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.)

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!

*photo from father’s day morning. the other day we were driving along in the car and the hubby saw some smoke in the distance. he asked the little dude if he knew how the following phrase ended: “where there’s smoke, there’s….” the little dude piped up pretty quickly and asked: “fire?” (2 second pause) “or [...]

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. [...]

how cute would a shelf of these cute jars be in a kid’s room? easy peasy, spatter glow paint inside ball jars. voila! via pinterest

*crazy kid! while sitting on the couch just lounging, little red comes up with this out of the blue: “i wish i could be a chick and go in an egg”

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 [...]

as little red was getting dressed for bed the other night he threw this one out there for our enjoyment: “i wish i was a lego so my head could pop off. then it would be easier to get my shirt off!”