tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25737163666662654802024-02-20T02:18:16.641-08:00a mom, a wife, and a meKatie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-44816069130485695782012-09-13T15:02:00.002-07:002012-09-13T15:02:51.785-07:00Let's talk suicide<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you are fallowing along with my blog then you know that last December my family suffered a huge loss. My big brother took his own life. A moment that forever has changed my life. The wounds are still raw, I still pick up the phone to call him all the time. I think about things he is missing everyday. I can not imagen how life with ever be normal again. He did leave behind my nephew. A bubbly 5 year old who just started kindergarden. I know someday he will put the pieces together and realize the situation, I hope though with your support, by that time will have a much better understanding of suicide and prefentable things in place. To help make that happen there is a great program called AFSP.IN THE UNITED STATES, a person dies by suicide every 14.2 minutes, claiming more than 36,000 lives each year. It is estimated that an attempt is made every minute; with close to one million people attempting suicide annually. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S., the third leading cause of death among those 15-24 years old, and individuals ages 65 and older account for 16 percent of all suicide deaths. This is a public health issue that does not discriminate by age, gender, ethnicity, or socio economic status. Im participating in a walk in October and if you are able would you please make a donation to our team. Even if it only lets one more person asnwer one more call that might save one more life I can tell you personally one person saved will cure tons of broken hearts for those of us that get left behind.<br />
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My personal goal is $150, our team goal is $1000 even if you can only donate $1 it will go to save the life of someone who is truely lost in one moment of weakness <br />
Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-74600859366505788912012-09-10T11:10:00.001-07:002012-09-10T11:10:32.919-07:00Tea Parties and Aprons<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Well today marks a very big day in our house. Brooklyn started Kindergartner!! Two down Two to go!! But before her first big day as a real schooler, she got to have a pretty awesome time with her besties at a tea party on Saturday. Her best friend Maddy hosted the party at her house and it was a huge it. The girls got to decorate cupcakes, drink tea, and of course rock the leotards as fashion (if you have a ballet/gymnast 5 year old you totally understand that!) As a hostess gift I made all the girls aprons, since the one I made Brooklyn for Christmas was something the Grinch himself would have made I was pleasantly pleased how these ones came out. </div>
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Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-47254048249043974232012-08-30T13:21:00.000-07:002012-08-30T13:22:03.537-07:00happy birthday to my niece and nephews!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Part of our summer vacation took us for to my SIL for her kids birthday! Hard to believe they are already two, hand to believe Carson is already two! She threw a cute little ice cream sundae party with pools for the little kids to splash around in. The weather was amazing! My SIL is planning on home schooling (God grant her the patients and strength for that one!) so I jumped at the chance to make them something educational. For their birthday last year I made them a cloth book about colors and one about shapes. The down fall is there are three of them and sharing at that age.... well you all have kids and you can all relate! I really liked the idea of a busy book, partly because I never finished Coltons and partly because I always have so many ideas running though my brain that its hard to nail down one design for anything. I came up with a basic idea of an ABC book but I really didn't want to make 3. So I came up with this :</div>
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The thought it that they can either read it like a book on mom and dads lap or they can lay it down open on the floor and all 3 of them can play at one time! The pages were a combination of fabric printing and and fun interactive thing. Here are a few of my favorite pages.</div>
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Im hoping to make a few and put them on Etsy. We will see I always make things as gift but never seem to find the motivation to put them on Etsy. I think I have a hidden fear of failing. Here are the kids enjoying time with their cousins.</div>
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We had a really good time up there. Hope we dont have to wait another year to get the kids together... now how am I going to top this cool book for Christmas :) <br />
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Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-30477023518370210852012-08-30T12:56:00.001-07:002012-08-30T12:56:53.902-07:00Yeah summer is almost over!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I know I know where oh where did I go?! I feel like it has been summer forever and for that most every moment of my life has been spent watching kids! My kids, your kids, his kids, her kids. There hasn't been one day where it has just been my kids at my house. Im not complaining, I heart kids (let me clarify when they arnt being piles of mouse poop!) Then we did the vacation thing and that was tons of fun. We went and saw my SIL and her babies (wait for the gift post coming up!) and then up to Port Angelst for visit more family and there we did mounds of things and on the way back we stopped at Forks :) yup we took our twilight loving kiddos to Forks :) to bad the parent in laws rushed us through it but seeing Brooklyn's eyes huge and giddy the whole time I honestly cant complain to much, well on here at least if you are a friend who listen to me complain I love you and you love your forks swag so its worth it :) We went fishing and to Mt St helens to do the ape caves and lava tubes. If you are from the area you totally have to make a trip up there it was so worth it! We also enjoyed an awesome night of glow stick swimming with a movie on the side of the house and that was crazy fun, it should also be noted that we watched The Lorax about 20 billion times, so much the baby sings all the songs all the time. So with out further ado here is a glimpse at our summer!</div>
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Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-24018258677987122082012-07-12T10:58:00.001-07:002012-07-12T10:58:19.876-07:00Having Kids is like Having Parents AgainI enjoy night time because the kids and the husband are in bed, no one to nag me off a project 30 times an hour. I'm pretty behind on things lately so I was enjoying a late night soda, Green Day on Pandora and working on a huge busy book project I'm in the middle of and low and behold little mister needy baby get up at 130... so I walk him into our room and push him on the husband and sneak back down the hall. Pitter patter pitter patter down the hall he comes less then a minute later. I could tell my night of dance party for one was over (insert sad annoyed face here) So I snuggle into bed with him and he just as I shut my eyes he asks for water, I get up get him a cup come back and he is sound asleep side ways on my bed... I pushed him over, attempted to cover up with the only corner of blanket that was left, jump forward 10 miutes, 2 more kids get in bed I get no covers and the I get a pitbull whose spot was taken by said children laying on my pillow breathing his dog breath in my face... alas I need a vacation but then I started thinking. ....<br />
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Having Kids is Like Having Parents Again <br />
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Parents: Tell you when to eat <br />
Kids: as soon as you sit down to eat ask for something, again and again so basically tell you when to eat <br />
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Parents: Tell you what to eat.<br />
Kids: Will eat anything and everything off your plate as soon as you sit down, so basically telling you what you can eat. <br />
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Parents: Tell you what to wear. <br />
Kids: So soon as you put on something you want to wear they wipe their face, snot, or dirty hands on you, telling you what to wear.<br />
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Parents: Tell you to go to bed.<br />
Kids: As soon as your movie gets to the best part they wake up and 'tell' you to go to bed.<br />
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Parents: Tell you to clean your room.<br />
Kids: As soon as they are in bed you realize no one picked up anything, basically telling you to clean your room.<br />
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Parents: Tell you not to eat junk food.<br />
Kids: Stick their hands under the bathroom door whining cause they know you are eating the last pack of fruit snacks.<br />
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Parents: Always brag in.<br />
Kids: Always brag in... and always at the wrong moment...<br />
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Parents: love you unconditionally<br />
Kids: love you unconditionally <br />
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So this is what I think about when I'm in bed at 2 am with a snoring husband, 3 snoring kids, 2 snoring dogs, knowing I have to wake that 4th kid up at 6 for school..Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-84909500797401042962012-06-15T08:42:00.005-07:002012-06-15T09:34:36.750-07:00How I became a rebelIm not normally a rule breaker, as a matter o' fact im pretty much a rule maker :) rule and direction make life flow much smoother, however I do I have small issue with authority makes a bad judgment call. My recent cross over to the dark side was 5 year olds in ballet class. We have a end of year recital and the theme is princesses. My first issue was 4 of the 6 girls are Disney princesses. Cute right?! yes, but the other two are Barbie princesses... correct me if im wrong but Disney had a lot more then 4 princesses.... Brooklyn got cast as Belle, no complaints there she love love loves Belle, her most favorite princess ever. He dress is so cute! Its puffy and twirly and spectacular (although it doesn't need a red flower which we are working on)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n_TMyMW1DYC8VursOrHAcs7MBsKljPuIbydreYTXcdr4h6QC-iMQ1-m4d1v6TWUh07SWaRy1qO8AE7mgioNTp34UNxcRpH4ouOIgRZjSHQKh9brJOxa5EnQqt4cWn7bjUvw3WL_qfxyc/s1600/IMG959870.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7n_TMyMW1DYC8VursOrHAcs7MBsKljPuIbydreYTXcdr4h6QC-iMQ1-m4d1v6TWUh07SWaRy1qO8AE7mgioNTp34UNxcRpH4ouOIgRZjSHQKh9brJOxa5EnQqt4cWn7bjUvw3WL_qfxyc/s400/IMG959870.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754302531241235714" /></a><br /> So where does my rebel fever come in? Right here. Our best friend Maddy is a sweety pie, we baby sit her and take her to ballet with us. She was cast as little mermaid. Disney princess? Check. So why issues with little miss under the sea? Because they other girls, Disney and barbie princesses, are in short puffy twirly ballet princess costumes and miss Maddy gets this....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-JK8en39K1UNX0n-Mrsb6IKIwZQthgCw0XF2dig6dFk0H8w1AC4zNFVmEj4Q5gPLLz7N1xDOZ__nkPWmTUo13K8RbJI-r0KJlUnng_ZKsOkJ32MwMc9XA0MSOMEruiXh6LhrXIi3g37T/s1600/Picture+4254.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-JK8en39K1UNX0n-Mrsb6IKIwZQthgCw0XF2dig6dFk0H8w1AC4zNFVmEj4Q5gPLLz7N1xDOZ__nkPWmTUo13K8RbJI-r0KJlUnng_ZKsOkJ32MwMc9XA0MSOMEruiXh6LhrXIi3g37T/s400/Picture+4254.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754298932829875458" /></a><br /><br />Not only is it not little mermaid colors, but its a floor length gown and they are doing a BALLET dance!!! And its tight to boot!! So poor Maddy trying to dance with the other girls in class and knowing she got the poop end of the stick kept a brave face until she got home. Who thinks to do that to a 5 year old? The costumes were bought from different places and one quick search on ETSY proved that a long mermaid costume wasn't the only one on the market. So rebel fever kicked and and me and Miss Maddy's mom agreed the dress would need to be changed. So we here it is... