p.s.

Did I mention that Sara is a twin?

Heartfelt

Today at church I saw a cute home-made Father's Day card (or probably made in Primary, aka Sunday School for children) sitting on a table in the foyer. It was a simple piece of white paper folder in half to form a card, and on the front written in green crayon were the words, "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY". A lovely pink flower was drawn below the words. I picked up and opened the card to read the rest of the message. "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.....YOU ARE TO FAT." with a sad little frowny face at the end (and an 'O' missing from the 'too'). I kid you not! That is really what the card said! I wanted to keep it, but left it there just in case the recipient came back for it. Something tells me, however, that card was left behind on purpose. That poor dad! Just the sort of heartfelt message he was hoping to hear from his kid on Father's Day.

Rice Krispie Treats

For best results, use fresh marshmallows.
For disgusting results, use marshmallows six months past their "best by" date.

Multi-tasking

Sara's room / computer room / the leaning tower of recycling

Time to find a recycle bin, eh? (ok, just kidding. There's one across the street in the elementary school parking lot. So it's not a matter of finding one, it's a matter of hauling this gigantic pile over there and dumping it in.)

It's also time to find another place to stash our paper and cardboard recyclables since Sara is on the verge or crawling.

Also, I already told you how much I love it, but did you notice three, count them 3 IZZE boxes in that pile? Mmmmm, it's making me thirsty.

Eggo Cinnamon Toast Waffes

I'm really good at burning stuff that should be really easy not to burn.

When will I ever learn?

When laundry instruction tags say DRY CLEAN ONLY or when cleaning products say TEST IN AN INCONSPICUOUS AREA FIRST, they really mean it.

During the past month or so, two items in my possession have been ruined due to my lack of instruction following. Our once cream sofa became discolored in several spots because of misused spray cleaner (and has since been covered with a slip cover that wasn't in the budget), and now a soft red throw blanket has lost all its fluffiness (said fluffiness has been collected and removed from the lint trap of our dryer about 5 times over) because I failed to read that tiny tag with those oh-so important three little words on it. And let me say, this is the second throw I have ruined this way! So my plea to all of you is this: READ! That's all you gotta do! It wasn't until AFTER my items had been ruined that I turned to the instructions to see what had gone awry. So learn from my mistakes and take the extra two seconds to read how the product was intended to be used or cared for. You may think you know better, but those little tags and instructions really were put there for a reason. And now I know.

I promised myself when I had a baby that my blog would not become only about her, but I just can't help it!

Sara's new toy

the best online classifieds purchase I ever did make.

Kinda blurry, but we'll take it.

Bedtime

After 5 months of sleeping in a bassinet, Sara FINALLY has a crib to sleep in! She likes being able to stretch her arms all the way without them hitting the edges of her sleeping quarters. She likes being able to roll over in there (which means she is now starting to sleep on her belly, and there's not much we can do to stop it). She likes looking at the colorful bedding. Now all she needs to do is consistently sleep through the night and we'll be set!