Finding my plum!

Plum was a tricky color, I had many ideas fruit, flowers, toys and I even own a top that could have been okay but it was just not it; at the end this won me over. I don't even know the correct name for this plant, grass or bush. All I know is that I absolutely LOVE how graceful it moves in the wind and how it's so simple yet so beautiful.

My submission for Project64/week-10/ Plum

"Dragons are having a party"

Today was a beautiful day some things didn't go as planned but sometimes that is the best. My boys and I spent the whole day at my parents although (Andrew) my oldest couldn't wait to come home because he was looking forward to practicing riding his bike. He fell asleep on the way home but sure enough as soon as we got home he was ready. This child of mine is a daredevil for sure it's barely been a week since his daddy took off the training wheels and he is already trying to do all sorts of tricks.

He asked me " How do you do a wheelie?" and then I heard "look at me with no feet on my pedals" He wants to do a back flip with his bike so pretty soon I think we should go buy him a more grown up helmet because his "Elmo" helmet not only doesn't fit it's also no longer "cool". Sorry Elmo I'm sure Nicholas will take you at least for a little while.

I loved seeing him so happy! I also was able to enjoy the sunset in the distance and was able to capture this...

Then I ask Andrew- What do you think about the way the sky looks right now? And he says....well is obvious that the dragons are having a party because the sky looks like it's on fire. It's very pretty don't you think. All I could say was - yes it is.

Spring is so very close and although it's very short lived here in AZ; after having really cold temperatures for the past two weekends this weekend was pure JOY!

Can't wait for their sweet fragrance and beautiful colors!

Love you forever

My boys are growing so fast. Makes me happy, sad, scare and excited all at the same time. Weird, right? I think most parents can relate to all of those feelings. I love them so much I hope they know that for both their daddy and I they are our first priority. We are always trying to do our best for them. I know we will more than likely make mistakes but I hope they don't take it to personal because being a parent is hard.  Just when you think you have things figure out they throw you a curve ball that is completely unexpected.

My "turkey baby" aka the cool big boy of the family has just learned how to ride his bike without training wheels. He is so proud of himself and we are too. He can't believe mommy didn't learn until her early twenties. I know..... shocking, right? 



I can't believe in a few months he will be off to kinder garden!


My baby or our little man will be turning three next month. I love that he loves to sit and "read" books and is always trying to observe his big brother and soaking everything he can. He wore big boy underwear for several hours today and he loved it so it looks like he is ready to grow up just a little more.

Their "babyness" is slipping through my fingers like water in my hands. As time goes on I cherish more and more the cuddles and kisses that I get.

"I'll love you forever,

I'll like you for always,

As long as I'm living

my baby you will be"

Food can be art!

This past Thursday we had our craft day. I'm so glad my boys enjoy doing things with me. I could have sworn that my oldest would have like this one more than the youngest but I was wrong my youngest was the last one besides me to get up from the table. We usually have one of my oldest son's closes friend and his Grandma who my youngest affectionately calls "Grandma Donut" join us, we all have so much fun. I love how they can be playing and having fun but as soon as we say we are going to do a craft they all run to the table to get on their usual spots.

I had been wanting to this activity for a long time but for one thing or another it got push back. I can clearly remember doing this as a child. I still can close my eyes and see the little house sitting next to a tree along side a river. For the boys we just use a medium size piece of cardboard and I use a frame "Grandma Donut" found at Goodwill for a dollar. All different kinds of beans and tacky glue or glue gun it's all we needed to have a great time. One of this times I should set the camcorder up prior to starting our craft because the conversations that get sparked while doing crafts are quite interesting and so it's the outcome of their work.

Invisible "white" as my oldest used to call it.

When I read that this weeks color for "Project 64: out of the box" was white I taught it would be difficult to really capture this color don't know why. Then I started thinking but nothing came into my mind. Off to bed I went.....after a while of tossing and turning I remembered that my wonderful husband had bought me a beautiful bowl to use as a prop a little before the end of the year. I still had not used my white bowl for anything; so my fist thought was I will just take a picture of it. Then while warming up lunch for my boys my youngest a very curious almost three year old grabs two eggs out of the refrigerator as I was turned away washing my hands. All I heard was "look mommy two white eggs" I don't remember exactly what I did next but at that moment I though "Yes, white eggs" So here is my take on white..........

Who knew white could be so interesting?  I still have several ideas but I'm dying to share this.

My submission for Project 64 / Week-9 / White