Creativity

This little Princess is very creative.  She colored little Pilgrims and Native Americans in school, and then brought them home cut them out and created her own stage, complete with curtain and stickers.  The video is short, but cute.

New craft

This is one of my new crafts for MOPS.  this is all for the bargain price of $1.80, it is a dollar store wreath form and coffee filters.  Plus ribbon I already had at home.    You can google the idea and find about 10 different tutorials.  I just love the cool look and I can throw it away in December and not feel guilty about it because I can always make another one next year. 

Advent ideas

Last year I posted every day in December about my favorite Christmas decorations. This year I was debating if I should do something similar. (favorite people, or books or something else?)  I need ideas.  Leave me a message and let me know if you have a great idea. 

Tea

The weather has been cooler, so the family has started drinking warm things again. They love hot chocolate, but Daddy usually drinks hot tea.  They finally decided to try it out.  (decaf tea by the way.)  The two little ones loved it, but Princess didn't like it. 

Flowers

I love getting flowers and my husband got me these this week.  They are great and were assembled by a great friend of mine.  You can check her out at her blog.

Reading time

Princess is getting to be quite the reader, she is even willing to read to her brother and sister.

Fall at the botanical garden

We decided to go hiking, and this week that just happened to be a walk at the Botanical Gardens. It was a beautiful fall afternoon with fantastic warm weather.  The roses were in bloom, and the kids loved smelling all the different varieties.

 The leaves were all beautiful colors.

 The kids and daddy got to climb trees that had fallen,

 This is Daddy and Nathan on the fallen tree from the other direction.  Jungle climbing.

 I wish they would let you take cuttings because all the holly and other berry bushes were beautiful and I would love some of these to decorate my house.

I love this picture of Daddy, he looks great with his binoculars looking at me.

Change of plans

What happens when you plan to take a day and go to Williamsburg and a little boy gets sick in the morning. 

We spend the day playing with Lego's on the living room floor.   I think they try and see how far they can spread the mess.

Teacher gifts

I am working on teacher Christmas gifts and thought I would make little fabric boxes and fill them with a bunch of little stuff.  First the box, I decided to make a sample first. It is a good thing, because I sewed it together wrong and this is not the dimensions I was planning, but I learned.  I don't know what I will use this for, but I like it.

 The fabric is cute, this is the outside... CAVEMEN

 This is the inside, it is the inside, kind of a retro masculine fabric. 

 This is the final project.. I think they turned out cute... I have a bunch of stuff to fill them.  That will be in the next few posts.

Burp clothes

I finally finished up using all the cloth diapers I had in my fabric stash.  I made lots of burp cloths for all of my friends that are pregnant.  It was nice to use up some of my flannel for these.   I have a friend who wants some to give away, so I may actually sell some of these.  That means more cash for fabric... I know it is a problem.

Back in the sewing room

I have been back in my sewing room and working on a bunch of projects.  Most of them short and simple.  It is nice to get a bunch of projects done in one day.  This is a coffee cozy, to replace the cardboard ones that you get at the coffee shop.  My mom brought me the fabric and I love it.  I know it is not on a coffee cup, but at the time I was drinking water and if fit around the cup. 

Halloween Candy

Ring Pops turn your tongue Blue... and your fingers sticky.

Wood

I love our wood stove, it is great, and keeps the house if we just keep it lit.  It may not be very pretty, but we love it.

 However, in order for us to have wood, Daddy loves to spend his time doing this.  Splitting wood.  He comes home from work and goes out there to get rid of some stress.  It is a good thing. 

 Of course, usually he has his crowd of admirers.  We don't know why, but they love to watch dad work.

Then there is this one.... she was inside working on her homework and complaining about it.

Zoo

We had a good time hanging out with Grandma and even took time to take the family to the zoo. It was a great day, even if it was a little bit cold.  

They like the groundhog tunnels.

The train ride was fun and we got to see the new construction and where the new tigers and other animals will be housed.

 It was cold and the lions were all in a pile taking a nap, it was cool to watch them stick up their heads and look around.

 We need a cage like this in our backyard.

 The bear loved climbing the walls.

 

BEAR!!

While Grandma was here we went to a craft fair, we actually didn't buy much, but couldn't pass up this.

New toy

I have been playing with my new camera lately.  It has settings for lots of things I am learning about.  My favorite is black and white.  I just love this picture of Buddy.   

My biggest issue is that we changed the format so that they would be possible to email and not be huge files, but we changed it too much, and the resolution is not the best, but I have changed it again, but the next few posts all have low resolution and look like they were taken with a camera phone. 

Ribbon blanket for my sister

 

My sister wanted to know how I made the Tag/ribbon blanket and what it looked like, so here it is.  This is minkee fabric on one side and cotton on the other.  It has ribbon all around and has velcro instead of ribbon at 3 locations, so you can attach it to a stoller, or car seat strap.  You can also attach a toy to one or more of the straps. 

New Camera

THANK YOU GRANDPA... some of your grandchildren loved posing for pictures with the new camera.  Other victims just ignored me and let me take pictures anyway.

We also love having Grandma come and visit.  The kids and I have had a great day.