Tricks are for kids!

We were about to settle in for the night when Lauren surprised us with a magic trick and made a fridge magnet disappear (into her armpit! Ha!) I don't know if my sister taught her or if she just made it up on her own, but it's so friggin' cute I had to share.

Scenes From a Living Room

Over the span of one lazy afternoon...

Busy Little Bee

Been working at home the last couple of days...Lauren has been such a good girl, entertaining herself so I could do a little work. THANK YOU to whoever invented these foamy puzzle square thingies. HOURS of entertainment!

Watch out walls...I'm learning how to DRAW!

An original by Lauren in ink on recycled bond.

(except for the name squiggles...that was Peter)

Note to self: Stock up on Mr. Clean Magic Erasers and washable markers/crayons/pens.

Butterfly Tag

Yay! You like me, you really like me!

Vicki of Random Rants of a Starter Mom tagged me cause she likes my blog (she's also my cousin so that might have had something to do with it) :-)

According to the rules, I'm supposed to tag other blogs that I think are cool and leave a message there that I tagged them. However, I'm more of a blog-lurker so getting a message from a complete stranger might set off "weirdo-stalker-lurker" alarms so I'm just going to list some of the blogs that I love to read. Sorry Vicki if I'm breaking the rules!

Rookie Moms A funny, cheeky and helpful blog by a couple of Bay Area moms that gives new and seasoned moms ideas for activities to do with and for their kids. There's even a section for prenatal activities.

Pioneer Woman I can spend hours browsing this blog about a city-girl turned country-gal (her name is Ree..like me!) and her Marlboro Man.

One Pretty Thing
I love to craft and this site gives daily roundups of all the crafty things circulating in the blogosphere like project ideas, tutorials, and reviews. Some projects are cheesy, but a lot of them are pretty and inspire me to break out the paint/pens/knitting needles/craft tool of choice.

Design Sponge
Inspirational interior decorating and craft ideas. Someday I will decorate my house. And it will be fabulous.

Baby Cheapskate.
Cause I have a baby. And I'm a cheapskate.

Dooce
Hard to explain..you just gotta read it.

There are so many more...but it's late and I gotta go to bed. Night night!

Fugitive!

In the middle of changing clothes, Lauren escapes from her dad.
He gives up the chase and lets her run around (almost) nekkid for a while.

Thought it would be fun to take a cue from British (and Philippine) tabloids by using attention grabbing headlines like the one above and showing a little more skin. HA!

Inauguration Day

Lauren witnesses history.