40

Howdy sweet peas!  Yep, it's me!  I know it's been a while.  I have no excuse, just that life takes over and blogging had to take a backseat.  I guess that IS an excuse, isn't it?

I do still visit YOUR blogs and I LOVE staying in touch on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.  Still addicted to social media.  heehee...

2012 has been an interesting year, that's for sure.

One 'notable' is that I turned the big FOUR-OH.

Yes, I did!

I thought it would bother me but it really didn't.  I think turning 30 bothered me more!  

I am happy where I am and I love my life so it's all good, baby!

My hubby planned an awesome night and really, between lunches, nights out, dinners with my family, I was celebrating my birthday for a week. 

That's the way it should be, don't you agree?

So some friends came over for drinks and appies at our house and then

hubs rented us a limo to take us downtown to party!

You can kinda see it behind this good looking group of people.

; )

We ate, we drank, we danced.

It was a super fun night!!

I even had a special cake...

No, I didn't drink all of these myself.

I'm 40, I can't be doing those things anymore!

I may have had more than one though.

*me and my sissyboo*

*me and my honey*

My sister made this '40 Sucks' basket. 

It really doesn't suck.

Life begins at 40, right?

40 is the new 30, right?

I'm stickin' to that.

It's pretty darn good so far.

See you soon, sweet peas!

xo

Still kickin'

Howdy gals!

I'm still around but have been soooooo

neglecting my little Sweet Peas.

Will you accept my apologies?!

I hope you haven't given up on me.

Work is crazy.

Life is busy.

But it's almost summertime!

No more school and kid activities.

Woohoo!

Geez, you really know you've been away

awhile when you come back and blogger is 

completely different!

I don't even recognize things around here!

My girls had their dance recital.

They did a beautiful job!

Holeeeee hair and makeup, Batman.

Took me forever.

Here they are with their dance teacher.

And a family pic thrown in for good measure.

So I went out on a girls night this past

Saturday night.

I got home at 3am.

THREEEE A.M.!

I never do that.

Momma needs her sleep.

But it was a great night.

We went all out.

We got a limo, went for a chic (aka freakin' expensive) dinner,

And had a reserved table at a downtown nightclub on the rooftop patio.

SO FUN!

Yup, I'm the short one.

And I had heels on too.

Here is my lovely friend who organized it all.  

She is worldly and makes sure I get out of the house now and then.

: )

Dressy dress

I love gettin' girly.

I also went on a girls weekend with my Mom and sister to the mountains.

We did a spa day, had dinner and stayed overnight.

We also had an amazing brunch the next day at super fancy hotel.

Fab-o. : )

Me and my mama...

Me and my sissyboo...

I know, people say we look like twins.  We aren't.

She's older.

Ok, I lied.

We are twins.

Ok, I lied again.

I am 19 months older but I like the twin thing better.

I love my sissy.

So that's what I've been up to in a nutshell in between our kids' activities, soccer,

swimming, horse-riding lessons and dance.

I am trying to slowly figure out a good time to blog

because I really do miss it and I miss hangin' with all my 

bloggy loves.

That would be you.

I hope you'll follow me on twitter

@blogsweetpea

I'm also on instagram - search sherisweetpea

Til next time, sweet peas!

Linked up for Monday Mingle!

New Twitter account

Hello my little sweet peas!

I know I have been MIA,

I will return veeeery soon

with some happy goodness.

In the meantime, I have a new Twitter account

'specially for Sweet Pea!

Check me out, sweets!

@blogsweetpea

I would love it if you'd follow me.

Be back soon!

xo

Glow Dough

I found this website on Pinterest that I absolutely 

LOVE.

I spent over an hour last night perusing it 

and getting so many ideas for crafts for my

girls to do.

This one was easy to do and the cool factor was through the roof!

Glow in the dark playdoh!

I made the playdoh and added 4 different colours of neon paint

although under the black light

the yellow and green looked the same.

Thank you to my hubby for going to two different stores

to find the tube-style black light.

: D

We set up a table and chairs in the bathroom,

the darkest room in the house.

Hey, it worked so why not, right?!

And the girls played

and loved how the playdoh glowed,

as well as their own shirts and even their teeth!

Love those black lights.

For the how-to

check out

Play at Home Mom LLC.

They have amazing ideas!

We also did perler bead crafts,

here are their masterpieces

That is a well-used table these are on, as you can see.

: )

Happy Crafting!

Happy Easter!!!

via

Happy Easter, sweets!

Speaking of sweets, I have consumed

an awful lot of chocolate in 2 days.

Those easter cream eggs are my weakness, I tell ya!

We had my Dad's side of the family over

for a potluck dinner yesterday.

It was absolutely wonderful!

Tonnes of food, lots of visiting

a wee bit of tasty beverages.

We did an egg hunt for the 6 kids and my mom

had made up baskets full of goodies for prizes.

