Our Week by iPhone- Get all up in our business

I've been following Amy at  A Good Life for a while..
but I decided todayyy to join in on her weekly iPhone post!
I love the idea of linking up with everyone to share and see images from their week!
if you are nosy like me check it out. ;) 


I blogged about  ben and I giving each other iPhones for Valentine's Day..
and I pretty much am hooked on instagram. it's so cool!! I love following people, some of them my favorite bloggers, and seeing this candid look into their day to day adventures!
It's funny because lots of the moms I follow have similar photos..cute baby ones..
what we made for dinner..what we are wearing.. it's fun!
Do you instagram?? Find me @thebusybudgetingmama!!


DRESS UP &
SISTERS BEING SISTERS
Sophia is really into playing wedding day. she has been for the past year..
She loves looking at the photos of ben and I getting married..so do I. :)
She is wearing my veil from my bachelorette party..but she kept tormenting her sister by telling her she was the prince. and sienna, even though she is little, knew that she did not want to be the prince..and kept saying with a pouty face "no. no." haha.



ADVENTURES.
As posted the other day.. I was given tickets to the screening for The Lorax here in Pittsburgh.
My sophia was SO EXCITED..she even napped with her ticket the day before. yeah. crazy excited. She loves going to the movies..but this time ben and I were both taking her (instead of taking turns like usual) We had a sitter for sienna so we could make a fun morning out of it!
The morning of the movie started out kind of crazy...
On our way to the sitters we realized we left the diaper bag at home..turned around.
then on the way back realized one of the wind shield wipers was broken..
and with the snowy mess out we had to switch babies and baby gear into our other car.
sooo...we were running late to the movie..
which was not good because the space was limited and the seats were first come first serve. Sadly the place was PACKED...and they had overbooked the theatre by 50 (glad I didn't pass out all of the free tickets they gave me..who knows if they would have gotten in!) I had about 15 of us able to get in..but some of my people who came out for it weren't able to get through the line...It was very disappointing. I'm going to get in touch with my contact to see if they can do anything..and I'm hoping they will be kind and not fall back on their "get there early" clause. I felt bad for the theatre who was put in a bad place with having them put out so many tickets and overbook the place.. it was chaos.
But BESIDES THAT CRAZINESS...it was a great movie..
and my sophia loved it. YOU ALL SHOULD GO SEE THE LORAX!
really cute.. the 3D effects were amazing. and the script was really funny.
I laughed out loud :) I am grateful for the tickets the promo group gave me..
but next time in my helping to promote a screening I will be
way more vocal in saying get there early. lesson learned. :)
It was fun at the end of the movie passing out all the t-shirt and fluffy tree pencils and coloring pages that they sent me! It's funny how if people see you passing things out in a theatre they try to get in on it. I couldn't say no..I just unloaded all the goodies! It was really fun.



FOOD.
One day for lunch I made muffin tin deep dish pizza.
It took 3 minutes to prep. 10 minutes to cook.
the girls loved them. why??
1. they could hold the whole thing in their hand.
2. anything in a cupcake pan looks good to them. haha.
We worked on leftovers all week from the vegeterian
version of the Pioneer Woman's Chicken Tortilla Soup..
and a weekly favorite.. Homemade Pizza with wheat flour this time!
and I will never use white flour again! it was so yummy.
I'll be posting a bunch of new recipes that I've been loving later this week...
with full list of ingredients and directions.
easy, delicious, fast recipes.

PRINTABLES
I made up some Treat Bag Tags for St. Patrick's Day.
They are all over Pinterest now! and the sales are coming in. yay for DIY-ers )

What I wore. What Sophia wore.
My favorite top right now is my polka dot one from H&M.
Sophia's favorite outfit right now..her super girl costume.
I'm pretty sure ben took her out of the house in this the other day. wonderful.

Play time in our house.
floor snuggles. super girl "to the wescueee!" playing mommy. playing baby.
playing with race cars by putting fairy stickers all over them. (this is a GIRL house.)
sophia came up to me and said mommy come here I want to show you something.
first thought..panic. this doesn't always end well..
but I was pleasantly surprised..she just wanted me to put a show on for her kids
aka all her stuffed animals she lined up on the couch.

Wednesday was ash wednesday.

As Catholics, we celebrate Ash Wednesday..and it marks the start of Lent and preparation for Easter.. when we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead! BIG PARTY.

In case you didn't know..the ashes are made from the palm leaves being burned from Palm Sunday the year before.The Priest puts ashes on our forehead and says "thou art dust and to dust you shall return" This act helps to remind us of the mortality of our lives and calls us to repentance. I have been very aware this past year in how short life can be(since losing shannon)..and this is not our home.. and that we should strive each day to reach heaven..our true home!

Sophia was beyond excited to go to church and get ashes.

I told her they will put a cross on her forehead.

She sweetly whispered a request for an angel instead of a cross. haha..

Even if you are not Catholic..or even Christian..

we should all reflect on the shortness of life..how we should take advantage of

each day to love each other as we would want to be loved.