home sweet home... (photos)

AHHH! Blogger (for those of you who get this via email, blogger is the site that I use for my blog) changed format a little, and it took little bit to get my pictures on here and where I wanted them.  But here they are!  BAM!

This week...
lots of laundry...

one of my least favorite parts of any trip is the loads and loads of laundry that await.
(Really horrible photo, bad lighting and blurry...but that is what I have for the day.)

lots of love...

D developed an even stronger bond with A while we were gone... 

and it was cute to see him mauling her a bit as they watched TV.

loads of eggs... (with candy)

I make my kids help stuff the eggs.  

They have fun, it makes it go by MUCH faster, and in the end there is probably less candy to stuff as a result!  hahaaa!

lots of vinegar and food coloring...

We made our own egg dye this year, and I wanted to try all sorts of creative egg decorating techniques that I read in Martha Stuart and that I had seen on the web at the Family Fun site, but they were all a bust due to condensation on the eggs.  Next year, we will get it right, we just have to have the eggs out for a bit so they don't form condensation as they await the dye.  We still have fun and the eggs were colored and the children loved it!

always tons of time on the heater vent...

Oh the cursed heater vent...J will sit on this for hours.  Of course I get it...it is warm and comfy, but it drives me a little crazy when he sits on it instead of getting ready for school, cleaning his room, going to sleep, etc.  I have even moved his dresser to cover the heater vent (I am such a mean mom :D ), but the painters didn't put it back there.  When he saw it uncovered he was thrilled.

lots of tears...(not that you can see in this picture)

Awww, my darling little D.  Oh how he wants to grow up and be just like his big brother.  This day he heard me telling J that he needed to get ready for baseball practice, so D immediately started getting ready himself, running around gathering up baseball apparatus including his Dad's hat, and saying things like, "I ready to to baseball practice," etc.  Then as soon as Mike came home to get ready himself, Mike told D that he couldn't go, and D broke out into tears, he came to me to tattle, "Mommy, Dad says no!" and the cry-fest began.  He was so so sad. 

lots of strumming on the ukulele...

I brought home a ukulele from Hawaii.  It is a big hit among the kids.