seen this week:
funny baby onesies
new spring 'ashions:
walmart
target
target
lawn furniture i'm NEEDING:
slow cooker green chile pork tacos (thanks for the link, mel!)
hitting the jackpot by finally finding cupcake red velvet wine (on sale no less!) and buying a case:
doily and baking cup overload...big crafty plans for these:
tummy time:
baby carrying:
SC Sneak sharing:
heard this week:
1. in preschool, harper has been learning about jesus' miracles. she is VERY into telling us about them when she gets home and sadie is VERY into hearing about them.
before school on thursday:
Harper: MOMMY! i drank all of my soy milk!!
Me: WHAT? it's a MIRACLE!! (she never drinks her milk)
Sadie: Jumps up from chair...WHAT MAMA??? JESUS IS IN DERE!!! (pointing at harper's cup).
Me: crying i am laughing so hard.
2. In the drive through at my favorite BBQ joint here in town, the little old lady working the register leaned out of the window,peered in the back of my van and hollered "ARE YOU $*#(ing crazy???".
I laughed so hard i woke the babies up.
a. i love little old ladies with potty mouths.
b. this was by far the most original way that anyone has shown their surprise at the fact that i have four children under five.
hope your week was happy! have a beautiful weekend. xo
I love old ladies with potty mouths too! THat is too funny! I'm on the hunt for Cupcake Red Velvet too looks yummy. Love the sneaks and the pics! Have a great weekend!
Posted by: MandyK | 02/18/2011 at 12:21 PM
Wow...I'm the first comment. Never had that before. Cool! :-) Anyway, girl, you must know by now that you absolutely cannot put up photos of new 'asions, and not tell us readers where you got them from. Details...please! Hope you are all enjoying this glorious weather that South Georgia is giving us right now!
Posted by: KezzaLou | 02/18/2011 at 12:23 PM
well crap...someone beat me just at the last minute :-)
Posted by: KezzaLou | 02/18/2011 at 12:23 PM
ha! added where we got each outfit!
Posted by: Stephanie Howell | 02/18/2011 at 12:24 PM
LOVED the red velvet!! now i need to get a case for our house! heee! thanks for the tip! LOVE LOVE LOVE the miracle story- now that is funny!
Posted by: Jenni Hufford | 02/18/2011 at 12:27 PM
did u see that target now carries the "simply" line for little girls???
Posted by: Jenni Hufford | 02/18/2011 at 12:28 PM
Stephanie - Your girls are just so beautiful. I love to read your blog. You truly have inspired me to be a better mom and not worry so much about what everyone thinks. Thank you :)
By the way I am a nut about red velvet cupcakes. Who makes the mix you purchased? I would love to try them.
Thanks,
Posted by: Ana | 02/18/2011 at 12:54 PM
O.K. Please share the name of the cupcake mix as I'm blind as a bat and I can't read the fine writing as to the brand name so I can get some too. Please!!!!! Pretty Please!!!!!!!
Love the outfits and looking forward to making the tacos this weekend!
Happy Friday!
Robin
Posted by: Robin | 02/18/2011 at 01:10 PM
hey ana! its not cupcake mix, its red wine. ha!! happy friday! xoxo
Posted by: Stephanie Howell | 02/18/2011 at 01:12 PM
im editing the post...its not mix its wine. ;) xoxo
Posted by: Stephanie Howell | 02/18/2011 at 01:13 PM
I LOVED both stories of what you heard . So funny - lots of smiling here at my computer. Super cute grey with polk-a-dot clothes. Fun! Have a wonderful weekend!
Posted by: Amy Scalze | 02/18/2011 at 01:40 PM
Thanks for making me laugh and smile today! Have a great weekend!
Posted by: rhonda | 02/18/2011 at 02:06 PM
So the picture of you with the babies made me jealous beyond belief. It was a primal, instinctual reaction. Mine are fabulous and fun at 10, 12 and 14 but oh how I envy you. Enjoy every minute like I know you already try to do!
Posted by: Jill | 02/18/2011 at 02:25 PM
ahhhh, a Target lover! I knew I liked you!! I can't wait till my girly starts talking! They say the funniest things...as do the funny old ladies!
http://www.danirousseau.blogspot.com/
Posted by: dani rousseau | 02/18/2011 at 03:28 PM
I saw the cupcake wine on sale at World Market and thought of you! Enjoy! My favorite is BeachBerry....
