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Rose earrings by onetenzeroseven   3.75 GBP / $5.90 USD

Simplicity - Simple Elegance ... 

Tortizza

This was today's lunch. Easy & Yummy. It is a pizza made on a tortilla (wrap) on a skillet. For mine, I used tomato sauce, caramelized onions, yellow peppers and cheddar cheese. I'm not taking the credit for this little invention. But here is the link & easy steps for the Tortizza. 

HandMeDown Clothes

Being 14 months apart, I've gotten very good use of the baby clothes. Wearing all of A's old clothes is good for C. It gives her character and depth.

ahh - sigh - ahh ... Where has time gone? I want a third! agh. I can't believe I just said that!

Painting in Dad's Shirts

I tried desperately to do a bit of work today hoping the girls would just "chill" and "hang-out". It didn't happen and I got tired of the constant cries, arguing and complaining. I shrouded them in H's work shirts (the one's I keep threatening to throw out) and we just painted the afternoon away. No rules, "Just go crazy", I said. On a side note, I am not going to mention the shirt thing to H, maybe he'll notice or maybe he'll read my blog... ... ... or maybe, just maybe, I'll get away with it.

Guys Don't Get It

I love my Cup of Vintage cake-stand. H never knows where to leave his keys, coins and pocket remnants. He did this. I flipped out. 

Jubilee Cupcakes

Cupcakes are my thing! I can make them with one hand tied behind my back. I'm working on a "Jubillee" themed cupcake. These were my testers. yummy. My recipe is always the same. Cupcake Recipe Link.

 

ok - so this really happened - I screamed like a banshee

For the last 4 days C has had insanely runny and dark poopoos. She has been going 4 to 5 times per day and like I have said before, I AM NOT PERFECT. And the constant poos annoyed me and I let my emotions slip out a few times while changing her. I did not yell, just exclaimed "Really C, another dark & gooey one. You really need to be toilet trained." I was half-joking and playful. Really, I was! Anyway, A overheard my complaints.

After an incredibly fun birthday party with the girls, we came home to relax out of the sun. I was pottering about in the kitchen when the girls came in holding hands. A asked me if they could go upstairs. I said it was fine as long as they "played" nice. Less than 5 minutes later A came down the stairs into the kitchen, and politely asked me to move over as she placed a nappy in the trash.

"What are you doing? Did the dolly go poo?" I asked.
"No Mommy. C did but I tidied it all up and put the poo in the toilet" I couldn't speak any words. I thought she was joking but after inspecting the nappy I was able to confirm that it was human poo not dolly poo.

Sprinting up the stairs, I reached Cristina who was "dirty", wearing a loosely fit nappy and hovering her head into the toilet, taking a look at her poo. It was a mess.

A thorough clean up and then a bath ... the girls are fine. My 2 year-old just changed her first nappy. I've asked her to not do that again and I'm going to stop complaining.

GOTYE - you are cool

I admit that I am incredibly old and boring with an outdated sense of fashion style. I also know NOTHING about music ... other than I just heard this track for the first time and really like it. Oh and I can play "Ode to Joy" on the guitar. Other than that. I know nothing.