The Suits Sisters

May your Monday meals taste better than seashells and sand

Choosing to temporarily forego your waffles, cool whip and blueberry breakfast to read an Insects and Spiders book and have conversations like this with your mom.. What are these, Mama, rollie pollies? Those are maggots.

Conversation from today Caris: Jesus take the wheel ...What does Jesus take the wheel mean? Me: Jesus, take this out of my hands because I can't do it by myself. It's like a prayer. {said quickly and slightly under my breath} ...It's also a song by Carrie Underwood Caris: Can you sing it? Me: {high pitched country voice} Jesus take the wheeeeeeeeeel Take it from my handsssssss [Liza walks into the room blowing up a whoopie cushion] Liza: Can you sing that again? Wait I not ready yet... --------------- Other phrases they say because of me include Arrivederci (said in a southern "Mater" voice) Holy Smokies WHAT in the WORLD?? --------------- I'm equally proud and scared

At 9 months, AudiAnna has two teeth, is crawling, sleeping with her bum in the air and practicing yoga

1. I'm all or nothing My garage is either super organized or there's fifty unlabeled boxes and a grungy up-and-coming rock band living in there. My van(!) is either empty or there's three large items to be donated, seventeen Wednesday night church crafts and that long lost hair brush hiding in there. I'm either eating hardboiled eggs and oatmeal all day every day or I'm shoving tater tots down my throat before my kids eat lunch. I'm either not opening my computer all day or I'm staring zombie-like at the screen for three hours every night. ALL OR NOTHING {grimace face & muscle flex} 2. It's easier to keep up than to catch up Love it. Not rocket science, but good to remember when it comes to dishes, laundry and discipline (ha). Taken from Gretchen's Better than Before . 3. A cleaning routine I'm slowly (like, 12 years emancipated adult slowly) learning what cleaning routine works for me. I have My Blogger to thank for some of that (c

1. National Donut Day OHHAPPYDAY! We partook in this day of celebration, but sadly my phone is chunk full of pictures and can hold no more, so no documentation. Liza: Chocolate iced with sprinkles Caris: Birthday Cake Me: Chocolate iced with kreme filling. (Free) 2. New Purse After donuts we took our carb-filled selves over to a local thrift store to make a donation and  walk around the sore (yep, totally contradictory) We wandered around with self-control until the end when I spotted a simple black tote purse. I've accepted myself as a minimalist when it comes to purses. This excites me because it will narrow down my choices, but it also grieves me because it proves that I'm turning into my father, who would wear a white shirt and tan khaki pants everyday if my mom would let him. I've been on the hunt for the perfect black purse for like, ever. Found it! Worth the wait. ($3) 3. Purple + Polkie Dots This morning as I crossed the dangerous Walmart Traverse (You kn