Happy Days!

Life is busy for us right now. I think life is busy for everyone! But I try to stop and slow down long enough to enjoy the fun things my little ones do, especially since I don't get to be in the home all day with them anymore. So here are a few fun picks of the things that remind me to slow down.

Pinterest Obsessed!

And let me tell you why!
Pinterest is all about organizing your ideas! And for an organizing obsessed wierdo (thought not at all organized as much as I should be) like myself, Pinterest is a small piece of heaven for me.
And you know what else? I use pinterest for research. As a new third grade teacher, I have found amazing resources from seasoned teachers who just have it all figured out.
And another thing, dinner ideas abound on pinterest. So all I have to do is check out my pinboard every other week or once a month and choose the meals I want to try out and make my grocery list.
And one more thing I love about Pinterest, Creativity at its finest! And I get to steal all the fun ideas and make them my own!
All right, and honestly, it's fun!
So, do you Pinterest? If so, are you in love, or what? If not, leave a comment and I'll send an invite!

Grace at Three!

I can hardly believe how fast Grace is growing up! We took her out for her annual birthday pictures and I am a little saddened by how old she looks in them!

She has so much personality!

Grace never stops talking, you will notice that
 in half of the pictures her mouth is hanging open.
She is usually in the middle of a sentence.
She just won't stop talking long enough
 to look and smile at the camera.

ATTITUDE! She has definitely got one!

I always have to add one of these tantrum throwing pictures.
She is getting so hard to photograph. She will not hold still or smile for anything!

This one is just funny to me, she was telling me a story.

I need to doctor this one up, and take the red eye out, but I love the pic.

I wish she would have smiled, but I sure do love this picture.

My favorite thing about looking through these pictures, is seeing Gracie's personality shine. Her fun and silly side, her spunk, and her temper all shine! She is such a little girl with huge personality. I love that about her!

Tea with Grandma

We don't really do birthday parties in our home, we like to have a nice dinner with the grandparents, but that's really all we do. But this year we did something a little unusual for Gracie's birthday. She loves having tea parties, so we had tea with her grandmas and a few of her cousins and aunts. She shared her tea party with her favorite person in the whole wide world...Eva (her cousin). She LOVED it, and is still talking about it and asking for another tea party. Check out the fun we had!

My sister, Miriam, putting the candles in the birthday cake.
Grace made a special request to have strawberry shortcake.

These girls are too cute, and so fun!

Seth's First Hair Cut!

I have to say, this was a little emotional for me. I could not stand to see Seth's beautiful curls be cut off. I saved them...but I sure do miss seeing my baby boy, curly locks and all!

Before the haircut. Look at those sweet curls!

During the haircut. He seems to be enjoying it.

Almost Done!

And after the haircut. He looks all grown up! I dislike it very much!