Basement Renovation day 1 Eve

YAYAYAYAYA It's finally here. Basement renovation time. I don't think I can accurately convey my excitement for getting the basement playroom finished and the toys out of my living room, den, bedroom and whereever else. Here is what the basement looked like a few days ago before we cleaned it out:



Tomorrow you get to see what it looks like all cleaned up and cleared out (except for a couch that marc and I didn't feel like humping up the stairs and then back down in a few weeks).

Stay tuned for progress pix and probably some interesting stories....

Self Sufficiency

of the most basic kind (except he didn't mix it and deliver it):


What's next? A leaners permit????? Oy gavelt!

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas

from the Lif's!

How do I break it to my dear husband

that his first ever snow bonding session with Eva produced a sculpture that looked more like a snowpenis than a snowman????



He had so much fun making it that I don't even think I can.



And would it be wrong to knock it down early tomorrow morning before anyone drives by and actually sees it?

An Oxymoron

Vacationing with babies.

Tomorrow Marc and I will be getting up at 4:30 am to fly to Florida with both of the children to visit marc's parents. We'll spend 4 days tiptoeing around the hotel, apologizing to anyone and everyone for noisy disruptive kids, avoiding crowded restaurants like the plague, living out a of suitcase with only the bare necessities (due to the new jankerific luggage restrictions on all of the airlines) only to come home late Monday night and go to work on Tuesday. Sounds fun don't it????

Wordless Wednesday- The baby seal crawl

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

I have arrived people!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently if you google "Fun toddler photo shoots" my very own blog, ADayInTheLifeOfALif (The Toddler Photo Shoot Chronicles- The Christmas Installment), comes up in a not too shabby 7th place!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holla!!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to thank my mom, my hubby, my kids, Google and of course the Almighty for this wonderful honor!

Pondering Panties

This is the stuff that keeps me up at night.

Why is the word "panties" plural? I get that it's a spin off of pants and it's probably plural because pants is plural, so that begs the question why is the word pants plural? I understand why socks is plural and shoes as well but pants and panties and undies... I don't get it. I've also seen it called a "pair of pants" or a "pair of panties" or a "pair of undies". WHY????? When it's actually only one item of clothing. And since it's a *pair* of pant*s* shouldn't that mean there are actually 4 articles? Pant*s* should mean 2 at the very least and *pair* denotes a quantity of 2 as well. It stands to reason that a pair of pants should be at least 4 items, no? The only thing I can think of is it has something to do with the fact that their are 2 legs/holes in a typical pair of pants/panties. Uggggghhh. Can someone with a grasp of the English language or lots of useless knowledge please let me know why the makers of panties are cooking the books and overinflating their presence so? Please? Kthanxbai.

The Toddler Photo Shoot Chronicles - The Christmas Installment

If Santa were real and I were good enough to be deserving of a gift I would most assuredly ask him to turn my kids into well behaved, good picture taking, cheese saying, pose cooperating charming precious little muffins for like 10 stinking minutes. Be honest with me- is that too much to ask? Since you and I know Santa is a crock I'm stuck with non posing, hair messer-uppers, drooling like a wrinkle dog, non cheese uttering, non cute being, opposite of charming and most UNprecious little devils. So this is installment 3 of the Toddler Photo Shoot Chronicles- The Christmas Shoot. To refresh your memory Shoot 1 was baby announcement day and it yeilded that horrendous but terribly funny picture of ookie that made him look like he was pinching out one. Shoot 2 was Target day which yeilded... NOTHING... well nothing purchasable or usable thanks to the girl child. So as not to disappoint, Shoot 3 was so exactly predictable. There was drool, drama, crying, smacking, running and hiding, bribing, more crying and finally defeat. Be on the lookout for a Christmas card that will literally send shivers up Mammar's spine (sorry Mammar but that's what you get for being away again during another Toddler photo shoot).

Here are some of the more notable shots:

















I know people. There ain't a damn thing right with them. The "set" sucks, the lighting is horrific, the angles are horrendous and as if all of that wasn't bad enough the children were most uncooperative. I've been wanting to buy a fancy new camera but for a while but I know that won't make the children want to behave so I'm saving myself the loot. Their outfits are presh though, no?