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps3Olwmf23nnK9MHfvFIoIzlvH_HJmy1Nt8gWJjqL3DbjbeLIspo82W4B-rruEe8CYXY1uh64vWL1nHweyBVQjKhbxp9ziI0aeeIdbbD40BX39vktj3_ZtlbVh3DjBW2CQl3e55M3DO70/s1600/Picture+4187.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjps3Olwmf23nnK9MHfvFIoIzlvH_HJmy1Nt8gWJjqL3DbjbeLIspo82W4B-rruEe8CYXY1uh64vWL1nHweyBVQjKhbxp9ziI0aeeIdbbD40BX39vktj3_ZtlbVh3DjBW2CQl3e55M3DO70/s400/Picture+4187.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5754299297819269794" /></a><br /><br />Im so pleased on how it came out! now its short and twirly and poofy and no way mistakable little mermaid! Now lets sit back and hope the ballet teacher doesn't notice :)Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-8867807594611121232012-02-20T10:30:00.000-08:002012-02-20T10:37:20.313-08:00In the Mail Monday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3HcJPH4yxGWchXCnmL4pq_j1Wb_qxmcMGO8Y2RN_0yHNfBZpxt1ejxYxxnz92nLJ0Yhpm06KH6kIwh2AEXk_BxR2-PFHw4DCbkkqpIenU1PJ2fHPhp3UQjwPAVBLKnV7czfF4nS_Pw7i/s1600/Picture+228.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3HcJPH4yxGWchXCnmL4pq_j1Wb_qxmcMGO8Y2RN_0yHNfBZpxt1ejxYxxnz92nLJ0Yhpm06KH6kIwh2AEXk_BxR2-PFHw4DCbkkqpIenU1PJ2fHPhp3UQjwPAVBLKnV7czfF4nS_Pw7i/s400/Picture+228.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711288212807318482" /></a><br />This weekend we went to a very awesome party for a pretty little 5 year old we know and at that super cool party there was a lady making balloon animals! She did an amazing job and my kids were completely thrilled. So for our mail on Monday we decided to send out pen pals balloon letters (I had to explain to my kids that I could not make a balloon animal and send it in the mail because 1 im not that talented and 2 there was a certain popping issue) So blew up some white balloons and wrote our letters on them and popped them into the mail!<br />(Please note we used a pump to blow the balloons up so the germ thing isnt a factor)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuTpXvtv4lIpQHuCmt_2Y_ISdafOfueW1vsvCaff13Ix6zRTsR2kPhMClDXrnJosn1Riy3a-YnF2cH8KOlu2TWigkq1ZUjlBjAQJfi2xZieMsiGu-64QS5Mp45AVQ0HiV77PnSMqxyMeC/s1600/Picture+229.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuTpXvtv4lIpQHuCmt_2Y_ISdafOfueW1vsvCaff13Ix6zRTsR2kPhMClDXrnJosn1Riy3a-YnF2cH8KOlu2TWigkq1ZUjlBjAQJfi2xZieMsiGu-64QS5Mp45AVQ0HiV77PnSMqxyMeC/s400/Picture+229.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711288401631352338" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-29706261134352028152012-02-19T11:24:00.000-08:002012-02-19T11:42:30.881-08:00Im back and CoralineSo for the last few weeks it has been party after party and for some reason I have an aversion to posting all the projects that I make... I will work on that! Yesterday we went to the coolest Candy Land birthday party ever! (Isnt that an amazing theme) They had a balloon lady there who was incredible and she did neat face painting too! I didnt take a pictures of the Coraline Dress Up outfit I made miss Maddy but I will have here mom send me a picture. But I did make my first doll! I dont Do patterns, So I made if up as I went along. Minus the face painting (I think I might YouTube how to stitch faces) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFlDCp3vaEsMf65Wx49ALHIdWiphgcYZfkidZSyc68hsuxR11IdLLw7hW4_GDxMtjZ9btTwEF4Lr3vnaEI0R9AA5J2vFR3p7feWIr8zUU-YZ-GeYJewKa7mndbZSNX9oz-Dc8b90IdPFd/s1600/Picture+222.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFlDCp3vaEsMf65Wx49ALHIdWiphgcYZfkidZSyc68hsuxR11IdLLw7hW4_GDxMtjZ9btTwEF4Lr3vnaEI0R9AA5J2vFR3p7feWIr8zUU-YZ-GeYJewKa7mndbZSNX9oz-Dc8b90IdPFd/s400/Picture+222.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710931791845601010" /></a><br /><br />I think she turned out pretty darn cute. Here is a picture of my first one I made. I totally think I might put them in my Etsy shop (Which I finally made a logo for) My goal this week is to get all my mounting piles of stuff on there. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9qn1SjZrP0eX8BFa0fIl4tTG_iloWuOWCVIm2UkhN01W0T1dAY2e0kp3vMYxmZKWgirzyf4IhY77P6gKJLfCNw2BrmtWc_3L90eQFz0g-DWzIU2a9QTnJtjyu9-20WKGCqNbLqJ1CCAX/s1600/Picture+223.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9qn1SjZrP0eX8BFa0fIl4tTG_iloWuOWCVIm2UkhN01W0T1dAY2e0kp3vMYxmZKWgirzyf4IhY77P6gKJLfCNw2BrmtWc_3L90eQFz0g-DWzIU2a9QTnJtjyu9-20WKGCqNbLqJ1CCAX/s400/Picture+223.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710931963267248706" /></a><br /><br />AND look who finally decided to participate in swim lessons! Yup third times the charm!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf7MrU0OkjvOq9mnu3XSWDoHmB5brem5TNvC5yys4Bpnj9zOjZNO8mriYkaf-A2Mw-Y7FUTi62zsdN7RqtT9myImsj1pdPR4l_WfWU8RRAsY4t6jKmYML1imZwTmYikhUaxhMR74zeg-x/s1600/Picture+225.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPf7MrU0OkjvOq9mnu3XSWDoHmB5brem5TNvC5yys4Bpnj9zOjZNO8mriYkaf-A2Mw-Y7FUTi62zsdN7RqtT9myImsj1pdPR4l_WfWU8RRAsY4t6jKmYML1imZwTmYikhUaxhMR74zeg-x/s400/Picture+225.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710932412811460370" /></a><br />He spent the first 15 minutes then I said "Colton, you get in there and try and we can go get the Captain America movie" He hopped right off the wall and has been fine since... Grr kids lol... and Brooklyn takes swim so serious they are trying to switch her to a more advanced class (She feels pretty proud about that!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme8O3blofoWD7-yJja5IoFtRVs5yOfKTTPPzZWNZUYQeZMWC-puAETnmlMSV-k2arbVtUViqfSOgxd8uF4L9fV3oZROIftvYpjZ8slX3fOf5uHk5p1Ok05SUnqVGu5KazUPrgVbrC-eS7/s1600/Picture+224.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhme8O3blofoWD7-yJja5IoFtRVs5yOfKTTPPzZWNZUYQeZMWC-puAETnmlMSV-k2arbVtUViqfSOgxd8uF4L9fV3oZROIftvYpjZ8slX3fOf5uHk5p1Ok05SUnqVGu5KazUPrgVbrC-eS7/s400/Picture+224.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710933229985803330" /></a><br /><br />And I got my nephew for 5 days and that was amazing.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ex5BjT63hNg99otIDECdcqgkVsbL8hY05BWwUcQj5uPZIPphfGgA1UeHmSJOhV3-112v67y4LncJX0UqKHiasajXDTdNy32U6Gpj3Lo_bDAHRVsAJlUOwybozPiMMGgPLsc6gCGD4vyj/s1600/Picture+226.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ex5BjT63hNg99otIDECdcqgkVsbL8hY05BWwUcQj5uPZIPphfGgA1UeHmSJOhV3-112v67y4LncJX0UqKHiasajXDTdNy32U6Gpj3Lo_bDAHRVsAJlUOwybozPiMMGgPLsc6gCGD4vyj/s400/Picture+226.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710933658331621986" /></a><br />It breaks my heart when he talks about my brother though, but he seems to really be doing ok with it. He didnt want to leave which makes me happier still. It was alot of funny having the 5 of them together. And promptly after words Danger decided he would start having seizures again... a moms life is never in break mode for long :(Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-15001594515106932782012-02-14T07:50:00.000-08:002012-02-14T09:15:41.958-08:00Happy Valentines Dayxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox <br />Im not going to sugar coat it when it came to my husband talking me into more kids we were in negotiation for awhile. One of his requirements that he helped them restore a car for their first car, one of mine, they all got to make homemade valentine day cards and none of them had to match.... and I wish this was a joke but we have a long list of what we get to do with so many kids :)<br />So this year we were totally inspired by Pinterest and the blogs I stalk but for somereaon the printable I found my computer was like 'umm no you cant use something someone else made make it yourself' and wouldn't let me use the cutest printouts I have ever seen!<br />So these are the ones we made and if your computer isn't being controlling please feel free to right click save and print these (better late then never right?)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F1iYNodVTkDyq3Q5AUnRgHrIBTWyU6onR9rZ6U__YLZpsPQYwj_uIUsexA_bLE-dEa7IBCNWSdifcXoMH2dZmH7OQh-SQZShgbIfgU6CDPhR0XAWehZ5GNRwoJeBCguj7CIfSN1CW_gw/s1600/Picture+218.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6F1iYNodVTkDyq3Q5AUnRgHrIBTWyU6onR9rZ6U__YLZpsPQYwj_uIUsexA_bLE-dEa7IBCNWSdifcXoMH2dZmH7OQh-SQZShgbIfgU6CDPhR0XAWehZ5GNRwoJeBCguj7CIfSN1CW_gw/s400/Picture+218.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709025217676455650" /></a><br /><br />Justin really enjoyed purging his dinosaur stash, and encase you dont get it, it say you make my heart soar but with saur from dinosaur :) (My husband stared at it for along time before he asked what it meant.. in fairness there wasnt a dinosaur on it yet!)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtEtzntv2KoZoqLd5NoaNAPHfWnB_ivwHeArdwyipJIoJ4hBzfsVpeI8H6O9jmr4D6MqQOwcsTMxNLXlgTNNeGotJRzXVc3iSRMrkBeFDjf5F_EM7SdkBlnTlq2x201mSLknP-UEOuAul/s1600/zz3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtEtzntv2KoZoqLd5NoaNAPHfWnB_ivwHeArdwyipJIoJ4hBzfsVpeI8H6O9jmr4D6MqQOwcsTMxNLXlgTNNeGotJRzXVc3iSRMrkBeFDjf5F_EM7SdkBlnTlq2x201mSLknP-UEOuAul/s400/zz3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709025441446811986" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqh8VqpFo73yZ7IellOKxBsLXLcKFMC9y6wblQbNcUp3idwvbN34P3TGDtMywdCgMnDj8pfYOTOWMcq1dK09B2dPtDm3PaZVC5CAcpu_c1I9EtP3ULqNbG1ixxyI9xi9CVnEd9EwavRME/s1600/Picture+219.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpqh8VqpFo73yZ7IellOKxBsLXLcKFMC9y6wblQbNcUp3idwvbN34P3TGDtMywdCgMnDj8pfYOTOWMcq1dK09B2dPtDm3PaZVC5CAcpu_c1I9EtP3ULqNbG1ixxyI9xi9CVnEd9EwavRME/s400/Picture+219.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709025640034150514" /></a><br /><br />Colton is totally into bugs so when we saw one like this online he was hooked. I love the idea of them getting a toy, a small dinky one but its still better then another lolly pop!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiRGkBYrFa7piVsoCWEi0bGCJUHnD6XhQieKrxAM6pox0hjzmsvS5txohYqgE9HD1MGsB_5U5bPcLbH24aWny-5fP6ae-rQLqBVGkHLhdT3LfmrBjlZuVbsk90iwUKytz-M70eGoIigur/s1600/zz2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiRGkBYrFa7piVsoCWEi0bGCJUHnD6XhQieKrxAM6pox0hjzmsvS5txohYqgE9HD1MGsB_5U5bPcLbH24aWny-5fP6ae-rQLqBVGkHLhdT3LfmrBjlZuVbsk90iwUKytz-M70eGoIigur/s400/zz2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709025930707682482" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWucmx2dSzkI7ZjpYoxzOdAWoil7UWgH8qdidLaAyazq5Ry5kdZzPq4eT5jhoNa234Ld6gvtqahxVPjX5-3NM3MhiqfSlwuJuNJCyyY4OkMk7GMTE8XIMnfcfXQzwRsHmUU2Ixz94Msy4/s1600/Picture+220.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWucmx2dSzkI7ZjpYoxzOdAWoil7UWgH8qdidLaAyazq5Ry5kdZzPq4eT5jhoNa234Ld6gvtqahxVPjX5-3NM3MhiqfSlwuJuNJCyyY4OkMk7GMTE8XIMnfcfXQzwRsHmUU2Ixz94Msy4/s400/Picture+220.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709026224256291826" /></a><br /><br />Miss complicated NEEDED candy on hers. I had saved a post a couple of year ago about a firefly made out of Easter eggs and batter operated tea lights we made a set and put the timer ones in them and play fire fly hunt during the summer because once it gets dark they all turn on at the same time... so cute... anyways Brooklyn made these cute bugs but loaded them with candy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWnanw30PMnZMxBxRIdW_rA4PmpxJ149meiCmOnbO2TEHkW3eNKmQyY2kHSYWPT6iNBRLKZCcgx5CmSPyKH6HoACDD1HOBbVtszCieQvNJMG9bhXCr5lSrWe_sK4x9ppizlM6jH5i5sCX/s1600/zz1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWnanw30PMnZMxBxRIdW_rA4PmpxJ149meiCmOnbO2TEHkW3eNKmQyY2kHSYWPT6iNBRLKZCcgx5CmSPyKH6HoACDD1HOBbVtszCieQvNJMG9bhXCr5lSrWe_sK4x9ppizlM6jH5i5sCX/s400/zz1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709027087861664082" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDjgu9UHbAXwsIQl3K-_ouXcE5iKWGaEdv0iqHSaEDWsaoXHTWQVJhh-Gq0FID3HTK5A54i1JX2GV5jDB4KvNKNvOOPYo_5F3_yzk1RNCbAap9YwWxmOjgG3DyagklLJjO0BSTWe3upeT/s1600/Picture+221.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJDjgu9UHbAXwsIQl3K-_ouXcE5iKWGaEdv0iqHSaEDWsaoXHTWQVJhh-Gq0FID3HTK5A54i1JX2GV5jDB4KvNKNvOOPYo_5F3_yzk1RNCbAap9YwWxmOjgG3DyagklLJjO0BSTWe3upeT/s400/Picture+221.