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We had our annual trip to Port Aransas…it’s such a lovely little beach town (even if the hurricane kicked up all kinds of lovely seaweed on the beach). The kids just loved it. Well, the boys loved it. I’m afraid Amry would much rather be kicking back with a sippy cup and a can of Pringles by the
pool than dodging seaweed and surf.
Virgil and I had fun, too, but when did a vacation become so much work, LOL? Virge and I kept having to split up…he mostly hung out with the boys and I had Amry attached to my hip. I don’t mind being close to Amry–I love getting to spend all of this time with her. But I really feel like I’m growing apart from the boys. I hope not. I hope it’s just me.
And yes. I actually posted a picture of me. In a swimsuit. As is. Muffin top and all. Oh well. I’m obviously tired. But alas, it’s me and my girl together and that’s all that counts.
Now…about that dress in the top pics. I gotta tell you that it’s my most absolute favorite dress I’ve ever purchased for Amry to date. So unique, so fun, love the colors and the textures. It’s unfortunate for me that I like this dress so much because now I’m going to go broke shopping at Zozo Bug Baby on Etsy. This gal is SO creative and I can’t even count how many times we got stopped in town by people wanting to know about the dress. 😉
ETA a link to my swimsuit. Also, some of you asked about the giraffe suit…that’s from Gymboree this year, but it’s sold out online. You can try in store or ebay perhaps?
[Side note: I know many of you also follow my friend Lyndsay’s blog. Her sweet little boy is going through a really tough time right now. I’m very upset for them and I feel pretty helpless, but perhaps if you could let her know you’re thinking of them, maybe all of that positive energy will do something to carry them through this.]
Buuuuuut, my sweet sis bought Virge this awesome cookbook for Father’s Day and the kids and I were so inspired, we had to try out a few recipes tonight. We made the Turkey and Rice Mice, sweet potato fries, and creamed spinach for dinner. For dessert, the ever-so-tasty and surprisingly healthy carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
We mostly chose these dishes because the pictures looked so good in the book (who doesn’t do that?), but I was VERY impressed with how each dish turned out exactly how it was pictured and even better, they were delicious! The kids really enjoyed helping to grate the carrots and apples for the cupcakes, but their favorite part was mashing together the turkey/rice mixture for the mice. Even my husband (who thinks all things Weight Watchers have no taste at all) said we could make this dinner again. Thanks so much, Nee Nee!
The only negative of trying to cook in the kitchen with the boys was trying to deal with my sweet little tyrannical toddler. Don’t let the pictures fool you…she’s hit the “Terrible Two’s” and she’s not even two yet. Fortunately, she gives us just enough cute that we still put up with her:
Recently, I’ve caught her walking around the house WITH MY CAMERA!! Yikes!!!! I mean, I’d love to encourage her and all, but she certainly isn’t ready for the big guns just yet. Although, I did let her snap a few pictures of us during playtime the other day.
The one thing I’ve found that *can* keep her happy for about 15 minutes (and that’s a good chunk of time) is Connect Four. She could seriously put the checkers in and release them over and over again and it never gets old. However, the main reason I posted those pics was to show off her beautiful little anklet made by one of my clients. Check out her site: Rimix Jewelry! I’m sorry because I feel like the pics don’t do it justice. Unfortunately, it was the only time I could get baby girl to stand still long enough for me to photograph the anklet ;-).
Okay, back to work now.