice, MOMMY I CAN'T FIND A POTTY ANYWHERE. seriously. no, seriously. because in the middle of a wedding is the PERFECT time to start training...

lots o' stories to tell, but sliced off a chunck of my thumb wicked last night in a hasty cleaning attempt, so not gonna type 'em right now...



unreal..he poses without being asked.













everybody minded their p's and q's, and all is well....gonna hopefully get into the garden this afternoon after swim lessons, as chels and matt head back for the west coast...

it has been a delightful week...

hugs y'all.

A

4 shirts...

(ben and sara - at mindy's wedding)

in late honor of b-man on his b-day, as yesterday my computer was on the fritz....

ME: you cannot wear these shirts together, they look ridunckulous(sp?), and it is going to be 90 degrees today.

the BIGGEST BEAN: BUT I WAN'T TO WEAR MY PJ'S SHIRT, MY TRUCK SHIRT, AND MY ORANGE SHIRT.

ME: absolutely not - i said no, now get nakies, choose ONE stinkin' shirt and let's go.

the BIGGEST BEAN: urgh...your a bad mommy. uhm, mommy, i wan't to wear five shirts though....

ME: NOBODY DOES THAT.

the BIGGEST BEAN: uncle ben does.

happy b-day b-man, we love yah!


in other news, i took a spin class yesterday - loved it...gonna do it again, and again and again, and the instructor was a fabulous man in his 50's that was not perky or irritating, and was very clear on the fact that if I fell off the bike in the middle of the class and hyper-ventilated, that he was to (and he absoutely promised)continue the class as if nothing happened and just let me crawl out the door...no biggie!
really.

tea and big man started their swim lessons today. she is a wild child, no reservations, while M is pretty sure we are bringing him to the pond to feed him to the loch ness, and does nothing with out a look of sheer horror on his little face. it is hysterical to watch.

the computer is headed downhill, and fast, so if i ever don't get back to you, call me, as i may have just tossed it out the window in utter aggrevation, just a warning.


benji bean is fabulous...rolling over and chattering away, and he has also decided that i come get him out of the crib much quicker if he shrieks as opposed to cries. it's fun, no really.

anyhow, gonna run and finish picking up - i spent SIX, yes people, read SIX freaking hours cleaning my KITCHEN today, yup, just the kitchen. organized the drawers, the cabinets, everything, UNRECOGNIZABLE. and i probably could have spent four more if i didn't have these three children running wild....


before i go, on a tea-note...

t likes to brush her teeth "all by self", it's a big deal. i turn the water on to nothing more than a dripping, and set her up standing at the sink on her little potty, and she and her strawberry shortcake toothbrush go to town....she has been known to do this for an hour at a time....mainly just drink the water out of the bristles, but regardless. i was cleaning the dining room two days ago, i set her up and left the bathroom. about 10 or so minutes later, she came into the room i was in and had just the most disgusted look on her face...and oddly, a strange and familiar, yet not so minty fresh smell coming from her mouth....upon a quick trip to the bathroom, it was discovered using my nancy-drew style detective skills, that T had taken it upon herself to brush her teeth for 10 or so minutes, i'm guessing ten, based on the looks of the soap/what was left of it, using my homegrown-mondo expensive-farmers-market-delectable-on-your-skin-yet-not-so-much-in-your-mouth PATCHOULI soap to brush her teeth...

she is SO my kid.




love it.


love you all,

c-yah on the flip side...


Al


nins, august daties??? fania's in for the 16th, you? see if k wants to join...

kea-soon so be s....thanks for the comment...i so heart when people leave word...
and uhm, your getting married in one week...we are so stinkin' excited.

fania - i loved chatting today. tell your house-hubs, that bon-bons are on sale at TJ's this week...;-}

hmmm....

been at a loss for words lately.


life is good,
kids are great,
garden is growing away - i seriously love the smell of tomato plants on my hands - NOT Tomato smell, tomato PLANT smell,
i have become a morning gym rat,
i am sweating this summer like i never remember doing,
i cut a half a foot of hair from my head -it feels amazing,
t's new catch phrase is - you broke my heart (pronounce with a worcester accent)
m is doing pretty good, some minor meltdowns, nothing huge.
i cut up my credit cards,
i *heart* long hot summer days that end with dozing beans in the back seat
the littlest bean is amazing,
foot phone rocks my world, thanks pa
love bbq'in
can't wait to harvest...
the game of choice at our house this week - t turns on the water and fully soaks herself while i am out of earshot, yes, that does happen, there are 3 of them, and 1 of me...ONE. - then she runs around the house - being her stinking adorable self, waving her hands wildly in the air yelling - "i'm a frinkaler - i'm a frinkaler...."
which is t-speak for sprinkler. a riot i tell yah.




hope your all great.

A
oh, and the store name is still up in the air - any more ideas?? add a comment!

red drips, white whines, and blue benji eyes....

hey all. hope everyone is enjoying the fabulous july weather....

things here have been good, though busy and trying all at the same time...

the biggest bean is into some new not so nice habits, that include telling the hubs and I on a semi-regular basis that we a. treat him bad b. don't love him, or c. should the rest of our lives in hell for daring to have children(he doesn't say in so many words, but might as well...)

as a result... we also hear a fair amount of the i don't love you's, you guys are bad mamma-jammas, and so on. LOVELY - stinkin' lovely. After one full night of no sleep, because the biggest bean was NOT TIRED, he proceeded to spend an entire day whining and fussing and driving us CRAZY. We went for a fabulous hike, all three beans were deeelightful, and then last evening we were back to a major case of the fussies - so upon bed-time, biggest bean came screaming bloody murder down the stairs and alas, was COVERED head to toe in blood...and screaming......what ask you...uhm a bloddy nose...no reason, no picking, just a hyped up fuss and massive huffing and puffing in his room... so he ran around FREAKING out yelling, no scratch that, SHREEKING, I have red drips, I HAVE red drips, call the doctor mommy, my nose has red drips, we should go to the hospital, I have RED drips....why are they red mommy, what is happening to me,

me: okay, baby, you are okay, it's called a BLOODY nose...B-L-O-O-D-Y nose, you will be okay....

him: are you sure we don't need to go to the hospital....

holy drama queen...yeesh..

so he promptly went back up to bed, slept soundly all night long and is back to his usual antics today - dressed himself this morning in a powder blue two peice jogging suit, and declared that he was wearing this pimped out hand-me-down atrocity to the farmers market... LOVELY. he was promptly vetoed.
he also helped dress his sister...in a thermal shirt and floral cargos. - also promptly vetoed.




the littlest bean started cereal this week and loves it, he is such a sweet little guy...makes me smile...

and t-ball. well, she's the princess. been runnin' around all the while in her lacey purple fairly wings, and pretty dresses telling me she has a 'gyna...

ahh the joys of mama-hood...


today was a delightful day spent at the farmers market with the foleys and the folks, who I think have settled on "SPROUTZ" but I am not sure....gathered some treats, and walked around

then home for yard time, take out lunch and some R and R.

Ben and Sara, sorry we didn't get to see you guys- we were hoping to catch up, but I guess we missed you...hope the wedding was a blast...

fania - we are headed to the shore i think for the 4th, wanna come???? lets chat...


hugz all, and oh, the big news - i joined a gym, and i like it....gonna bust this mama body back into shape....wish me luck!!