Baby Powder 101

Class taught by Professor Peyton

#1 Use Liberally.  On Everything. Floors, cribs, dressers, dirty clothes hampers, benches, baby brothers, chairs, closet interiors, your own hair/body... etc.

#2 Baby powder is especially effective when paired with Desitin, vaseline, baby lotion, and baby wipes.

#3 Best when used before responsible uneducated adult enters premises.  (Use in front of baby brother is encouraged for visual teaching purposes)

#4 Warning: When at all possible, do not leave identifiable markings in the baby powder after using. Most adults are not aware of the correct usage of baby powder and will wrongly accuse you of doing something wrong before immediately put you down for a nap.

Congratulations on graduating from Baby Powder 101.  You may now register for the inevitable Baby Powder 201 class taught by Professor Vandis.

A Photo Collage of My Life the Past Few Weeks

*** WARNING ***

A photo blog post sans witty commentary is all you will get in this post.

It's going to be really boring.

Similar to the title.

I just wanted to get some pictures up for the hubs.  

Who, by the way, just got promoted to Sergeant!  

On to the Pictures...

Women of Faith

Anoka's Halloween Parade

Peyton Being Unnaturally Adorable

Halloween Harvest Fest at Church 2012

<3 <3 <3

The Perfect Blogger Mom and Her Perfect Kids: Park Edition

We went to the park the other day after having a morning full of bible study.

'Cuz I'm a Christian Blogger mom.  And I'm kind of perfect like that.

My perfect friend Erika (who also blogs, because she too is perfect) came too. 

My perfect toddler played nicely on the public playground that I sanitized before she played.

Perfect Blogger Moms don't let their kids touch germs.

While I was busy sanitizing the park, my daughter ate a nutritious meal.  That I made from scratch. From the animals on my farm and the vegetables in my garden.

I would never, ever think to feed my child the garbage that some mothers feed their children.  I shudder at the sheer thought of McDonald's.

My perfect 6 month old posed beautifully for every picture that I snapped.

I trained him early.

I was armed and ready with my camera aimed at every fun activity that my little lady could think to do.

Not because I wanted good blog material, but because I care.

Every single shot turns out perfectly. Every time. No exception.

When my toddler is not sharing and caring on the playground, she is with her brother... hugging and loving on him...

He returns the love with even more love.

Precious.  Just precious.

 

They would never even think to wrestle, or pull each other's hair.

I've seen some children behave that way.  It's appalling.

But not my kids.

I would never stay at the park past my toddlers nap time.  That would be irresponsible.

She would never turn into a Donald Trump look-alike because she was having a breakdown.

No, no.  She is the image of perfection 100% of the time.

My children never have to tell me when it is time to go back to our perfectly clean house for a nap.

That is my job as their mother!

And I'm not just any mother... I'm a perfect blogger mother.  One who's child would never turn into a sleep-deprived zombie.

That would just be wrong.

Matching Pajamas = Love.

Call me cheesy, but I am kind of obsessed with matching pajamas.  Like... matching family Christmas pajamas for Christmas morning = must have.  With Christmas still 4 months away I just couldn't wait till then to get matchy-matchy...

Now, I'm well aware that I have a boy and a girl.  It does make it a little bit more difficult to find jammies that match and aren't very specifically "boy" or "girl".

But Costco came through for me.  Of course.

And thank you cell phone for having battery life when my camera doesn't.

How cute are my kids in their matching pajamas?

Last Wedding of the year... #7: Grant and Britni

Tonight I went to the last wedding of the summer. It was the seventh wedding I've been to since June 4th.  Phew!  Good thing I love weddings.

Grant and Britni had a beautiful Christ-centered service and their reception was filled with personality.

You guys make a beautiful couple!  Congratulations!

A Super Star Sister

Check out this super star sister...

She is my big helper that loves her little brother.

Peyton's always going to have Vandis' back...

and I'm sure he'll always return the favor.

Just another one of those blog posts written at 12:30 am.

I'm busy.

So busy.

I'm so looking forward to Wednesday when I leave for the Newspring Leadership Conference in South Carolina.  I neeeeeeeed a break!  Ohh man.

So you know that bullet point list I made a few days ago.  Yeah that seems like a really lame idea now, I have no motivation to follow through with that list.  Plus there's other things I'd rather blog about.  

So here's the quick version :)

• the flat tire fiasco I had on the way to my much needed hair appointment concluding with the new tire install annoyance I got a flat tire and missed my hair appointment and I could have joined Peyton and Vandis in a cry fest, but instead I called Progressive Roadside Assistance and watched Dora with Peyton while someone came and changed our tire.  Good story huh?  Gosh, who made this list?
• Vandis sleeping on his tummy Yep.  He's old now.
• Peyton no longer even trying to be potty trained outside the house This is mostly true.  I just don't really have the motivation to keep trying to make her go on the big public potties.  Someday soon. It'll happen.  She's not even 2 yet, so I'm ok with her just being potty trained at home.
• the new volunteer position I have taken up in my church's youth group I am part of a 3 person team called the "Hub"  We work out all the logistical things that the youth group does.  It's time consuming but exciting and worth it!
• the new volunteer position I have taken up in BSF I am a discussion leader.  Which is entirely crazy.  But, I'm excited to see what God does through me and in me this year as a result of that.
• the old and loved volunteer position with ALIVE that I have temporarily let go of because of my graphic design class I needed to let something go while I am taking this class, So Alive it was.  I am really sad about it and it's really really hard to stay out of it, but I have to be a mom first and being gone Monday, Thursday, and Friday nights was just not going to be OK.  

Ok.  Glad that's done.

Now... on to more recent events that involve cute pictures.

I went to the Great Minnesota Get Together aka, The State Fair with my MIL and BIL and kids.  On the hottest day of the last few weeks.  We toughed it out, there was a nice breeze so that really helped.  Because it was so hot, I didn't really feel like stuffing myself with tons of fried food, so that was a helpful thing for both my waistline and my wallet.  It was Van's first fair adventure and he seemed to have fun.  He likes people and stuff to look at,  so the fair is a great place for him!  Peyton had a blast too!

Aaaaaand I'll leave you for the night with the progress that has been made in operation girl room to boy room...

before:

after (in progress):

LOVE how it's turning out!!!!!!! More pictures and progress coming... so stay tuned!