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709027288876168658" /></a><br /><br />For our teachers I picked up a TON of 2 pack gloves because they are are clearance for $1 at target!! And justin wrote out a note that said your a perfect pear, and when I told him that was the wrong kind of "pair" he cracked up and asked if we could put both pairs in because it drives his teachers crazy that the 2nt graders have such a hard time with two to too. He is so silly but we totally went and bought a million pears!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53KDNPHrq2PuGtxNyRzEAzDEwfDb6jiRn74NVVM5NPZ0F-vl9vjeKilSa7nPex44_scO-RA6QHHxJ6q5202ZugMQHi0pbQSqZTyda17ki5Tko2eS5TN2ngU4QjikT8DMcci8GuZbBXQ8e/s1600/zz4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53KDNPHrq2PuGtxNyRzEAzDEwfDb6jiRn74NVVM5NPZ0F-vl9vjeKilSa7nPex44_scO-RA6QHHxJ6q5202ZugMQHi0pbQSqZTyda17ki5Tko2eS5TN2ngU4QjikT8DMcci8GuZbBXQ8e/s400/zz4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709027401617026546" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-48844886164165639282012-02-10T18:08:00.000-08:002012-02-11T08:25:37.098-08:00Pac manOk so I have been sitting around all day trying hard to KILL time... why you ask? Umm cause tonight Breaking Dawn comes out on DVD and me and my group of nerds will be there to catch the first preview... which I know will only make November seem that much further away.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOSWIbTOTQrUIgNrbNTwhXZC9J3MH0_fKdgWGxbN-MvR75DolhT8456r2vQv2IfCf2kBJ4_qGwcQahnq5JsvgKJ_qaKsPVkZtb_mm8NXDdEvEYABjTzvsqgmtZTeNVdKBV0vc1iFTSoyD/s1600/328032396v8_350x350_Front.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOSWIbTOTQrUIgNrbNTwhXZC9J3MH0_fKdgWGxbN-MvR75DolhT8456r2vQv2IfCf2kBJ4_qGwcQahnq5JsvgKJ_qaKsPVkZtb_mm8NXDdEvEYABjTzvsqgmtZTeNVdKBV0vc1iFTSoyD/s400/328032396v8_350x350_Front.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707697795407969922" /></a><br /><br />But back to my post. Today while killing time I made this cute little pack of magnets for one of the kids I baby sits dad for his Valentines Day birthday. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhcDNRmEJLo_AjPApsgPvPwgoWfEry_w09oFrnbKuJOHIF-QWQ49J3CsJMHo-8dDcVvfCSrBijpswEt6Uj2ad_pOKBiB3Q8LIQPjw34FCYeGimX4TXE8cJxc9kF_EyCdT2HPFwBKKebE3/s1600/Picture+213.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhcDNRmEJLo_AjPApsgPvPwgoWfEry_w09oFrnbKuJOHIF-QWQ49J3CsJMHo-8dDcVvfCSrBijpswEt6Uj2ad_pOKBiB3Q8LIQPjw34FCYeGimX4TXE8cJxc9kF_EyCdT2HPFwBKKebE3/s400/Picture+213.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707698458881681778" /></a><br /><br />I took an old picture box I had sitting around and put black peal and stick paper on it (Kinda looks like an old video game cartridge wink wink) Then I cut out a cute little pac man and ghost and made a little sign. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaOImDCSAT4RXMQAzSuQs-HvMB-MGqGbI4nAGQI9mdy4arKaolViR1SwCLvbILB134xgR_yJ7m6-OwSGrTDo2v7GabieHnnkPdZJ3IzM7rP6du5e2BMbDb08NPHkSEyPxV-z1ZTjH74z_/s1600/Picture+214.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaOImDCSAT4RXMQAzSuQs-HvMB-MGqGbI4nAGQI9mdy4arKaolViR1SwCLvbILB134xgR_yJ7m6-OwSGrTDo2v7GabieHnnkPdZJ3IzM7rP6du5e2BMbDb08NPHkSEyPxV-z1ZTjH74z_/s400/Picture+214.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707698718970139250" /></a><br /><br />But then you open the box...<br />TTAAA--DDDAAAAA<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGPn7rUxLZWx4Uy83nTjEeW6GH9ZssmnG0ZD03CcbbXmSN2E0xMZCtAGR9QD5NAG81W6FGWIRwH0LT2k8cj5nD-JTPabh4ThubwTu1sIXnyQjIw_r5PfzJLIGE1cYjzLZKgc9V6wQWBuV/s1600/Picture+215.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGPn7rUxLZWx4Uy83nTjEeW6GH9ZssmnG0ZD03CcbbXmSN2E0xMZCtAGR9QD5NAG81W6FGWIRwH0LT2k8cj5nD-JTPabh4ThubwTu1sIXnyQjIw_r5PfzJLIGE1cYjzLZKgc9V6wQWBuV/s400/Picture+215.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707698865091737474" /></a><br /><br />Cute arnt they? They are magnets for the fridge. Two things this guy really likes, Pac Man and fridgerators... although the second like might fall in the categories of requirements but im sure he wouldnt be happy without one! Anyways, I will go continue to go sit by the clock willing it to tick faster, in the mean time you can leave me a comment about how you too are going to be sitting at target till midnight for a movie you have already seen :)<br /><br /><br />I like to brag about myself on these awesome blogs. <br /><a href="http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/search/label/show%20and%20tell"><img border="0" src="http://www.rememberthemoments.com/images/blog/satbutton.gif" /></a> <br />Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-89992159512734513832012-02-03T23:13:00.000-08:002012-02-04T00:07:35.670-08:00A privet look into our life<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTs86ceMmNOGMs0AFOtX5EUsKePYUfrBwFErKflLfYnRxb3jTsK2z-eE0GCcUa-vJHDr9Ul4xP-OE0BVQP-hM75TQy3-Paht1h91WDDlRpBNIOx7hd32t_psaZucORfaNki-Sw2_sVgw3/s1600/baby-angel-tattoo-designs-women-tattoos-ideas-b-o-tattoodonkey_com.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 379px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTs86ceMmNOGMs0AFOtX5EUsKePYUfrBwFErKflLfYnRxb3jTsK2z-eE0GCcUa-vJHDr9Ul4xP-OE0BVQP-hM75TQy3-Paht1h91WDDlRpBNIOx7hd32t_psaZucORfaNki-Sw2_sVgw3/s400/baby-angel-tattoo-designs-women-tattoos-ideas-b-o-tattoodonkey_com.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705186841977484386" /></a><br />I wish this was a crafting post. I wish it was filled with party plans and detailed. I wish it had pictures of a 9 year old girl giggling with her friends and her brothers and sister. I wish I was given the chance to share her with you. I was 18 when I peed on that stick my third week into my first semester at collage. I was 18 when I got to tell me boyfriends ready or not we were going to be parents. It was scary and thrilling and we were surprisingly ok with it. Our parents not so much but by 4 months they were showering us with baby trinkets and happy grandma pictures. I didnt smoke, I didnt drink, I didnt do drugs. I was healthy I was a runner. I was a great student. So when the blood work came back that something wasnt adding up the doctor didnt even bat an eye telling us. She said it was more common then not and there was nothing .... not a thing to worry about. In fact it was reading more like there was a twin she didnt see. They were in no hurry for us to go in for the ultra sound. So we waited till after the holiday to go in. We waited untill January 18th to go in. My step mom drove me up to Emanuele, mike was going to come up after he got off work. We chatted and drank coffee. They called us back into a really really small room and I hopped up onto the table. The nurse chatted at me about school and how I was liking it and we chatted for about 10 minutes. Then she stopped talking. Not a word. I was begging her to tell me whet was wrong. All she could say was we would have to wait for the doctor to get in. I laided back on that table eyes shut praying harder then I knew was possible for 55 minutes while she took pictures and measurements. 55 Minutes untill the doctor walked in and they stepped aside whispering. The tears poured down my face. I knew it was bad. Really bad. The doctor sat down and looked at everyrhing. <br />She turned on the part where you can hear the heart beat. I heard the heart beat. I still hear the heart beat. She asked me to look at the screen and that is where she showed me the hole in our babies heart and how it was pumping the wrong way. I couldnt breath. She suggested we do an amnio to know for sure what we were dealing with. It was the longest needle I had ever seen. And it hurt. They walked me to an office and then mike got there. Exspecting good news... because every single person said we had nothing to worry about. He knew as soon as he saw me. They said a lot of things while we were there. My brain didnt hear most of it. My baby had a hole in her heart that would require open heart surgery minutes after she was born, that is assuming she even made it that far. The ultra sound pictures showed a tiny hand and two feet. One Two Three Four Five Six. I have counted those toes a million time since that day. The 6 toes meants our baby had Trisomy 13. A death sentence for any child diagnosed with it because they dont live long. But there was more. The spinal cord wasnt forming right either and there was an issue with the placenta. The concern went from the baby to me when they realized if I went into labor at home I would be in big trouble. They asked if we had questions. I dont remember saying anything. I was so numb. I was so lost and I was praying so hard. It was like the weight of the world was sitting on my chest. We couldnt do anything untill we got the test back. We went home. We cried... a lot. We stopped talking to each other or anyone. I couldnt talk or breath or.... When they called us back we went in to decide what we were going to do. They gave me the options and the probabilities. The chance that this baby wouldnt make it to term were almost guaranteed. The immediate heart surgery would be fallowed by years of repeat surgies if we got past the first one... again not promising the baby would be strong enough for the first one. Spinal surgery would be next if the baby made it. Children with Trisomy 13 dont live very long, and that is with no other complication. The doctor had never seen this bad of a situation, in 25 years in the department. The likly hood she would live more then a few minutes if that was about all the hope they gave us. I was 19. I was forced to make a dission I would have to live with the rest of my life. I was scared and mad and so so so sad. I do not regret the choice I made. I spent 28 hours on a potocin induced pregnancy. I pushed for 10 minutes. I watched them carry that tiny baby from my room. I did the only motherly option I had, I took any pain my child would have had away by scraficing my own heart. We didnt know at the time that it was a baby girl we didnt want to know. but as I lay there for the first time in a room not full of people I asked the nurse if it was a boy or girl. Lucy Faith was silently born February 4th at 6 month 22days. All I have to remember her is box in our bedroom closet with a picture of her tiny feet in and a dress she was dressed in and a certificate with her tiny foot prints. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. and a giant missing piece from my heart.Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-15105042783706949412012-02-01T19:48:00.001-08:002012-02-02T08:00:53.041-08:00Re-Doin it Wednesday - Saving the pink dressPoor Brooklyn is itching for summer... and dad doesn't like all the tank top shirts that keep popping up so she got this cute pink number taken and tossed in the trash for having a sassy mouth for not changing when told to. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8InQQoiEFKbwcaG0AUDp0K8HhxYKZdl8IZAfwTCmDBVBpuikgJm3jgZZDis1XRErkAy8ePcIW1fyNyGRncSXE5WzuoYqgynTFqT14fDBydADxSwSYD5_lYiPn_5f07w1h7OQoRwi2Zjq/s1600/Picture+3518.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq8InQQoiEFKbwcaG0AUDp0K8HhxYKZdl8IZAfwTCmDBVBpuikgJm3jgZZDis1XRErkAy8ePcIW1fyNyGRncSXE5WzuoYqgynTFqT14fDBydADxSwSYD5_lYiPn_5f07w1h7OQoRwi2Zjq/s320/Picture+3518.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704381717247848226" /></a><br />She was so heart broken she even wrote him and im sorry card... but it wasnt enough to change dads mind (dont feel to sorry for her she called him a few choice names instead of just putting a shirt on underneath it) So I snuck it out of the trash today and she gets to wake up to this... a new skirt (to wear with a long sleeved shirt) and a head band!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEs-Ya8dHYX-ljOFnzVi5sJOeBf1x89ZeD_90851hqoIguw5WFB9nd6mkOyzN6sHjblKX6MMNNqXqjFjtojRFgP4gfcujAJzbo13ZMReStzN1LuWFiZsWkOs15nrfL6VUtMEi0RO26A_L/s1600/Picture+3521.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEs-Ya8dHYX-ljOFnzVi5sJOeBf1x89ZeD_90851hqoIguw5WFB9nd6mkOyzN6sHjblKX6MMNNqXqjFjtojRFgP4gfcujAJzbo13ZMReStzN1LuWFiZsWkOs15nrfL6VUtMEi0RO26A_L/s320/Picture+3521.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704381423922504242" /></a><br /><br />(not bad for a dress that lasted a whole summer, fall and almost winter.. and only cost me $3 at target!)Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-67115614448779239432012-01-20T15:40:00.001-08:002012-02-02T08:03:45.466-08:00In the Mail on Monday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnp2BEHv2ErdDX5cvZ6Z1mXRxDESxrVnrbfPDzW9tTV8HhE0xHVeyCjwfYEZywy5WQZgGp0Sz1GEsVuBYQRnblk_96c7pJAXTmZH_pbCAV2IjTA62-Z3af5kxyJbG471eIzpT4umFzfPN/s1600/Picture+3500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnp2BEHv2ErdDX5cvZ6Z1mXRxDESxrVnrbfPDzW9tTV8HhE0xHVeyCjwfYEZywy5WQZgGp0Sz1GEsVuBYQRnblk_96c7pJAXTmZH_pbCAV2IjTA62-Z3af5kxyJbG471eIzpT4umFzfPN/s320/Picture+3500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703449642834400610" /></a><br />Mail makes me happy, like really really happy. I don't even care if its a bill (ok i try not to cry over spilled milk bills are inevitable so I enjoy the surprise of how much energy we wasted... errr ... enjoyed while leaving lights on:) ) But I looovvveee letters. There is something magical about opening a letter and not knowing what is inside. Earlier this year I was blessed... ok my kids were blessed with getting pen pals. Each of the 3 older kids has two pen pals. Some of our pen pals are amazing, they often write and send fun things, but a couple well... i think they enjoyed the novelty of it and the light has since faded. But that is neither here nor there. This post is to share the fun thing we Mailed On Monday! We mailed our favorite pen pals a snow ball fight!! Yup you read me right, we mailed them a snow ball fight.. because frankly the lack of snow this year has just been depressing. Here is our awesome snowball fight ready to make its voyage across this great country of our:<br /><br />To make out snowballs we found a pom pom tutorial online and made a larger version of it. (Disclaimer...white yarn is INCREDIBLY hard to photograph so please accept these pictures..)<br />We used some white yarn and a foot. (laterally see the picture below)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VH446U9QX1aE-oG2GEP2Wa3Q2mG-gY_bxj7QOgPUGhyphenhyphenphm_UQm0BsVOm-mRNVDYzo-ItrbsUXPWVkMRmAHX_l6yexsmOGN8WnUcpsN-KIhD23S2hGn_R8MZauQdZWsfUT60gpVF_dY-W/s1600/Picture+3506.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VH446U9QX1aE-oG2GEP2Wa3Q2mG-gY_bxj7QOgPUGhyphenhyphenphm_UQm0BsVOm-mRNVDYzo-ItrbsUXPWVkMRmAHX_l6yexsmOGN8WnUcpsN-KIhD23S2hGn_R8MZauQdZWsfUT60gpVF_dY-W/s320/Picture+3506.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703444448268337682" /></a><br /><br />First make sure your foot is clean, the wrap said yard around about 100 times (No feet were harmed in the making of these snow balls but please realize if you wrap the yarn tightly you may loose a toe)<br /><br />Next remove yard ball from foot. (I do recommend using this opportunity to tickle them until the pee their pants.. because who just hands a mom a free foot and expecting tickling not to ensue?)<br /><br />Moving on. Cut another piece of string about 6 inches long. Lay foot wrapped yard ball on top to the string. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciqsW-65_XDMyHrjVtE2elubFser0renZn6n0rwY85ct39VSwFOAUUVsMNVi92EyMSLFhFdAh51BV-l_IVKvFho9CJtgrOj-bK3dQtL6trX0Q0dmAd_9Y5lDtRSEsblIUXSwCrKMk9lLQ/s1600/Picture+3483.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciqsW-65_XDMyHrjVtE2elubFser0renZn6n0rwY85ct39VSwFOAUUVsMNVi92EyMSLFhFdAh51BV-l_IVKvFho9CJtgrOj-bK3dQtL6trX0Q0dmAd_9Y5lDtRSEsblIUXSwCrKMk9lLQ/s320/Picture+3483.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703444768359507906" /></a><br /><br /><br />Tie as tightly as you can creating a mushroom cap effect. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGFMevNxYRFO41XBfyHrVdpm5eqX68NGh1Ylll-OAr75Bfh_aZu1ax1S-iQF7dQPN_GSezqpouRK4OBB2-TfAyrfwUGNzgImwnHU6J_Mpfe_pZISbL26f6s9SMPiDadcvWMI5qwmieL0G/s1600/Picture+3484.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGFMevNxYRFO41XBfyHrVdpm5eqX68NGh1Ylll-OAr75Bfh_aZu1ax1S-iQF7dQPN_GSezqpouRK4OBB2-TfAyrfwUGNzgImwnHU6J_Mpfe_pZISbL26f6s9SMPiDadcvWMI5qwmieL0G/s320/Picture+3484.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703445144960552610" /></a><br /><br />Fallowed by cutting loops around the tie. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeo7gafBH4XcxYeeubFfwv3MA7PzfXNJBHYKXGBMnrK4cG2ZXLZ_AMaNlk2hu4KmY75nil4TQVfEFPUEE_VjKHstEwSFDJbCzKv30kwX0Lvs69_Qwtc5vyUAgtzllfXYxMO-dPspJVMmZD/s1600/Picture+3488.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeo7gafBH4XcxYeeubFfwv3MA7PzfXNJBHYKXGBMnrK4cG2ZXLZ_AMaNlk2hu4KmY75nil4TQVfEFPUEE_VjKHstEwSFDJbCzKv30kwX0Lvs69_Qwtc5vyUAgtzllfXYxMO-dPspJVMmZD/s320/Picture+3488.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703445341440201826" /></a><br /><br /><br />Finish it up to trimming up the pom poms... errr.. snowballs.You will see a few pieces that are longer.. and if you are like me they will drive you mad. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0l6xRRCkwdaBN_aVvzTeRuSfVIN12A5UepxiFLX9Jluqhzc1HmMJr2lXuCaDCO3LXkvSXCNG0NmfVvF-NHvSk3mn4pVO4PHwhOf3T6UW3rPkJXQ99BQL3vGW0x3n67ou8u-lRhub7qSoo/s1600/Picture+3495.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0l6xRRCkwdaBN_aVvzTeRuSfVIN12A5UepxiFLX9Jluqhzc1HmMJr2lXuCaDCO3LXkvSXCNG0NmfVvF-NHvSk3mn4pVO4PHwhOf3T6UW3rPkJXQ99BQL3vGW0x3n67ou8u-lRhub7qSoo/s320/Picture+3495.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703445926907631666" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZpHBi_Blk7YfjMm1OZ0FZWfnkQ1vQqT2K_Kn4-hFN9P-SiXtIJR4wOngAsTxv5pzAgWQ2yD8fiv67xI2cNFjPW6Kq2Sg5msaDaLBCZ0-YTgUQROvEX4b3A86SCiTeVY7K-g524Oun-T_/s1600/Picture+3500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZpHBi_Blk7YfjMm1OZ0FZWfnkQ1vQqT2K_Kn4-hFN9P-SiXtIJR4wOngAsTxv5pzAgWQ2yD8fiv67xI2cNFjPW6Kq2Sg5msaDaLBCZ0-YTgUQROvEX4b3A86SCiTeVY7K-g524Oun-T_/s320/Picture+3500.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703446427021774930" /></a><br /><br />Tada!! A pile of snowballs.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUbJxHAVyocCHObXyq_cVUCqeJiOqr5ErduLkM_3-fvho76Iq-bdzaNymG9RIIDs97PuhjJ8GPbroXy7BO8LQMdNLb51ExmDAOVQTfDwpi6H1aalB5j4FYRzT6teiE3DwB7IXHX8TrtHB/s1600/Picture+3503.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUbJxHAVyocCHObXyq_cVUCqeJiOqr5ErduLkM_3-fvho76Iq-bdzaNymG9RIIDs97PuhjJ8GPbroXy7BO8LQMdNLb51ExmDAOVQTfDwpi6H1aalB5j4FYRzT6teiE3DwB7IXHX8TrtHB/s320/Picture+3503.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703446657460757410" /></a><br /><br />Now here you are thinking that was so amazing how in this world could we top that?! Well we can put it in an awesome package and mail it to our pen pals!!<br />For the container you will need<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsPAIjAbhI5zMMYyaliFhzJanv1DdOyVWUrGfuBwc7RarhD3g8wJmD2z_nOY1j3IYLO1gjxDAb9WJkT-8mOiARmPDvgg9_XRMzZI1CNh_HqmMMu3y7PjORcYYK1cSvKRht7k7rr8ritDw/s1600/Picture+3512.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsPAIjAbhI5zMMYyaliFhzJanv1DdOyVWUrGfuBwc7RarhD3g8wJmD2z_nOY1j3IYLO1gjxDAb9WJkT-8mOiARmPDvgg9_XRMzZI1CNh_HqmMMu3y7PjORcYYK1cSvKRht7k7rr8ritDw/s320/Picture+3512.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703446952285742562" /></a><br /><br />Pile of snowballs (yarn ones would be best as the real ones would surely melt)<br />2 plastic water bottles<br />sharp scissors<br />and packing tape<br /><br />Cut the tops off the two water bottles. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDacu1kVYbdY2NPB3_P0yFYDC1-mUCfzFe93oRxLDzuMzSIOjsB-B9TQjYis0qLF_Ug2qFz3q_Dg96Z5sxv9yCOAIVz3DQxT0huCrNZjXgG94ttsnpFuvSoAwOixIjmJ2ZV2nCPwbD1r8/s1600/Picture+3515.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDacu1kVYbdY2NPB3_P0yFYDC1-mUCfzFe93oRxLDzuMzSIOjsB-B9TQjYis0qLF_Ug2qFz3q_Dg96Z5sxv9yCOAIVz3DQxT0huCrNZjXgG94ttsnpFuvSoAwOixIjmJ2ZV2nCPwbD1r8/s320/Picture+3515.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703447075619227138" /></a><br /><br />Stuff the bottles with snowballs. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieZfjpJJWHTIH-BPmBVrR8X1gUHM_BU7GmELeDctluZAoamePoMg-OQFGKoB155-0ws1pFAPPDvtTi6pbyk2YDQ5PilFX3QXakpXJMuUwtUp3HYqzpzqdHGQWtsKbwgxOQhUkKfPLe4TX/s1600/Picture+3516.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieZfjpJJWHTIH-BPmBVrR8X1gUHM_BU7GmELeDctluZAoamePoMg-OQFGKoB155-0ws1pFAPPDvtTi6pbyk2YDQ5PilFX3QXakpXJMuUwtUp3HYqzpzqdHGQWtsKbwgxOQhUkKfPLe4TX/s320/Picture+3516.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703447245775152194" /></a><br /><br />Slide the two pieces together and packing tape the middle. Add label and stamps (sometimes we get cranky mail people who don't like us to send fun thing, so we either ask for the manager or just go to another one.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmc-TvFGDGfXT8DV2fnCnfFNvQNQQKbgeBQ3FLeUKdOKzTmD7YUDBoaaRJFgVZnfJscdbbLL2jZadV31PQueXqjFFHIGpJk8cGEaWIil2huTljz75wpaP1Co1z60Ow7Uzdtr0yWGiRn4Q/s1600/Picture+3479.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBmc-TvFGDGfXT8DV2fnCnfFNvQNQQKbgeBQ3FLeUKdOKzTmD7YUDBoaaRJFgVZnfJscdbbLL2jZadV31PQueXqjFFHIGpJk8cGEaWIil2huTljz75wpaP1Co1z60Ow7Uzdtr0yWGiRn4Q/s320/Picture+3479.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703447514521146994" /></a><br />Tada !!<br /><br />(Disclaimer 2 and 3... the snowballs will leave little stings around the house, after we sent these ones I realized it might be a big flaw if your baby eats everything off the floor, mine doesn't but to be on the safe side use a jean needle and sew a few times over the mushroom cap part. AND yes I realize my daughter is dressed like a complete creep show.. but to be fair we were on our way to taekwondo and she dressed herself. )<br /><br /><a href="http://thecraftyblogstalker.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5983120223_e21d9ce1fc_m.jpg" width="221" height="135" alt="button" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-67734770733989468152012-01-20T12:01:00.000-08:002012-01-20T12:52:21.102-08:00Freakin' FAB Friday!So love is in the air all over blog land and I cant help but feel like we need some pink and red all over the house! I have also seen some of the CUTEST valentines ever. We did the photo valentines 2 years ago and make some last minute flower sucker ones last year but this year I am totally smitten with these:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.designmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/wildanimalvalentine5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 560px;" src="http://www.designmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/wildanimalvalentine5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />By <a href="http://www.designmom.com/2010/02/im-wild-for-you-valentine/">Design Mom</a><br />(Pretty much anything she put out im smitten on!)<br /><br /><br />And I dont know why I cant show you these cute ones but go to <a href="http://jacolynmurphy.blogspot.com/">Jac o' lyn Murphys </a>page and drool all over your key board<br /><br />So there I was flipping through all these amazingly cute valentines and decided I ought to look around and see what I have for the kids to make. (And I still think at least one of them are going to make some like those animal ones up there, but with little dinos cause as we were cleaning out dino bins we discovered we have 233 tiny dinos... and yes I really wish I was just exsagrating that number.) but any ways stock on hand I ordered <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/kazoos-a2-39_64-12-1.fltr?Ntt=kazoo">these</a> about 3 years ago for a party, they got here late and I never used them so yes I have 72 Kazoos just sitting in my party box. So I came up with a couple really corny saying and this is what I got:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TlkCGpQ5wKFkQsSMKgaDIDTnuTfrKTJw28ve0K4Ct9JG6C1pBjbscnVLrAF0bE7uH_v3zMfKSkfLhObMSOWS_RnvFtCxCfVvAAjB28znBCJT1BNBv2KwJCT3g84wOaJduz8yRiIBOyBQ/s1600/Picture+3466.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TlkCGpQ5wKFkQsSMKgaDIDTnuTfrKTJw28ve0K4Ct9JG6C1pBjbscnVLrAF0bE7uH_v3zMfKSkfLhObMSOWS_RnvFtCxCfVvAAjB28znBCJT1BNBv2KwJCT3g84wOaJduz8yRiIBOyBQ/s400/Picture+3466.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699819181884802770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFFwmJer8mTniVMLxMxVMp7Fj2kBCqUPJvt4D3ytxB9iVDQ6LVKB9KvUx0Glv4ZjtC4D5nccEGu0hTmtTPXsHrMRTP-eiPH7oy3_njvvH6lppYHDwBDyyaR49RnzlpQOEZpXMpQwqTZib/s1600/Picture+3467.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVFFwmJer8mTniVMLxMxVMp7Fj2kBCqUPJvt4D3ytxB9iVDQ6LVKB9KvUx0Glv4ZjtC4D5nccEGu0hTmtTPXsHrMRTP-eiPH7oy3_njvvH6lppYHDwBDyyaR49RnzlpQOEZpXMpQwqTZib/s400/Picture+3467.