Best Friends

Growing up, one of my very best friends was Becky Barlow. We meet when we were about 9 and were pretty much inseperable after that. We lived in the same neighborhood, went to the same school and ward and we both played the violin. People would get us mixed up all the time, which I am not sure why because we don't look anything like eachother. To this day I still respond to the name Becky because I was called it so much.

Well I am still be friends with Becky, even though we live on opposite sides of the country. (hopefully that will change soon if her hubby gets a job here!) And it makes me so happy that our little girls are becoming good friends, just like me and Becky.

Last week Becky was here to visit her family and our little girls got to spend time together. It was fun watching them do several of the things Becky and I did together, even though I doubt they will ever jump on a trampoline, belting out lyrics to "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel, while imagining NKOTB was on the other side of the fence watching them like Becky and I did. (I can't believe I just admitted that!)

Becky, I hope you move home so Marina and Bailey can do all the silly things we use to do together.

Favorite Quote of the week

Courtesy of Bailey

"Mom, moms do everything don't they? And dads just go to work and do what moms tell them to do."

Obsessions

There are three things Claire is obsessed with right now

#1 OBSESSION is Walruses. She can't say her own name but she can say walrus and she thinks there is one that lives at our house. If anything bad happens or she is scared it is because of the dreaded walrus. The Walrus is even to blame for waking up the baby and rubbing baby soap all over Claire. Darn Walrus.

#2 OBSESSION is FLIES. If I hear another word about flies I am going to scream. If there is a fly within a 100 mile radius of Claire she knows about it and can not do or talk about anything other than the fly.

#3 Obsession is BODILY FUNCTIONS. Tuesday morning Claire decided she was going to potty train. So this week we have done little else. I guess I am lucky because she is doing really well and is mostly doing it herself but all I hear about all day other than the dreaded walrus and flies is Claires bodily functions.

Lemons

When life gives you lemons make Lemonade, Lemon bars, Lemon Chicken, Lemon muffins, Lemon pasta, Lemon cookies, decorate your kitchen table with Lemons and Baileys idea "invite thirty forty five people over for a Lemon ROLL!!!!"

Does anyone have any good recipes that uses lemons? As you can tell we have more than enough and it makes me sad to see them go to waste. What is in the wagon is only about half of our lemons.

If anyone lives close by and wants some lemons, COME AND GET THEM PLEASE!!!!!

Diaper Coupons!!!

As of 11:30 am today, www.boodle.com has coupons for $5 off and $3 off Huggies diapers. I don't know about other states but here in AZ, grocery stores still take internet coupons and it seems like every week at least one grocery store has Huggies on sale for $10 making the diapers $5 or $7.
You do have to sign up using your email address to print from the website, but I have never recieved any junk mail from them. You can also only print 2 sets of the coupons per email address and I think per printer. If your hubby is willing, sign up his email and see if he is allowed to print things from work so you can get more coupons.
GOOD LUCK and happy shopping!