Posted by: JaYne | 02/18/2011 at 03:32 PM
Ok, so, what does this wine taste like??? I'm normally not a red wine drinker but, the name of this stuff has me wondering...
BTW, love the 'ashion!!! Target is a favorite of mine for little girls clothes too!
Posted by: Lou Stiner | 02/18/2011 at 04:09 PM
Stephanie, you would be quite the norm around here. Everyone seems to want their kids very close in age, so they would play together well. Lots of twins around here too! Cute pictures! Have a great weekend!
Posted by: Stacey | 02/18/2011 at 04:10 PM
hehehe! Thanks for the giggles!
Posted by: Carrielyn | 02/18/2011 at 04:14 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVEEE the target dress!!! Why aren't our clothes that cute?!
Posted by: Emily B | 02/18/2011 at 04:38 PM
Four children under five?!?!? Four! Five!
I've been watching your little family grow and I know you have your hands full, but golly until you put it like that....
Your wonderwoman status just rose a fair bit in my mind!
Posted by: Alyssa B | 02/18/2011 at 04:43 PM
Oh My Gosh that is HILARIOUS!!! Love the old womans comment!
Posted by: Hailey | 02/18/2011 at 05:05 PM
I am going to be that potty mouth old lady when I grow up...just sayin' :)
Posted by: Sharon Osborn | 02/18/2011 at 05:10 PM
My grandmother had 5 under 5 (with 2 sets of twins back to back - gasp!) and she still had another one 11 years later (my mom) - some things are just meant to be, she always used to say, and in a time of all cloth diapers - I shutter to think. You are doing something amazing there that few people can do - hold your head high, because you are a rockstar. Thank you for raising 4 beautiful little ladies for this world - it makes it far more beautiful.
Posted by: Jennifer Harris | 02/18/2011 at 05:24 PM
Well I picked up the Cupcake chardonnay wine today.......I'm hoping it's good. I don't do red wine, but just might try the red velvet if I ever find it!!
Posted by: Rita | 02/18/2011 at 05:24 PM
Love the candid pictures of the kids. Your pictures of the cupcakes and cooking makes me want to get in the kitchen and get cooking.
Posted by: Dawn | 02/18/2011 at 05:47 PM
Oh my GOSH! THank YOU for the laugh. Laughing OUT LOUD!!!
Posted by: kristen | 02/18/2011 at 06:08 PM
Dang I still haven't found that wine! lol...
Posted by: Ki Kruk | 02/18/2011 at 06:28 PM
little ol' ladies with potty mouths...crackin' me right up!!!!
Posted by: Alissa | 02/18/2011 at 07:06 PM
i love your funny stories! thanks so much for continuing to share these little gems =)
Posted by: Jenn V | 02/18/2011 at 07:22 PM
I have a smile on my face from ear to ear thanks to reading this post. Don't know which story I thought was funnier...Sadie's Miracle or the Drive through. As for your taste in wine, it couldn't be better. I discovered Cupcake Chardonnay before the holidays and bought it because I liked the name. Now it's my new favorite, must- always-have-a-bottle-in-the-house wine! What a score to find it on sale!
Posted by: Linda E | 02/18/2011 at 07:34 PM
I love the way you react to people. You are awesome! God bless!
Posted by: Marla | 02/18/2011 at 07:38 PM
Lol - awesome story re the drive thru and the soy milk miracle and I LOVE that SC sneak!
Posted by: virginia | 02/18/2011 at 09:15 PM
Awww, love the pic of you holding your babies! They are so precious!
Posted by: Lyndsay | 02/19/2011 at 12:48 AM
Oh my goodness, that is funny!!! Thanks so much for sharing your life with us :)
Posted by: Angie May | 02/19/2011 at 12:55 AM
hehe. i feel ya sweets. i have 3 children under 4... i'm on my way!!
Posted by: ACompton | 02/19/2011 at 01:37 AM
Thanks for giving me a good laugh first thing on a Satuday morning.
