Whose Kids Are These Anyways?

This face is Eden-ish.


I totally see the girls in Charlie's face here.


Um, basically I would have totally been attracted to Charlie at pretty much any point in his life.


Like if I had to build my own pool boy, he would look just like this.


Only bringing me a martini.
With his shirt off.
RAWR.

Seriously

He might give me a stern talking to for putting up these but DUDE.
How can HE ask ME where Eden got curly hair?
People in my family have straighter than straight hair - like ALL OF THEM.
And then I find this photo of Mr. Curly Bangs.

Oh, HAI, Mr. Sleepy.
Those are some curly bangs.

Cute Guy with a Puppy

A CUTE puppy.
::sigh::

This is Charlie before I met him, years before, in fact. With Zoie, our good friend and awesome doggie.

Oh, Zoie.

1. might I mention I would have been all over this Mr. Hot.
B. this same Mr. Hot asks where Eden's curly hair came from.
Third of all, GUH what a cute guy with a puppy.


So this is him once I had met him, with my very own cute puppy..

GUH. What a cute guy with a puppy.

Meant to Be

This week while we are moving to the new house, I am putting up a few pictures I came across in the move and then took pictures of. (so meta)

Anyhoo, Here is a double whammy, a side by side of Charlie and me at similar ages in similar outfits.

Clearly we were made for each other.

Countdown

Less than 24 hours until we officially move in.

And guess who won't be having any internet for a while?
So I will try and set up something fun for next week, and get back to this space as soon as happens.

Meanwhile, Eden went to the doctor for her 2 year old check up.
In short, she's ahMAZing and also quite an impressive specimen of girl child.

And her kisses will melt your FACE off.


You guys have a great Memorial Day.
We sure will!

Saturday is just around the corner.

Packing Up

Somebody wants to make sure we don't leave her behind.


Moving is a HUGE change, for anybody and everybody, and sometimes things can get a little tense. We've known we were moving for 3 months almost, so until now, the hardest part of of the move was the waiting.

We've talked about it ALOT with the kids, in fact, 97% of the conversations Madee strikes up lead into a new house song from her heart.

(She's a singer!)

Anyhoo, now we are down to the next hard part, them watching things disassemble and disappear as we move it all to the new place. Which, of course we aren't doing in just one day, so they have time to really freak out.

And so do I.

So I am trying to remain super calm. And flexible. And supportive.

So I just keep looking at the pictures so I know exactly what I am looking forward to.




My new happy place.


What are YOU looking forward to lately? Got vacation plans? Family Reunion? Any weddings to celebrate?

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My Inspiration Station

Remember when I went to that cute little beachy store? And I threatened spray paint and a hot glue gun? Well it has begun.

I got "aqua".

And although everything is being carefully packed* and so gingerly placed** into a moving trailer, I have set up a little piece of our future life on this credenza to inspire us of our new future life.

Or future new life?
You get it.

These are the prints I got for mother's day. I cannot begin to tell you how important it is to have large, awesome pictures of your happy children doing happy things in full view of every spot in your house.

It helps remind me of the joy during the more trying parts of a day with toddlers.

Once I brought home the spray paint, I didn't really know where to start. Our new landlady has painted the entire interior of the home, and I don't even know what colors she picked for more than half of the house.
But this lamp? Perf for the paint. And that shelf. And that frame.

In fact, I am starting with dark or raw items, since I actually have alot of furniture/accessories painted whitewashy, ivory beachy colors, that fit the new design bill, I will worry about those pieces last.

Don't you love this green candy dish? I do!


We got this wall plaque for our wedding from some old friends, and I love it as much today as I did the day we got it. It is SO us, the nutshell of our mission statement.

It says:

Walk in the rain
smell flowers
stop along the way
build sandcastles
go on field trips
find out how things work
tell stories
say the magic words
TRUST THE UNIVERSE

Teeny tea lights made from teeny found sea objects.

All actual beach finds (other than the jar from Penzey's)
My cousin Broday (HI BRODY!) in San Francisco found 2 abalone shells (unheard of to find even 1!) last time Boom Boom went surfing with him.

He sent one to me.
I love him.

The white shell collection, and the sea glass and Lake Superior Agate collection.

Another GREAT tea light holder.


And I couldn't resist finishing off this simple little robin's egg blue vase with some shells around the rim.

Ahhh.
* tossed into laundry bins
**hurled with wild abandon