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699819091490089410" /></a><br />I just used pink card stock and will get heart stickers instead of having Brooklyn draw them on. I thought I was being cleaver but my lovely 8 year old just rolled his eyes and walked away... whatever I will just pass them out to my friends :)Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-30772126558061353402012-01-11T13:50:00.000-08:002012-01-12T08:45:51.454-08:00Re-Doin' it Wednesday- Denim and Lace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYW-XjlemfiCkC6ECJ5w4u7MEYQIsYFLs8A8PUtIPviBvFA6HOHYmtd2biMtsMfla-lq5Yk84H6dCHzStBhLLwMjrPTaXe_JaU-Zib4PtMrHjjmmgYncWXPGkKeqL5JYpTPiTQ44oXqMN/s1600/Picture+212.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYW-XjlemfiCkC6ECJ5w4u7MEYQIsYFLs8A8PUtIPviBvFA6HOHYmtd2biMtsMfla-lq5Yk84H6dCHzStBhLLwMjrPTaXe_JaU-Zib4PtMrHjjmmgYncWXPGkKeqL5JYpTPiTQ44oXqMN/s400/Picture+212.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696505628493179234" /></a><br />I can not believe how many people wrote me such nice comments and emails about my skirt redo last Wednesday! Yeah for having the most blog views I have ever had before... it was really kinda exciting! So with out further ado here is this weeks re-do! From maternity jean to super cute jumper!<br /><br />Here are the jeans I started with. A size M maternity jeans that THANK YOU LORD i will never have to wear again. I would have passed them on but there was a hole in the crotch because the denim was stretch and i was way to big to be squeezing them on :) (I was going to use that other piece of fabric to pleat around the bottom but I got scared) not pictured was the pillow case I took the lace trim off of, but that's where it came from<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjBNsfqgAHvEAMkVKr46IG2h8bxxxPbteSU4SCWWqYYM0-Tb3CyWji4PCX1WhCVn-is60gPa6jhKqY4-6yKqYJwZHEeyoiI5IRTm4JJIiH07bo8FJkoPA_5Dx8MLFZM-5ryLXKVlPqb4t/s1600/Picture+158.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDjBNsfqgAHvEAMkVKr46IG2h8bxxxPbteSU4SCWWqYYM0-Tb3CyWji4PCX1WhCVn-is60gPa6jhKqY4-6yKqYJwZHEeyoiI5IRTm4JJIiH07bo8FJkoPA_5Dx8MLFZM-5ryLXKVlPqb4t/s400/Picture+158.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696496227582951506" /></a><br /><br />I cut the legs off the pants (I considered re-making the top part into maternity Daisey dukes but quickly decided no one would want to see that :) )<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyc35XWnC_PkZuB5pSS0CbiTR66QUBLqelEzNSzemXg2NzL_dap0sawVtsnHaCtsd__EaU7j4axHm2MWlvOURKw2KQAtUx6fvJ0R1juW0VbD0-ERrcCJpvnkcD1dlC5-YqH1rVoJ1vqJOC/s1600/Picture+160.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyc35XWnC_PkZuB5pSS0CbiTR66QUBLqelEzNSzemXg2NzL_dap0sawVtsnHaCtsd__EaU7j4axHm2MWlvOURKw2KQAtUx6fvJ0R1juW0VbD0-ERrcCJpvnkcD1dlC5-YqH1rVoJ1vqJOC/s320/Picture+160.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696496529476028562" /></a><br />There are two seams in a pair of jeans. I pictured this jumped with the big seam out<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8ahS1a4OYeJ2amUkxPYKBe0br34Qh9B716HgLrONk1e46v4Wz08mvAUqELojgdi0_qSQLlN6tFGOzPSJ8laXVSvQMQGFT1QHuwmP5mzkLQ1zKPXfENWSNBIN0QeIefcVwGip3QyZVkv-/s1600/Picture+161.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8ahS1a4OYeJ2amUkxPYKBe0br34Qh9B716HgLrONk1e46v4Wz08mvAUqELojgdi0_qSQLlN6tFGOzPSJ8laXVSvQMQGFT1QHuwmP5mzkLQ1zKPXfENWSNBIN0QeIefcVwGip3QyZVkv-/s320/Picture+161.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696496774100253554" /></a><br />So I folded the legs inside out and cut up the seam so I ended up with two wide pieces of denim with the good seam in the middle. <br />I wanted to use the bottom hems (cuffs? i dont know what they are called but the bottom part you always step on ) so I matched the two bottoms and pinned them together while I did the rest of the pattern. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzSWlZnUNTiZCRdWnClZefO8r2D0wVgyzsOXZd0g9iWHqt9YlBYqBRMGnHHOAiK4Iv0rn-7PHGIpj7vJZR1alWucoPR0ZOanGAQW1Q69uDWh0gOejYpamG6OYaBSw95zEjsos_VKPAscy/s1600/Picture+164.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzSWlZnUNTiZCRdWnClZefO8r2D0wVgyzsOXZd0g9iWHqt9YlBYqBRMGnHHOAiK4Iv0rn-7PHGIpj7vJZR1alWucoPR0ZOanGAQW1Q69uDWh0gOejYpamG6OYaBSw95zEjsos_VKPAscy/s320/Picture+164.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696497065843835042" /></a><br />I took a tank top that fit my daughter and had nice openings and traced it<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXESXvaYUESrz2j8nuYTnxdZBmFSw7GtQ4SW7N1KQZOzlrM1pDkqT5cqaIQGahzFI5VSrm2wNIcGxl3QMmwPqoND7CUUPabYSzMeLSRuLBeyUCTrbPAwX-qbONCNSknQUetG5jVYosNMdF/s1600/Picture+168.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXESXvaYUESrz2j8nuYTnxdZBmFSw7GtQ4SW7N1KQZOzlrM1pDkqT5cqaIQGahzFI5VSrm2wNIcGxl3QMmwPqoND7CUUPabYSzMeLSRuLBeyUCTrbPAwX-qbONCNSknQUetG5jVYosNMdF/s320/Picture+168.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696497391896289666" /></a><br />then I cut it out (notice I made a 3 inch deep neck line... but I wish it would have been lower)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExRZlF4tJcpIU4OHJeqeHu4sWrbFpolCNDXI1r6cAAgPKLsUqWSh72SHF2IyrTdtIeAlQu7zcKuga5VvY1jVtNHT8Nfym7NEoyKIBSxrXj4b0zi7Rhr1StuHq6DU-MCB-bKXKYwTOfmxP/s1600/Picture+170.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExRZlF4tJcpIU4OHJeqeHu4sWrbFpolCNDXI1r6cAAgPKLsUqWSh72SHF2IyrTdtIeAlQu7zcKuga5VvY1jVtNHT8Nfym7NEoyKIBSxrXj4b0zi7Rhr1StuHq6DU-MCB-bKXKYwTOfmxP/s320/Picture+170.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696497667254590338" /></a><br />then I serged all the edges and I really like the way it looked. (this is my first time using my new serger, and while it did was it was suppose to do i wasnt that impressed to I will have to work on learning more on it)<br />I put the two pieces right side together and sewed the top shoulders together<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqpywr54GcZHyiLxHEra55T_CfBFRv-lRDcHJfC4Y53wAgiseyACtRncmmfK5woeRiWLL9wMhwKqvcDNPVrUcyirmtIbxZAHlvLHYaRi4-7PjHROUecTkYW0uLvqD5B4jbkdLQaC7Szfk/s1600/Picture+171.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZqpywr54GcZHyiLxHEra55T_CfBFRv-lRDcHJfC4Y53wAgiseyACtRncmmfK5woeRiWLL9wMhwKqvcDNPVrUcyirmtIbxZAHlvLHYaRi4-7PjHROUecTkYW0uLvqD5B4jbkdLQaC7Szfk/s320/Picture+171.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696498082931323778" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6yYx-jk45FPE_HD7Rwkw1ebYmcyuAXWfcLzxST1iBnWiiPGZgo1EKO0t7TVDUnATFhxsq9JkN1qVHIn4ATNHPalKbWHEd7YgqN33-pCXoiNb5jNufFiecihxy_TM-B85sIKl0a2sC598/s1600/Picture+174.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6yYx-jk45FPE_HD7Rwkw1ebYmcyuAXWfcLzxST1iBnWiiPGZgo1EKO0t7TVDUnATFhxsq9JkN1qVHIn4ATNHPalKbWHEd7YgqN33-pCXoiNb5jNufFiecihxy_TM-B85sIKl0a2sC598/s320/Picture+174.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696498354124639410" /></a><br />(she was saying EWWWW i dont want to wear baby belly pants lol attitude:)<br />then I laid it out on the table and pinned on the lace trim. I decided I wanted it on top of the seam I serged. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkH845DNnbvstJz-RSEFexs7y0tXIkKptxXNLXSjiXvvOqIXNyqHcZWqBXYFTVXRbsobvVP4VQUhue1mCJF_B0TDe14XJtsPa2imI35nHZZmm-q__IS-B6omqBaNQoVWqmTUvMgfLQ6XL/s1600/Picture+178.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkH845DNnbvstJz-RSEFexs7y0tXIkKptxXNLXSjiXvvOqIXNyqHcZWqBXYFTVXRbsobvVP4VQUhue1mCJF_B0TDe14XJtsPa2imI35nHZZmm-q__IS-B6omqBaNQoVWqmTUvMgfLQ6XL/s320/Picture+178.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696498692379248402" /></a><br />then I top stitched it on.<br /><br />Next I flipped the pieces right sides together and serged the sides together. TaDa a jumper!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbys6kiPpE7FGglYa6shx7T4fN6D61YFDPeWo73Co2bjmyNyz_-ntq58f9OJFlGCcwdp4D4lpwf0_beVjF-kWIae99nyGpcaKrBAyKm8rdmtvcIhvXTL2PoaQCJajzjrQDy4-p05GM4TC/s1600/Picture+183.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbys6kiPpE7FGglYa6shx7T4fN6D61YFDPeWo73Co2bjmyNyz_-ntq58f9OJFlGCcwdp4D4lpwf0_beVjF-kWIae99nyGpcaKrBAyKm8rdmtvcIhvXTL2PoaQCJajzjrQDy4-p05GM4TC/s320/Picture+183.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696498994277953778" /></a><br /><br />but I didn't stop there I fished it off with more lace trim on the bottom. Im not a fa of pinning (I mean the literal pinning not the Pinterest kind .. cause I love that:) ) So I just matched it up to the hem/cuff/seam as I went and made it pretty on the bottom!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr-MUi4paXmwYDuNZc_5ehWlEucUyht3LYXlFeeZtAjERW4LcWBExM9ZsNN46s9L0AlIXpjMZu-ytpMSUpL2rDzeytnAkVqVe7PM6QDaL2GuXs-iQkPUzSi4AyslqQrtRnhfsqMHYZygn/s1600/Picture+184.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkr-MUi4paXmwYDuNZc_5ehWlEucUyht3LYXlFeeZtAjERW4LcWBExM9ZsNN46s9L0AlIXpjMZu-ytpMSUpL2rDzeytnAkVqVe7PM6QDaL2GuXs-iQkPUzSi4AyslqQrtRnhfsqMHYZygn/s320/Picture+184.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696499225404375378" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOX-pPIu4JkZrVjaMo-lkrLjywYoZ5gBLngSy69KZqQuvbHfOADvHNivZnvV6SzdGRPw1n1IeuHMn4hx_CyEBGP9i8w7qELOOvASD8oMtoidDqJLzAM-Wc8qNy5FgoxT7Htxml4t-vhccS/s1600/Picture+188.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOX-pPIu4JkZrVjaMo-lkrLjywYoZ5gBLngSy69KZqQuvbHfOADvHNivZnvV6SzdGRPw1n1IeuHMn4hx_CyEBGP9i8w7qELOOvASD8oMtoidDqJLzAM-Wc8qNy5FgoxT7Htxml4t-vhccS/s320/Picture+188.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696499528658805410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXlNV1A-UnkbUmRUEA6Eq52y_fkowrsz1gDq0fW_RtHvJeWT5oiYznBvDxLIm-nre9lsWoq_u47E6DU07aRrqmERsBlAvGCzAGMpP0ufAOHfX-WrMBTEXqQ3jXvUtnAe3PcbPltk0S3Q_/s1600/Picture+200.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXlNV1A-UnkbUmRUEA6Eq52y_fkowrsz1gDq0fW_RtHvJeWT5oiYznBvDxLIm-nre9lsWoq_u47E6DU07aRrqmERsBlAvGCzAGMpP0ufAOHfX-WrMBTEXqQ3jXvUtnAe3PcbPltk0S3Q_/s320/Picture+200.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696505397276326386" /></a><br />Isn't she pretty!! I want to put some fabric flowers on there too but decided that was from another day!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYW-XjlemfiCkC6ECJ5w4u7MEYQIsYFLs8A8PUtIPviBvFA6HOHYmtd2biMtsMfla-lq5Yk84H6dCHzStBhLLwMjrPTaXe_JaU-Zib4PtMrHjjmmgYncWXPGkKeqL5JYpTPiTQ44oXqMN/s1600/Picture+212.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYW-XjlemfiCkC6ECJ5w4u7MEYQIsYFLs8A8PUtIPviBvFA6HOHYmtd2biMtsMfla-lq5Yk84H6dCHzStBhLLwMjrPTaXe_JaU-Zib4PtMrHjjmmgYncWXPGkKeqL5JYpTPiTQ44oXqMN/s400/Picture+212.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696505628493179234" /></a><br /><br /><br />I bragged about my self here:<br /><a href="http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com/search/label/Show%20Off%20Your%20Stuff%20Party" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAUJ9gCzsQMx72NbDuIv5I8qNrUZoEmmKaWs3veE8yyugldmX1HRSx6obQnEqZHfomSxROcUNSmU8YMKDc48ypf0AI50ZhMlIRPYeeExltu_pFSuyGkgbcgtm0nhyCE4CjkV64Pl9TP8/s200/Show+off+your+Stuff+party+button.JPG" width="125" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://aturtleslifeforme.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac241/kelimedesign/button-3.jpg" /></a></center><br /><br /><div align=”center”><a href=”http://oopseydaisyblog.com/” title=”Oopsey Daisy”><img src=”http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae356/alpal917/Wowzers_good.jpg” alt=”Oopsey Daisy” style=”border:none;” /></a></div><br /><br /><a border="0" href="http://funkypolkadotgiraffe.blogspot.com/search/label/Too%20Cute%20Tuesday" target="_blank"><img src="http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p12/mormishgirl/Blog/TooCuteTuesdayNEW.jpg" /></a><br /><center><a href="http://notjustahousewife.net" target="blank"><img border="0" src="http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr283/StacyRisenmay/linkypartybutton-1.jpg"/></a></center><br /><a href=http://www.acreativeprincess.blogspot.com/><img src=" http://hotbliggityblog.com/custom/terri/terributton3.png" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://thecraftyblogstalker.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/5983120223_e21d9ce1fc_m.jpg" width="221" height="135" alt="button" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-59065338454370435142012-01-10T18:06:00.000-08:002012-01-10T18:22:21.341-08:00My kids are creativeMy kids are cute... and super super annoying... they can nag and nag and nag until I think I might start pealing the paint off the walls... but sometimes these crazy annoyances do end up doing some pretty cool things. After spending the day bugging me to get in the craft box, I gave in and this is what little miss fancy pants came up with!