To recap, when you subscribe to Birchbox, you receive 4-5 beauty samples each month (there are various subscription choices, I chose the $10/month).  You then fill out a beauty profile based on your skin tones, hair color, age, etc.  Your box is customized to you!  Points can be earned when you buy products on the website or gift a subscription to someone.  For every 100 points earned, you receive $10 off whatever products you buy off their website.

My first one arrived today!

It included these samples:

*Miracle Skin Transformer (a concealer)

*VMV Hypoallergenics Re-Everything Eye Serum (Whoop! Whoop!  Those crows feet are getting out of control!)

*Zoya Nailpolish in Megan (a lavender/grayish color, which actually is quite cute.)

*Juicy Couture perfume (Yum!)

*Witchcraft Granola

There also was a card regarding “detoxes” for your mind, relationships, closet, diet, and bathroom cabinet as well as a magnet to “keep the list handy”.

I.Heart.Birchbox.

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Aunt D made these for us:

Face magnets!!

Those darling faces are Frick, Frack, Frog, my nephews and niece.

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I made these scarves in various colors for the ladies in our family:

and one for me in orange since Clemson is headed to the Orange Bowl.

T shirt scarves are super cute and easy to make.

I WILL be making more of these.

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Also gifted this year:

Click the picture for the website and photo credit.

Go around the world with your kids!

Per the Little Passports website:

Little Passports is your child’s ticket to an exciting global adventure. Inspire a love and understanding of the world as your child learns about a country’s geography,

history, culture, and language in a fun and memorable way.

I am so excited about the boys receiving these each month.

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While they receive that each month, I’ll receive a box from Birchbox!

Click the picture for the link and photo credit.

With Birchbox, you receive 4-5 beauty samples each month.

 I’ve seen this on friends’ blogs and thought it was the perfect gift that keeps on giving.

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I hope that you and yours had a blessed Christmas.

May the Christmas season

fill your home with joy,

your heart with love

and your life with laughter.

Merry Christmas!

Frog, age 2

Frack, age 5

Frick, age 7

How does a photographer get smiles and laughs from a group of boys?

A whoopee cushion.

We love potty humor around these parts.

And as you can see, it worked.

Frog is never without his blanket.

Below, is one of my favorites (except for Frog’s goofy face).

Scrabble letters for their names?

Awesome.

“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.”

Buddy the Elf

He TP’d our bathroom.

He made “snow” angels in the flour.  And wrote his name.  Because all elves love writing their names.

And he removed ornaments from the tree and struck a lazy pose.

The last three nights, Frick has been setting a letter by our Elf (named Nunna) in the hopes it will be delivered to Santa.

Of course, Santa has replied.

Tonight’s letter was especially stellar.

 Frick has always had a way with words, and this does not disappoint:

Heck.

If gum is the only thing Frick wants for Christmas this year,

we’ve got it made in the shade.

For starters, The Non-Cook Named Mandy roasted a whole chicken in the crock pot today.

The delicious smell of this easy chicken recipe tempted us all afternoon.

Things were going splendidly until Ms. Non-Cook discovered that she left the innards wrapped in plastic inside the chicken’s cavity.

The trash can enjoyed our chicken.

*sigh*

Sandwiches for boys and salads for grownups were tonight’s main course.

But then things perked up.

Frog has caught on to his older brothers’ knock knock jokes.

He piped up with his own tonight at the table:

So thankful for comic relief.

SEVEN!

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Frick is…

…on the A honor roll.

…the STAR student this week at school!

…reading well and reading to his younger brothers.

…losing teeth–three so far.

…going to the grocery store each week with me and buying a treat with his own money (usually gum or a Hot Wheels car).

…so very funny and seemingly unaware of his deadpan wit.  He’s seriously hilarious.

…my sensitive soul.

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We celebrated his birthday on Frog’s actual birthday.

One of these  years, I am going to have to figure out how to plan parties for these guys.

Their birthdays are three days apart, which I am sure will be the makings of a scheduling nightmare in the near future.

Alas, this year went off without a hitch.

Well, until Frack got sick.  But that’s a whole different story.

I digress….

This morning, Frick received the breakfast of his choice (homemade pancakes) and has control over our dinner menu tonight.

We are so blessed to have this guy in our lives.

As you can imagine, once that bathtub was filled with water, I had quite the clean up job on the boy AND the tub.

Once upon a time, God blessed us with a darling baby boy,

November 2009

completing the trifecta of …life’s about a dream boys.

November 2009

Frog is….

…talking so much now.  Words just started to connect like

“Me some pees.”  translation:  Give me some of what you have, please.

“Me juicy.”  translation:  I would like some juice.

“I down.”  translation:  I would like to get down now.

….still calling me “Ma” and BP “Da”.

…calling Frick and Frack by their given names.

…correctly calls one of the triplet cousins by name, the others he calls “babies”.  I know some adults around these parts that can’t do that yet.  K.

…screaming all the time.

…becoming a typical 2 year old.

…hugging his brothers constantly.

…following said brothers around and wanting to do EVERYTHING they are doing.

…asking for hugs from me.  Love.

…adjusting well to my working full time now.

…expertly using utensils at meals.

…running around and looking like a typical top heavy two year old.  I love that look.

…carrying a blanket around constantly.  And I am constantly reminded of the blanket named “Woobie” in the movie Mr. Mom.

Happy Birthday to you, my sweet Frog!