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Since, you know, I forgot to blog and all.

Ticketmaster is AWESOME.

So Many Books... So Little Time.

One should always stock up on the necessities...

Gossip Girl + iPod means never having to pay attention to ANYONE, ANYWHERE

How long does it take Valentine roses to die anyhow?

Little Man turned TEN on the 22nd... I am officially OLD.

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Multitasking

... And Multitasking

Self Portrait Properly Aged

Patience: I've waited forever for this book to finally come out in tradepaper... The hardcover was such a tease.

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Venti New President with an Extra Shot of Booyah

Insert Homer Simpson Drool Here

In Good Company, Part I

In Good Company, Part II

Officially one of my favortist (totally a word) shots ever. And check out those fangs!

Lotus = Weekly Winners = Awesome

Bang. Bang.

Shoot. Shoot.

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Which is totally possible.

So I tried the whole self-portrait thing which all of you seem to excel at... And either I'm half-vampire or I totally suck at this.

At least this one has the other half. That's gotta count for something, right?

Even the ones WITH the camera didn't work out as expected. Bah.

I'll stick to the greener patch, thanks.

...Oh Ruby Blue.

I loved that she was in the background picking up sticks while he's making his fighter's face... Foreshadowing, maybe?

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So here are some more pictures of my spawn (backpack is totally the new pink, by the way).

And I’ll try to pencil in some chaos and murder in next week’s line-up, m’kay?

The First Day of Pre-K... You know, that day before the second one where he came home with a shiner?

Look, woman, I'm on a pretty tight schedule here... I understand you're all emotional and stuff 'cause I'm in school now, but these morning photo shoots are seriously starting to cut into my color time. So hurry up and take the picture already and go blow your nose.

Yeah. WHAT HE SAID.

You totally know the drill.

(If not, that little orange sentence that you just read is actually a link. You’re supposed to click on those. No, really, you are.)

He starts Pre-K on Monday. If I'm smart, I'll remember the waterproof mascara...

This is almost a stink eye... I think. (P.S. I totally got him a haircut that day too, I swear.)

This week's product placement by Hanes. (The inside out and backwards line.)

Nine-year-olds get awfully excited when you tell them that their shirt says "Road of Death" in French. Trust me.

I’m sorry that I didn’t get a chance to stop by and visit all of your winners last week (I really was busy being an evil bitch)… But I’ll be by sometime this evening for this week’s line-up.

I’ll expect coffee.

And maybe a cake.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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If it ever gets under 98 degrees outside, I might start taking pictures of things other than my children and fast food to-go cups. Although I make NO promises.

If you ask her to make "pretty eyes", she looks like she's having a seizure.

One looks patently bored and the other won't even look at me... For some reason, it appears that they've lost all respect for my camera. Ungrateful wretches.

Plotting my death, no doubt...

I love the cute skirt/bruised legs combo...

This week's product placement sponsored by McDonald's. And my husband's high school baseball team... God, that shirt is OLD.

He's going to kill me. Seriously. But I really loved this picture... And it's my blog. And my camera. And if he didn't want someone to take a naked picture of him, perhaps he should have kept his clothes on. Right?

OH! And if you happen to have a moment or two, would you mind clicking on over to 5 Minutes for Mom and voting for your favorite photo— which would be mine, right? My picture of the baby eating bubbles was chosen as one of twenty finalists out of over 400 entries… I’m losing horribly, of course. But your vote could make me lose a little less. (It’s #16 BTW.)

Which is always good. :)

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No, actually I don’t.

So here are a few that we took at the park on Monday and then some.

Mind not the blur…

I obviously forgot how to focus. In. Every. Freaking. Picture.

Demmit… Sometimes it’s a little hard to keep believing in my perfection.

I just don’t know how I do it everyday.

All of my kids are in desperate need of a haircut...

Product Placement Sponsored by Sonic.

Peter said to tell you that he's sorry for being so "un-groomed" in all his recent photos...

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That Middle One...

