We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

Our little Ian turned one years old on the 11th! Oh what a fast year that was, did I mention that we moved twice last year! Ian's birthday started off with breakfast, he usually has a full breakfast then when I make my breakfast smoothie, he wants it so bad too, I gave him a little in one of Madelyn's cups. He sat there on the stool in the kitchen and drank the whole thing, threw it on the floor and crawled off. Madelyn thought he should wear that hat today, it lasted for about 2 minutes. For lunch he tried his first PB & J sandwich! He really loved it I think, because he ate the whole thing, and some grapes. Ian you got a little jelly on your lip! After his afternoon nap, Rylan and dad were home so we could start the party. We played with balloons. . . Opened presents, some of which were recycled from his big brother, is that horrible that we gave him some of Rylan's old toys that were stored away? We just are at a point where we don't want to buy a lot more toys, ...

New Years Eve was rockin at the Hooglands this year. We had our first fondue, although it was my first time making it and I have a few things I need to change for next year....(note, smoked cheddar is not good for fondue). We had ham, broccoli and french bread to dip in the cheese. We also had some veggies and the kids helped me dip strawberries, chocolate chip cookies and pretzels in chocolate. The kids got special juice boxes and Scott and I downed a whole bottle of fancy sparkling grape juice. So funny that Maddy's favorite thing about this year was making chocolate chip cookies with me. . .about 4 hours before this video! After dinner we played some games including our new favorite, HIDE AND SEEK IN THE DARK. Everyone gets a flashlight, and we crank up the music so you can't hear where people go, especially since we have all hardwood floors. We established some rules: 1. No jumping out and scaring people (which Scott broke after about 5 minutes) 2. Stay inside the house 3....

Madelyn got this Barbie set for Christmas this year: I liked it because first it was on sale on black friday at K-Mart and second, it is a mom and daughter, and they are wearing normal clothes that moms and kids wear. Well part of the fun of Barbies is dressing them, so we went to the toy store to find some more clothes....big mistake it made me feel sick for the rest of the day, and ticked off! This is an example of the barbie clothes that are out there: Tiny little mini dresses, cleavage showing and way up too high on the thigh! Plus look at those stillettos! Sick, Madelyn doesn't see her mommy wearing this for a reason. I don't want her to think that this is what people wear all the time. She was set on getting a new outfit so we settled on the "nurse" barbie outfit that was a scrub top, capri pants and again with the stillettos? I decided to check my new BFF Pinterest and found a couple cute, easy patterns. This is what I was able to whip up this afternoon. Madely...