For Cuteness

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Prayers much appreciated by the family for the twins to come home very soon!!!

Identical twins...how often do  you see that?

Over 30,000

That's the number of pictures I have in files on the computer.

What do you do with your photos?

We are trying to copy them onto a special device....it's taking a long time.

Potty Training

When you learn that your 2 year old can hold her potty for a really long time to avoid actually going in the pot.  (like 7 1/2 hours)

That she doesn't really care if she's wet or poopy

That it gives so much hope when there is finally a "go a little, stop, run to the  potty and go more in the potty" time....(this was after the 7 1/2 hours)

That that hopeful time is soon diminished by many more "doesn't really care if she's wet or poopy" times.

That when she goes again in the potty and not in her underwear, I think to myself, "she's so smart."  "She'll be done training after today"  (see "hope" part)

She, after saying "I'm fine" to "Do you need to go poopie?" immediately goes out of the room and poops her underwear...and potties it too.  

Good thing I know this will be all part of her potty training story and in a month (or 2 or 3 maybe) we will all look back and laugh. 

I'll be able to laugh, right?

Quick Check in.....

 Summer has started here, it's full of piggy tails

 child made garden salads...

 painted toes and fingers...

 Baby love....

and potty training!!!

Tom is gone to Canada fishing with the 2 oldest kiddos,

so

I have the 4 littlest...

I have no time to read your wonderful blogs,

 I'm so sorry

I also have no time to post on my blog,

except

this little check in!

I'm not ignoring you, it's just that, well....

Life has taken over!!

Gluten-Free Free

What?

That makes sense right?

After 3 1/2 months of being totally gluten free,

I, now can have gluten.

So I'm free from having to be gluten free!

Simeon seems to be tolerating it and is still happy.

Wow.

The things we mamas do for our kiddos.

Actually, I found out that I liked being gluten free.

I didn't even know what gluten was til I had to get rid of it.

(it's basically anything with wheat in it, or anything with flour in it)

No pasta, cheerios, granola bars, or bread of any kind,

 except well...the rice flour varieties, I quickly got sick of those.

I found with adding gluten back into my diet,

I'm hungrier, actually feeling like I'm starving.

I'm feeling more bloated and well, just fat

OK, so I am fat, but I just had a baby 5 months ago!

I figured that in the past 13 years, I've been either

pregnant or nursing for about 11 1/2 of those years

so

I can be fat

and

I have time to lose it

And

I will lose it!

I've been doing the Weight Watcher's plan

for a few weeks now and have lost 9 lbs.

(it was 10 Sunday and 9 on Monday,

 I have to go with 9 because Monday is my weigh in day)

Yes, I weigh when I'm not supposed to, it's so hard to stay away from that darn scale!

I have 10 lbs to lose to get to where I was before Simeon

and about 50-60 to lose to get to my ultimate goal!

My point is, I'm staying gluten free.

I'm not as worried about the "may contain wheat" labels though.

I feel better

(and that milk I had stored in my freezer....I never could throw it and still have it--yay!)



Pentecost Cake!

 It worked (kind of)

I ran out of the red gel food coloring, so it turned more pink than red....

 Many, many "No, nos"going on.....

(it was supposed to look like flames coming up...like this)

I don't think the girls minded....

 Come Holy Spirit, give me the 7 Gifts of The Holy Spirit

"When do I get some cake?"

Pentecost Sunday!

 Come Holy Spirit Come!

Happy Birthday Church!

Not sure where I saw this, (I saw it a long time ago and saved it)

Wouldn't it be the perfect cake to make for today?

Might need to get some red and yellow food coloring....

Happy Feast day everyone!!