Cloudy.....with a chance of...

It's been that sort of week.

Cloudy...with a chance of.....something.

First...off....

Lola took a tumble at school.

I finally took her to the doctor this morning because her eye

was starting to swell, and she was really complaining about

the pain.

aaaghh.

I just hope she doesn't scar.

The doctor told me to keep her out of the sun.

exscuse me?

ummm.....we don't live in florida....

and we rarely see the sun...

so no problem there.

I told lola to make sure she listens to the doctor and

not sit outside in her swimsuit for to long.

she rolled her eyes at me....

then started crying because that made the pain worse....

Lola is in brownies..which is the prequel to girl scouts.

Part of signing her up was the condition that each mom has to

take a turn in hosting a project with the girls at one of the meetings.

{Ahem}

What you don't know about me is that i don't craft.

I don't craft with my children....

i don't have play dough in my home...

i am just that mom.

You don't have to feel bad for my children...

{i mean ..i didn't breastfeed them either}

and so far....

they seem okay to me.

They are not deprived.

They are not neglected.

Okay....maybe a little neglected....but not everyday.

pinky promise.

Anyway...{i took the "s" off for you Mrs L. }

I happened to be walking around Target on Saturday.....

doing what i do best....

shopping.

As i am perusing the aisles....

thinking to myself...

this week is going to be so nice....

there is testing going on at the school..so i don't have to volunteer

like i normally do on Wednesday's.....

i'm almost caught up on deadlines...

and then...

i get a tap on my shoulder.

It's Lola's troop leader.

She reminds me that i am in charge of the craft on Tuesday.

This Tuesday.

The Tuesday in three days.

I clear my throat....and oh so politely say...

sure

i remember

no problem

i know exactly what i am going to do.

{total fabrication}

I walked slowly around Target for an hour.

thinking.

contemplating.

dreaming.

Then i came up with a motto.

"when in doubt.....go all out"

I thought it would be so fun for the girls to make

Peep houses.

Peep Houses!

Considering i had peeps all over from the photo shoot last week.

I made graham cracker homes.......

by myself.

That was an accomplishment.....

even my kids were impressed.

I glued the homes together using squeezable frosting...

then let them sit overnight to harden.

The homes are totally edible.

{just don't call me when your kid wakes up in the middle of the night with a belly ache}

This is candy grass.
edible....and so freakin good.
We all felt like cows.....eating it by the mouthful.




Needless to say.....

project "come up with something in 2 days"

worked out pretty nice.

Now i just need to smooch and kiss my battered beauty.

xo