50/365 Strange Child.

I hate his fake smiles when I try to take his pictures............

47/365 Sharing

44/365 Getting Ready...

...for his Valentines Day Party at school.

38/365 Poor boy

Poor Thomas came home sick from school...

32/365 Teatime, Brunch, & My boys

My boys absolutely love to play tea party, restaurant, 

and anything that consists the kitchen and accessories.

Today they set the table for a tea party.

Since they were getting along so well, 

I surprised them with cookies, grapes, and "tea" (milk).

30/365 Jealousy, Attitude, & Yet, Still Wonderful

This little boy here can make a person want to rip their hair out, 

yet also can make ones heart fill with love.

My 5 year old has explained I "never take pictures" of him anymore. 

So I set aside some time for just him today.

Would you believe, for the first 20 minutes he just whined and made grumpy faces at me?

I did get some really good smiling, laughing photographs, 

but this one just screamed "attitude" and his unwillingness to work with me. 

My typical boy. 

25/365 Arts & Crafts, & Sibling Fun

Thomas stayed home today.

I braced myself for a day of fighting over toys, 

and extreme noise.

Instead of it starting right away, I found this.

Thomas had asked for the box of arts & crafts,

and since I can (mostly) trust the boys, 

I let them have it. 

I did not expect to find all three of them coloring so peacefully.

22/365 Party Prepping, Cookie Baking, & Actually Getting Along

With Collin's party less than 24 hours away, 

we've been prepping.

We changed it from appetizers to all desserts.

Who knew desserts would be so much cheaper?

Especially if you do the baking yourself.

While the youngest napped,

the boys and I baked Chocolate Chip cookies,

Peanut Butter Cookies, 

made Peanut Butter Bars,

and chilled the oatmeal cookie dough.

We were a bit upset when Bailey awoken before the oatmeal cookies were in the oven.

We were all shocked when rolling these cookies,

and placing them on the cookie sheet,

turned out to be the best part of the day. 

Yes, she stole many balls of dough off the cookie sheet. 

Yes she annoyed her brothers.

But they spent so much time giggling, laughing, and just getting along

that it just didn't matter.

This photo may be no where near technically correct,

but it is one of my absolute favorites for this year already.

21/365 Young, Hardworking, & The Perfect Future Husband

My 5 year old has a new obsession with vacuuming.

Every morning he asks if he can.

Only thing we need to work on now,

is getting him to pick things up before starting.

Which is the main reason he only likes to vacuum the living room.

Thomas here works hard at everything he does,

and he plans on being a "great husband and daddy" some day.

Apparently he wants to get married when he is "25."

He wants to "always make his wife happy."

And he wants to have "100 kids."

Isn't he the sweetest?

12/365 Cold, Snow, & Stuck Inside

It snowed. Again.

It snowed a lot. Again. 

30 fresh inches fell over the night of the 11th 

and well into late morning of the 12th.

School closed,

plows couldn't make it up the hill.

Neighbors shoveled out the circle

at our (dead) end of the street.

And the kids watched.

Together, without a fight,

with their hats on,

waiting to go out and play.

1/365 Interest, Obsession, & Addiction

Today is day 1 of my 365 Project.

I thought for days of what to make my first photo..

Could not figure it out..

A self portrait, to introduce myself to my new readers?

My cup of tea, and methadone, to show my day to day consistency I hope to achieve here? 

I ended up noticing my son laying across the arm of the couch, playing his DS.

He is completely obsessed and addicted to his DS;

kinda like my camera and I. 

He is so interested in playing. 

Every. Single. Day.

His devotion to this small electronic device is sickening,

but I understand and can relate.

So I give you, my very first photograph of 2011.