Spring, have you come early? You silly little season..

.. if so thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you for the birds now filling the air with beautiful calls.
Outside beckoning our souls to reach up stretch and begin again.
Thank you for all the new life you bring. For golden sunshine,
sweet smelling air, beautiful rainy days of grey fog and lush irish green.
Spring how I love thee! I'm glad you're here to stay! Thank you for tickling my heart.
Side note: I am suuuuuper overtired, and just got the baby back to sleep, she woke up from a bad dream or something. When I'm really tired, I cant think clearly but my fragmented thoughts are a bit sort of poetic.. Surely tomorrow I will be mortified that I clicked on Publish Post.
Smile dearys!
delightfully,
Juliette <---- no it's not my name, but my name is in it, and wouldnt it be so romantic and unique if it was??
Night!





Aiva made a new friend. She found her little buddy all by itself. We told little yellow to please bring some more of her friends and promised to not pick any of them, or stomp them.



Aiva DID NOT want to leave her new found friend Faith Cecile at the park, but she did want to go to dance class, which was why we had to leave, oh life, so full of choices!

freckle time, freckle time freck-freck-freckle time, freeeeckle tiiiiime!

I am one zonked mama.. i didnt get a chance to excersize today, eat breakfast or have coffee. I did drink lots of h2o and Shawn made fish tonight for dinner.. and he brought me home two lemons, how i love lemons.. the smell.. the color.. he loves me!
Here are some dandy little diddys from this sunday. The Gendron Five had a blast playing outside in the sun, getting muddy and exploring, just running with not as much boundaries! I got some freckles too, anything to take away from my huge nose, thank you dad for giving me your nose and ears..
enjoy, be blessed & be delightful!




Dear God, help me appreciate every season of mothering with new eyes that see life from the fresh perspective of my child. AMEN.

Yes I totally know Aidan needs a hair cut... i will.. soon.. but I do love his crazy hair.. think Gene Wilder!
;oD




goodbye snow peeples.. thanks for making us smile in the winter months as we peered out the windows to wave at you! See you next year!




And my little "rebel w/o a cause" has finally started eating w/utencils! I know I know, waaay to long overdue! but everything has to be on "his time"- I have up on Thanksgiving. Saturday night I came out from the backroom and there he was, he at with his fork the whole time! rock on little buddy! I praised him soo much, he was diggin' it. Then sunday morning.. Aiva never finishes her milk.. so he crossed the table, grabbed a large spoon and had at it! "slurrp sluurp!" what a relief!
He's talking soo much you guys! its awesome, and today i did some math, and I estimate he says mom about 470 times a day! no joke! yikes!

Maivey is hard to photograph, she's always bouncing! Notice Aiv's? future shutterbug?






Aiva adores dance! and the girls she dances with are soo sweet and gentle! it's a blast!

{ Aint she a peach?}

Today's Quotes are brought to you by: THE ONE & ONLY AIVA SOPHIA!

She came stomping in the room, lips smushed together like a fish, eyebrows down.. think the Brain from Pinky and the brain...

and proceeded to tell: " Daaaaaaaad, Moooooooom... Aidan just ruined my MESS! " "Hmmph!"
(hands folding across her chest!)
then about an hour later as Shawn and I were finishing up the bills here in the office, she came back in, exasperated by how long it was taking us, she was getting quite impatient and wanted us to play with her.
"Daddy, I just came in to let you know that you are almost dumb, alright?!?"
translation: I hope your done, i'm sick of waiting!

Waving goodbye to Winter!

I've been loving life latley. It's easier you know? Knowing that Spring is right around the corner! This winter has felt soo long! Aiva and I have been coloring alot of colorful pictures featuring rain and rainbows, sunshine & flowers. Aidan has been jumping in puddles & he totally digs the way the ground smushes under his feet. The earth is so soggy right now, and he is loving this! Maive started walking about 10 days ago, and wont stop now! She's a pro! Aidan woke me up this morning and it was nice to not have to run out the door @ 8:30 to school. I woke up to his face beside mine on my pillow, his beautiful teeth and smile, long eyelashes and squinted green eyes.. i froggily said: " Mornin' Aidan.." and his reply was to wedge his little fingers under my neck and say "Teeeekle,Teeeekle.. MOM-MOM!" It was a nice way to take up! Silly boy! And by the way, for a 3 year old who is constantly smothered by his 4 year old sister & having a 14 month old sister who doesnt relent off of him, seemingly always pestering him. I think he does awesome, i treats them so well, and there is hardley any reason to ever get after him, most of the time if he hits, one of the girls swiped at him first, or is doing something to him he doesnt like. Maive, She loves to be close to him. They seem to really like the same things! Aiva though, Aiva knows all the secrets to Maive's heart of laughter!
Here are some images taken from the past few days, sorry they're arent alot of Aiv's, she was either by my side, or coloring at her desk. I will remedy this lack of the petite artiste's missing appearance in this blog! Promise!
Enjoy!

Maive kept walking around this patch of sun on the floor and i realized she was trying to catch the sun in her hands, or dust particles?

Forgive the scattered laundry- it's clean and had been folded until the kids thought it would be fun to grab the piles and make a fireworks display of them all around, laundry parade, and its ok, i loved watching it!
Aidan adores being outside! He's totally like FREEEEEEEEEEEE! GO BUDDY!

