evan

a year of...

PLAYING...

 

 DADDY SNUGGLES...

 BATHS...

 EATING...

 SNOOZING...

 SILLY...

 FUN...

AND THESE GUYS...

what a great year it's been!  we are so thankful for our little evan- he is such a blessing to our family!

peek a boo

happy val.

happy valentine's day from the kiddos.  (and me, even though i am not in the picture.)

here is what we did for d's valentines this year.  he really liked them. i had to stop telling the kids to make fists in the picture above, because now, taking a valentine picture means putting your fist up in the air.

ps.  i love you j.  you are my fav.

ellen has been dressing herself lately...

please note that it was 20 something degrees on this morning...

this picture was taken before she found some white tights and put them on over her pants, but under the lsu legwarmers.

i am not complaining, because at least she is dressed.

my latest project

you know, the one i started in october and finished in january?  that one.

so, i saw this idea on a couple of blogs that i read (i will be glad to share which ones if you want to know, just don't want to have any weirdo mommy crafter searchers ending up on my blog)  i've seen them called 'family rules', but i don't know, maybe it's the teacher in me that feels like rules need to have consequences, and i am not going to discipline for not having patience.  it is a good thing, or i would be in the corner all day long.  so i made ours full of things that all of us parkers need to remember daily.  the parker family will...

now, some of these i swiped, some of these i just asked the boys what i tell them to do all of the time.  they had a lot of things to put on there.

one of the reasons it took me so long to complete this, is i got started and then realized that i measured my papers wrong.  i did the first three strips of paper, and had to stop and re-do.  the next time i sat down to re-do was a few months later.  davis saw the mess ups and asked if he could have the one that said 'the parker family will...'  he said he had an idea.  he wrote it and then asked if i could "make it look cool with the lines on the ends of the letters."  this was his idea:

it now has a permanent home behind my computer so that i can see it all of the time.  and no, i don't tell them to do this one all the time.  he came up with it all by himself.

here's evan!

here is our cutie.  10 monthsold

how my house on a sunday morning is like a project runway episode

a couple of notes on this picture... the popcorn garland that you see is exactly that long. i spent two hours making it and it didn't even go around the tree once- but you better believe that after two hours of work, that thing was going on the tree. i read that popcorn garland can be kept in an airtight container to be used year after year, and scoffed, "why would anyone ever keep popcorn garland for years?" NOW I KNOW.
picture of ellen with a harmonica or picture of ellen having a screaming fit? decisions, decisions....
okay, on to my very deep new blog post....

so, joel has to be at church earlier than the rest of us on sunday mornings because he has praise band practice. i am at home to get myself and the rest of the kids ready before we head to church. last sunday, as i was getting everyone ready, it occurred to me that every sunday morning is a little like the finale of project runway. if you haven't watched project runway before, this post will make no sense whatsoever.

project runway:
designer running around like a crazy person, doing a little last minute sewing...
parker house:
me running around like a crazy person, using a seam ripper to take off a blue and red saiboat patch off of the only khaki pants that fit evan.

project runway:
getting the models to hair and makeup...
parker house:
realizing that d. needs a haircut, trying to tame ellen's rat's nest and noticing that lane slept on his right side, because his hair is straight on the right side of his head while the rest is curly. hoping that everyone will overlook the dried milk mustaches or traces of apple strawberry banana baby food on their cute faces- all while buckling them into the car.

project runway:
designer running around screaming where are her shoes?!?...
parker house:
me running around screaming where are her shoes?!?

project runway:
designer freaking out about one of the models that hasn't shown up at the last minute....
parker house:
time to load everyone into the van and i'm running around the house saying evan!? (as if he could answer) and i find him eating a styrofoam peanut off of the laundry room floor.

i am sure that i could go on. the major thing that my scenario is lacking is a tim gunn. where is he when i need him on a sunday morning?

i started to note that at least i don't get judged after my 'runway show', but....