happy valentine’s day from all your pirate pals from paisley wallpaper!

little red turned 4 a few weeks ago and we finally got out over the weekend to take his official 4 year old photos. head on over to my fresh snapped photos blog to see more pics from our outing! (and here’s a couple from the sneak peek.)

last weekend we had our annual family camparoo with my extended family on my mom’s side. i thought i’d share a few pictures of my family. my mom and my grandma. i’m the 4th generation of first born girls. (i sort of messed up the trend by having myself a boy first!) my mom’s dad. [...]

the other day the little dude said he was bored so i asked him to build me something. i suggested he make a camera. this is what he came up with! isn’t it great?

i’m excited to share that i have a guest post up over on my friend flavia’s cooking blog today! it’s about cooking healthy food with your kids! go check it out!

we’ve had to break up quite a few fights already this summer in which the boys antagonize each other. the other night, after they were sent to bed, little red started crying and yelling. i went up to see what the problem was. i’m not sure that little red truly understands the meaning of antagonizing. [...]

last sunday for mother’s day my 3 boys took me out for breakfast and then we made a little trip down to milwaukee to visit the domes. here are the boys and i in the tropical dome in front of a waterfall. you’ll be seeing a lot of pictures of the domes and it’s contents [...]

the hubby has had the flu all week and since he’s usually the one doing the nighttime routine, things were a little different around here. i helped out here and there with reading and getting them ready. one night he told the boys to go start brushing their teeth. this usually means that the little [...]

we had a fantastic easter here. here’s a quick recap with some images of our week. waiting for the colors to dissolve. waiting is the hardest part! some of the final product. after playing “king egg”! after the egg hunt. sorting through the loot. little red doing the same…. a super-sweet brother photo!

this week, the little dude had his spring concert. for the first time, they also had an art fair, the same night. the gym was full of the kids’ artwork and we took some time to take some pictures of him next to his art. the photos just crack me up. in every single one [...]