Wordless Wednesday~Super Boy

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's SUPER MINI #1! He has worn his cape everywhere for four days. Who needs a Bat Mobile when you have a bicycle to get you around while saving the world!

Happy Wednesday!

Tuesday's Tidbit~Ice Cream

Did You Know?

National Ice Cream Day is less than three weeks away!! That's right friends, July 18 is National Ice Cream Day. Aren't you thrilled you have someone like me to show you the light on these important holidays?

Although when it is 4371 degrees outside as it is here and the humidity is at 1000% percent, I am pretty sure that every day is Ice Cream Day.

"Ice cream is happiness condensed. " ~Jessi Lane Adams

I found this Ice Cream in a Bag recipe and I can't wait to try it with the minis. I am thinking of bringing along the ingredients and trying it with my cousin's minis next week on vacation.

Ingredients and Supplies

1 sandwich size zipper bag

1 gallon size zipper bag

1/2 cup whole milk

1 T. sugar

1/2 tsp. vanilla

Ice (fill gallon bag halfway)

6 T. rock salt

Directions

1. Combine milk, sugar, and vanilla in small sandwich bag and seal tightly.

2. Add the rock salt to the large bag of ice.

3. Place the small sealed bag inside the large bag and seal.

4. Shake for about 5 minutes.

5. Open bags carefully to retrieve your single serving of homemade ice cream!

YUM! Get those ingredients and get shaking!

I think I might want to add some M&M's to my concoction. I'm sure you can never go wrong with some chocolate syrup too!

What's your tidbit to share today!

Happy Tuesday!

Why is it...

...that an entire bag of M&M's can disappear and you have no idea what happened to them?

...sometimes life is just so darn hard and the saying "everything happens for a reason" doesn't cut it or maky anyone feel better?

...your children can be such complete and utter angels when their eyes are closed and quite the opposite when they are open?

...those same children can make your heart ache because you love them so much?

...you can eat the above bag of missing chocolate candies and still want more comfort food by way of chocolate heaven?

...that thinking about vacation and all that has to be done before can leave you so exhausted that you are trying to think up your next vacation for a break from the first one?

...that thinking about going outside can make me sweat?

...that I can never get enough sleep?

...that I can watch the Real Housewives of New Jersey and New York over and over again and still enjoy the drama?

Why is it.... for you today?

Have a great day.

Pink & Green Thursday~South Africa

I have always been intrigued by South Africa and now that the world has its eyes on South Africa for the World Cup I want to go even more. What a diverse, beautiful, and unique place!

This week's Pink & Green Thursday hosted by the fabulous Pink Preppy Lilly Lover is all about South Africa.

They even have pink elephants (albino, but pink nonetheless.)And this is how we could travel in style while exploring the city. Although I might alter my outfit slightly and lose the teddy bear backpack, but that moped is fabulous.


Who is ready to plan that African adventure trip with me? Be sure to click over to Trish's blog to see what else is pink and green in the world and check out her always amazing photography picks. Happy Thursday!

Wordless Wednesday~I Can't Hear You

This completely sums up my daughter and her attitude. Happy Wednesday.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Just call me Alexander.

We all have them, but yesterday was definitely my terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I had the minis out the door before 10 yesterday to do all kinds of things. I had a meeting last night that I was preparing for.

On the way to take Mini #1 to his first day of swim lessons, I had a car accident. It was my fault, an accident that isn't the biggest deal, but still one more thing to deal with.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Mini #2 is in a very bad mood this morning and can't quite decide if she is happy or miserable. Perhaps she should be Alexander #2.

I think I will just crawl in to bed and hope that tomorrow brings a new, not so terrible, not sp horrible, not so no good, and not so very bad day.

Weekend Life Tidbits

You know the saying "Learn something new everyday."

I learn something new everyday, or at least try to, but I definitely REALIZE things every day.

Here are a few from my weekend!

*Haircuts are FABULOUS! They can be uplifting, exciting, and empowering.

*Trying to style your new 'do just as your stylist does it (especially when she tells you how EASY it will be) is not fabulous, uplifting, exciting, or empowering.

*An email from a special new friend is wonderful. Friendships really do change lives and just because you can't see someone every day doesn't mean they aren't a vital part of your life.

*Moving is not fun and sofas, beds, and dressers are always heavier than you remember them being. (We didn't move, but Molly Lou sister and her husband closed on their first house on Friday, so we helped them...CONGRATULATIONS to them!)

*I continue to use . . . WAY TOO MUCH, but I'm ok with that. Consider it my personal trademark.

*Grandparents are lovely. My children adore my mother who came to watch them as her contribution to the big move. It is so fun to watch them together and see that look of love in the mini's eyes.

*Hearing a song on the radio that you haven't heard for years can immediately transport you back to a time in your childhood or teen years.

*Chocolate chip cookies are little pieces of heaven and can cure anything!

What did you learn or realize this weekend! Happy Monday...have a great day!