The witching hour...

Do you know this hour?

The one where without even glancing at the clock you can tell what time it is.

The dog sitting by the cabinet with her food, barking and whining at me.

You keep hearing the same thing OVER AND OVER again.

"Mommy I am hungry."

"Mommy when are we going to eat dinner."

"Mommy is dinner ready."

The baby is sitting on the floor crying with HUGE crocodile tears streaming down his face.

And you keep repeating to him from across the room "Mommy is making it, once second sweetie."

And which point the phone inevitably rings.

And 9 times out of 10 it is your husband.

"I am STARVING. What is for dinner?"

At which point you look over at the sink to realize you forgot to take something out for dinner.

Pizza again?!

Thats my life at 5:00 pm.

Side note: Blogger was acting funny at the beginning of the week.

So if you entered my Penny Lane Design Giveaway and DO NOT see your comments. Please reenter, sorry!

Look at what I can do! {Frances England Giveaway Jun 9- Jun 15}}

See this guy...

Thats right he is staying up on all FOURS!

WOWZERS, I feel its too soon. Buggie did not crawl until 13 mnths. He is only 7!!!!

Growing up TOO fast!

Ok now to a giveaway.

A little bit ago I shared our family pictures with you.

My photographer had them on a slideshow which included a WONDERFUL song.

I have to admit I did not know about the song until some of you had asked who sang it {my computer was on mute!}.

So after a little sleuthing {aka sending an email to my photographer}, I found out it was

You & Me by Frances England.

I immediately jumped on to itunes and bought the WHOLE cd.

If your house is anything like ours then you LOVE music.

Especially music we ALL can enjoy.

Frances has a wonderful mix of catchy, fun, and just plain lovely songs.

Our favorite is Sleepyhead Mommy, so true so true.

I sent Frances an email.

I explained how I came about her music and how I had fallen MADLY in love with it.

I expressed to her that it would be fun if she would consider hosting a giveaway on my blog

for one of her CDs.

She took the time out of her busy schedule {traveling, taking care of her family, and finishing up her third cd!} to not only respond to me but to send me a package!

In it was not just one cd, not just two but FOUR!

So for this giveaway I am giving away two of those to ONE lucky winner {saving the other two for another giveaway!}

Here is how to enter { make sure to leave ONE comment per entry}:

- Become a follower of my blog {already one that counts}

- Become a FB fan of Frances

- Did you enter my Penny Lane Design giveaway? That counts for one entry here.

Giveaway open until Jun 15th at midnight Eastern time.

Good luck Ladies...

And I leave you with a sampling of France England's work...

Let It Be {my new inner mantra}

Isn't it crazy how you can pass something everyday and not even really notice it? A while back I purchased this print from The Love Shop {along with two other prints I will share later}. It is not that I do not LOVE it, but when you go into a room everyday sometimes things go unnoticed.

While on vacation this week I did A LOT of thinking. Thinking about how I wanted to live my life. And I came to one conclusion, I just need to "Let it be." To stop analyzing EVERYTHING. Just let things happen.

If the house did not get cleaned today, let it be.

If my kids were not exactly happy today, let it be.

If I did not connect with friends because I was busy with projects, let it be.

If life feels out of control, let it be.

This can go on forever so I will stop here, I know you get my drift.

I say let it be because there is always tomorrow. And I need to be THANKFUL I have tomorrow instead of dwelling on what did not happen today.

So this little print is getting out from my powder bathroom under the stairs and will

find a new home on my family photo wall I am working on.

Now I am off to work on not trying to make things happen and just let them be.

I ♥ faces - Week 23 "Play Photo"

I know this image does not show a lot of playing.

But for me it invokes so many memories of my summer days.

The days of Florida heat so intense the only way to get relief is to spend

your day floating it away. All the while staring down at the water scheming up your next

mermaid adventure.

Sometimes Buggie and I so much alike it is scary.

Here is to a summer filled with pruned little hands and feet.

Here it is...

the after vacation post. You know the one filled with other peoples children on vacation. I know *YAWN*. But I just had to, sorry my peeps.

The best part of being at the beach, is just walking down to the shore with a towel and taking a sunset dip.

Hubby worked from our condo for the week. So everyday he would log out at 5 on the dot and we would skip on down...

And not to get all political on you but...

Dear BP Execs.,

You SUCK. I am VERY dishearten by what is happening to our Gulf Coast right now. It is so hard to see the effects to the pristine beaches, wildlife and all those jobs. Clean up your mess!

Signed to many adjectives to describe how I feel.

Sorry about that, but I need to write it down. Enough said.

We took Buggie on a Mommy Daddy Date. Putt Putt and ice cream were on the agenda.

She did get a hole in one, very exciting. Oh and she calls it "golf tournament" think her Daddy watches golf on TV?

Not Putt Putt in Florida without gators...

Then we headed down the beach to get some of the best ice cream in town.

She choose strawberry and chocolate with whip cream and a cherry.

They have the biggest Pez collection. But they also sell all kinds of old toys and candy.

What a fun bathroom, right?

All in all we had a GREAT family vacation.

Much needed.

And if you read all the way through this, NO more vacay pics I promise.

Our new look thanks to Penny Lane Design {Custom Blog Makeover Giveaway Jun 7 - Jun 13}

How do you like our new look?

I am LOVING it.

I really had wanted to change our look at our one year anniversary but I thought coming back after my renewal vacation that a change would be nice.

Once I was committed to the change, I knew exactly who I wanted to give us our new look.

Penny Lane Designs.

Marina does some amazing work and having worked with her before I knew how pleasurable the experience would be. And she did not disappoint.

I was able to send her our new family pictures and give her a couple of ideas towards the direction I was looking for. And she did her magic.

Here is a glimpse at some of her other works...

I have had the honor of hosting a Penny Lane Design giveaway before {check out the winner of the custom blog design Steals, Deals, & Heels.}

And now I get another opportunity to share Penny Lane with one of you!

One lucky follower will get a custom blog makeover {valued at $100!!!}

Here is what is included:

- Blog Makeover

- 6 sidebar titles

- post signature

Are you excited?!

Here is how you can enter {you MUST leave one comment for each entry}:

- Must be a follower of my blog {already following that counts}

- Hop on over and follow Marina {already following that counts}

- Blog, tweet, and/or FB about the giveaway

Giveaway open until Midnight on Jun 13. And the winner will be announced Jun 14. Winner will be chosen via random.org

I know, I know

but I could not resist blogging. So only a few pics from our weekend.

Could not pin Buggie down long enough to take a picture, needless to say she had a BLAST!

Amy out until June 7th, promise this time. HEHEHE