Tiny tickles in early morning hours






Yes i gots my hairs cut, courtesy of Kristin Wilcox, the hair guru!!

{ dreams&ideas&memories took a siesta}

OK so.. Obviously I fell asleep last night, I didnt intend to. I had everyone tucked in and I was going to sneak back down and begin writing about all the little things that brought me joy in the day, but I found comfort and warmth in my husband arms and quickly fell into a LOVERLY sleep! I promise at some point I will write later today, today is a nap day for my kids, so most likely around 3 if you want come back and let my words bring baby smiles to your hearts heart! Hopefully! I have so many dreams, so many ideas, thoughts, most of them never get to paper, but I promise I'm going to start atleast typing them! See You soon!

artsy fartsy is my hearts delight!

OK i cant wait to blog about my day, and some pics from it are uploading right now.. have to get the kids to bed right now but will return soon to share!
I love this song, it really communicates simply and to the point, what ive been feeling the past three days.
and yes im an artsy fartsy kinda gal.

One month to go?

Secret's of a Supermommy? There are none. But to be a good mama, you have to bust some dance moves and have a dance party with your kids, let them eat cookies, say yes more, limitless hugs, and alot of understanding and allowance for alot of blunders...
Winter has been decent for us this year. Last year it went fast with the birth of Maive, this year not so much, but all in all it's been a blast. I have had more migraines, but thankfully i can predict them now, and after 8 long desperate years I found an amazing doctor back home who totally gets me and put me on imitrex... and when i pop the pill im back to living my life, dancing and being a mama and wife. I LOVE IT! I am so thankful! NO more puking, or laying in bed wishing my head would explode already,feeling guilty for having the wonderpets or Blues Clues on repeat! WOW. Anyways, I promised I'd blog more this winter, but i've been more busy during these winter months then ever. Isnt winter for curling up with a blankee and cocoa reading a book or magazine. Been designing my web site and hope it'll be done soon. It's late and while I could work on it and probably get it done, i should go to bed so i can function in the morning and be a nice mommy. Enjoy some recents of my little mugwumps! Arent the growing toooo fast! Unbelievable!

fav's from '08.. shot in "P" mode... yea.. "P" moode..

Yeah "P" mode.. what was I thinking, I missed out on so much! I recently got connected with Deb Luker of DLyndlphoto.com.. she's an amazing person, mother, wife and christian. We have fun sharing stories and she's coaching me along on using my camera in Manual mode. Now i feel so silly at how intimidated i was about it. Thanks Deb, visit her sites and send her some love, also she is on facebook! Happy stalking!
http://www.dlyndlphoto.com
http://www.myspace.com/dlyndlphoto
http://www.dlyndlphoto.blogspot.com

3 am epiphany///what dieing your hair does///or mid 20's crisis?

So I am a bit confused right now, my hearts a little down.
I had Shawn cancel the "backorder" of the Canon 5DMII. I totally wish it would have come 6 weeks ago. See tuesday night I died my hair.. no I don't know what i was thinking! ( mid 20's mother of three crisis? )BUT THE CHEMICALS TOTALLY SEEPED INTO MY BRAIN.. Next day I was mad at myself to think I could be so happy at a silly decision as to buy a nearly $3,000 camera, when we have 3 little mouths to feed, bills to pay. And what if I don't make it?
Last year I started feeling out the possibility of being a pro photog. I loved it. and doors & windows were opening like crazy.
But you know what.. and this is the hard part..
i now have a 12 month old baby girl, that honestly ( tears ) i didnt invest alot of memory making with. She is a super content baby and has 3 + 4 year old brother and sisters that really keep her entertained, and i took advantage of that ALOT.. way to much.
and the worse mother of the year award goes to Julie G.

for what? to get a few minutes, okay.. hours in front of this lousy computer. Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo, then Lightroom, even shutterfly.com to build my templates. for what?
i regret it, its a horrible feeling, and yes when i read peoples blogs or facebook status updates about their new 5DMII.. i get a twinge of jealousy, but you know what, maybe someday I'll get something spiffy like that. How imature of myself to allow my husband to show his love and belief in me to buy me such an expensive piece of technology.. I am going to earn my way, like i have all this life, im not going to cut corners or let the cart get before this horse. I mean come on. im just learning to use my XTI in Manual mode.. wow.. Yep, ive been using it in "P" mode for 1.5 years yay for me! Ok I'm done ranting, tomorrow shawn has off, we have a 1 yr old who has lot of teeth pain, and alot of memories to make, and fresh snow! Tomorrow is going to be the most beautiful day ever.. { say this every night before you fall asleep and you'll here your pillow make snap crackle poppy noises when your cheek slowly forms a peaceful hopeful smile!
living this life to love,
Julie G
PS- Dear Shawn, Please forgive me for allowing you to belive that you needed to buy me an expensive peace of technology to show your love. You dont, You believe in me and I know it, You are a great mailman, and wonderful father, and an outstanding husband. I so cherish your waking up in the middle of the night with your arms wrapped around me. You, God, and our three mugwumps are all this little woman needs!

I'm a thankful mama..

oh wow..
grab a tissue...
or ten..
ok the WHOLE box!