Photo Shoot

Looking to do a black and white photo wall in my dining room.

My latest project

Merry Christmas Miss L, wanted it to be a surprise, but I had to size her head. Was impatient to learn to crochet, because I was looking for something other than playing solitaire on my iphone when I watch the news at night...enter youtube.com, mission accomplished

All things butterfly....

I knew if I didn't get this post out today, it wouldn't be out for months. Miss L's birthday party was today. We had so much fun with the butterfly theme, and trying to making it economical (like making our own pinata).

I love planning for these with her and enlisting my kids help. It was nice this morning to have Gary take the boys so Miss L and I could finish decorating the cupcakes and hanging streamers.

7 little girls had a blast decorating butterfly posters, butterfly cookies, eating pizza and butterfly cupcakes, and killing a poor homemade butterfly pinata. They were so quiet and shy at the beginning of the party and absolutely strung out on sugar and new friendships by the end. Happy Birthday Miss L.

Miss L is 6

Six seems so old to me, I can't believe she is so big. I have decided 6 is the perfect age. Over all the sleepless night, potty training, and just starting to discover the world, but still needs me. I love that she loves to read, and learn about the planets, and finish craft projects, and still has the imagination she can do anything with. She is still a spitfire, Glad she is mine.

How to make a pinata

1) Enlist help of any 3 year-old- boy.

2) Create wet mummy balloons

3) Wait days for it to dry.
4) Buy lots of crepe paper
5) Add wings and candy, and have daughter design face
6) Smash to pieces

Thanksgiving weekend

Gary was on call, so we had a nice relaxing weekend at home. It was pretty cold, we had a morning in the woods, and dinner with good friends. It was just relaxing. We did have one cornstarch incident with the food preparation, but nothing too major.

Trunk or Treat

We had Medusa, bugman, spiderman, and Tigger. I wasn't going to dress as anything, but I am married to a goofball, who ordered 100 bugs and snakes on the the internet. We had a lot of fun with them~my hair, Miss L's hair, Gary's face. We ate lots of treats and got lots of treats. It was definately above my expectations, and the kids loved it. Lil' G counted all his candy when he got home. That is very much something I would have done when I was little.

Fall Treats

Making Caramel Apples

Neighborhood pumpkin patch. Lots of free food and free pumpkins.

Witch Hats. My neighbor made us these last week, so we decided to make some more for Family Home Evening tonight. Lil' G made them, so easy.

We also made a few of these this weekend when Lil' G's friend came over, but they are already gone.

Van Gogh

He tried to become Van Gogh yesterday. It was my first trip to the ER ever. Hopefully the last. I was surprised how happy he was despite the IV in his arm and the obvious reason we were there. It doesn't take much by way of toys, to entertain a 1 year old for hours on end in a hospital room. It is lucky that we had a sink, since his favorite thing to do is wash his hands, dry them, and take the paper to the trash. This was accomplished at least 87 times.

We will be sporting this look for the next week. Hasn't slowed him down at all. He is not supposed to bump anything for the next 48 hours, which has turned me in to the paranoid mom. He toddles, every step looks like he is going to bump anything and everything. I don't know if I am cut out to be a mom of active crazy boys... too late for that.

It finally rained in Texas...

Although we were planning on the pool, we finally got rain in Texas, which is so badly needed. We have been praying for it in church for several weeks now. I hope it put out some of the fires here and in Bastrop. We had a brush fire about 1/2 mile from our house 2 weeks ago, and it can be scary. Anyway, the kids enjoyed splashing in the water just the same.

Here is our new little sister. Unfortunately, we had one boy raincoat and 2 girl raincoats, so Mr. B got the shaft. He makes a cute girl.

This was his favorite thing. Filling up this bucket from the gutter, and ...

pouring it on this little plant. It was really cute.