Calmly Chaotic

What happened to the quiet?  It is long gone.  Isla's been "talking" for a while now and I wondered if it frustrated Alice that she wasn't talking quite yet.  Well now that she is, she is making up for lost time and has tons to say.  Oh the quiet days are a thing of the past.  Ou…

It's what we do...


we lounge... on the floor... with the cat...


the floor provides hours of entertainment


and so does the cat


she is such a great sport


weekend chilling is even sweeter because dad dad dad dad is around


and we love dad dad dad dad


and this type of chilling... just makes me melt.

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I kind of feel like I have one tip toe out in the real world and the rest of me is in a hamster wheel.  I love my wheel, it is entrenched in routine, it gets going at 6 am and peters off at 7 pm, stopping altogether around 10 pm but of course makes appearances somewhere between 1 am and 5 am.   It …

Yesterday we took a little trek to a local farm to introduce Isla and Alice to some farm animals.


I hadn't been to this farm for oh about twenty years...


it was smaller than I remember... of course


but was such a nice way to spend an afternoon..


the girls seemed to have a good time... especiall…

The girls were a hit at easter... of course.  How could they not be... all fussed up in dresses and headbands.


Easter take one occurred at our place in the form of Saturday brunch.  I have to emphasize how great brunch is when you have babies. Dinner requires messing up their bedtime routine which …

I kind of hate, wait scratch that (hate feels harsh)... don't love.... when I read a blog post about why a blogger hasn't been around... why? because that person is off living and I take it more as a treat when they do post not a failure when they don't.

so I won't write that kind o…

Yes it's Monday... I know.  But Thursday night I was busy mulling over what went down during Vampire Diaries and what else needs to be bought for the playroom.

Last week was different.  It was crafty!  I can't even believe I just wrote that... crafty I mean.  But it was fun... good old bac…