extravaganza review {jan, feb, march}

REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA 2011!!!

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and so it begins...

we literally spent the entire winter sick.

and when i mean entire,

i mean

every day of

every week of

every month

from december 2010 thru may 2011

there was someone sick in our family.

there was the costco purple smoothie incident.

not pretty.

i still cringe at the thought of the smell.

{insert stomach flip here}.

{and here}.

{and here again}.

i admitted my love affair with the doorbell ring of the UPS man.

beth created a cookie recipe just for me.

{note: for all beth lovers, not to fret, keep your eyes open for a new segment coming soon!}

i deleted an entire month in the calendar.

you may refer to it as january.

the month is no longer celebrated in our home.

it was THAT rough last year.

and yes, i'm just being dramatic.

no surprise there.

i wrote an ode to max.

she had no hair back then.

i had no idea.

we searched sundance for Steven Spielberg,

and got the juiciest steak ever created instead.

fair trade.

brennan met the potty.

it was a rough.

and then it wasn't.

but that was two attempts and 6 months later.

look at his little baby face.

i prayed and prayed and prayed for an early spring.

in vain.

despite the groundhog.

grandpa came to visit.

he and i went skiing all day.

without kids.

it was great:)

max turned 1.

and i remembered her birthday.

brennan quit napping.

it was sad.

but now i don't mind it.

max started to grow hair.

and brennan and max discovered they were friends.

and started playing together.

JOY!

specifically,

captain hook & peter pan.

and

grinch

and his trusty dog max.

pun intended.

brennan turned 3.



and was still wearing diapers.

but the capes and beth's oreo cake are what i remember about that day.



the snow in march was the greatest snow to fall in utah all year.

trust me,

i know my utah snow.

max got RSV.

fought ear infection after ear infection.

we found garlic drops.

which brought peace.

and joy.

really, i'm being serious.

and then i decided i was going to grow a garden.

or strawberries rather.

which turned into a garden.

even though the strawberries never grew.

but everything else did.

imagine that.

max found her tongue.

and we celebrated our irish blood.

we bought the tramp.

"for the kids."

haha.

and then we gave up on potty training.

and celebrated with cotton candy.

at our defeat:)

so look back my friends.

link up and look back.

you'll be glad you did.

unless you don't.

which i promise you'll wish you did.

especially b/c if you don't link up,

then you can't win.

8 lovely gifts,

from 8 lovely ladies.

and maybe a partridge and a pear tree.

so link up!

{every week for an extra bonus entry}

and review with us.

so you can

WIN!

and i don't necessarily mean the 8 gifts.

although i hope you do.

b/c that part would be great:)