Yup, it’s me. I didn’t get married lately, if anyone wonders…
I, for once in my life, was a model.
Naaah, it’s not the truth either. I wish!
I was just helping my friend to build his wedding pics portfolio. It was all fun! And cold! If you see me blushing, it’s because the weather was freezing and I got beautiful red color all around my cheeks, nose and lips, but of course luckily Photoshop can fix that…
The pic in my sweater is from in between sessions when I was trying to desperately warm myself up.
Being a model is a VERY hard job..! 
I just came back home after dropping Joshua at the school bus stop, when the doorbell rang. “What the…?!” I thought as I turned back toward the door. It was a mailman, obviously, carrying a big plain box. “Sign here, please!” I did signed, and he handed it to me. It wasn’t very heavy if at all. I wondered for a moment what could be inside. As I was walking into the kitchen I heard little footsteps upstairs. “Misha!” I called “Handy Manny is here!” There was a short quiet pause as the footsteps stopped, then a loud exciting shriek followed by the sound of fast running little feet. Misha’s face was a sign of utter joy and happiness. “I can’t believe it! Handy Manny!!” – more high pitch noises and dancing. We’ve opened the box, and there he was! Handy Manny in his own plastic little person! 
Historical box that Handy Manny came in... 
I could just squeeze you and hug you!!
All parts on the floor...
Let's fix it..! Or "You break it, mommy fixes it" in my version hahaha But let us follow the instructions first...
Ready for his first stroll through the Kitchen City Hall...
Set of Handy Manny Stickers
That's just to show you the size of Handy Manny figure
After all, it was a great day for Misha. She played with her new friend the whole time. I think the reason behind why this toy conquered her heart is because she had to use included Philippe and Turner characters to actually build the bike – like in the movie.
It was a first ever giveaway contest that I’ve ever entered and I already won! If I just could have that luck all the time!
My son just turned 8.
We had a birthday party, presents, balloons and lot of fun.
Josh was so happy to host his birthday party.
He had to have a birthday hat – even when I was thinking he’s too old.
And for the first time ever he ate his birthday cake. That really surprised me. He NEVER even tried his own cake before!
Go figure!
He didn’t even take out his toys throughout the day when I was cleaning and preparing everything for the party.
I was surprised. Again.
The party went PERFECT! At least this is what he said. I think it’s because everyone brought Lego sets…
If mom has an ambition to make her 8 year old an engineer and buys him a TECHNIC Lego designated from 9 up…
Then she has to build it herself! It took me 2 days! My back and neck still hurts..!
Some more Lego up there…
I was cleaning 2 days after that party. I would step on Lego everywhere like zillion times. And we ate cake leftovers for three days. Yummm!
It was all worth it.
And to think that not so long ago he was just a little cutest boy I’ve ever seen… He seems so grown up now!
Happy Birthday sweetie!
Apr7
It’s been a while…
As you maybe guessed I was busy decorating our new place.
It gets exhausting.
Really, especially if you want to get everything perfect.
Now I am going to slow down.
Take a break and enjoy some free time.
During the time of my blogosphere absence:
I won (first time ever) a toy giveaway! I never win anything so that was kind of spectacular for me. I was like “what?? I won????” My kids will enjoy their new Handy Manny motorcycle when it gets here! I’ll post some photos. They still don’t know about the prize so they will be very much surprised!
I was saddened by the big earthquake in Indonesia…
I’ve read a great post at Becca’s blog about how she’s managing her kids addictiveness to games and I found the solution she came up with very useful, so I though I’ll post a link to her article. My kids are computer games addicts too (are there any kids today that aren’t???? I’d really like to know. Then I probably would feel terrible about my parenting skills… so share with me or… not! ), something that I secretly and openly hate, secretly, because I show it less on the outside than I really feel about it on the inside. I found really great tips in Becca’s post and it encouraged me to be more strict about gaming habits of my kids. Thanks Becca!
Eva
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