oh, that Auntie B.

do you have an Auntie B in your life?

everyone needs their own Auntie B.

here she is making some delicious muffins 

with K.

i even got to pick up D from school

all by my lonesome.

that never happens.

and when i say never, 

i mean never.

and look how adorably she dried the silicone baking cups!

seriously, she is a gift straight from God.

and my 8th memory verse for SSMT is:

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, 

continue to live your lives in him, 

rooted and built up in him, 

strengthened in the faith as you were taught, 

and overflowing with thankfulness.

Colossians 2:6-7

991. spring break! 

and that so far, there haven't been any breaks

992. the glow from the backyard lights

993. the hundreds of tiny green leaves bursting on our tree

994. meyer lemons

995. feeling His peace when i shouldn't

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those bunnies.

as Easter is quickly (how did that happen?) approaching,

 i though i'd let you know that we have a lot

(and i mean a lot)

of bunnies hopping through our house.

i'm finding them everywhere.

unfortunately, they're dust bunnies.

have a hoppy weekend!

986. princess parties

987. a great day of therapy for L

988. seeing Grammy for a few minutes

989. actually having a conversation with my hubby

990. the nearness of spring break

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half.

it's {embrace} the camera day!

we celebrated K's half birthday this week.

well, actually auntie B did all the work

(no surprise there).

she brought the adorable cupcakes 

(which she cut in half for the half birthday)

and a sweet little gift.

D and i were in charge of the singing.

my baby girl is now 3½!

981. the rustling wind

982. enough peaceful moments 

to finish my CBS lesson - last minute

983. understanding children

984. a great deal on sidewalk chalk

985. a scrumptious breakfast with the girls

be sure to check out my weekly project:

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picture me {im}perfectly.multi-tasking

(now if only my bathroom looked this bright and sparkly up close)

generally, my days are pretty fuzzy.

it's plain and simple.

i (try to) do

too many things at the same time.

what i convince myself that i'm doing 

is getting a lot of things finished at the same time

where in reality 

i am just slowing down the process 

of completing even one task.

whether it's 

drinking a cup of coffee (more on that later)

or driving

or reading

or thinking

(this could be an endless list).

if my body is not trying to complete another task, 

my mind is. 

but when i stop and just do one thing at a time, 

my day becomes much more clear.

taking pictures doesn't count as doing 

more than one thing at a time, right?

yeah, i didn't think so.

be sure to stop on by

my sweet friend, Raeanne's blog.

(isn't this a cute picture of the two of us?)

the post that she linked up last week really moved my heart.

picture me {im}perfectly

is a weekly project to reveal that we don't have it all together.

i will post a 

picture me {im}perfectly

blog post every wednesday 

where you will be able to link up to your blog

revealing that:

you are not picture perfect,

your kids are not picture perfect,

your house is not picture perfect,

your crafts are not always picture perfect,

let's 

encourage, 

inspire and 

remind 

other women 

that none of us have it all together.  

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add my button to your blog post

and link up to your direct posting

and feel encouraged. 

976. the trees hanging over the little street 

on my drive back home this afternoon

977. honest friends

978. trying to have His focus be my focus

979. bundles and bundles of clean 

(yet unfolded) laundry

980. a fantastic book list

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nakie baby.

a sweet friend of mine from CBS

was getting her credentials in massage for kiddos.

and she was kind enough to bless us with her five week class. 

(i absolutely adore this shot)

you could say that now i am an expert.

well, L thinks so, at least.

he has been sleeping so much better with a bath 

followed by a massage.

i just think he is trying to be

as high maintenance and time consuming as possible. 

congratulations, L. 

you are succeeding.

so, we (i.e. i) are now starting our 

night-time routine promptly at 4:15pm.

yes, that is in 4:15 in the afternoon.

it's wild.

but it works.

and we all know us moms will do anything that works. 

as you can see, 

my delicious baby just adores to be in his diap (or nakie)

and have some mommy and L time.

971. sweet oranges

972. pinterest

973. learning massage

974. stopping

975. L's new butt scootching

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