random, random, random.

don't get jealous, but this beauty has been sitting on my bottom porch since day one of construction about 3 weeks ago.  everyone should be so lucky to have a beautiful yellow porta potty in their yard.  i bet our neighbors are especially disgusted envious.

so what's left to do in this sun/playroom?  construction came to a bit of a standstill last week when the wrong french doors were delivered.  the correct doors were delivered today and will be installed tomorrow.  i so hate to say goodbye to our interim french doors!  they are so cute and sk has really enjoyed "flying" through them to go run around in "her" sunroom.  ;) ;)

after that, the floors will be stained to match our existing floors and then the trim/walls will be painted.  that's about it.  

all trimmed out....

sarah kate's dress obsession continues.  however, she has willingly worn some of her new spring shorts/capri outfits to school knowing that when she gets home she can then put on a dress.  so this is kind of how her day goes....

dressed for school....

she goes to school.  i pick her up and the first thing she says is, "can i go home and put on a dress?"  so we go home and she does a quick run around the sunroom.....

runs upstairs....

and does the following....

 

she chooses a dress and usually says something like, "oh, this dress is so beautiful!" the adjective varies...beautiful, cute, gorgeous, perfect for me......

 

it's a real plus if her new flip flops match the dress of choice.

sarah kate and i have gotten in the bad habit of going out for lunch.  during her almost 3 years of life we have always eaten lunch at home unless we go to the beach or have a park playdate in which case we pack a picnic lunch.  our lunch outings started as a way to escape the construction, but i've noticed that we are going out for lunch even on the days when work isn't even being done over here!  the main problem with this is my bank account.  it's amazing how going out for lunch adds up!

sk has 3 favorite lunch spots: hometeam bbq, moes, and tasi (a smoothie/crepe cafe).  

today we ate at tasi.  she calls it "the smoothie store."  i hadn't planned on eating out today but we were at target which is right by "the smoothie store" and it sounded good when she asked to go.  sk already gets a fruit/spinach smoothie every morning at home so if we go to tasi then she gets 2.  they throw in a handful of fresh spinach for us so i just see it as an extra serving of veggies for her;)

i usually get a ham/swiss crepe but today i had the monte cristo crepe...wowsa..it was yum...

sk takes a bite or 2 of her peanut butter wrap, but sucks her smoothie dry.  every time.  i don't even know why i order her an actual lunch.  

yes, the sailboat dress 2 days in a row.

she painted a masterpiece after nap today.  she said, "when daddy get home he really going to love this!"  ha!  and he did.

some things that have made me really happy lately:

starbucks has a frappuccino happy hour!  from 3 till 5 they are half off.  the pregnant lady gets to go to happy hour!  a normally just over $4 drink only sets me back just over $2.  and sk gets to choose a treat.  you know what she chooses 9 times out of 10??  a cup of ice water.  she loves the ice and the green straws.  i love it because it's sugar free and, well, just free altogether. ;)

also, there are 2 carolina cider stores along highway 17 which we take when going down to folkston. 

great spot for sk to use the potty and to grab some yummy boiled peanuts.  on the way back to charleston on sunday i got  this gem......

i don't even drink soft drinks but i thought it would be soothing to my throat and i truly enjoyed every drop.  i have struggled with a sore throat/cough the past week and a half, but i think it's finally on it's way out!  hope so!  the coughing has interrupted my sleep so much that i have just been a zombie for over a week.  and with only 10 more weeks before the sleepless newborn nights begin, i need my sleep!! 

and finally, some recent sk funnies:

"oh, daddy, your belt is SO cute.  it so awesome!"

"mommy, your chest is so big and mine is really small." (gee thank you, sk. or thank you hayes.)

 sk: "mommy, i want 3 sisters!"  me: "well, let's get this one sister here and see what we think.  i think we just need one."    sk to target check out lady: "i going to have a baby sister.  i want 3 sisters.  we probably just need one though." 

sk to every woman she sees: "what color your toenails? mine are pink.  mommy's are pink. 2 of us have pink toenails.  yours are ______"  (then she bends down and touches the complete strangers feet and tells them what color their toenails are.  it just happens so fast!  i have talked to her about not touching people's feet but she just gets so into it and it happens before i can stop her.)  

sk wants to talk to everyone she sees.  today at tasi she asked me if she could go over to the next table and talk to the lady sitting there.  i said, "what do you want to talk to her about?"  she said, "i want to ask what color she smoothie is."  ha!  i wouldn't let her go over there but sk could clearly see her smoothie so instead she yelled, "she smoothie is GREEN.  like kermit."  

all in all, sk is in the stage where when we are out in public she says exactly what she thinks and it can be really embarrassing.  i know it's just this age.  and it's actually kind of funny after the fact.  she makes me laugh so much!  love that little girl=)

little farmer.

