birthday birthday birthday

September is a big month here.

HUGE in fact.

My oldest turned 3

My youngest turned 1

and I turned 25 for the 2nd time

first thing in the a.m when she saw the set up

birthday breakfast of strawberries dipped in yogurt decorating the kids cupcakes ichatting with Gma in Cali not too sure about this cake Daddy and Bear going outside to ride bikes my little Bunny playing bean bag toss proof that I existthe end

my Bear turns 3

i made this entire outfit* so proud of her flowers * the shirt i just embellished with the 3. it's a tank from WMart

parenting FAIL

My oldest, Bear, turned 3 years old yesterday.

In an effort to buck up, we mutually decided that it was time to move past her crutch on binks aka "teet tees"

I read somewhere on a blog about a genius way of [-]bribing[/-] [-]coercing[/-] [-]tricking[/-] getting rid of pacifiers; have the child buy some toys with them!!!

DING DING DING!

*if you've recently blogged about these struggles please leave a link in the comments & i'll give you proper credit :D*

there were just a small glitch in this plan.

i forgot to bring her stash of binks to Target with us

no biggie, right? we talked about the deal as we paced the aisles at Target, we agreed that once home, the binks would be gone because she was going to buy a unicorn with them

*Thanks Heather for spotting her!

here is what transpired at bed time

Bear: crying in bed

Me: "whats wrong"

Bear: now serious crying

Me: "baby, what is it?"

Bear: "i don't wanna be free (three) any more Mom"

Me: "why. Three is great!"

Bear: more crying "noooooo.

I not a big girl. I not ready to give up my teet tees. I still wittle" more tears, serious crying

Me: "i know you're little. but i think you are ready. look you're even sleeping in your own bed"

Bear: "i dont wanna sweep in my own bed. i wanna be two. i wanna sweep wiff you and have a teet tee. i not ready to be freeeeee" tears again, wailing

i gave her her bink back

she broke my heart

maybe st Christmas she'll give them to Santa

right now

This is my bed. These are my girls. They're truly best friends. Look at them with their linked arms, always touching. Such a sweet bond they have.

get crafting!
Sabrina

nap time

this is what nap time looks like at my house. that is baby sammy. Miss MegB gave Bear twins, Sammy & Suzi for her 1st birthday. Baby Sammy goes everywhere with us. So far every year Miss MegB has given Bear her favorite favorite FAVORITE present. Last year she gave her a Princess tea set. We're still having tea in it ;p

oh my dear Bunny. I have 53453565646789 pictures of this child sleeping. She just looks soooooo pudgy yummy when she sleeps.

get crafting!
Sabrina

Because everyone deserves a little "nin-knee"

Bear (2yrs) nursing 'baby sammy'

get crafting!
Sabrina

a Bear, a Bunny, and a bike

Bear got a bike today. She is very very very excited.

here's a direct quote

"ohhh yook at my cool bike. its sooooo cool. you see my cool bike, its awesome. hear dat? dats my bell. people say 'you hear dat, you hear dat noise.' and i say, yeah, dats my bell"

cute booty shoot for Julie

"sunny face" (silly + funny)

if you could see the grin on her face!

"its got princesses all OBER it!"

yook at me. you can't eben see me cus i'm so so so fast"

seriously. she's the sweetest little bunny foo foo you ever did meet.

(loving those rolls behind her knees)