wednesday.

ok...today is better than the past two have been.
i feel relieved by that.
the pool is filling up.
the rain is gone.
the boys' nerf guns have been confiscated.
i think we are going to make it.

i received a shirt in the mail....and i love it.

you can get them here at DOTS.
it is so soft and light.
i really really like it.
and i want to make cupcakes when i wear it.
i thought this one was cute too.

the porch is my favorite spot in the summer.
yesterday i set up memory on the bench/coffee table.
it took the entire top...and was hard to remember with such a long line of cards.





guess which set of matches is mine?  
i told you it was hard for me.

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some questions were asked about the summer list yesterday...i will clarify.
 
*WORLDS OF FUN is an amusement park with roller coasters in kansas city.
*PEPPERNUTS are little spice cookies...we love to eat them but i have never made them.
 here is a website about them.  
 they are a mennonite thing...craig has mennonite roots and so does our hometown.
*a BLOCK PARTY is a street party with our neighborhood (our block).
*the FROGGIE POOL is our public pool...it has a frog shaped slide.
*DEMO DERBY is the mud pit where cars crash into each other...that we pay money to watch!

we bought journals yesterday and the three youngest were so pumped about it.
they filled up the front already with stories and stickers.  
very sweet.

Comments

[Dana@Bungalow'56]

What a wonderful idea: summer journaling for the young and old. The memory game is a favourite here but we've forgotten about it recently. Isn't it amazing how the younger ones always win? The cupcake tee is a perfect gift for my best bud a half world away. Thank you for sharing it.
Dana

[AshleyAnn]

You are looking oh so sassy in that first photo. When we play Memory I always win. Granted my competition is ages 4 & 6. Bummer when they start beating me.

[jeny]

when i grow up i want to be you (OKAY like,you) you are amazing (and beautiful), talented, and are blessed with a large curious family. i wish to be able to spend time with my babies. - that's all i got, sorry so weird.

[lifeologia]

You look great in that first photo ;)
Memory games are great fun - it's so cute to see kid's faces so concentrated.
I did a little link love on my blog today with your site:
http://www.lifeologia.com/link-love/

[Julie]

I LOVE your porch! My kids do too ~ they want one! Looks like a GREAT place to hang out!

[benson]

YOU look amazing and are rockin' the shirt!!

[Lynda]

what a great shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it......wish I could buy one of those here in the Netherlands!

Greetings
Lynda

[Petie]

Love that t-shirt! Your summer list has inspired...looks like it's gonna be a fun one ;)

[amy d]

haha...it always amazes me what people have never heard of.
love the shirt!

[Kristi]

I love the idea of a journal! Adding that one to the list that we came up with last night. My daughter is 11 and starts Middle School next year. I'm grateful to have this summer to bond with her before she moves further down the road to adulthood. One of the most exciting things we're doing is Book Club. We're still trying to decide on a book though. She wants Twilight and I don't. ha ha

[Kara Tait]

Meg, I love your blog. You look fantastic. Your face is so skinny!

[Dana Banana]

Love the list. Let's demo derby together....and find a day to bring the kids to the pool here.

[Cathy]

Now I feel like I need to go find a recipe for peppernuts. My mom's family are from Canada and have Mennonite roots.

[Chris Harms]

enjoying your blog. I make peppernuts (pfeffernusse) at Christmas time by the icecream-pailful. Some people roll them out, I use a piping bag and squeeze them onto the pan... not as uniform, but faster by far. Good luck with them! I'm going to attempt a summer list. Saskatchewan may not sport the biggest or fanciest theme parks or zoo's, but I'm sure we can find a few ways to spice up the summer. Thanks for the ideas!

[Charlene]

Now, I want a cupcake too!

[Misty, Southern Belle Mama]

Love the shirt!! Glad you led me to check out the site...I just bought the "Cupcake Queen" shirt. I can't wait to get it in the mail! :)

[Lori Danelle]

I'm having trouble with peppernuts in the summer. To me, peppernuts ARE Christmas!! :) However, I'll still share our family recipe for them with you.

http://loridanelle.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-can-beginive-made-peppernuts.html

We make our first batch right at Thanksgiving time and keep turning them out until Christmas Day. I started bringing them into work and have everyone near me totally addicted to the strange little cookie with the stranger name that they never knew existed. My Grandma still sends me an ice cream bucket full every year as well!