let me into your garden, papa.  i can help!

i'll take notes in my hello kitty notepad first.  step one...dig a hole.  step two....

okay, i'm ready to plant some cucumber.  show me where to drop the seeds, papa.  right there? 

alrighty.  here goes!

it's official, i planted vegetable seeds in a garden - i am a farmer.  

five!

ava and bryce turned 5 on wednesday!  i can't believe they are already 5 and will be heading off to kindergarten in august!  time really does fly as 'they' say.  they had a family "rainbow" party saturday night at their house and it was alot of fun.  instead of having a big birthday party the girls chose to go to sea world for their 5th birthday so they'll go to orlando this coming weekend.  and they don't know it, but they'll also get to go to disney while they're down there;)  i can't wait to see pics from their trip!

a bunch of party pics!......

this picture is really funny because jonathan is taking a pic of his boston butt.  he is a huge "big green egg dork" and he and his friends who are equally as dorky about their big green egg share their masterpieces with one another.  all that being said, it was by far the best butt i've ever tasted!  i'm impressed with his egg skills!  i could've eaten the whole platter.

cupcake for brycie.  rice krispie treat for ava.

 
the twins got a jump house for their bday....

sweet party girls=)

sk's favorite part - dressing up!!

make a wish!!

birthday girls with uncle bryson and aunt amy (bryson is ashley's brother). "b.b. and amy"

with kristen - a family friend who is in brunswick for a while for work so she was able to come!

kriner fam!

a popsicle pow-wow

trey and his girls

gift time!

watching their birthday video

quite a pair=)

hanging with nana!

sk and her jon-jons....being goofy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

what a fun time with family.  we love ava bug and brycie bear so so much and we're so glad we got to celebrate with them!

"Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true." 

happy birthday to the sweetest girls and the best big cousins!

seriously, this post would normally have taken me about 20 minutes to do, but because of the new blogger layout/format it just took me an hour.  i'm so irritated.  i may have to quit blogging because not only do i not want to take up so much time with my posts, but i also kind of want to throw my computer through the window & that wouldn't be a good idea. the past few posts have been done on the new format and every one has really been annoying and difficult.  i have more pictures to post from our weekend - sarah kate helped papa in his garden and planted some cucumber with him so i wanted to add that, but i'll just do another post later this week when i have regained some patience.

shorts!!! and a new bestie.

breaking news: sarah kate wore shorts to school today AND she didn't even cry about it!

huge deal for my dress loving lady.  we talked about it last night and i showed her what she was going to wear.  we talked about how cute it was and how sweet it is for mimi to send up nice clothes for her all the time.  i guess she decided that these shorts weren't too terrible=)  

head, shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes....

eyes and ears and mouth and nose....

don't get me wrong....it was a very big step, but as soon as she got in the car after school she asked if we could go home and put on a dress before going to lunch.  hey....it's a start....3 hours in shorts.

 fancy toe-point

 

sk wanted to go get a bbq sandwich for lunch.  i said, "so, you want to go to hometeam bbq?"  she said, "no silly mommy, it not called hometeam bbq, it called hometeam bbq sandwich.  silly mommy."  so off to hometeam bbq sandwich we went;)

yesterday, sk and i went to our favorite "escape the loud construction" spot....

 
we stayed there for about 3 hours.  there were 2 ladies just down from us and one of them had a little boy -he was maybe 3 and a half if i had to guess?  anyway, he was down playing in the tidal pool and sk just went over and plopped down beside him and started talking to him and playing with him.  they had a good time together!

on the way home i said, "sarah kate did you have fun?  did you make a new friend?"  sk replied, "yeah, dat liam.  he my bestie."
cracked me up.  apparently making new friends is not something she struggles with these days.

and finally, on a completely random note, trey has informed me that i'm the only person under the age of 80 who uses these things....

 
could this be true??!!  surely not.  this is where i keep my prenatal vitamins.  a couple of weeks ago i actually didn't use it and things didn't go well.  i just CANNOT remember taking it each night until i lift up the little daily lid and see if the pill is still there.  so for me, this little pill box is beyond necessary and i'm not ashamed.  let's see how well trey's brain would work if he was in his 7th month of pregnancy.  baby brain is a real condition.....the preggo books even say so! ;)  and hey, at least he doesn't have to hear this:  "trey, did you see me take my vitamin?  my water still looks too full.  do you remember, because i can't remember if i've taken it yet or not.  oh no, what should i do?  would another one hurt or should i just not worry about it and take one tomorrow?  the baby isn't going to suffer without one dose of prenatals, right?"  YES...that is how it went down a couple of weeks ago so instead of comparing me to an 80 year old he should be buying stock in these things.