A Thorn Among Roses

sofia has lived her entire existence on the softball fields...it's what she asks every day.  "do we have a tournament today?" tournaments mean playtime and pools and...well...a few more emotions too. the key to fun...a magic blanket. add a pop... then poke a  hole thru the bottom and make the pop a "pee pee pop"... toss in a backpack...and magic begins... because in the backpack are some treats... but even at the ball fields...there's time out for back talk and not being respectful.  (yes, i am that mean!) and there's tears... proving hubs point...that in our house if someone isn't crying right now, they will be soon, or they have just finished. but it's a cute cry!

Don't you just want to go down the swirly slide so you can find this joy? Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.7

play time around here to me often means a big fat mess of horses and princesses and dresses...but the girlies do love to play pretend. they work and work on making everything perfect for the for the drama... bring more stuff in... then move on to the next room for disaster to commence...or playtime, whichever you prefer to say.

sofia is the baby in the fam...there's no doubt about that. she's def earned the role...and she loves it! but when brooke's bmom, brit, and her 6 month old, jordan, come for a visit, there's a little green monster that shows loud and proud with my sofia. now, don't get me wrong, she loves jordan soooo much.  she kisses him and showers him with love, but there's always a little envy in the mix too. i love the face smash in giving him the pacifier!!! but look at the joy she has when he finally gets it. she's so precious...and she'll always be the baby!

i love the creative and imaginative minds of kids...i mean, i don't like the messes that come with the imagination. sofia is all about imaginary everything right now...her babies are always crying and need food or diapers, there's always food to be cooked or prepared, and there's definitely a lot of cleaning to be done. {i have no idea where she gets any of these ideas, btw} the sandbox is a great place to hang out and get some outdoor cooking, and dining done! and when jada's home, she joins right in, bc she's the "cooker" in the fam! when the bowls and spoons come out...there's entree's galore, and of course, starbucks to drink. and two cooks in the outdoor kitchen...wow, there's food flying everywhere! mixing and cutting... filling and washing...measuring. and the fun is always super duper messy...but it's all just FUN.

there's nothing sweeter than a lovey-dovey kiss from a sweet baby girl!!

sofia has given the tasmanian devil to the test these last few months... she is in everything...and i do mean everything.  oh, i mean, she's stinking cute, but there's always a trail where she's been she asked if she could have carrots...i say yes...and this is what i get. note the taz eyes... the entire bag of carrots in a bowl, nonetheless, for her snack.  did i mention that she nibbled on almost every single one of them? oh..only a few minutes earlier she had helped herself to the sugar bowl...with a spoon. the whole bowl!!! guess it's true...a spoon {or 12} full of sugar helps almost anything. stinker.

it's approaching the end of the school ball season... ...but i think sof has it all under control.  just saying.

b and jk had their very first softball game of their lives! oh yeah...the fighting blue dolphins were out to win...ok, hit and pay a little attention, in most cases. then, there was brooke...she was aggressive.  she's been watching big sis, paige, play for sure! {notice p as one of the coaches in the background} where ever the ball was hit, brooke ran full throttle and grabbed the ball...oh, and since she was first baseman and she was suppose to make the outs, she just ran the balls back to the bag in front of the runners.  yep, she was quick. after 4 balls all in b's hands, she decided to actually throw the ball to the other girlie covering 1st...or something.  she threw the ball at the bag.   if no one was there...she ran and caught it and tagged the bag.  she was a one girl team...and honestly, only 2 other girls even cared!! but when coach london told b that she could only chase balls on her side of the field, it went south fast.  tears and shruggi...

indiana has lots of exciting {{and sometimes super dangerous}} storms in the spring... but last night, jk and sof were jacked up about the huge monster black cloud that was coming. and they totally made a game out of it...you know, like the "sit-on-the-driveway-and-watch the balck-cloud-and-when-the-wind-blows-really-hard-and-the helicopters-hit-your-face, you-run-in-a-circle-and-scream -really-loud" game.   i don't know what this says about us...like are we just totally hill jacks or confirming yet again that we are "those people"...but the kids had fun. and jada had to pose for the camera saying "mommy...take this picture.  i look so cute!" ...and she was right! and for the record, when the lighting started we did come in...i'm not stupid.  and it doesn't help that i'm a total wimp either ;)

for the record...she's def not free.  but she's really cute!

remember peeps...crack kills.

teach your children well...or let the old genes do it for you! all that because hubs gave sofia her very first cup of coffee...he says it's the same look i have in the morn when i get my first cup.  you totally can't prove it by me.

nana and papa are STILL i florida {stinking snow birds}...the girlies are really missing them.  ok, i am really missing them too.  but sofia has discovered a new technique...i call it the "talk on the phone and make faces at the picture" tactic.  seems to work for her... while chatting on the phone with nana and papa {or neee-naaaa and papppp--ooo in her case}, she sits at her little table, looks at the fam shot and chatters away. so when we get this face bc we miss nana... we do this...{do you love the diaper butt hanging out or what??!!} and then we get this... seems to work out fairly well, but there's nothing like a good spoiling in person from nana and papa...which comes very soon bc we're heading to florida!  woo hooo!

sometimes you just have to "go"...you know, like you can't wait!  if you have to go, well, you have to go!  the problem is, the natives run wild whilst i "go". so when i came downstairs to find this...i thought, uh oh. and then i heard screaming from the basement...this is NOT good.  so i head down to find utter destruction of the toy room in like 5 minutes flat! i call out to the girlies...all i hear is giggling.  i turn and i see this... ...which totally spells trouble. so i decided that in spite of my needing to potty, silly and crazy were at least having fun. well, when you gotta go, you gotta go.  at least there was no blood!! Hosted by Cecily