I've lost my husband to the dark side.

Fun times with princesses!

New fun box signs for my decorations this year

Jessie came home in her Indian headdress she made for Thanksgiving at school and the she was given is Sparkling Daisy. Suits her quite well.

Jessie Anne's joke just now:

Knock knock.

Who's there?

Princess

Princess who?

Princess I'm beautiful

Boyd to Jessie: Do you like my song?

JA: No, it's dumb

Boyd: That's not very nice. I don't call you dumb.

JA: No, I'm beautiful.

Oh yeah!!!!

When you know you've had a good day of tailgating!

Me: Maggie, what happened to your finger?

MA: Well, I was cutting and my finger got in the way.

Wanted to use some leftover rice so I threw it in a pan with a bit of butter and olive oil.

Then added cumin & Tony Chachere's, small can tomato sauce, corn & pinto beans.

Turned out really good!

I know this recipe sounds crazy, but they are actually really great.

Pumpkin Chocolate Cupcakes

1 chocolate cake mix
15 oz can pumpkin
1/2 cup water

Mix and scoop into 18 cupcakes. Bake for 30 minutes at 350

Found this online and when we loved the chocolate (the kids still don't know the secret ingredient), I decided to try other types of cake mix. Tried lemon last night and they are fantastic! Dalton liked these much better than the chocolate.

And the batter is safe to eat unbaked too!

Jessie was wound up at bedtime last night at my dad's house where she sleeps with me. She's very lovey dovey at those times and would pat my hair and my back and give kisses. Then she stepped up her game and told me that I was her beautiful princess. She added that she and Maggie were princesses too. She told me that her daddy was my Prince Charming.

She thought for a second and added that Dalton was Prince mean. When I was telling Boyd all this, she corrected me and said "Dalton is not prince mean, he's just mean."

This is why I always pull her hair back.

Chocolate-mouth selfies!

Just finished my boss's retirement cake

I love it when my 6-year-old says she wants to tell me a story from when she was s kid

Really good kiddos!

Zucchini noodles!

My son just saw a picture of Daenerys Targaryen and asked me if it was the Mona Lisa 😳

Double trouble

Jessie: A spider stole Elsa's powers and ate my phone! Elsa's mad and stole your frog out of my car! Now Elsa's gonna steal my pink powers!

Jessie saw her first movie. Inside Out is a cute show.

Searching out the fireflies

My temporary crown popped off, and when I showed Dalton, he said, "Cool! Now you'll get money under your pillow!"

One of my many squash blossoms

Me: Well, don't you just have on your sassy pants tonight

Jessie: Yes, and they're my favorite

And then there was no separating the two of them.

Maggie had fun getting reacquainted with Lucy

Kids had so much fun meeting their new cousin!

I love the crabs that Maggie draws!

Jessie's first art that actually resembles anything.

Here's what happens when your preschooler tries to sing both parts of a duet.

Just asked Jessie if she loved me more than chocolate.

She said no.

Jessie is not content to simply speak every word along with The entire Frozen movie. She has to do every hand motion that goes along with it. It's very cute.

Dalton just told me that he kinda feels like he wants to play a (video) game with me. I nearly tripped falling all over myself to comply.

This comes after my first time not being cool enough to ride with him around his friends this morning while chaperoning a field trip.