52:6 & 5QF

ok...
I suck SO bad at getting my week 5 off the camera. because... I haven't yet. Wait, I did, but I haven't even looked at it.
BUT
I do have week 6. :)

I think I showed this photo already this week BUT.. The girls are just *so* excited and that is a huge part of sisterhood.. being excited together over new milestones. I am so happy that I get to be a mommy to these amazing little people. I just wish my husband was home more to see them grow and change.

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5QF!

1. How often do you shave your legs in the winter? 2-3x a week. I hate being hairy!

2. Valentine's Day cards for your spouse: funny or romantic? Both. I usually send a ton of cards... We have only been together on Valentines day twice in seven years. This year, the Iraqi government is withholding mail from thousands of Americans.. and so he probably won't get anything that I sent him. He still hasn't received a package and cards from the kids that were sent over a month ago.

3. What are you most looking forward to about spring? Opening the pool so our house will sell faster if it hasn't sold already.

4. What's your favorite way to pamper yourself? Full body massages, extravagant vacations with the man of my dreams, tattoos.

5. Does your tax return go into savings or do you spend it instantly? Last year was the first time we ever got a return instead of paying in. We paid off some stuff and I bought some stuff and we saved some. This year it will all go into savings, and probably a vitamix. And a little vacation to the beach with the kids when the husband comes home. Most of it will go into savings though.. the "get kandice the F out of Tennessee fund" haha. ;) 

52:4

Love your sister, she's all you have.

That is a phrase that I will probably repeat often throughout this project. Its something that I always think of when I see my girls together, and something I always hear my mom saying when I am talking to my sister.

When we were kids, our Grandma Barb used to put blankets over the kitchen table so we would have a tea party tent. I never even thought to do that for my kids, I hadn't thought of those little tea parties in years. Last week I washed my comforter and draped it over the bar stools to air dry....

And my littles could be found there all afternoon, tea partying away. Talk about re-creating history. Talk about melting mama's heart.

52:2

  52:2

As an older sister, I know what it is like to always want to be there for my baby sister. For all of my siblings. I want to help them when I can, protect them from everything that is bad, show them I believe in them, I love them, and I will always have faith in them, no matter what choices they make in life or what they decided to do.

Olivia is such a mother hen. She is always right on top of Sophia making sure she stays out of things she shouldn't be in, and protecting her. When Sophie falls, Olivia wants to be the one to hug away her tears and pick her up. She is such an awesome big sister.. and I think Sophie knows that already. She is going to be Olivia's shadow for the next 11 years of Olivia's life. I already dread the sad little look on Sophia's face when Olivia moves away for college (whoa, slow down, mama!)

52:1

Hello! Happy Friday!

I am going to participate in Project 52 with Shawna from StyleberryBlog. I find her to be an inspiration, and I love the idea of keeping a photo journal for my kids.

I have been thinking about this all week long, and I really wish I would have done this project last year. Although, with the theme I've decided to go with, now is probably a better time. Are you ready?.... wait for it.. wait.. ok! :) The theme I have chosen is 'sisters'. Completely, totally corny, but this year I would like to really focus on what it means to my kids to have each other. I come from a huge family, I have 3 brothers, a sister, and now a little step brother. My siblings and I were really close as kids. That close relationship doesn't always carry over into adulthood (not for all of us, anyway), and I would really like to be able to show my kids... "love your sister, she's all you have." Which is the name of my project, and will be the name of my photo book when I create it, next January. Because that is what my mom always told me, and my younger sister, every single time we would have a fight. Which, sometimes, was more often than not. My mom.. she was right. My sister is, above all, my very best friend. We might not always talk a lot, but I know she is there for me, and I hope she knows that I am always going to be here for her.

 I can't wait until Olivia and Sophia have their first real fight, when Sophie is bigger... and I get to say "Love your sister, she's all you have!"

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