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0D9j9FxVfFy_Xy8mrBI1tkGjJcYbCDJImqGTnMLdpG1BD7QGF-Yfu1GadVNcJDDd2S8sUgxpWQfA2C77rXZK1iJVvNdTziTyGLysVfRZEpZ6BmeSGSsFT7w7ZY0BpxhhZTuFeUeINo20/s1600/Picture+139.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj0D9j9FxVfFy_Xy8mrBI1tkGjJcYbCDJImqGTnMLdpG1BD7QGF-Yfu1GadVNcJDDd2S8sUgxpWQfA2C77rXZK1iJVvNdTziTyGLysVfRZEpZ6BmeSGSsFT7w7ZY0BpxhhZTuFeUeINo20/s400/Picture+139.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696190953557112978" /></a><br /><br />She found some animal stickers and made a zoo! No prompting at all! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmSbnppTgK5qzIAPAsHjBj1anS3FQV5Yn7ePb88SxV6-GKKd8O2e9qrPU7SCc24gYbrD_mwSSJeTKGJl-MiaIY5CETJ9xRHl03sFp6H2_5mfbYKG67xNf7l9dqr0XfoM37LQ3bad9X0vM/s1600/Picture+136.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmSbnppTgK5qzIAPAsHjBj1anS3FQV5Yn7ePb88SxV6-GKKd8O2e9qrPU7SCc24gYbrD_mwSSJeTKGJl-MiaIY5CETJ9xRHl03sFp6H2_5mfbYKG67xNf7l9dqr0XfoM37LQ3bad9X0vM/s400/Picture+136.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696191353150484434" /></a><br /><br />I was annoyed at first because I thought there she goes just randomly sticking stickers to paper and wasting both (wow sometimes I think Im really not as good as a parent as I should be..) but then WOW she had a plan and it was a great plan. She decided she should send it to her pen pal so we worked out a letter for him and she was on her way! (PS go see her pen pals moms <a href="http://www.dinosaursandoctopuses.com/">blog</a>.. she is awesome and creative and the fun kinda mom I wish I was more often)<br /><br />But leave it to Brooklyn to take an idea and run with it... and run she did..<br />here is her Pet Shop (she saw me blogging this and "said next time tell me you are going to use my pictures, I will do my finger nails and color lots better, tell them my hands were tired from all my time out writing" ahahhahahaaa she is such a nerdo! I really love that spunky ball of nerdiness!) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraHeAcfHOCB-B5Jp_wpEg7DbVdDibrkUbMRczXDENZrS3umx_Md4ILDgFxpI0cki388YtmQ-22IWBWr0YLVCJuDu9dRU1UnP4T55RLX078PEa6hgkEq2lAXL3Pyf0BgBwRuCTpfQrfJJ8/s1600/Picture+142.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraHeAcfHOCB-B5Jp_wpEg7DbVdDibrkUbMRczXDENZrS3umx_Md4ILDgFxpI0cki388YtmQ-22IWBWr0YLVCJuDu9dRU1UnP4T55RLX078PEa6hgkEq2lAXL3Pyf0BgBwRuCTpfQrfJJ8/s400/Picture+142.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696192963092441970" /></a><br /><br /><br />and here is another letter for her other buddy... she loves transformers!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHZ5roIhfIFDvQmIOVXRR_c2Lk6XaG_kzHDypaIuX9NCr_xAVel_hCXaM37KgUZ3kDBeyVRd4pTb4rhqDLqKSw5s1-jYeuUBu4RlkWqA5lXKoPErlD2I2oAGSbD847kbPK0D1ZOxYKRdq/s1600/Picture+154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHZ5roIhfIFDvQmIOVXRR_c2Lk6XaG_kzHDypaIuX9NCr_xAVel_hCXaM37KgUZ3kDBeyVRd4pTb4rhqDLqKSw5s1-jYeuUBu4RlkWqA5lXKoPErlD2I2oAGSbD847kbPK0D1ZOxYKRdq/s400/Picture+154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696192758056024946" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-52442498437179839982012-01-08T20:59:00.000-08:002012-01-08T21:29:41.056-08:00Sewed it on Sunday! Easy dino mittensIt doesn't snow here like it use to when I was little... this year not even a trace, hardly even a frost BOOOOO!! Yup im one of those annoying people who L-O-V-E-S snow!! It makes the world so quite and it smells so so so yummy. To this day if they think it might snow I can not sleep I get that excited (Although im the same way with carnival rides and good sales:) ) But just because there isn't any snow doesn't mean we all cant rock out with some cool mittens! I think I saw a pair like this on Pinterest... but then again what isn't on Pinterest? Either way I remembered when I was reading Danger the 3 little kittens that lost there mittens.. and I thought fat boy needs some mittens and since he spends most this time stalking around the house growling at people I figured dino mittens for sure!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBuhyda1sO9wqFuE4QPbg07yt30HtXPQecyv4Ey3gucleQlFVIOREqzkGpypaprbNLxynRJM4GH81nwZNUPnzRKwbsEED9R8AllWUB3PKnuoD-7ONAN-sNOUBqXaaGfTypUJWdVSYf-5d/s1600/Picture+133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBuhyda1sO9wqFuE4QPbg07yt30HtXPQecyv4Ey3gucleQlFVIOREqzkGpypaprbNLxynRJM4GH81nwZNUPnzRKwbsEED9R8AllWUB3PKnuoD-7ONAN-sNOUBqXaaGfTypUJWdVSYf-5d/s400/Picture+133.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695496643625528610" /></a><br /><br />Here is what you need..<br />Scrap fleece... enough for 4 hands<br />more scraps for embellishments<br />tiny elastic<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHYKi7_2LP-GPAtcDp-vH2h7tRD-eB_dLbInqjlUQ4r4R5kLUECX-fzvE1dUT-4YYOZgdBJjOms1_bKhqX-_RYKOg1tOMAifc_qADG8-F86uFG-qFFeD9u_bbitL8aGUlDkpx3VCK2Cff/s1600/Picture+105.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHYKi7_2LP-GPAtcDp-vH2h7tRD-eB_dLbInqjlUQ4r4R5kLUECX-fzvE1dUT-4YYOZgdBJjOms1_bKhqX-_RYKOg1tOMAifc_qADG8-F86uFG-qFFeD9u_bbitL8aGUlDkpx3VCK2Cff/s400/Picture+105.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695496792504231842" /></a><br /><br />Make dad hold baby and force him to let you trace his hand... he will give you this look but keep going despite his feelings :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RCHzzJYLefWyn2-jsXkmpLYV_Ad4kuxqxIgm1_yVl78y0FuvXj6tXqTXJf3DDcrNlhLUfooebPw35jtNK5lyK6nH3IE7zkRmnEhFsc7aMm9Awygmlqp_Kr10G2BSgvQLtrBP4hnRtKF6/s1600/Picture+106.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RCHzzJYLefWyn2-jsXkmpLYV_Ad4kuxqxIgm1_yVl78y0FuvXj6tXqTXJf3DDcrNlhLUfooebPw35jtNK5lyK6nH3IE7zkRmnEhFsc7aMm9Awygmlqp_Kr10G2BSgvQLtrBP4hnRtKF6/s400/Picture+106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695497017815126642" /></a> (yes that is blue sharpie on his face..) <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAORY-NnOzW4a1S0BV4rvCJxQm3VY4Eu0aeClrHdFZqHTiDYFV3OO1BA1b2aASPDqlyA4-NSGXZ_v5fDyP3VagDM7hotRDreBbUfibHza1u2LL4db0lW2eylXulcuKcuRBwtbBkzz4ts0/s1600/Picture+108.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAORY-NnOzW4a1S0BV4rvCJxQm3VY4Eu0aeClrHdFZqHTiDYFV3OO1BA1b2aASPDqlyA4-NSGXZ_v5fDyP3VagDM7hotRDreBbUfibHza1u2LL4db0lW2eylXulcuKcuRBwtbBkzz4ts0/s400/Picture+108.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695497271389097938" /></a><br /><br /><br />cut out your print 4 times (for this I only did one time tracing cut out on a fold then flipped it and cut out the other way on the fold)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSLA0OzLdV2BPIdAm9bcbkwAEVHQamEM8fiZM6c8w-2Zw5evMIzEMrdowOE8pr_liRecRQ-y1Rtqk5DRjoLcZnZ4YbIyrp-UmhNNINM8UJtU7NmMNKKQfMwtrTDC9MfaxtDyNdpLgDVmG/s1600/Picture+111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSLA0OzLdV2BPIdAm9bcbkwAEVHQamEM8fiZM6c8w-2Zw5evMIzEMrdowOE8pr_liRecRQ-y1Rtqk5DRjoLcZnZ4YbIyrp-UmhNNINM8UJtU7NmMNKKQfMwtrTDC9MfaxtDyNdpLgDVmG/s400/Picture+111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695497402014817682" /></a><br /><br /><br />Next make some embellishments to fit whatever kinda critter your making (note: im having Brooklyn make kitten mittens and Colton make shark ones in the morning)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUckwgPj33P3UVWic0cdZRd41mGe_rvtHWOoU1BSe4wQTIHZCyCyYHOsekUgRmggA3R6T3ZQbYngNRvL_vfhc1xsML4uy122Nc5xsRu0ywZktVviKH3UqCPDyt4oyukffwCSmwKltj5ucq/s1600/Picture+113.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUckwgPj33P3UVWic0cdZRd41mGe_rvtHWOoU1BSe4wQTIHZCyCyYHOsekUgRmggA3R6T3ZQbYngNRvL_vfhc1xsML4uy122Nc5xsRu0ywZktVviKH3UqCPDyt4oyukffwCSmwKltj5ucq/s400/Picture+113.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695497556340667554" /></a><br /><br />Place inside with right sides facing together.<br /><br />Pin and sew around.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQVlatQRziXqV-pi9ddUG8NbCnqbsKWoehv1WvE0iPXYhhbN-YwgLLlWqap8PGdnW0f4hAb1Jl5ii1zZRlt9yh-sjQMbTccU8kpptay9yQoSPPQtx5kI_aA4Y5Kduok4PY52jpvh4YVlv/s1600/Picture+121.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAQVlatQRziXqV-pi9ddUG8NbCnqbsKWoehv1WvE0iPXYhhbN-YwgLLlWqap8PGdnW0f4hAb1Jl5ii1zZRlt9yh-sjQMbTccU8kpptay9yQoSPPQtx5kI_aA4Y5Kduok4PY52jpvh4YVlv/s400/Picture+121.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695497728990334034" /></a><br /><br />Next measure baby's wrist... again despite his feelings go ahead and do it.. baby's can be so judge mental sometimes. I used the same amount of elastic as his wrist.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9RTn1zPHNZASQInwrSV57bq_qkGLyktu5z0WjDbhNwDf4qmARdomdzBcRzLUmiuic34PpbHSAQx3nxDlLwajTHnfFmTvkkz5vw39O9zffqvne3j-MfUXo23VqxZjkCs2bdGbPqGfbJbt/s1600/Picture+116.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX9RTn1zPHNZASQInwrSV57bq_qkGLyktu5z0WjDbhNwDf4qmARdomdzBcRzLUmiuic34PpbHSAQx3nxDlLwajTHnfFmTvkkz5vw39O9zffqvne3j-MfUXo23VqxZjkCs2bdGbPqGfbJbt/s400/Picture+116.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695497965401157298" /></a><br /><br /><br />Pin end of elastic and PULL as you sew... not to much but enough to go all the way around your glove (Note: im a self taught sewing which means this might not be technically right but its what I did and it worked:) )<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5rNfGjagejyyF9FdDP6NhVWfSL4hO9u61YrpYXwSkgSl4hoAuLg-l1fHpxI2E5Flh-S1ggVkcNl-WoOg9HIk1vgeL8JGFdwm5rTJQNOEqGpY7HPuNX9oPr0WiwH8NvC4meDCexRYB4cz/s1600/Picture+123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI5rNfGjagejyyF9FdDP6NhVWfSL4hO9u61YrpYXwSkgSl4hoAuLg-l1fHpxI2E5Flh-S1ggVkcNl-WoOg9HIk1vgeL8JGFdwm5rTJQNOEqGpY7HPuNX9oPr0WiwH8NvC4meDCexRYB4cz/s400/Picture+123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695498184251243538" /></a><br /><br /><br />Fold inside right and try to get baby to put them on... after refusing convince your 7 year old to put them on and make them eat said baby... he will be making his size dinos tomorrow after school.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnx_n7WPaJu4K2hOqMDk8JvcSvUancCl8bJTw4HhQvvCLrVp4o3nGscb0j_1ppg6rZEj0n7D_Esk-PCBhQ2ibQpiB-KqLYO521qE84JqCql71pCH0sv3nsAbdN0hOVAwjDS8FD7BluPgQ/s1600/Picture+127.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJnx_n7WPaJu4K2hOqMDk8JvcSvUancCl8bJTw4HhQvvCLrVp4o3nGscb0j_1ppg6rZEj0n7D_Esk-PCBhQ2ibQpiB-KqLYO521qE84JqCql71pCH0sv3nsAbdN0hOVAwjDS8FD7BluPgQ/s400/Picture+127.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695498398010990610" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7Gr12qMrDeDfsH-Dh5-pavmnQmtOy_TiYC6UOp6Enh0JfjDvQUVgho_1_ZZ0iDixmXVqGy8mp7xMs04K7WkUE9-dmj5HsLqCxIegmaZbUmVa3GsppB-ZYDLSbYYLiO8s-GGuO0IMIxTU/s1600/Picture+131.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7Gr12qMrDeDfsH-Dh5-pavmnQmtOy_TiYC6UOp6Enh0JfjDvQUVgho_1_ZZ0iDixmXVqGy8mp7xMs04K7WkUE9-dmj5HsLqCxIegmaZbUmVa3GsppB-ZYDLSbYYLiO8s-GGuO0IMIxTU/s400/Picture+131.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695498789808568274" /></a><br /><br />Make fun of baby for hating every thing you try to put on him then give him some egg nog for being a good sport. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmJ9K6oxFyZZk-wig6ccs7qjgdFE7ySDjjI9vZ6Q3F_8_gUJ09PonmLz_ExsHtajWa19foBK1p6HeAr_WmM6AEHbcCrz86EWqXBYAptkM_4BuTCJUPWb2CdqH_qeLJlJzh3nKX5fypmfZ/s1600/Picture+128.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmJ9K6oxFyZZk-wig6ccs7qjgdFE7ySDjjI9vZ6Q3F_8_gUJ09PonmLz_ExsHtajWa19foBK1p6HeAr_WmM6AEHbcCrz86EWqXBYAptkM_4BuTCJUPWb2CdqH_qeLJlJzh3nKX5fypmfZ/s400/Picture+128.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695498906630298194" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ta Da dino mittens, made from scraps so no real loss if you kittens loose their mittens! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZnJEcdqeiipUEb8tsr6uUvHAd1PwPt0y-sHQ7NnbFXxVRhGt1h8V9jd3BFJCV2itnkPC7yYVe-mBvpOeGqST37aI8Y9rxHT1XpaYZD_FGqy_pNeTIl-6F-euQ4t4IjVqEU8NqFtPQ5Wx/s1600/Picture+133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZnJEcdqeiipUEb8tsr6uUvHAd1PwPt0y-sHQ7NnbFXxVRhGt1h8V9jd3BFJCV2itnkPC7yYVe-mBvpOeGqST37aI8Y9rxHT1XpaYZD_FGqy_pNeTIl-6F-euQ4t4IjVqEU8NqFtPQ5Wx/s400/Picture+133.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695499026164517010" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-30590919324777487072012-01-06T21:03:00.000-08:002012-01-06T21:10:55.500-08:00Freakin' Friday!So today I want to show you a few really freakin' awesome things! The first being we are having my sons 8th birthday in May (dont judge me lol) and its going to be Harry Potter so of course my pintrest board is filling up fast but lets be realistic how cool are these? They are going to be delivered to his class with acceptance letter... complete with location of their seats!