bumps-n-bruises

The other weekend...oh, who am I kidding, these pictures are from Valentines weekend.

So I'm a little behind!!

Well, that weekend, Duke and the kids went up to visit Duke's parents and I stayed home and did a two day cleaning marathon. Too bad it doesn't stay clean, right?! Anyway, when the family got home around noon on Sunday, the first thing Audrey had to show me was this bruise on her noggin.
It kinda looks like a lipstick kiss mark in the middle of her forehead but I am guessing it didn't feel like a kiss when she tipped over a glider rocker and whacked her head on the concrete floor.Then when she got home she some how got a cut on her finger (so terrible I can't remember) and needed a band-aid. Poor beat up child. But, did you know if you rub your silky blankie on your owie it is all better? That's what works for both of my kiddos.
Since the owie was all better Little Tooters thought it was time for a little...

Peek
ABoo!
I just love her silly and playful little personality. I only wish she would stay this age forever. I am personally not a believer in the 'Terrible Twos.' I think it is more the 'Terrible Threes' when they have all of their words, are more (or should I say too) independent and they tend to disagree with everything their Mother says. Yep, two is my favorite age.

Here is one more look at her poor little bumped and bruised face.
It is still as adorable as can be, but I couldn't help but edit a couple of the pictures and make her chubby little face look unscathed.
Crazily, we have no real plans what-so-ever for this weekend so I think I am going to enjoy a little down time with my kiddos. My neck, upper back and left arm have been killing me for the last week and a half - most likely due to stress - so I could use a little time to rest up. If I were to wager, the rest won't happen, especially since I have piles of laundry to catch up on and there is always cleaning that needs to get done.

Not a baby

For those of you who had high hopes (or were at least speculating) that our family's big news was a baby, I am sorry to say that that is not the case. Although I would someday maybe consider adding to our family, today is not the day.

So, what is the big news then, you ask?

It is something we have been searching and searching for, to no avail, up until a little over 2 months ago.

It was an ordinary Friday in December, and Duke was headed over to pick up the kids at daycare after work. On his way, he passed a man who was nailing a sign to a tree.
That sign read "Land For Sale"To make a long story short, we made an offer, they accepted and now our dreams of building a shed and ultimately our 'forever home' are coming true.Today we went to sign the closing papers to seal the deal on purchasing this beautiful (at least in our eyes) 3 acre parcel of land. Technically we don't take ownership until Tuesday the 9th but since I promised big news later this week, I didn't want to keep you hangin' until next week.
I am so thoughtful, aren't I?!
So, this will be the view down the driveway to our home some day. Our plans are to break ground and build a pole barn as soon as the ground thaws this spring. Also, as the plans stand now, the driveway will Y as you go down the hill...to the left will be the house and to the right will be the shed.
I personally have dreams of a house much like the one below that I have been drooling over for the past 5 years or so (I took this picture last summer on a drive by!)The main reason I love this house is because I have unofficially laid claim on the bonus room above the garage to have as my 'studio.' I am longing for a place to set up my sewing machine (still need to learn how to use it too!) my scrapbook/crafty stuff and of course a photo studio. For now, the focus is on building the shed so we can clean out our garage and Duke's workshop and empty some stuff out of our house to get it ready to sell. I am also very anxious to move some of my perennials over to a holding bed so I don't have to completely start from scratch in the plant dept.
Oh, how I can not wait for everything this land has to offer for our family!
Come on Spring, get a move on!

Do you know the Muffin Man?

Oh do you know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man?
Oh do you know the muffin man,
That lives in Drury Lane?
Yes I know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man.
Yes I know the muffin man,
That lives in Drury Lane.