Disco Max & Viv the Mad Scientist

playing in the costume box.

preparing for HALLOWEEN!

max’s double bubble stash.

i love tyler texas and it’s beautiful red brick streets in the historical azalea district but it sure makes me miss my girl. britney lived on this road and oh how i wish she still did! i miss her terribly! canada is just too FAR AWAY! shhhh…..i’ll tell you a little secret, i’m hoping she sees the picture and it will make her so homesick for those red brick streets that they move back….hehehe….* wink* *wink*

Vivi’s is loving the Discovery Science Place! Her favorite is the robotic arm that is used for performing heart surgeries. Who knows we may have a future heart surgeon on our hands. :-)

Max wearing his 10 gallon hat on Western day…hehehe. Vivi Jo-Jo didn’t dress up this morning because her class is going on a field trip to the Science Discovery Place….. have a great day everyone I’m off to the field trip!

the nerd that never was....

my viv, my precious lil viv was NOT into nerd day...NOT AT ALL! you would have thought it was princess day and she had to wear a princess dress with a crown..(which for her would be the absolute WORST DAY EVER)....HAHAHA!!!  she said, "mom...can we talk about it" (which means in our house, i'm not going to throw a FIT so please hear out my request......and i do seriously consider those requests).  i am a lover of costumes, i have so much fun designing, creating and putting them together and i love to see my kids have fun wearing them.  i also feel like they should participate, the teachers and staff work EXTRA HARD on dress up days, they do it because they want the kids to have fun and enjoy school.  i feel that it shows respect when we participate and is a way we can say thank you to the teachers and staff.  so, after hearing out vivi's request and her understanding the importance of participating, we came to an agreement that she would dress up but we would tone it down A LOT (no knee socks or black shoes, a different top and her own glasses...so she could see...LOL...she still looked nerdy...but not over the top nerdy...HA!)....she was happy...i was happy...we were all happy!  i did get a few pictures of the nerd that never was....she was a good sport about it and got dressed up after school for a few pictures in what i had planned for her to wear (why?...because i thought she was soooo CUTE! :-), in a few of the pictures you can see her dislike for nerd day...LOL.  now today was super hero day and that's a different story...she was EXCITED!!!...she pulled out a superhero's costume that she and max have worn around the house for years....it's a little (A LOT) small but she is thrilled about being a super hero which in turn THRILLS me! :-)

she is so adorable in these glasses, i might just have to get her a pair!

max the nerd

it's red ribbon week at school so that means a different costume every day. yesterday was nerd (be smart....say NO to drugs) day at school and max was SUPER excited....before bed he tried everything on and could hardly go to sleep because he was so looking forward to dressing up. he is for sure going to be our little actor, he was so in to being a nerd that he stood all hunched over on his own...LOL! last night when i getting his costume together he ask me what a nerd was so we googled it...he said, mom, NERDS ARE REALLY COOL!!!!! LOL!!!

one thousand gifts

i go to bible study with the most precious group of ladies, we are starting a study over the book ONE THOUSAND GIFTS and i cannot wait! they showed this video today to introduce the book. IT'S GONNA BE GOOD! go get some tissues....you'll need them. 

Lord, wake me up....i don't want to miss a single moment!

today is elliott’s birthday so i brought him and tate dairy queen for lunch. oh how i love these boys!!! happy birthday ells!

my little nerd on nerd day. last night he wanted to know what a nerd was so we google it… he said,mom,NERDS ARE REALLY COOL!!!! LOL!!

we went to winnsboro this morning to visit gran-gran & pop-pop. we visited for over an hour, got in the car and made another stop….then ellie hops out from under the car. the boys might be right, maybe it’s not the bobcat that’s getting the kittens…maybe it’s their adventurous spirit…hehehe.

my girl!

while paul was walking the land looking for the bobcat that keeps getting our kittens….max was protecting the house.

painting in style!

next week this boy turns 15….he’s growing up way too fast!

this sweet little guy had to be picked up early from school today because he was running a fever. that means snuggle time. :-)

sonic happy hour....

....oh how i love thee! (Taken with Instagram)

you've got to check it out....

my precious friend tami has moved far far away from me and is now living in ohio :-(.  tami and i have been close close friends for over 25 years.  i have so many great memories with her, we have spent countless hours (usually in the wee hours in the morning) brainstorming on projects, designing, creating and laughing until we peed our pants (seriously, it happened once or twice ;-) tami is THE most creative and talented person i have ever known or met. she is like a sister to me and i miss her terribly.  tami just opened an etsy shop, it's called TRASHTOWN:vintage and it is beyond precious, it is full of an eclectic mix of found and created objects. tami and her husband recently adopted the cutest little guy and she really wants to be able to stay at home with him....she opened her shop in hopes that she will be able to do so.  please go and check it out HERE.  tami has the best eye to find the best stuff so i promise you, you won't be disappointed. i LOVE tami so much, will you show her a little love and go to her facebook and "LIKE" TRASHTOWN:vintage she and i both will appreciate it to much!!!....HERE it is.

sonic happy hour, oh how I love you! (Taken with Instagram)

elliott's bedroom

  when we began building our home we let the tate and elliott choose their bedrooms, elliott wanted the smaller room with no windows. he really likes the coziness of it.  i also let them decorate their rooms how they wanted (of course mom helped....but they had final say of what they wanted).  tate and elliott's rooms are very different, both uniquely them. i still have to make curtains for tate's room, the curtains are about 10ft. long and i've just been putting it off.  he has been super patient with a sheet hanging over his window....i'm about to get started on them. :-/ i'll post pictures of tate's room as soon as it's complete.

welcome to elliott's room.

we went to a re-claimed lumber yard and there was a pile of junk on the ground, elliott picked up an old fishing basket out of that heap of junk and told me that it was going to be the light fixture in his room.  i like how his mind works!!!

 the reflection that the light gives on the walls is so awesome....most everyone asks if it's wallpaper.

 the chair elliott painted.

 the beginning of his Ee collection.  he LOVES his name and initials!  he's always on the look out for an unique Ee. 

  paul painted the texas bluebonnet picture.  elliott is quite proud of it.

we found the industrial light over the bed at a junk store for a $2. paul re-wired it.

when we were waiting to travel to get the boys and we were getting their room set up, i had thought about getting them an aquarium. one day i was out junking and came across this aquarium and it had a chinese pagoda in it (although it's hard to see in the photo because it has a big sucker fish sitting on the roof...HA). i knew it had to come home with me. tate and elliott have their own rooms now and they decided among themselves who got what and ells ended up with the aquarium.

vintage school map of asia.  he really loves this!