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGI5qmFTSRBYB2xOPOP16ZTih78yfgHwdEALclt4_LEyzFiKeKirzMNLXl7b7LQWTVovGCIJU-A6sycn3YfNv0fdukt531_wBnKj-9IBM1u2h0Suhkq3qCfcdsNiPG0Z0GjC_Yjto2Plg/s1600/44754590016501204_HIBda31N_c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGI5qmFTSRBYB2xOPOP16ZTih78yfgHwdEALclt4_LEyzFiKeKirzMNLXl7b7LQWTVovGCIJU-A6sycn3YfNv0fdukt531_wBnKj-9IBM1u2h0Suhkq3qCfcdsNiPG0Z0GjC_Yjto2Plg/s400/44754590016501204_HIBda31N_c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694752080808703010" /></a><br /><br />And because I dont want to leave the parents out of the truly awesome party... sublet bits of hilarious will be all around like this<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODDL-zGKt0ZaNi5SW_IRmVOmayZBHs5YnqxqX0B8Q-J0bMnxUhuUfC0Q2ArFygcozY1zuBCtpMQKQ_KRXgItUS5CPvlGT241NYJzcymr01mhj2EU35IhNfdb2ydnkd9ibwxLBZSXU_sjO/s1600/jkvKQ.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODDL-zGKt0ZaNi5SW_IRmVOmayZBHs5YnqxqX0B8Q-J0bMnxUhuUfC0Q2ArFygcozY1zuBCtpMQKQ_KRXgItUS5CPvlGT241NYJzcymr01mhj2EU35IhNfdb2ydnkd9ibwxLBZSXU_sjO/s400/jkvKQ.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694752614620875122" /></a><br /><br />and this which literally made me LOL<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4A-NaqNlFJ_o3Rr9l2S9Og9dJT5mmSwBLmPmZnS_kJWhLsrG6cUkWNoqkP9MriQcwcQPYEkgRXPVr3eShwZC75eQSz_Wy8QZKAzhsJwL_DIS82j0eaiUN6eq46PDq8yT8fjW9S-_2NcD/s1600/44754590016552452_OtjXvDlm_c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4A-NaqNlFJ_o3Rr9l2S9Og9dJT5mmSwBLmPmZnS_kJWhLsrG6cUkWNoqkP9MriQcwcQPYEkgRXPVr3eShwZC75eQSz_Wy8QZKAzhsJwL_DIS82j0eaiUN6eq46PDq8yT8fjW9S-_2NcD/s400/44754590016552452_OtjXvDlm_c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694752371548440978" /></a><br /><br />So be ready for a little bit of Potter take over in the months to come!Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-72073822407655689192012-01-04T11:58:00.000-08:002012-01-07T07:50:52.650-08:00Re-Doin it Wednesday!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_NNbc4ZdZPxSDnBqV6N4a2bNFtc6RJ9ND92LGMIGs4vxVr0YxehxUwyuK5vQ2Us9Z3CamCjYVbxaN00c80tQMTBeHfI8LHxvw6cOBFmQ9yaQeY9lb6jscWwKjbs5Ppn3HsrF3jIWU0qC/s1600/Picture+137.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_NNbc4ZdZPxSDnBqV6N4a2bNFtc6RJ9ND92LGMIGs4vxVr0YxehxUwyuK5vQ2Us9Z3CamCjYVbxaN00c80tQMTBeHfI8LHxvw6cOBFmQ9yaQeY9lb6jscWwKjbs5Ppn3HsrF3jIWU0qC/s400/Picture+137.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693875205497172882" /></a><br />My daughter gets emotionally attached to the weirdest things... envelopes, candy wrappers, toys, .... but the worst thing in the world has to be clothing! She would have worn a onsie she had that had a lady bug on it till she was 30 if I wouldn't have secretly thrown it in the trash one night, which lead to days... and literally weeks of 'looking' for it. I thought about putting it in our pass it down bag but I was in fear for any friends baby that might sport it in her sight :) Dresses seem to stay in the drawers the longest, first as dresses, then to short dresses, then to shirt, but last week when my darling daughter was trying to squeeze her 5 year old self into an 18 month dress she was mortified to learn the arms were just to small to move in, after about and hour of tears she emerged from her bedroom and said "fine, make me a new one." '"Unfortunately I didn't make it to begin with so all hopes of that were out. I did however come up with a cleaver way to make it fit... we turned it into a skirt!! (which hopefully she wont be sporting to prom...)<br />Here is how we did it. ..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kssroVPccL_2KO92vEzExc6XFagd1pW-SdoVj42QEYLEb_87n6B0Uuv4JcAJU3tm0xyyPgE63BeUaVXS1cvJM7tTaRVbtUeibvm4Fk4Af2f374a3M2GXEU4pPe9KlhbUiIS2fR4v4Gvj/s1600/Picture+111.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kssroVPccL_2KO92vEzExc6XFagd1pW-SdoVj42QEYLEb_87n6B0Uuv4JcAJU3tm0xyyPgE63BeUaVXS1cvJM7tTaRVbtUeibvm4Fk4Af2f374a3M2GXEU4pPe9KlhbUiIS2fR4v4Gvj/s400/Picture+111.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693873182226323218" /></a><br />Here is the old dress (Yes its 18 months and yes she is a tony 5 year old)<br /><br />Her favorite part is that the dress is so soft (velvet) and it has a black (jack halloween) bow. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuzbLI1WiTtzx1WaD1hCig6Clt5udgfjiQIK0-It0QS0Awp5SO7MiiX7bDiWO9uB5aniVTYcqwxhAZ5iSJJNfE3xCGOfvH9ZmdidVR1wKjKuRIfwMY7JVaCCydNXCMKkQ9Yr42yjKvz7T/s1600/Picture+118.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuzbLI1WiTtzx1WaD1hCig6Clt5udgfjiQIK0-It0QS0Awp5SO7MiiX7bDiWO9uB5aniVTYcqwxhAZ5iSJJNfE3xCGOfvH9ZmdidVR1wKjKuRIfwMY7JVaCCydNXCMKkQ9Yr42yjKvz7T/s400/Picture+118.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693873616127473394" /></a><br /><br />So I measured up 3 inches from said waist band and cut. <br />(Tears ensued and in the end I had to pay her to let me throw away the top section.. although Im thinking about making a headband but shuuu dont tell her that)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9IadaInnve6W3WYP7ybjFv-YJB5K38FoR8AlwZaGBb7t9x-OGpDXRb1uV2FDwPsVpiHn6kpTODduXUNJiX6-FOZsrkPft4mFDzWKGTApiLFwbuV8CwURpAK7Y_7VfKjtqSl8AwHVDRxP/s1600/Picture+122.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9IadaInnve6W3WYP7ybjFv-YJB5K38FoR8AlwZaGBb7t9x-OGpDXRb1uV2FDwPsVpiHn6kpTODduXUNJiX6-FOZsrkPft4mFDzWKGTApiLFwbuV8CwURpAK7Y_7VfKjtqSl8AwHVDRxP/s400/Picture+122.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693873875382502066" /></a><br /><br />I folded the top over and pinned and stitched <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75c9C2CpeWqhafL_qFPLvMl95pRJtUi4GiOxqfK-8mQIBaMFzbVUv5LtDb54FWjpZcfIaVHgsA-ZdApZ89gnkGC9j9XGjTdo4QfaDB64XTnZpi-6hdVTjjvlKIsXbo_aDlQARMtHj1l9_/s1600/Picture+123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75c9C2CpeWqhafL_qFPLvMl95pRJtUi4GiOxqfK-8mQIBaMFzbVUv5LtDb54FWjpZcfIaVHgsA-ZdApZ89gnkGC9j9XGjTdo4QfaDB64XTnZpi-6hdVTjjvlKIsXbo_aDlQARMtHj1l9_/s400/Picture+123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693874173743109666" /></a><br /><br />Half way around my needle broke and actually got me in the eye... who knew you needed safety glasses to sew....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJffec72RbIZNs9V-1nmoJwdwPUfy9til2Hg5DI0iJZdLGwDpspNCxzL877r4nTeaHWTyeRHZ-o6eS6AnLBHZF_OnZusolYUXV7l_EvRi_roRj0-uHmhRFAceHvJCG8DcKMH6PsUq5U3A/s1600/Picture+126.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJffec72RbIZNs9V-1nmoJwdwPUfy9til2Hg5DI0iJZdLGwDpspNCxzL877r4nTeaHWTyeRHZ-o6eS6AnLBHZF_OnZusolYUXV7l_EvRi_roRj0-uHmhRFAceHvJCG8DcKMH6PsUq5U3A/s400/Picture+126.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693874434239511330" /></a><br /><br /><br />And a quick bit of elastic stung inside and we have a new twirly skirt!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsHTDvB3navTfcC0hzwW7XBKTvU1zwF_6pt4RfVbBhqmVXiD9BZkpCOVczJOPwzq0d5YL2Qxo_YX0Nx71pa4zU0XDGLNZukuzsyoKi8tec68Zmen6NGO8z0rYdUVPga3fgBZMCDqDbXtr/s1600/Picture+133.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsHTDvB3navTfcC0hzwW7XBKTvU1zwF_6pt4RfVbBhqmVXiD9BZkpCOVczJOPwzq0d5YL2Qxo_YX0Nx71pa4zU0XDGLNZukuzsyoKi8tec68Zmen6NGO8z0rYdUVPga3fgBZMCDqDbXtr/s400/Picture+133.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693875026721264722" /></a><br /><br />See how happy she is.... now if she would just brush her hair.. but that is another battle for another day :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_NNbc4ZdZPxSDnBqV6N4a2bNFtc6RJ9ND92LGMIGs4vxVr0YxehxUwyuK5vQ2Us9Z3CamCjYVbxaN00c80tQMTBeHfI8LHxvw6cOBFmQ9yaQeY9lb6jscWwKjbs5Ppn3HsrF3jIWU0qC/s1600/Picture+137.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_NNbc4ZdZPxSDnBqV6N4a2bNFtc6RJ9ND92LGMIGs4vxVr0YxehxUwyuK5vQ2Us9Z3CamCjYVbxaN00c80tQMTBeHfI8LHxvw6cOBFmQ9yaQeY9lb6jscWwKjbs5Ppn3HsrF3jIWU0qC/s400/Picture+137.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693875205497172882" /></a><br /><br /><br />I bragged about myself on these awesome blogs!<br /><a href="http://firefliesandjellybeans.blogspot.com/search/label/Show%20Off%20Your%20Stuff%20Party" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCD3pTtma3g6ZvC5OrAtsczMWFHOFZ9sB9jxI7i9PhrfXOs0ymcg9i6sYGDF6Osm65isJyZmsHhDVnPVMi1XFVVxIY9DWSXUDDgM0scPtRmw6Bj4cMDEqGLOhyphenhyphenKll7UdFJ7WkYwO1NGuKu/s400/384029_10150455050711431_619376430_9191531_134005705_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692900321415869906" /></a><br />I'm not sure if there was another person on earth who was as happy as I was to see 2011 end! It was so crazy and horrible from January to December that I totally wanted to skip ahead in time around June. But now that 2012 is here I am going to make the most of it!! Thats right I paid my dues to Karama and this year is destained to be amazing. So I think I'm going to start off with some resolutions... well lets call them goals because I work better under pressure :) <br /><br />1. I want to loose 30lbs before my 10 year reuinon (which to be honest I probally wont even go to but just incase... like I said I work better under pressure)<br /><br />2. I want to clean up my craft room and get it oraganized for some serious me space!<br /><br />3. I want to get all this stuff I made on my Etsy store and I want it to sell. I want to be doing well enough on there that I can let go of this kid I baby sit... my sanity will be my deadline on this one!<br /><br />4. I want to get my little kids reading. I know that might seem like a big goal but by September I want my daughter to start Kindergarten reading, and to be honest its her goal so im sure her insistance will get us there. <br /><br />5. I want to spend the whole year inspiring and lifting up my friends and family. This might seem odd but the responce I had from my 27 day challenge was AMAZING!! (This one is also for selfish reason to because I am addicted to the way making other people happy makes me feel inside, and I guess its a truely happy feeling!) I have found some really great sites online that I have booked marked and plan to share with you as the year goes by. There are some truely selfless people out there and thei are so inspiring! <br /><br />6. I will stop swearing. Lately it has been almost everthing I say and I need to nixs that right out of my life!<br /><br />7. I want to learn to knit and croche, and I plan to learn on youtube so wish me luck!<br /><br />8. I want to take more pictures of my kids doing kid things, because I realized there is alot of stuff we do I would love to pull out pictures and remind them about. <br /><br />9. I want to make more time for me. I often give my husband full days out of the house away from everything but I NEVER let my self have that kinda time, and this was one I wanted last year but once again I ended up neglecting me, so this year imagunna do it :)<br /><br />10. I want to make time for husband wife night. We use to always be on the same page and im worried we might be drifting apart and Im not going to let the love of my life slip away, so I think we owe it to us to spend as much time reminding each other why we love each other as possible, so please pass on any date night ideas you have!<br /><br />So that is the official start to the year for me. I hope I remebemer to come back through out the year to remind my self of the things I want to accomplish and maybe let you know how they are going. <br /><br />How do you keep yourself on track for youre resolutions for more then just the first two days ?Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-26078853013700839802011-12-28T12:24:00.000-08:002011-12-28T12:57:32.305-08:00Merry Christmas... and happy birthday to me!!Oh my this month has just been crashing down around me. I did a wonderful challenge with my friends with some amazing good deeds that were done. Challenging them to make the last 27 days of me being 27 a random acts of kindness over load.. and over loaded with awesomeness it was! We had a steller nutcracker birthday party... