i'll wash my hair with snow.

a little trip up north for us was a chilly treat.

we were even lucky enough 

to find an area with snow up the mountain 

by the lake. 

ruby was beyond thrilled to see, touch and play

with a bit of snow...and make a snowman!

it was indeed a nice little monday break

from laundry and the joys of home.

fun with photobooth.

good times with photobooth on the computer. 

im sure you have all had a go at this. 

i kind of think it would be fun to actually print 

some of these to hang up somewhere. 

great how they hide imperfections eh?

and then it was time to get some fresh air. 

maternity clothes.

while wondering if i could possibly find 

any chic maternity patterns out there, 

i actually came across this website with quite 

a few cute ones. hooray!

and was further inspired by some happy fabrics 

over at pink chalk. 

just love grey and yellow. 

any good pointers for maternity patterns out there?

a bit of christmas and new years.

i seem to have a pretty pathetic selection of christmas 

pictures this year. i suppose i was rather enjoying 

the moment too much and not capturing it too much. 

never mind the awful night time pictures my cam takes; 

see above aged looking photo. 

i did need to take note though of good old Markle, 

our elf on the shelf. 

this particular morning he hid in the tree. 

it was surely amazing to me how humorous 

he was to the kids....every morning waking to the excitement

of going to find him and laughing at how silly his new spot was. 

'that silly markle...he's so tricky'....'he went to the same spot as yesterday?

now that is tricky my friends!'

a bit if art.

a happy festive mantle.

a little girl who increasingly makes faces

like my little sister. hmmm.

a too cute moment in towels.

new years eve jumping on the trampoline

and blowing horns. 

and our very fancy new years cranberry lime 

and pellegrino drink in big girl glasses.

happy new year!!

art museum wednesdays.

every once in a while there is nothing better than 

a little jaunt down to the phx art museum on free

wed nights...3pm-9pm. 

a perfect post naptime adventure for a long day

with the kids. 

oh, and yes, you can go in the dinosaur cage...

considering the lady who works inside told 

my kids to definitely go in. after i had told them

on the way in it was strictly forbidden. 

hmmm.

paper bag gift wrap

i had a go at making this the other day. 

very easy, simple and satisfying. 

if only i had some polka dot paper lying around. 

super cuteness. 

find the instructions here.

oh and by the way...

with no formal announcement having been made....

let it be known that there is another wee one cooking 

inside of me due to be born this june. 

you could say ruby is pretty excited and is pretty positive 

its a girl, or twins. declan on the other hand just says 'yeah!'

yeah yeah, what ruby said.

some pretty awesome questions have hit the table lately:

'what is the baby going to eat? just milk?

 not the kind from the store?'

'is your baby going to fall in the toilet when it comes out 

(followed with much concern and worry)?'

'if the baby is a girl, can she sleep in my bed?'

And as for the above photos, i dont have any swell shots 

of myself yet, but i look about 6 months so watch out for this one.

the photos above are of our very exciting laundry mat day...

we could barely squeeze into the car and at one point i almost fell

out of the car trying to get to the kids. 

i do highly suggest the laundry mat. done in one and a half hours, 

instead of all day. something like 12 loads i think. good times!