'round here....it's my birthday

it's my birthday.

so here is a little birthday tour of my home and life today.

this is my door.

here is my mantle, my new basket to hold our juice and glasses, and my new crustless sandwich presses.

here is our embarrassingly giant pack of noodles (known as kung-fu noodles by the reed kids), a star wars cupcake pack that i splurged on (those reed kids don't even know about um!), awesome sponges, and a stack of new(used from the $1 book fair) magic treehouse books that jake will read in one week.

oh gosh, this is the good part!

these are my new chairs.

swoon.

i know.

this is my stash of peanut butter eggs (guess what? no one else in my house likes um! yessssss),

and also some little bird eggs on my mantle.

this is my new iphone

yes that is a mickey mouse cover (ella picked it...i am selfless, i know)

and that second photo is my special area on my phone that i have just for a few of the blogs i like looking at everyday.  you know, for the school pick up line and waiting in the karate studio.

these are my latest craze.

fabric bracelettes.

inspired by a tutorial that heather did a while back but i couldn't find to link...hmmm

this is my take on her idea (that i am just remembering out of my amazing brain).

i have been adding cute little bows and ties and rosettes....they are so fun to make!

this is the little girl who refused to model the bracelets for you,

 but then got lured in by their charms.

see her out there in the backyard looking in?

and then before i knew it, she had um all on!

this is my new metal wall bike.

this is my hoop art from my pal.

this is the new arrangement of my living room table.

complete with my amazing photo display piece i found at the flea market and fixed up.

it also includes more hoop art from that same super sweet pal and that rad picture of my "super" sons (up top).

this is my sink.

(not too bad, huh?)

there are NOT dishes on the other side. really.

this is what i do when our special friend, grandma lois, has the kids over to her house for play dough, legos and board games in the afternoon.

toes in the sand.

book in my lap.

waves crashing.

yup. 

this is a sign i made myself.

because i just love that lyric.

happy birthday to me.

linking to heather....on this lovely, 32 year old monday...