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{ m a n t o o t h  3 6 5 }  w e e k 4

{01.22.2012}
I love Home Depot just as much as Jacob does.  Tonight’s trip was one for me actually. I got some supplies for  a few projects I had in mind. I needed washers for necklaces and wood for a growth chart to hang on the wall.

{01.23.2012}
Tonight we had steak sandwiches for dinner.  We haven’t had them in quite some time.  These are a favorite in our house for sure.  Super simple dinner too.  Steak, onions, green bell peppers and spike seasoning.  I love one pot dinners.

{01.24.2012}
Back to school.. FINALLY.  Today was little Jacob’s first day back to school since Christmas break.  Since he got hurt he was on home study and didn’t go to school.  He was a bit nervous, but excited at the same time he said.  I was nervous for him, just because he does still hurt a little and walk slower than before.  He walks with an obvious limp still too. I know he is a tough guy and will do great and it might do him well to finally be getting back to school and our normal routine.

{01.25.2012}
Ok so I will admit it, I am a soda girl, and diet at that.  I used to be only non diet.  But when I was pregnant and diabetic, I only had 2 choices. Either drink diet soda or no soda at all.  So finally I started drinking diet.  Now I won’t drink anything but.  I am only a pepsi drinker too.  We must keep this soda, if no other stocked up in this house.

{01.26.2012}
My family day planner.  Now I may be the only one that writes in here, but it is what keeps our lives completely organized (not that is always is, but I try at least).  I write everything in here.  Then I color code everything so I can look with one glance and see what is going on.  This planner has a full month and then weekly spots as well.  I color code like this: BLUE = all things school related for the kids GREEN = Jacob’s work schedule and payday schedule ORANGE = holidays and birthdays YELLOW = bills due PINK = appointments PURPLE = all my photography appointments and photo shoots.

{01.27.2012}
I started this owl hat for Chloe last year.  I finally finished it up tonight.  I love the colors and how it turned out.

{01.28.2012}
FINALLY!! I finally got my new drivers liscence in the mail today.  It was a long process of getting a new one after the ticket I got back in 2010.

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{ m a n t o o t h 3 6 5 }  w e e k 3

{01.15.2012}
Sunday morning coupon cutting. The boys are always wanting to help me so today I gave them some coupons I wouldn’t be needing and let them go to town with the scissors.{01.16.2012}
One of my favorite things ever is a family night. The babies have been begging for popcorn so tonight Jacob made them some jiffy pop and they thought it was so cool. He also made some in the popcorn machine and they loved that just as much. After this we all snuggled up on the couch (minus Ryan and Marcus because I guess they are too cool for that or something) and put Scooby-Doo on and we all ate popcorn and watched the movie. I ♥ nights like this so much.

{01.17.2012}
For Christmas the 3 littles ones got handmade toy boxes from Grandpa Jim. So today we moved out the huge mess out of their closet, put 2 toyboxes in there and organized them all. We went through every single toy and got rid of all old and broken toys. Now they are all organized and thier room is looking so good. Now if it will only stay that way will be a miracle in itself.

{01.18.2012}
This was tonight at bed time. I love that little Jacob can now read the bed time story to me, Caleb and Chloe each night. He is such a great reader and it is so exciting to hear him read to us and get excited when he does it. Caleb and Chloe love sitting there listening to him read to us.

{01.19.2012}
Oh yes the terrible 2s are upon us already. She was throwing a fit for something she wanted and apparently it wasn’t going her way.  I figured what better way to capture a true photo of her on her 2nd birthday than her in true form.

 {01.20.2012}
I do not like to be in front of the camera, that is why I am a photographer not the photographie. However I was playing with my camera while the kids were in the bath.  I don’t mind this picture and it tells something about me right at this moment.  I have been having to wear my glasses, as in my older age I think I am going blind :}  I always have my camera in my hand.  This is just what I look like at this age.  You can almost always guarantee that my hair will be up.  Even though it is long, it drives me crazy to have it in my face.

 {01.21.2012}
Chloe’s 2nd birthday party was today.  Jacob’s mom always makes the cakes for the kids parties, and I always make some cupcakes for extras.  So in all my fanciness I decorated these with frosting in a can.    It was not very tasty, but sure looked pretty with the dot sprinkles on top as well.  It was a great party as usual.  We all had a great time.

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{ m a n t o o t h  3 6 5 }  w e e k 2

{01.08.2012}
Today was the day for Matt and Amberley’s baby shower at our house. I knew when we found out they were expecting that I at least wanted to throw them a family baby shower for all of us family down here. The day was very nice and they got alot of great stuff, including tons of stuff from Chloe. I am so excited for them I can’t wait to meet Lily.

 {01.09.2012}
Laundry… not something I love doing at all. I have gotten MUCH MUCH better this past year about not letting it pile up too high once it is washed. Now I am trying to be very good about folding it almost as soon as it comes out of the dryer. It seems like this year already it has become my routine to fold it first thing in the morning and get it put away right away. Hope I can stick to this routine.

{01.10.2012}

Oh little Chloe. Full of mischief just like her brother Caleb. I have no idea what she was doing, but she climbed under her tinkerbell table and pulled the chairs in on her. She thought it was pretty funny. She cracks me up. She is becoming one little independent little girl.

{01.11.2012}

It all started last year around this time. The boys had gotten some Legos for Christmas and ever since they have just been nuts for legos. We have several sets and now I need to get a bucket of some kind just to hold all the tiny little pieces. Chloe loves to build stuff now too. They are finally starting to get the hang of just building random stuff with all the pieces and not always having to follow some plan that comes with them. This little fireman guy is their favorite by far.

{01.12.2012}
This little girl cracks me up. Today she decided to put her toast on the kitchen floor and lick the jelly off. I think she learns funny things like this from her mischievious brother Caleb.

{01.13.2012}

Tax season is upon us once again. We have been going to the same tax guys for years. He knows us well. We drop off Jacob’s W-2′s and he does them within a day and calls us with the results. This year Jacob changed his deductions so we get more throughout the year, which benefits us much more.

 {01.14.2012}
Mr Caleb is our sneeky little kiddo. He loves to get back up at night and come sit with us. He says I just love you guys. He usually does something to try to get to stay up, like try to sweep or rub my feet. Tonight he just wanted to eat popcorn and watch a movie on the laptop with us. He didn’t last too long though, he was sound asleep shortly after this.

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{ m a n t o o t h 3 6 5 }  w e e k 1

So I am bound and determined this year to start and finish my Project Life.  I am going to take a picture every single day for an entire year.  I am!  Well at least I am going to try VERY hard.  I started in 2010 and only got about 3 weeks into it, but it was very hard since I had a brand new baby the begining of that year.  Then again last year I started and I got a bit further.  I think I only made it until about May and then I got really far behind and gave up once again.
So I am trying my darndest to stick to it this year.  So far so good, but yes it is only February. But still I am on track.
I named ours {mantooth 365} to represent our family for the entire year.

 So instead of bombarding one blog post with the entire month of January, I figured I would update it a week at a time until I am all caught up.  Then I will just update it once a week or so.
So here is week 1 of {mantooth 365}

{01.01.2012}
Jacob had to work tonight so he wouldn’t be home with us at midnight. So we went to him. I put the kids to bed at normal time, then after he left for work we went out there. We had popcorn and sparkling cider while we were out there. When we got home the kids wanted to sleep in bed with me. So we had a little slumber party in our bed for the night.

{01.02.2012}
Tonight Jacob brought the unused tv in from the garage. He set it up in the corner of the family room, out of the way. Then he hooked up the kids’ old VTECH video game for them to use. This way they have their own games to play now. They love it.