Becky Home-ecky....

Ha, not really.  I have stolen a few ideas from a few people lately and modified to my own.  One of them being this great idea from Darby on her blog http://www.flythroughourwindow.com/ .  Thanks Jennie for sending me her blog a long time ago...
So anyway, I made these white chocolate cupcakes..or cupcake shaped molds modified from one of Darby's posts.  I attmepted the candy cane hearts but burned them and that didn't do so well. 
Then I decided to make my own iron on shirt for LM instead of buying them and spent a whopping $7 instead of $27 w/ shipping and all from one of the websites who does them.  ANd best part , it took me all of 10-15 seconds which is how long you hold the iron on the image to make it stick.  AWESOME!!!!

    

     

I think he liked it

The chocolate and peanut butter lollipops I made for LM's Valentine's party

I know this picture is terrible and I did take it using a flash as well but I didn't like the shadows it cast and well, I just loved the way my BT looked in this one, yellow and all

This is what my computer area in mykitchen looks like, just imagine that I have a desk upstairs too that looks even worse--ha ha

Our trip

Now, first of all let me say we were supposed to go to DC for our Valentine's / it's been four years / we need a break before J. runs off and leaves again to some far off place vacation.  Gigi and Avo came and conquered--thank you all very much!  But it was not to be for the little trip to DC because Snowmageddon fell on it a week before and then again the day before we left. 
So with no agenda, no plan, no place to stay we jumped in the car and ran for our lives before I changed my mind :)  We ended up going to Colonial Williamsburg....very quaint but not so pretty in the summer but I did manage to find an adorable outfit for G at a boutique there which is always a plus.  Then on to Charlottesville where everyone keeps saying "why there???"  and the answer is b/c without going to DC there really isn't a whole heck of a lot to do around here and we wanted to go to Monticello.....so we did.  And then spent the evening in an Inn/ Spa which just so happens to be a golf / tennis resort too ( I know) and just so happened to be hosting a Men's College Tennis Tournament.  Lots of SEC teams were there one of them being AL so we (along with only two other people there) cheered on the Tide as they proceeded to get spanked by UVA the home team.  AU wasn't there so not sure what that was about b/c nearly every other SEC team was...but anyway..the only other people from AL were our friends for just a little while and come to find out the wife of the couple we were talking to was Coach Oppert's daughter (y'all from Dothan will get that)  and it was crazy how small a world it is.....and then even crazier we had a guy come up to J. w/ his AU hat on and he said War Eagle but was wearing UVA stuff....perplexing but he looked familiar.  So after much contemplation I approached him too...why not , right?  Turns out he also is from Dothan and we went to middle and high school together....again y'all from Dothan will get this: Nick Leverett--who went to AU and then UVA law school , ended up in Charlottesville, VA.  CRAZY!!!
Okay enough of my tennis tourney freakiness.  We moved on from CHarlottesville and started out Civil War battlefields journey....Wilderness Battleground(one of the bloodiest) , CHancellorsville (where Stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own men) , Fredericksburg ( huge Union graveyard and where Lee  took on Longstreet I think--I'll double check myself) Lastly on the way home we stopped by Stonewall's place of death.  It was amazing to see that.  Crazy to think that in those times they carried him by "Ambulance" all the way there and brought in doctors from all over to tend to him where he later died.  Kind of weird but his arm is buried in a different place, he was shot in one place, died in one and buried in Lexington, KY. I will say perheps the most interesting this about the whole experience was to learn just how very spiritual the Civil War Leaders were.....I think Stonewall's last words say it all : "Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees."
  Not the romantic weekend we had hoped for but fun nonetheless.  Next time I'll listen to J. and go to the bahamas....ha

haircut

this evening LM decided to give himself a haircut......daddy went to pick him up and chunks of hair were all over his shirt...luckily it's not too bad and he just did it on top of his head instead of in front. but worst of all he lied to us and said he didn't do it...well WHO DID then???  Oh, the lying kills me ..it's such a battle and we talk about it a lot.  Anyway, needless to say we don't need to buzz cut it to correct it and he'll be okay.  We'll wait fo rthe next time he or G does it because I am sure there will be one....I love that little Alfalfa ;)

But you didn't say.....

As I am turning the sewing machine in to the sweet little man who is about as southern as collards and cornbread the kids are chasing each other in the store.  Running around like crazies but not touching anything.....I say come here please and stop making so much noise (mostly so Mr. Steel Magnolias can hear me b/c clearly he has a hard time hearing)  and LM says : "you said not to touch anything...we didn't touch ANYTHING"  Guess I deserved that huh? 

Daddy and I got to escape a little while ago (thanks Gigi and Avo)  on a weekend away.  We were to go to DC and stay at the RITZ--that's right--the big time.  But stinkind DC got snowed in and shut down so we went north and northwest and visited Charlottesville, Williamsburg and Fredericksburg.  Not exactly the romantic weekend away I had hoped but we did get to see some great parts of history: Monticello, Chancellorsville, Wilderness Battlefield and Fredericksburg since Daddy and I both enjoy Civil War history or any kind of history really.  Kids did great, dogs did okay and maybe, just maybe Gigi and Avo might come see us again....not sure if they'll ever keep the kids and dogs again. 

REALLY???

Everyday is a blessing and thank goodness I can laugh these days instead of lose it like I used to.  These kids are cracking me up.  LM's latest thing is "you betcha" to anything..or "whatever" which is a fave of his daddy's...and my all time favorite when I ask him to do something is (sarcastically) "if you say so Mommy". 
I mean , really should he be saying these things already??  And the best part of all is that G is copying him.  But she does say things like "good morning Mattie, how are you?" which just melts my heart.  I am trying to soak up every second and be grateful but I do wonder how people with more than two do it..I honestly don't understand. 
I have been trying to sew some and do some embroidery but just really getting mymachines up and running now since the move which is sad really.   The sewing machine is on the fritz , go figure when I finally get the hankering to use it.  I'll try to post more pics of mine and daddy's "getaway" which got all messed up by the snow on the east coast but still had an okay time.  I know I've been horrible about blogging and I hope to get better but there just isn't enough time in the day .......