Last month, I came across this post by one of my favorite bloggers which re-affirmed my belief that even when you think you’ve got this whole parenting gig in the bag, there’s always a few tricks up some brilliant lady’s sleeve that could simply make your day…

You see, Amy- the lovely and wonderful Amy- has a daughter who has a bear. A bear which, I assume, is as loved and cherished and carried everywhere as my daughter’s “Baby” (that scruff of fabric tucked so lovingly to her face below).

Sleeping Beauties… Sort of. The Baby, Baby, and Peter taking a nap yesterday after his softball tournament- how she slept through the smell, I’ll never know…

Amy- the lovely and brilliant Amy- has a daughter who also has a Spare Bear. A Spare Bear! A bear to magically appear and assume all of the everyday duties of the original bear should the original bear be unable.

A. Spare. Bear.

How bloody brilliant is that?

As I read her post about Bear and Spare Bear, I paused for a moment to replay all of the horrific, nightmare-inducing memories born of a forgotten baby, a lost baby, an “oh my god this thing is putrid and needs to go into the washer” baby…

And I shuddered. Twice

Then I took myself on over to eBay and got us our very own *prepare yourself for my cleverness* Copy Cat.

A Copy Cat which ended up costing me FIVE times more than the original baby, I may add.

Thrilled with my Amy-inspired cleverness, I gleefully snuck into her pretty little pink room to make the switch… A couple of tugs, a snuggle, and a sigh of contentment, and we were good to go. Wrapping the now retired baby in a blanket, I crept out of the room…

And then it happened:

My sweet little girl woke-up– And let out the shrillest, loudest, most infuriated cry that I have ever heard in my entire life. Think “Demon Out of Hell”… Now take away its baby.

Yeah.

Busted.

Hanging my head in defeat, I unwrapped the now back in action baby and walked back…

And now, well, now we have this:

Say hello to “Cute”.

He now comes along everywhere as well.

And me?

I’m moving to Amy’s.

These are the books I read this past week. Yes, I read. A lot. I mean, A LOT. I'll add them to the blog soon.

For more Weekly Winners, be sure to head on over to chez Lotus. And if you’re not participating, you really should! She’s giving away some really great prizes including a $150 blog makeover from JudithShakes Designs… and I hear that they’re freaking awesome.

Oh! And don’t forget to Free Me. It’s important.

But I won’t say anything if you won’t.

Little Man playing in the sprinklers...

That Middle One insisted on wearing his goggles... even though it was just the sprinkers. And then he forgot them once he got in the pool. Go figure.

Have you met Ruby Blue: The Super Dog, yet? I'm training her to eat children.

And those are my favorite shots for the week! Be sure to drop by and visit other great winners when you get the chance.

Hmmmm… Didn’t take too many pictures this week that I haven’t already posted … Although I did take quite a few the evening before last while we were hanging outside slapping meat on the grill (and, NO, that’s not a metaphor for tanning), but I didn’t pay enough attention to the settings on my camera and ended up with weird-colored pictures. And not that good kind of unique weird like this one, we’re talking "you’re daddy must’ve been a Smurf" kind of weird.

Like "We’re not in Kansas anymore and Toto just defiled the Yellow Brick Road" weird.

Or "Dude, Photoshop HATES you like a fat girl hates magic chocolate astronaut cake" weird.

I’m sure it was Peter’s fault.

You’ll have to give me a few minutes to work out how, though…

However, I did update my Ask Judith section with a handful of the questions that  you all (read: y’all) have taken the time to ask over the last month. I only threw a few in there, so if your question isn’t up there yet; fear not.

I’ll get to it.

In a minute.

Not in a minute, Mama! Now!
I said, "In a minute." Now leave me alone, I’m blogging.

I’ve also added a little "Where I Am" player in the sidebar (Read: that column over there with all of that stuff that interests me probably a whole lot more than it interests you, but you continue humor me because you’re cool like ‘dat…) that will have a little daily something in it for your listening pleasure.

Today, it’s Cat Stevens…

Tomorrow, it may be a mini-podcast of me discussing the pros and cons of being married to a man who actually says, "What’d she mean by that ?"

Or maybe just a little Ben Harper.

Because we could all use a little more Ben Harper in our lives right now.

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I hope you all are having a lovely Mother’s Day! Be sure to take a few moments to stop by and visit other fabulous winners by clicking —->HERE<—-.