Calmly Chaotic

We're currently debating artwork for the entryway.... which one (if any) would you choose?
I'm thinking that we'll paint the wall (or walls... also up for debate) Farrow and Ball's Down Pipe.  We have it on a wall in our bedroom and love it.  We need something that will pop... and …

In just a few weeks operation daycare will be live... as in I will become the daycare provider + mom to twins and I am trying to cross things off of my list to get this house totally ready to house two more babies.  One area that has been needing a facelift for a long while is the entryway and alth…

I've been in hiding... well not really (we were gone all of last week on our last summer vacation)... but honestly... the lack of sleep has just caught up with me... well us... and everything just seems a bit tougher to get done.  You see, we kind of had a large case of accidental parenting... …

A couple of weeks ago we had a very important birthday, a first birthday in fact.








well two very important birthdays... just to be clear
and yes, they had cake... giant cupcakes in fact that took their poor Daddy a whole day to make.  In case you're planning on baking a giant cupcake or two don&…

We've been working like dogs all weekend to get ready for the big first birthday party tomorrow.... yes the party that originally was going to be no fuss and which of course always is.  We have been baking, making pinwheels, putting together photo banners, cutting out one million decorations...…

In case you missed it, I executed a royal fail while camping and let our camera take a swim in a vat of coffee (or a diaper bag of coffee to be precise).  I think I am still in the denial phase... as in that couldn't have possibly really happened and it will work again.  We do have another came…

I have a major change itch these days... major.  I just want to paint something, change up a room and of course rip out the still there front entrance-way tile.  I guess things are getting less chaotic with the girls since I am actually thinking about non-baby stuff for a change.  Of course I just …