She thinks she's something funny.

What a week, it feels like since spring has come in full time we've been just as busy as we wanted to be!! I would say the biggest thing that happened (at least that involved me) was cooking for a meal swap Wednesday. I've never felt more humble as a homemaker than making food for 5 other families. I've decided I'm definitely NOT short order cook material, hahah. I attempted to use my blender to chop onions, it pureed the ones on bottom. Stupid me opened the top and shoved my face in to look, onion fumes burned my eyeballs and I cried for a good 5 minutes. The potato pot boiled over, creating a giant mess. I almost chopped my finger off 3 times. Good news was, it was well worth it!! I made turkey shepard pie, we ate ours the next night and it was great comfort food. The second meal I didn't do exactly right, but since I'm new to this meal swap, I got newbie slack ;) Doug said "It wouldn't have taken so long if you wouldn't have goofed off taking pictures too." He's probably right. Ahahah, I hadn't done anything like this before, I wanted to document it!! I'm sending the pictures to Chelsea Lately...maybe a few were staged, but it was fun nontheless.

We did a seed planting project too this week, Addie is excited and keeps running out to check if they've grown yet. She picked out sunflowers, and I picked out some scarlet running beans. They're going to be HUGE!! Both are supposed to reach 10 ft. Can't wait to see them grown!!

Ok so funny story from the past: The first day I worked at Abercrombie, I wore wranglers. AHAHAHAHA...I hadn't done laundry and tried to wear a longer shirt to cover up the jeans I swiped from my dad's closet. Yes, I said my dad. Why did I feel the need to mention this? Because in the service today he was talking about what we do to blend in. How we conform. How others can make us feel unworthy. I did get called out on it, and to this day I still laugh about it. I have no shame. I wear pretty much anything from anywhere, if its cute and a good deal. In fact, I have several Miley shirts from walmart, because they were a steal at $3 each. You work with what you've got, right? I think taking a step back and looking from a different perspective makes me feel like I've got my heart in the right place. I would rather focus on my pride in my kids and my home than WHO I'm wearing. So BOOYAH A&F, BOOYAH.

Addie told me the other day "Bumpa dum pum pum, STINKY MOMMY!!" (Handy Manny tune). Ahahahaha...she thinks she's something funny. We joke and tease each other a lot in this house. Its all in fun and love. We say things like "Look at that bum" when Addie's watching tv in her jammies still, or when Lillian just laying on the floor with tummy time almost falling asleep. Or "Bumpa dum pum pum, stinky Addie!!" when its time to take a shower and she's protesting slightly. She laughs hysterically, and has started firing back with her own jokes. Its pretty comical around here. Its all in good nature, and I think only WE could tease each other like that. Cause that would hurt my feelings if Doug's mom said I was stinky...its like pointing out greasy foreheads, dirty hair, a bat in the cave, and death breath--you gotta be close to poke fun about that ;)

There's a wine tasting today at MacaDoodle's, I'm sad I won't be going. They say at a tasting, its perfectly normal to spit after trying one, to keep from getting drunk. Dude, I'll spit if everyone condones it. With my pinky up and everything. I've tried a semi-sweet red wine, surprisingly I didn't gag. I think this stepping down thing is working.

We've got two teeth now, and hoping that she'll feel better about it now. This past week was super trying, even when she was doped up. (HA, sarcasm) Thursday was the worst, because we spent the whole day out. Between teething, and not having her own bed, she was a BEAR. I think some days, I understand why some species of animals eat their young. AHAHAHA, kidding...that was just for shock value :)

I'm still laughing at my own joke. And I don't have a good sign out phrase yet, so we'll just end it HERE.

-Kes