Crafty-pants.

Okay, so with the recent addiction that the entire universe seems to have with pinterest, I've been crafting up a storm. The past few weeks have been pretty full of working, parenting and planning two parties. First was our dear friend Allison's birthday.

Now I am no professional, nor am I claiming to be. We Had this party for her in our favourite karaoke bar. The wolf pack got together a couple times, minus Allison, and made her some cheesy, but awesome decorations. It didn't take too much effort to be honest. Some colouring, tracing, hot glue. It was actually a lot of fun. I got my pin on and messed around with my text/edit and gimp programs and came up with the banner. And used a neat idea from pinterest - "you rock because," pages we had all her friends who came out write something on a page and colour and decorate them however they wanted and I'm gonna make it into a mini scrapbook/photobook for her to remember her birthday by!! Fun.

The four of us are actually very very lucky to have each other. Allison, Jess, Janeen are three of the best girlfriends. The support from these girls through any situation is amazing. If one is busy, we know there's always someone we can count on - no matter what the situation or time. We're all very different people and have different opinions.

Basically, "we're the four best friends that anyone could have..." We should all be blogging together. Now that would be amazing.

xoxo

good morning.

When you think you get to sleep in, and your morning is interrupted before 8am. You have been wrongly mistaken. Happy Tuesday.

oh stress, i wish you would go away

So I got a haircut a couple weeks ago. I was hiding all of my own hair problems. It's funny, I'm great at giving advice to anyone else about how to care for their hair. Too bad I could never take my own advice! Off went the hair I've been growing for a couple years. Back to a chin length A-symetrical bob. I have to admit though, I'm kinda loving it.

Now, besides that.. Mya is two and a half. It's painfully obvious sometimes. It's beginning to be quite challenging. I absolutely adore my daughter. I truly love this kid more than anything in the world. But holy man, this age. Not so much fun. Jake is out of town working again, so we've been face timing with him almost every night, when Miss Mya decides she wants to co-operate. She's grown quite the little attitude recently. Maybe because I'm working now too. I'm not even trying to make excuses or find reasons. I know it will get better. Jake will be home soon!

We've been working on potty training for a few months now - I've kind of stopped paying attention to time recently. We go for a week or two in our pull-ups and we're dry and peeing in the potty fairly consistenlty, then we hit the phase we seem to be back at now. "No Mommy, Beeeedtiiiime.." The solution to anything this angel doesn't want to do is bedtime. Doesn't want to eat supper? Bedtime. Doesn't want to clean up her toys? Bedtime. Doesn't want to listen when told to do something? Bedtime. Oh and crying. I realize a lot of this is age, and Miss Mya is testing us. I just wish she would take me seriously. It's not like I don't follow through.

Parenting. Life's biggest challenge. There is nothing easy about it. But oh what a blessing <3
xoxo