Apple MTM

Spring mix with apples, croutons & raspberry vinaigrette, mango juice, peanut butter & apple wedges, an apple shaped grilled cheese sandwich & apple shaped simply fruit roll.

Of course neither girl ate her salad & both asked for more peanut butter. Oh well, Mommy enjoyed the salad. Mina & theirs.

Overwhelmed.

I'm worn out. Plain & simple. My husband has been working 10 hour days 5 days a week and 4-6 hours on one weekend day. Plus 40 minutes of commute time each way. Which basically means I'm home alone with the girls and a never ending list of house work for 65 hours a week. I have no friends nearby to go hang out with. Really I have no close friends anymore to even call and chat with. So, tonight I tell him how I feel. His reply was "I've been helping a lot with house work." ( He bought dinner tonight, barbeque 2 nights ago, and swept the floor once in the past week.) Well, I need more help. Not with house work, with the children & I need some emotional support.
This isn't the first time we've had this issue. I feel overwhelmed, he ignores it, I withdraw from life and it gets to the point where I can't stand the sight of him, we have a huge blow-up fight, then he's all sweet & helpful for a week. Why can't we skip the fighting & emotional stress and just be happy & helpful all the time? Because me feeling overwhelmed isn't his problem. Yet. When it is, aka I haven't had sex with him in 2 weeks, then he'll address it. Until then I'm SOL, even though I asked nicely and told him how I feel right now.

Sorry everyone, this is just me venting.

My baby turns 2.

This girl turn 2 today.

 

We celebrated on Sunday with a Little Mermaid themed party.

First up the dress.

I found a super cute tutorial and super cute fabric & after that the dress came together in just a couple hours.

 

I saw these super cute tissue paper pom poms on Pinterest and decided I had to make them.

  Of course balloons are a must.

 And the twinkly kelp ribbon forest was a big hit, with the adults.

Photo banner of the birthday girl from birth to second birthday.

Pretty party hats, inspired by Girl. Inspired.

Homemade pinata, next time I'm doing it this way. Making it look fluffy took waaaaay too much time. Like 4-5 hours. Thank goodness for Netflix.

 

But she loved it, so it was worth it. This time.

 Best thing was it cost me only $5 to make and a kid broke it. Not like the last one we bought.

Yeah that's my 6 1/2 month preggo SIL going all Barry Bonds on the pinata. She's hardcore like that.

My SIL Theresa frosted the cake all fancy.

 French vanilla cake tinted shades of pink with blue whipped cream frosting.

It was delish.

 

Happy birthday Baby Girl. We love you.

Homemade gdiaper inserts

I just cleaned out my fabric stash the other day and found a ton of scraps. Then a friend offered me 2 gdiapers and I knew exactly how all those fleece, terry cloth & flannel scraps were going to be used. Ta-da!

We don't know what sex we are having and I thought the hubs might say something about the girly patterns but he's smart enough to realize babies don't care what they pee on. ; ]

I made 6 inserts it took about 45 minutes while watching TV & having a 4 year old helper.

They are super simple to make. I just used the one "disposable" insert she gave me as a pattern. 2 layers of fleece or 3 layers of terry cloth sandwiched between 2 pieces of flannel, serge the edges. Done.

Why do kids grow?

In one week my baby girl will be 2. I feel like I just brought her home from the hospital like last week.

Look at this tiny sweet newborn perfection.

And now she's a giant independent potty trained little girl.

I'd like to freeze time and keep my babies small forever.
Oh, well I'll have another newborn come March. Until then I'll just enjoy my big girls.