[Kirsten]

I gotta tell you - I'm getting my hair cut and wish I was brave enough to get such a cute sassy look -

[kari]

I can't wait to make our summer list - thanks for sharing! What a great idea!!!!

[Courtney Walsh]

i cannot describe how happy I will be not to have to search for uniforms and make lunches anymore for a few months!! ack! Bring on summer!

[Vanessa {Bloom Right Here!}]

Hello! I read your blog all the time, but I'm not sure I've ever commented. Sorry. Anyway, I see glimpses of your house/porch and keep thinking that my SIL and BIL lived down the block from you for awhile. They rented a house while they were building. If, in fact, you do live in the house I think you do - love, love, love it!

[Melanie Shanks]

I have followed your blog for a looong time - checking in nearly every day. I have to tell you - you look great! Your new 'do is oh-so chic.

[dani]

You look great! and I want your hair ;)

[Megan Kohlman]

Just in case you need the recipe for perfect peppernuts... Seriously. I'm not biased because my grandmas make them or anything.

http://thekohlmans.blogspot.com/2009/12/brr.html

[CAROL B]

i'm a mennonite and have NEVER heard of peppernuts...interesting, i'm gonna check that out!

[Jaime Melcher]

Love your hair in that first picture! Super cute! ...and the shirt says it all. :)

[Jessie Miller Sterling]

Just wanted you to know I already made the teacher soaps. LOVE them! I once attempted my own blog, but yours is sooo much better, so I just read it instead! ;) And if I get a cupcake shirt will I look as hot as you?? Hope so, you look awesome!

[Jessica]

My family makes peppernuts, too (but only at Christmas)! I love them so much, but I had no idea that other people even knew what they were. Haha. However, we make the German version of them.

[Heather @ Cookie Mondays]

please send peppernuts :)

[Anna Marie]

We go to Worlds of Fun too :o) Do you ride all of those rides?

[Charity]

I grew up in Mennonite country, too, and LOVE peppernuts. I have this great little book, titled simply, Peppernuts, full of recipes. It's amazing how many variations there are. Yum. We always make them around the end of November, so they're ready and tasy for Christmas.

[kristine]

talby's hair is adorable!

[myrnie]

Love the oilcloth on your little table- I have the same print, in a turquoise background, on my kitchen table. LOVE IT- everything wipes right off, even crayons and pens :)

[Molly Pearce]

Your hair cut is rocking and so is the shirt! Now go make some cupcakes for your babies :)
~Molly P

[Heather R.]

Love the shirt! Love summer! You inspired us to make a poster this year. Skydiving is on it...yeah, not sure about that one. Where is the Demo Derby? We are in Leavenworth and got our Worlds of Fun passes :)! Have a great summer.

[paige]

wish i could rock that funky short do like yours...i LOVE it!

[Kat]

Love your list Meg which has inspired us to do our own here as two weeks of hols are starting in Tasmania, Australia. (about to start winter though, not a lovely long summer.)
I too have had a few of "those" days with my kids, so I can totally relate!
Enjoy your summer with your lovely family :)

[molls]

De-lurking to say Hi! from another Kansas girl (great grandparents lived in Walton) who LOVES peppernuts. I'm the only one in our family who still attempts to make them. I don't even have the recipe that got me hooked - I like the tiny, dense version. But, I have found some good recipes out there that approximate the flavor, at least. I will say that it is always more tedious than I remember - so many tiny cookies! Make the dough and freeze half for later ...

[Andie]

Love the shirt. But your hair is GORGEOUS!

[chasity]

i love the quilt that is on your front porch.

[Lisa Currie-Gurney]

MEG... YOUR THE BEST MOM YOUR KIDS COULD EVER HAVE!

HUGS FROM MAINE

[Michelle Richmond]

I love checking your blog every day. You show the good with the bad and always make me feel inspired to be a good mom. I wanted to post here to let you know you are looking fit and trim. You go girl!!! Michelle from Canada.