I'm The King Queen Of The World

We've been getting some Radio Flyer action the last couple of days.

Totally loving this weather.  Check out how blue the sky is.  Zero editing here folks.  I don't even pretend to know what to do in photoshop.

So this gift was obviously a home run and I highly highly recommend it for your two year olds (and for yourself, since you'll be the one pushing it.  You want the steering push bar.  Trust me).

And definitely get the Kettler seatbelt and drill yourself some holes in the seat to attach it.  Princess #4 has apparently watched Titantic too many times. 

(ah, there it is.  I know you were wondering where I got this post title from)

In other news, I attempted yet again to pass Princess #1's approval test with a new hairstyle, inspired by the lovely Chelsey at The Paper Mama.  This time I got two thumbs up.  Go figure.  I had to modify Chelsey's instructions a bit as my hair is SO long and thick my bobby pins were running in terror.  

So you all can rest easy now that you know I'm no longer embarrassing my 8 year old.
For now.

We're going to be doing lots of tricycling and looking cool this weekend.
(well, Princess #4 will look cool.)

Whatever you do, I hope you have a fabulous weekend too!

Comparisons: One, Two, Three Months

I'm amazed at how, without even trying, I managed to get pictures of each girl in just about the same position at the same age.  I guess there's only so much you can do with a newborn!  Haha.  

One month old.  We loved our bouncy seat!  I think every girl ended up sleeping the majority of their early days in that thing.  Princess #3 actually slept every night in it for the first 4 months of her life!

Two months old.  Ah, the fleeting first smiles.  I remember how awesome it was when each girl finally figured out how to smile and how stoked I was when I figured out it wasn't gas!  And doesn't Princess #4 look SO much like Princess #2 here?  Crazy.  

Three months old.  You can start to see Princess #3's Yoda ears.  Oh how I loved those!  These were all taken at slightly different angles so it's harder to see the resemblance.

Click here to see how the princesses compared at birth!  And watch for more comparison posts to come soon!  Have your own comparison pictures to share?  I'd love to see!  Be sure to link back and let me know!

The Up-Don't

So, my hair has gotten really long lately.  Like, really long.  I wasn't intending to channel Rapunzel or anything but the old budget hasn't had room for a visit to the salon in awhile, so short of grabbing the scissors and doing it myself, I've just let it grow.

I know I could probably easily get myself over to Super Cuts and just have'em wack it, I mean how hard would it be to cut it straight across, right?  But I love my stylist (which as I type that has me cracking up because it sounds like we're tight when really I haven't seen her in 9 months.  She'd probably be all, who are you? if we passed on the street.  LOL), and the thought of handing my tresses over to Super Cuts has me skeered, so instead I've given in to the poorly reasoned logic that it's better to let my hair grow into an unkempt mane than to pay 10 bucks and have a little faith.

See?  Makes perfect sense.

So now on most days I'm sporting the ever stylish ponytail.  You know, nothing says I'm a mom and totally over it like a ponytail.  Sigh.  I still haven't figured out how people like Angelina Jolie can make ponytails look so sexy.  Mine just say "yes, I've given up".

A couple months ago, Jhen at From Here To Eternity did a post on her totally adorable, slightly messy, trying but not trying up-do and I thought, here it is!  The answer to my ponytail misery!  I can now step out in public without having to put forth too much effort and yet still look together and cool.  Thanks to her handy dandy tutorial I was out and about sporting my own adorable, slightly messy, trying but not trying up-do and feeling smug about no longer looking like had given up.

Until I picked up the princesses from school.

Princess #1 jumps in the van, wrinkles her nose and asks in a slightly judgmental tone:  Why are you wearing your hair like that?

What?  Are up-do's not cool in second grade?

My friends, doncha just love how kids know exactly how to humble you?  I may not be rocking the up-do today, but I'm not wearing a ponytail either!  Baby steps, right?  How have you tried to break away from the "yes I've given up" trap?

At Least My Bed Is Made - A Vlog

Hey guys.  I cannot believe I totally caved into peer pressure.  All the cool kids are doing vlogs so I had to do one too.  Sigh.  I can't believe I'm about to show you my bedroom.  How embarrassing.  

Vloggin' Vednesday from planet pink on Vimeo.

I'm linking up with all the cool kids at Vloggin' Vednesday!

'Til There Was You

I never drank coffee in the morning,

I never quoted movies,

I never cleaned my ears after a shower,

I never liked guacamole,

I never listened to Sting,

I never flew overseas,

I never watched Star Wars,

I never liked to have my hair played with,

I never took goofy self portraits,

I never ate sushi,

I never danced in the living room,

I never worked out,
(wait, I still don't do that)

I never knew half of me,

'til there was you.