I adore my family, it was a great evening!

Thank you to everyone that has sent me happy thoughts

on my first week of work.

It went well!

I put so much pressure on myself that I feel

like I should be a pro already.

And I feel that others expect it of me too.

Why do I do that to myself?

Anyway, I think once the learning curve has flattened, 

I will enjoy working there.

It was SUPER hard to only see my girls for a short time 

in the evenings before they went to bed.

The evenings were crazy getting ready for the next day.

This is going to be a big transition for us all.

I am trying to check in on you, lovelies, as I have time

and figure out a good routine for everything.

I miss you guys!

Have a fantastic Easter and an even better week ahead!!
xo

Call Me Maybe

Today was my last week day off with my girls.

Well, at least until next Friday which is a holiday.

: )

Monday I'll be back to work.

Yikes.

We have had such a fun spring break week! 

Just hanging out, going bowling,

farmers market, playing,

and DANCING!

We loved the similar video that the Bieber fella and his friends

did to this song so we decided to do our own version.

It was so much fun!

I have no idea when I will find the time to blog

but I promise I will try to pop up now and then!

Have a great weekend, sweet peas!

xo

Fill in the Blank Friday

Hey sweets!

I hope you had a great week.

My girls just started spring break so I am

looking forward to sleeping in 

*slightly* next week!

After next week my days will be

looooooong, since I 

got a job!!

I will be up at *gulp* 5am.

Not sure how I'll handle that again.

It's been a while since I've had to get up that early

let alone 5 days in a row every week.

oh boy.

I'm happy and sad to go back.

Will miss being at home and having time with my 

sweet girls.

But I am looking forward to being around adults

and being downtown with all the action!

haha...

Ok lets fill in some blanks with Lauren.

1.  My favorite color is  purple.

2.   My home decor color palette includes   beige walls, cherry accents, touches of colour here and there including greenery.

3.  Other people always tell me I look good in the color  red. I like it too, any bright colour, really!

4. The color I detest is  dusty rose.  It looks awful on my skin tone, like AWFUL people!  

5. If you were to look in my closet most of the colors you'd see would be   lots of navy and gray with green, coral, red, yellow, intermingled.

6. A color that I simply cannot pull off no matter how hard I try is   Oh oops, I answered this in number 4.  Good ole dusty rose.  And some yellows I can't pull off either.  Some are good, some aren't.

7.  The color of my favorite dress is I like white and I have a new one with different shades of purple that I love.

Have an awesome weekend, guys and gals!

xo

Follow me - somehow!

Hey peeps.

So my google friend connect isn't working.

Mine should work still, right?

Only non-blogger sites

won't work is how I read it.

Yet mine isn't working anyway.

Soooo.....

I need to figure that out.
It's like hide and seek in bloggy land right now.
How do I find my fave blogs?
Where did they go?
Where did my followers go?
Now you see me....

via

...now you don't!
If you'd like an alternative,

you can now follow 

*sweet pea*

on Bloglovin'!

Just click the little widget over on the left.

I'm there, baby.

And while we are at it,
I am now on Instagram!
Just getting my sea legs on that one.
Find me if you like at
sherisweetpea.

I really need to figure out this Google+ stuff too.

Why oh why must they change things?!

If you know any good tips or tricks

with all of these changes going on,

let me know!

xo

I love me some jewelry

Did you know that I LOVE jewelry?
haha..don't we all, right girls?!

I {not so} subtly suggested to my hubby that he needed to buy me

a giant jewelry box for my last birthday.

He did and I love it.

All my pretty things laid out so beautifully.

I also have a coat rack type thingy

in my closet that holds my necklaces, belts and scarves.

I have to show you some new jewelry I got

courtesy of my wonderful Australian friend, Loulou

of Here I am Loulou.

She makes gorrrrgeous jewelry.

She had a giveaway recently on her blog and I won this necklace!!

Gorgeous, right?  It's actually a locket!
How cool is that?
Here's me wearing it, happily. ; )

The top of the necklace is black ribbon.
I just adore it.
The bracelet I am wearing was from Loulou as well.
So thoughtful, she is.
Here it is a bit closer up.

Here is another necklace, this one is long and for this top, I knotted it
at the back of my neck to make it shorter.
Love that I can wear it either long or short!

If there were such a thing as best friends in the blog world, and
what the heck, I am declaring that there is,
Loulou is mine.
She makes you feel like the most special person with her
super sweet comments.
We have so much in common that I am convinced
we MUST meet someday.

Go check her out, if you haven't already.
Her 'About Me' section is phenomenal.

She did not ask me to do this post by the way.
I just wanted to because she does so much for others.
And her jewelry is so perty.
: )
Stay tuned for Part 2, I have a
few pics of Loulou's jewelry for kids!

Happy Monday, sweet peas!
Go ROCK this day!