lately

this is what has been happening lately through blackberry pics.

cute top knots that make me die. 

channeling our inner dinosaur 

 passed out like she's had too much to drink

new haircuts (gooo me!) 

homemade baked donuts <recipe here> 

too many bitches piled in a car. my guess is long night drinking and only 1 designated driver. 

love pizza's for my nuggets. Happy Valentines Day! 

 colonel k intently watching barbie: princess charm school

stuffed pepper: yum. 

he doesn't think i can see him; he was supposed to be in bed. 

vegetable bean stew with homemade cheese biscuits. <adapted recipe from here>

it's been pretty fun and busy around here lately. i've been channeling my inner cook and enjoying every minute of it. i love using hearty recipes & love food. so the healthier the better and hey! if it tastes fantastic, win win. 

our week in bb pics..

this week we do not have many... so i will share the few we have.

it's been a week full of very little energy, sickness, and a lot of snoozin' thank you nuggets!

*circus music plays* my sisters riding kman's new bike.

his new bike!

thrift find this week - love this book!

our new afternoon ritual; 30min of reading. enjoying our new addition.

licking the spoon - we heart pudding!

 ps. liking up with a good life!

happy weekend everyone.

week in bb pics

 lous cinderella shoes. mr kman vacuuming. homemade pizza. quiet time on the couch. homemade stew. sunset at the beach. lou waiting for movie to start on beach.

linking up with a good life blog.

week in bb photos

our week. 

looong, but great!

on the way to camping

caramel apple blossoms - deeeelish!

his favourite chore...lol

too much to drink, camping.

homemade beef stew

new bangs. she looks adorbs, i was not ready to cut them..

mamadukes on rhi's quad... camping. lol

linking up with amy at a good life.

oh yes it's ladies night

as a single momma it is very rare that i get to have one on one time with uno nugget.
tonight lou & i got to enjoy time together. just the two of us.

now, what do two stylin' chickas do when it's one of the hottest days of the year?

well, we had a luxurious cold shower which included "under sea diving" in the tub. more or less, slip and slide in the bottom of the tub while she trips momma. but hey! it was fun, she enjoyed it. we gave ourselves a nice conditioning treatment, lathered up in some luscious smelling body wash, and while i was drying off lou got to enjoy a 'waterfall' and play with her beloved ponies.

afterwards, we made some dinner together, very light, as it's way to hot to use the oven. we enjoyed some ham & swiss on rye caraway seed bread followed by some rainbow sorbet for desert. yummo.

then it was time to paint our toesies, of course. let me tell you this is one of those moments i heart having a little girl. due to her extreme knack of independance she was particular in her colour choice for her toes & the little embellishment she was dead set on having. she has great taste as we now match, i wasn't arguing with her choice!

 
tonight was awesome & i feel absolutely blessed i'm able to partake in these nights of one on one time. secretly, lou & i miss mr man k, a ton. tomorrow night is another one on one, but this time it's mr man k & i off to his kindergarten (yes i went there people, can you believe it?) meet & greet! *pouts* i'm so excited for him but terrified all in the same thought. kindergarten? didn't i just give birth!!?

that's right another family dinner

it's that time again. i am totally going to say it, family dinner.
are you ready for the fun tidbits that we spent doing?

my sister & i walked the many miles it takes to get to my parents with the kidlets. part of the adventure, right? wrong. i have done this exact walk before & i will tell you that it did not feel this incredibly terrible. my feet were burning hot tamales. as i was walking the last mile, all that kept repeating in my head was, "it's not that much further, it's not that much further, shit! it's so much further!!" and then followed by "my feet are burning, i can get through this, yep i am pretty sure my feet are falling off." and then, mr man k says to me "wow momma, i walked the entire way! that's because i have really big muscles!" the entire walk? totally worth it.

last night we consumed ourselves in leftover homemade salsa, buffalo bbq chicken grilled, mini red taters smothered in parmesan cheese, & corn on the cob. hells to the yeah complete and utter awesome sauce. i will tell you my stomach could not have felt more complete. of course, i did not consume the cobbed corn, even though that yellow cob of heaven tastes good, my arch nemesis of a disease is not a happy camper consuming this so like a good girl (ya right!) i didn't eat any. just stared at it & loathed every.tiny.kernal.

after supper the nuggets, my sister, grammadukes, and i headed to pebble beach right up the street from my parents so the kids could put their feet in the water. well, it couldn't have turned out better. talk about pigs in poopoocaca. they were so happy, the looks in their faces said it all. rocks were thrown into the water, we watched the sailing club go back and forth on the water, we collected sea shells, the kids soaked their feet, & we even found a crab claw. yes i know you're thinking how cool!!

it was a great night, i love the warm weather,  lou definitely exuded how much fun she had. we need to send a memo to the great white tundra and let it know we want this weather all year round, high hopes?

it's meee!

i'm back, did ya miss me?
between blogger's ridiculous antics, my extreme busy life, & being out of town. blogging was just last on the list, even though, if you can't tell, i missed you all. i kept having "oo i should blog this" moments during the last few days, but none-the-less blogging clearly never happened. not to mention the fact that i'm feeling extremely close to brain-dead status. i brought my laptop with me, forgot my internet stick. fail. & forgot my blackberry charger, again fail.

alas, i am here, and don't you fret my friends i have a bucket full of sunshine to share with you. my oma, ohhh my lovely oma is back and in action from florida. she's the hippest 75yr old woman you will ever meet. imagine classic golden girls and you have the bees knees of omas all fit into a tiny little body of complete rad sarcasm you'll ever see in.your.life. i mean, i do get my awesomesauce from somewhere - duuuuh.

we headed out last week after the weather was less than stellar..

oo! i didn't share this.

**news flash**
lou is officially cast free! rock on. my arms are tiiired and my heart can finally stop hurting from watching her poor little legs walk funny with that overly large cast in tow.

anywho, after her cast appointment we headed straight down to my omas house to spend some great time with her & i wanted to help her get things out after being gone for 6 months. she's a migrator. spends half the year down south to enjoy the sun then heads back up to the great white tundra for the warm months here. she gets the best of both worlds. can you say jealous?

it was a lot of running, running, did i mention running? she had a ton of errands & i'm glad that the nuggets and i got to spend some great quality time with her whilst she ran like a peacock on a mission. its awesome browsing all of the treasures of her house, she has all of these amazing artifacts, objects that were given to her, and things collected along the way. amongst these amazing treasures, pictures of my adorable young self.

friday night two of my aunties came, we had pizza, gabbed, and had a grand ole time. srsly. i love spending time with my family when it's so light and free. the remainder of the weekend my aunt & i hung out together at omas. made some of my homemade salsa (btw i  finally  found cock sauce!!!) cooked some yummy grub, the kids watched a movie, & just hung out. sunday the nuggets & i headed homeward bound.

i don't think i've ever missed my house so much in my life. i love visiting, but how i missed my bed & everything in my house. plus, the nuggets finally have their things back and aren't shoved so far up me arse.

it was honestly a great time. & stealing these incredible moments with oma are fantastic. my aunt & i discussed the fact that i can't see life without oma in it, and as she inches up the age scale i still can't see it. my auntie agreed. there is only one oma on this earth, and she's a pretty fantastic lady! i hope i'm at least half as cool as her. she's the shizz.