Little elves

Have a great weekend!

What motivates you?

Is it new fuzzy slippers?


Um I meant princess fuzzy slippers?


Or getting to drive by "the really cool house" down the street?

These two things are really working for Charlie. So far I'm an advocate of waiting til 3 to potty train, only because both of my kids have done better then-early attempts were a big FAIL. Waiting is not for everyone but I'm pretty pleased with how she's doing. Big changes coming next week for Ty too...no nighttime diapers. I know he's old to still be using them but we just now feel like we can handle the extra work that...um...might come with underwear at bedtime. Ahem.

And since I've needed a little motivation of my own during potty training, mom gave me this


Ahhh it really helps me!


I can almost see it from where I sit waiting for Charlie to go potty. Isn't it cute? She made the green one and I got the other two last year.

Okay back to the grindstone. Y'all have a great evening!

What I Wore Wednesday

Oh y'all, the outfits this week were nothing to write home about. Mainly because I didn't care at all in the midst of my kids being so sick. I know you'll agree that that was the bigger concern :)

First one is a self portrait and clearly I missed the target.







Basically you can't see anything that I'm wearing. You're welcome.

Top: Marc Jacobs (on sale) Christmas present last year.
Sweater: Sams






I took this yesterday at my dads office. I took the potty-training princess with me to pick up some presents for the kids' teachers that mom made. We had a fun day "just us girls," as Charlie says.

Shirt: Anthropologie sale
Skirt: Old Navy

From now on I'm gonna wear that shirt with jeans or black pants. It's helpful seeing pictures of an outfit even when it shows you what DIDN'T go together. Ahem.

Here is what Mom made the teachers.






So cute, right? Yep so cute.





Today I had lunch with Carley and wore this shirt that I really love from last winter. It's silk, (I know what you're thinking...) but it washes and dries with normal laundry! Genius! Thank you, Gap for your awesome sales last year. I had on some jeans from Forever 21 that were $9.90. And they're stretchy. If that's not hitting the jackpot I don't know what is.

Okay I'm off to fill more prescriptions. Everybody is on the mend. Woohoo!

I can't keep my eyes open

Last night I felt relieved that yesterday was over. I washed and dried my hair and felt more like a girl. A shower fixes a lot of things for me. I'm not sure why but I feel more in control if I'm clean. Weird. But anyway, not the point. My point-the day came to an end and we put the kids to bed. Before that Emmy came to help us and Sean and I both nearly cried when she told us she was coming. I mean, really, we were wiped out. So Emmy left and we sat down to watch the Cowboy game and I went to bed at 8:30. At 11 Sean woke me up telling me Joy couldn't breathe. Croup came out of the blue like it usually does. Poor Joy was so scared but thankfully we knew how to help her. Sean took her outside into the cold then into a hot shower...three times. It was about 1 am when we all went to bed. The cough didn't get worse through the night thankfully but she didn't sleep soundly so we didn't either.









This morning we went to the Dr and she got a steroid shot to open her airway. Then, against all steroid odds she took a two hour nap. She was worn out from the night and so was I. The nap did her good and then she seemed to improve this afternoon.

And with that I'm heading to bed. Last night, 8:30. Tonight, 7:00 sharp.

It's a glamorous life I lead.

The Joy of the Lord is my strength

Well it could be an interesting day around here. I've got one man down with nausea, one potty-training (again,) girl, one boy with an ear infection AND a sinus infection, and a teething toddler. As I wrote on FB this morning, it's gonna be a JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH kind of day. I'm up for the challenge. I hope that feeling lasts!

How to make a crazy wreath

Anything that doesn't look mainstream is "crazy" to my kids. Well, and my husband but whatever. I saw a wreath on a blog a few weeks ago-don't you wish I remembered which one? Me too-but I made one like it a few days ago and thought I'd give you a tutorial. A picture tutorial to be exact.







Get your trusty hot glue gun. Mine is a mini-me but that's all I really need. It was like $5 at Hobby Lobby approximately 10 years ago.





I found these "crazy" pom poms at Hobby Lobby earlier this week.





I ripped open the bags and kind of separated the sizes to see what I had to work with. I needed three bags to finish my wreath.





Then start sticking them on the floral wreath. Oops, you'll need a floral wreath. It was $4.99 at Walmart but they also had them at Hobby Lobby. So basically just keep putting the pom poms on there in no particular order. Or place them in a pattern if you want to-remember, it's a crazy wreath so get crazy.





And here you have it.





A crazy wreath to add to your decorations! I love it but I know I'm prone to liking things that are a little out-there.

What I Wore Wednesday

Before launch into pictures of clothes I want to show you a more meaningful picture. This is Owen, my nephew on Sean's side that I asked you to pray for last week. He was born with a defect called imperforate anus and last week was his third surgery to correct everything. His mom sent this picture out to tell us he was released from the hospital! Things went very well and his surgery was a great success. Thanks so much for praying!






He's the 13th cousin on that side of the family. As Sean's mom said during Thanksgiving lunch, "Who'd have thought that one day there'd be THIS many people in our family?" Owen is a happy baby and he's home doing well. Thank You, Lord.

And now onto more menial things. What I Wore Wednesday.





Shirt: Walmart last week for $3.00.
Jeans: True Religion from EBay last year for $39.99
Boots: Frye





I added the sweater that morning until it heated up outside. Sweater: Buckle. I admit I felt a little bit like a crayon and that factored into my decision to lose the sweater as soon as it was remotely warm.






Shirt: Banana Republic outlet about 5 years ago
Dress: Target
Boots: (the faves) Anthropologie





I love this picture that mom took while we were taking our Christmas card pictures.





Um, the same boots. Again. I didn't take a full shot of this outfit but I'm wearing a black sweater that Carley gave me when it didn't fit her. Sarah gave it to her before that I think...the sweater has frequent flier miles! Thanks girls for sharing!





Tank: Target
Sweater: Sams
Jeans: Yanuk is the brand-got them at Restyle right after Ty was born
Flip flops: can't remember






Shirt: Walmart
Sweater: Anthropologie on sale for $29.99
Jeans: Old Navy from my senior year in college.
Boots that you can't see: Frye

I pretty much wear these two pairs of boots every day that it's cold. If I need heels I wear the Frye ones, (my Christmas gift from Nattie and Popeye four years ago,) and when I need flat boots I wear the other ones.

Okay that's all for this week's clothes. I'm off to find more Diet Cherry Dr Pepper, my favorite drink...yesterday two different stores told me they weren't selling it anymore but I'm not giving up yet. I'm kinda (really very) dependent on it. Anyone else have a What I Wore Wednesday post? Leave a link in the comments!

Bye!