Posted by: Sandy | 02/19/2011 at 06:47 AM
Best wine ever:)
Posted by: Katie Rose | 02/19/2011 at 07:01 AM
I must ask this *(and, I mean absolutely no disrespect by doing so) - - -was the little, old woman African American? I am AA, and my grandmother reminds me SOOOO much of the woman who made the comment? She would have told you the same thing VERBATIM. However, she would have prefaced the remark with a "GD, woman. . . " This is the same who woman who threatened a Mickey D's drive-thru employee with the following statement, "If your co-worker keeps being rude to me, I will slap the lard off of her fat ***."
Posted by: Cee | 02/19/2011 at 07:45 AM
DYING laughing. hahahahaha!no, she was white!
Posted by: Stephanie Howell | 02/19/2011 at 07:47 AM
O.M.G!!!!! I'm am laughing so hard!! Stephanie, your post was cute but Cee's comment is hilarious! Thank you both for the early morning guffawing laughter! Nice way to wake up! I'm pretty sure thinking about this during the day is going to produce out-loud bouts of giggling laughter and people are going to think I have lost my mind! Ohh...but that was funny!
Posted by: Lisa | 02/19/2011 at 08:23 AM
Stephanie, I don't know how you held your pee during the drive-thru! I would have DIIIIIIIIIIIED!
RE: my grandma, some child spit on my brother's coat when he was in the 3rd grade. They made her sign the visitor's book (because she parked the car and went inside), and for her name, she wrote Poop (not the word that she used). Needless to say, she was barred from the school.
Thanks for responding!
Posted by: Cee | 02/19/2011 at 10:41 AM
Loved the drive thru and "miracle" stories LOL...reminds me that I need to write down all of the hilarious things that my 3 girls say and do!! Too funny...
Posted by: Julianne | 02/19/2011 at 11:53 AM
Hi Stephanie. I just joined pinterest. how do i find you on there? I typed in your name but it did not come up. Have a happy day.
Posted by: Christy Marcelino | 02/19/2011 at 12:19 PM
http://pinterest.com/harpersmama/
Posted by: Stephanie Howell | 02/19/2011 at 12:19 PM
I just about died when I saw that last pic of Harper in the Target dress -- She such a big girl!! I mean, it was just bizzare how in the first second I saw the pic, I thought, "Who's the teen?"
And that blue layout!!! I'm in love with it already! LOL!
Posted by: Pidgen | 02/19/2011 at 01:19 PM
Great stories. Thanks for sharing!! I love that you laughed at the old lady at the BBQ joint. Good for you for seeing the humor in it. I think some people would have been offended. I like to think I'd laugh too! :) I love old people, especially southerners.
Posted by: Leslie | 02/19/2011 at 04:46 PM
Love the post and laugh when I think of the BBQ ladies comment! I am going to be one of those ladies that people can't believe what's coming out of my mouth...my Mom is already like that! Hee hee! LOVE it!
Posted by: Angie F | 02/19/2011 at 04:58 PM
Loved this post:) Especially what the old lady said to you at the drive thru!! haha.
Posted by: Patty | 02/19/2011 at 11:44 PM
I loved reading (and laughing so much while doing so) this post! The spring 'ashions are adorable, especially that gray and white polka dot dress. Why don't they offer such cuteness in ladies' 'ashions, I wonder?
hmmm....I'll have to track down some of that wine to try out. I loooove some good wine!
Posted by: Jenn | 02/20/2011 at 10:58 AM
thank you!
Posted by: Christy Marcelino | 02/20/2011 at 11:28 AM
My mother-in-law has a potty mouth...I was going to say 'slight potty mouth' but you either do or you don't! Ha! My kids grew up being called 'little s#!t$' and '[email protected] blossoms'!! All in love!! And now when she calls them she leaves messages like, 'where the h*ll are you!' Love her to pieces!! It's great that you see the humor in daily happenings! Your girls won't be hurt by taking things to seriously!! Love your stories and you SB-ing talents!!
Posted by: Karen | 02/20/2011 at 01:35 PM
Love the little old lady comment and the Jesus in the cup. Kids say the cutest things. Got to love them!!!!
Leslee
Posted by: Leslee Barrow | 02/20/2011 at 01:55 PM
LOTS o' eye candy, yum!! I'm so diggin the greys for girls, too cute!
Cannot wait to see what you have up your uber creative sleeve with those doilies and cupcakes papers!
Posted by: Jonnelle | 02/20/2011 at 05:16 PM