Whew!

Has it been a week since I last blogged?! Here's a little look at what we have been up to.

A little golf ball painting with the trio.

One of Nate's assignments was to narrate a story to me, so we decided to have a little fun with it. We built a city then wrote a story about a little girl who was visiting that city. Her name was Tex Mariposa ( I will let you guess which child came up with which name)

Every city has a Target right?!

JD decided to get in the action

And our city even came with a tornado disguised as a little brother!


Here is what I have been working on!

This is a Easter dress for my cousin's little girl. All the smocking is done, just need to sew it up.

My baby boy is turning 2 on Sunday. I can't believe it!

We on going on week 2 of no pacifier. This is the earliest I have taken one away. J was 3 1/2!! So far so good just makes me think he is getting so big.

Here is his birthday outfit. I haven't put the buttons on yet, my model is already asleep.

Of course sister needed a matching one!

300th Post!!

When I started this post I noticed that this is my 300th post!

You know you have a good man when he doesn't throw away the boxes to your new kitchen table because he knows you can use them for the kiddos!
(also I am saving boxes for VBS this year, never too early to start)



*** Marla don't look if you want to be surprised!!****

This baby gift is for my sweet friend in MO that just had her second baby. They didn't find out what they were having, which kills me!! Yes I totally ripped the airplane idea off from Shelly but I just love the way it looks:)

This was a great birthday weekend. I had the chance to have a little getaway with the girls to a homeschool conference. Great friends, lots of curriculum, and great coffee made for 2 very fun days. Thanks to Nanny and Pa who had the trio for part of it and my wonderful man who had the kiddos for the rest of my trip.
Speaking of my wonderful man, he had my mother's ring fixed for my birthday. It is gorgeous! I got it when J was born but quit wearing it after JD was born. I am thrilled to wear it again.
Jenna, Nana, and I spent the night at Auntie's Sat after our birthday celebration. We all made it to church the next morning with only one major meltdown!
While I was gone our kitchen table came in. Hubs had it put together when I got home. We can finally all sit at the table together and now we have room for visitors!

Parents Watch Day

Today was parents watch day at ballet. Miss J did so good. Afterwards we went to eat lunch at Chic-fil-a then headed for a quick trip to hobby lobby. Then we were off to the doctor's office. I am not sure what I was thinking when I scheduled this appt at 1:10 in the afternoon but I did. JD had to get his ears rechecked (all was clear!) and J had her 4 year old check up. I mean she has only been 4 since Nov!! She screamed so loud when they gave her the shot I thought my ears were going to bleed! As if we hadn't done enough we headed to Target to let her pick out a happy. So needless to say this moma made a big pot of coffee when we got home:)

We are in a unit about senses. I remembered making paper maiche(sp)masks in school so I thought we would give it a try, then paint them to be a face.


So far so good, he thought it was a great idea..


that was until I actually put it on him, he was not loving this!

But you know sis, she is bound and determined to do the opposite of Nate so she pretended it was great..

until after the popsicles was gone and then they were done with me and my crazy ideas. So I got a ball and wrapped it up and we are going to paint it to make a face.

I am sure that they will be a little more hesitant when I say "hey guys this is going to be fun!"

And on to the sewing..

I did these sweatshirts for my neighbors little girl. She found them at Kroger for $1.00!! I have wanted to do those little rainboots forever. I needed to buy JD a birthday applique so while there was a sale I got the boots too. I can not believe that in about a month he will be 2!