reading my mind (except better)

i don't know how erica does it but i swear she's exactly. spot. on.
(every single time)

it's spring time

and chocolate and jelly bean drip time.
this one's for all the grandmas out there.
let's hear it now - aaaaaaaaaaaawwwwww





















did you notice the head bands? yeah, i thought i was pretty clever.
happy spring!

row your boat

whitney singing

woe woe woe
your boat
gently down the stream
mer - lee
mer - lee
mer - lee
mer - lee
life is a BUTT dream ... life is a BUTT dream!

bet you can't guess her favorite part of the song.

style quiz

took the style quiz at sproost.com and was characterized as 50% vintage modern. DUH! anything that says flea market, thrift store or garage sale in the description is a winner. also 25% french eclectic and 25% contemporary. i don't know, but i LOVE this room. what's your style?

a bit of sacrilege

Nik - mom, is it impossible for people to fly?
Me - no. people fly all the time. in planes and hang gliders and...
Nik - no! i mean with nothing at all.
Me - yeah. it's impossible, unless someone throws you really far.
Max - no. Jesus can fly.
Me - yeah, but that doesn't count. Jesus can do anything.
Nik - yeah, like the full splits.

i think we have another whitney on our hands

did i mention my kids are monkeys?





down, devan, down!!

i fell off the face of the earth

and that's my excuse for being away so long. actually, i did something so awefull it made me want to never touch a computer again. yes, it's what all we bloggers (if i can even call myself that anymore), mothers, documenters, etc. dread most of all things to be dreaded in regards to things technological. I DELETED ALL MY DIGITAL PICTURES AND VIDOES!!!! not every last one, but just those from the last three years. you know, the last two babies and everything since. and not just go to the trash bin deleted, but permanently gone (so i thought. this story has a happy ending). it's a long and stupid story of how it happened, although i did the deed in two seconds. you know,

click click,
drag,
click,
what?
oh SH*T!!!
sob
sob
sooooooooooooob

sunny rays ahead.

never fear, for i have an AWSOME brother-in-law, BRAD, who saved the day.
it took him about a month of searching and scanning and whatever else computer guys do and now i have most of my stuff back.
so you see why i stayed away?
THANK YOU BRAD!! you are the POO (that's very good in the pilling house)
so now i'm back.

favorite quote of the day

after telling whitney to get in bed.
whitney: I'M... NOT WHITNEY....I'M....A WO-BOT....WHITNEY'S...IN....DA BAFFWOOM.

this is cool

and bragging a little bit, but i'm okay with that. see this here cover of this here journal?

well, that's wade's case!! his case was chosen to be on the cover of the journal of the american academy of cosmetic dentistry and it features two articles, about 10 pages total, written by wade himself! the journal is published quarterly and distributed world wide, and is the IT journal when it comes to cosmetic dentistry. The best of the best. what's more, his case will be used for all of the aacd advertising for the next year. this honor is only given to one dentist worlwide every other year. that means you'll be seeing wade's work in magazines like O, women's health, vogue, shape, redbook, and more. wade's worked really hard for this, so congratulations babe!! you deserve this and i'm so proud of you.

i forgot these

i just realized i never posted our (the adults') costumes. they were too good not to post. this was our team for a halloween competition which, by the way, we totally won. "Let's get physical" was our team name - 80's aerobics inspired.
i tried so hard not to make a face while jumping.

guess who's three

how do you properly celebrate turning three? ask whitney. she'll tell you all about it.


first of all, there's a birthday cat, whithout a doubt, to have and to hold and to cuddle in bed (the cat's bed) and to name Sasafrass which, when called by a new three-year-old, owns the cutest three syllabals known to man,

and which, when obeyeing the new three-year-olds beckoning, brings the BIGGEST smile to a birthday girl's face.

of course, there's some getting used to a new finger on the still chubby baby hand that's so accustomed to two,

and, certainly, there should be tinkerbell-donning birthday cakes

complete with the bluest tongue-staining frosting availabe.

and birthday smiles

and birthday smirks


and birthday poses too.


and don't forget the hugs and kisses.

oh, and a party too rediculously big for any three year old.


and so, we have more love for this three-year-old than seems possible to have aquired for her in the three short years we've had her, but that's how it works with your kids - constantly baffeled by how attached you seem to have become to them. this one for sure