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxSUgN8Zpv542MxTm6P2u_6jeJlJkJC2nDUXgtobViHFMpx1kZ0f1w2JLlcSIFrMivj48PvqPb8MdoJoVJksB00hDvuumKC0Yolgb85-JGzysTuzJtNGvOqg6a5mmoRvhvS3gq6g_qqQy/s1600/381655_10150419105866431_619376430_9041837_465719130_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxSUgN8Zpv542MxTm6P2u_6jeJlJkJC2nDUXgtobViHFMpx1kZ0f1w2JLlcSIFrMivj48PvqPb8MdoJoVJksB00hDvuumKC0Yolgb85-JGzysTuzJtNGvOqg6a5mmoRvhvS3gq6g_qqQy/s400/381655_10150419105866431_619376430_9041837_465719130_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691283841949372674" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1XlRicTuExcqHajzWN-8Mks58BqY8WtLPFz5aANB0jbeRASq1OVoQ-3iKSibVaxEMIRPmdaAonQsqDYC1C8yxCw-VgafFiwjEWSx_AqotRkxglW_XGKy6kBdpirNmiJQi7ghwAj3YpN-/s1600/381157_10150457140954637_764299636_8284512_1721817618_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1XlRicTuExcqHajzWN-8Mks58BqY8WtLPFz5aANB0jbeRASq1OVoQ-3iKSibVaxEMIRPmdaAonQsqDYC1C8yxCw-VgafFiwjEWSx_AqotRkxglW_XGKy6kBdpirNmiJQi7ghwAj3YpN-/s400/381157_10150457140954637_764299636_8284512_1721817618_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691283968703578594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5N-i_hX6fN36OngNXVDm-JvSkjdlRGigZgf5Q9n6VaPOQ4oOQC6Geynwqtu-6ySVwlKUeME9wJTGrUbUqfWSp5AwXJ3gDn6IdOQeASt_74XPTWL7Qvf9OXfHEYPp3xT83xG-JtE_VK3L/s1600/386344_10150419187721431_619376430_9042187_1493029147_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5N-i_hX6fN36OngNXVDm-JvSkjdlRGigZgf5Q9n6VaPOQ4oOQC6Geynwqtu-6ySVwlKUeME9wJTGrUbUqfWSp5AwXJ3gDn6IdOQeASt_74XPTWL7Qvf9OXfHEYPp3xT83xG-JtE_VK3L/s400/386344_10150419187721431_619376430_9042187_1493029147_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691284110436349202" /></a><br /><br />the fallowing day my big brother took his own life :(.... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNAg5IZN_vbKN5VfE3ox0ER4Sr9YJPcstam82Cp3bkd0GqK8NuhOY81nr2Wp2hkjjcVu0WnWQESAPqZATQyY88VW-W0h0zMbuIQWsUwA_zmH0l3PtyBdLVyzPIxAXM4PKPP8k5oy1ijRn/s1600/58734_433877237668_573552668_5208924_4242721_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNAg5IZN_vbKN5VfE3ox0ER4Sr9YJPcstam82Cp3bkd0GqK8NuhOY81nr2Wp2hkjjcVu0WnWQESAPqZATQyY88VW-W0h0zMbuIQWsUwA_zmH0l3PtyBdLVyzPIxAXM4PKPP8k5oy1ijRn/s400/58734_433877237668_573552668_5208924_4242721_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691284325054785682" /></a><br />that pretty much put a giant hault in everything else of grandness that I had planned for the month. My head was and still is in a fog.. I keep sitting down then forgetting what I am doing or what I have done. We had a VERY VERY SMALL cookie party because we had already had plans for it and figured the kids needed to be around people who were happy since we have been so so sad.It was a nice gathering of our close friends and it was a happy time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtD7NioletTl2szaDSsVMSsCVU3ColPFfrYJAMsCyCGNT11OhDezSFwm_NqcgUlaxV8l5XAVP9YTP6xo0en7S_B_nptH1tDW3d7pnkZI_dEfCZKaHtM6DUMUJ1fBNkbJepSWZrc4UpAl2/s1600/379538_10150429884676431_619376430_9078635_1653447773_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtD7NioletTl2szaDSsVMSsCVU3ColPFfrYJAMsCyCGNT11OhDezSFwm_NqcgUlaxV8l5XAVP9YTP6xo0en7S_B_nptH1tDW3d7pnkZI_dEfCZKaHtM6DUMUJ1fBNkbJepSWZrc4UpAl2/s400/379538_10150429884676431_619376430_9078635_1653447773_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691284448862977794" /></a><br /> Brooklyn has her first ballet recital. Which was so cute and she was so so excited! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZdBvVkiU81hjQQWu-TD9mVeLECHV_kbNjkW8PK2JKVsABkEGEu8bMCF-33-IFJzToH3yK3lzBc1avLOaU_gj6tnN2fgA8qKE5weZfjtakOg5X9mkQfpW9D_hxyhT0_5tXw6maumRRbCP/s1600/379170_2487016770918_1117626764_32291945_1326120313_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZdBvVkiU81hjQQWu-TD9mVeLECHV_kbNjkW8PK2JKVsABkEGEu8bMCF-33-IFJzToH3yK3lzBc1avLOaU_gj6tnN2fgA8qKE5weZfjtakOg5X9mkQfpW9D_hxyhT0_5tXw6maumRRbCP/s400/379170_2487016770918_1117626764_32291945_1326120313_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691284587499931906" /></a> after words we went out to dinner .. because we all deserved a treat.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFEzTgtPV6Jf7INI1f1PNT3UB5m1UqPUaerHI0uG78kNZpqS_noPr6d-27UlnXHi73xrppj1zZEKCagyp1F05PRR0AGH_ZGFvkSiVeXjCjrbYxve_hAu5lqHuhfZfht7DSN4kliW2aiZ2/s1600/408011_10150431400761431_619376430_9086543_1886749098_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpFEzTgtPV6Jf7INI1f1PNT3UB5m1UqPUaerHI0uG78kNZpqS_noPr6d-27UlnXHi73xrppj1zZEKCagyp1F05PRR0AGH_ZGFvkSiVeXjCjrbYxve_hAu5lqHuhfZfht7DSN4kliW2aiZ2/s400/408011_10150431400761431_619376430_9086543_1886749098_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691285119559900338" /></a><br /> <br />. We threw my side of the family christmas dinner and that was very very somber. Each day we keep getting better but loosing someone like my brother was a very hard and very unexspected blow. I didnt take the time when making christmas gifts to blog about them or make tutorials but I have lots of picture that I will upload soon. For christmas my hunny got me a new super awesome mixer... oh yeah look for baking madness to over take my blog here shortly. And then for my birthday, which was yesterday (the 27th ) I got a serger. Yeah for sergers... but to be honest it scares me so Im just going to look at in sitting in the box imagening all the wonderfullness that Im going to make with it :) Well I better get back to cleaning up from out crazy christmas but I will leave you with a glimps of cuteness<br />Christmas morning! Look at those cute matching PJ pants and New hoods I made.. oh and those happy kids!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fiqo2T_XFnQfV5IHCmiXPV6bY0AAGZxanKL-hb9n78ZjJrtzaSOGpujKaxaQDtllwyC4X9CLX-D882QbiYXP0qrh_JOL_9C9XEz9VCeSJcC_NTtOjx5C78EyNvQHPr5gNr7OuUTbSaQU/s1600/397056_10150443628216431_619376430_9134777_142091377_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fiqo2T_XFnQfV5IHCmiXPV6bY0AAGZxanKL-hb9n78ZjJrtzaSOGpujKaxaQDtllwyC4X9CLX-D882QbiYXP0qrh_JOL_9C9XEz9VCeSJcC_NTtOjx5C78EyNvQHPr5gNr7OuUTbSaQU/s400/397056_10150443628216431_619376430_9134777_142091377_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691282737164545106" /></a><br />baby dress up so cute!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4qiaooieAfjXBwfKtX-2FKi-E2OBdxZdcpQv3uLCWCCo2qynIHBTv37pYS-NYSgQEaFFSLwiuhtA1Zl-THExVKYrqQ1WG6Gxz40IJgyrqu3jhonpoJJ4o5NfQQDS4YEOcVcNYhyV4lBQ/s1600/392351_10150444193011431_619376430_9139152_881981824_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4qiaooieAfjXBwfKtX-2FKi-E2OBdxZdcpQv3uLCWCCo2qynIHBTv37pYS-NYSgQEaFFSLwiuhtA1Zl-THExVKYrqQ1WG6Gxz40IJgyrqu3jhonpoJJ4o5NfQQDS4YEOcVcNYhyV4lBQ/s400/392351_10150444193011431_619376430_9139152_881981824_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691283312840181122" /></a><br />My best friend making christmas wrapping awesome!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXlEZv5A95IxrNygMCxrBEYpmwhlh-jtbM4fr3F832gngOEara2B4gova6uuCrasqDU9KOrwRhFDyxtUm_kuYY5DpRc62bibOxSN-tJq_UXIwREMd7gVOLlm0-L9eVBkkQhkeQP4GL2M_/s1600/398830_10150441374331431_619376430_9123919_1202703990_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXlEZv5A95IxrNygMCxrBEYpmwhlh-jtbM4fr3F832gngOEara2B4gova6uuCrasqDU9KOrwRhFDyxtUm_kuYY5DpRc62bibOxSN-tJq_UXIwREMd7gVOLlm0-L9eVBkkQhkeQP4GL2M_/s400/398830_10150441374331431_619376430_9123919_1202703990_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691283484444433154" /></a><br />With 4 kids santa had to put the tree in a new spot to get all the gifts around it <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XGh829CafoNKzKak2jFbGS6XQr3A9AKRTdeN66H8Hai9oPvYdrJC7-7ylyiq1kCHgsDangvHzyNDLlEbN6rKmgI71XR2b3imFmV8aVd-DF0RrPUVAtamjSp9GqKMmvAk3cdof_vA6TVd/s1600/402657_10150443116756431_619376430_9132013_356966338_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4XGh829CafoNKzKak2jFbGS6XQr3A9AKRTdeN66H8Hai9oPvYdrJC7-7ylyiq1kCHgsDangvHzyNDLlEbN6rKmgI71XR2b3imFmV8aVd-DF0RrPUVAtamjSp9GqKMmvAk3cdof_vA6TVd/s400/402657_10150443116756431_619376430_9132013_356966338_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691285447041713506" /></a><br /><br /><br />My birthday gifts <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfnGoZ9yOUdh4TALNKr_gOVO9EkSjBDUrcItreDeN6tXTKGSJJuHgSUsJwM685rxOgBjQRWtxT1cgvJf62qHf7zmUyOkVeFnnxldr26YkhRNX0DdP_F8VpkSHbbTVoXUISC35dRy2pZxj/s1600/402710_10150448171151431_619376430_9159101_987797934_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIfnGoZ9yOUdh4TALNKr_gOVO9EkSjBDUrcItreDeN6tXTKGSJJuHgSUsJwM685rxOgBjQRWtxT1cgvJf62qHf7zmUyOkVeFnnxldr26YkhRNX0DdP_F8VpkSHbbTVoXUISC35dRy2pZxj/s400/402710_10150448171151431_619376430_9159101_987797934_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691285279197549170" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-83421813379248998022011-12-13T09:48:00.000-08:002011-12-13T10:01:03.561-08:0012 days before christmas countdown days 9-5We have had a horrible family tragedy this weekend so I'm sorry to not have gotten these out sooner. here are the last few days signs for our countdown<br />#9 Thursday. We had fun making these today we sent off some candy cane bark. it was so yummy! We used our gift molds and they looked adorable!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncJ1xO4AtesMevBvh0jUXZB1IOXqBNfjGqs3QxvZDQYHo_jd_ofk5hyphenhyphen-bJ-DJyeM8gUy4EHkLi-Ut8zSlIKow0NyK9QM5gRgIQTL5ELiqsCgM9ABteqnZwGarj9XbmrHPxRditBeO0MZ3/s1600/day+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncJ1xO4AtesMevBvh0jUXZB1IOXqBNfjGqs3QxvZDQYHo_jd_ofk5hyphenhyphen-bJ-DJyeM8gUy4EHkLi-Ut8zSlIKow0NyK9QM5gRgIQTL5ELiqsCgM9ABteqnZwGarj9XbmrHPxRditBeO0MZ3/s400/day+9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685674237625936162" /></a><br /><br />#8Friday, we packed up all the weekend stuff to, but for today we Packed up a chocolate box of cake mix and found these cute little cupcake papers with picks and bowed them together with this card <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQF7CWPZOb8STKRXH6VG52pkRZ8sPKeFQfCQIxU5o-0F0svET5qJ4YUReW-S65lK83YxjSYG0Jt0TFrH0rv60heGRqPN8NAzBcNLn0q3UcaultlSi-3x4oCTWsG8_YxRV_HlIo4jkBKh9/s1600/day+8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQF7CWPZOb8STKRXH6VG52pkRZ8sPKeFQfCQIxU5o-0F0svET5qJ4YUReW-S65lK83YxjSYG0Jt0TFrH0rv60heGRqPN8NAzBcNLn0q3UcaultlSi-3x4oCTWsG8_YxRV_HlIo4jkBKh9/s400/day+8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685673756876919922" /></a><br /><br />#7 Saturday, We got cute cards and added a few ugly sweater lottry cards... silly story, I had never bought them before and was red faced and felt so guilty buying them. It was like buying beer... i dont do it often but I feel all dangerous when i do, then this guy was trying to flirt with me at the machine so I was all flustered ha ha ha it was so funny ;)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9xrV0Fx7jEig_QQR2kpg3AnCTjjL7qpCIQn4EEPTnxeXqFwS21Wz2yonjKSDV-HQkhsDbr73-DW-2On2AHVih_UcdmiYrFSr7Kmviigr4LPRA2ySQK_BYM2CDmY2SOjh9a98GLe8yJ-v/s1600/day+7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9xrV0Fx7jEig_QQR2kpg3AnCTjjL7qpCIQn4EEPTnxeXqFwS21Wz2yonjKSDV-HQkhsDbr73-DW-2On2AHVih_UcdmiYrFSr7Kmviigr4LPRA2ySQK_BYM2CDmY2SOjh9a98GLe8yJ-v/s400/day+7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685672753334514738" /></a><br /><br />#6 Sunday, we got cute starbucks mugs and filled them with hot chocolate packets<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BpLG27PFL1JWMMtW6wZQViaNXwji7MijZWhmdhyphenhyphennrgf7aVsufR8wf8gAIgr6Qj1-lx3vWH4LV39ivMJEu6rjrMhUzbltXACBh8WI7md3E59DmG2-qReihw_TRaTPnlot-udnxaq9V8ES/s1600/day+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BpLG27PFL1JWMMtW6wZQViaNXwji7MijZWhmdhyphenhyphennrgf7aVsufR8wf8gAIgr6Qj1-lx3vWH4LV39ivMJEu6rjrMhUzbltXACBh8WI7md3E59DmG2-qReihw_TRaTPnlot-udnxaq9V8ES/s400/day+6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685672117139383154" /></a><br /><br /><br />#5 Monday: We made some really super cute starbranch orniments. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLA66TDxNwfsMl95bPKznzWb6ulKAqTvqruev2oo-em3tzwNP-kdT4NvZ0J1qdeYLR934yXhqhHi1qcs5IMb8NcqOEYy5USE6vPV3R2qcte2BJI5C_42dMuBkVAcxRXcVSPnbMmcwGDXgp/s1600/day+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLA66TDxNwfsMl95bPKznzWb6ulKAqTvqruev2oo-em3tzwNP-kdT4NvZ0J1qdeYLR934yXhqhHi1qcs5IMb8NcqOEYy5USE6vPV3R2qcte2BJI5C_42dMuBkVAcxRXcVSPnbMmcwGDXgp/s400/day+5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685671703342709202" /></a>Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-41194420313450529332011-12-09T22:29:00.000-08:002011-12-09T22:49:47.833-08:00Last 27 days of being 27... amazing news!Today was one of those days where I didnt want to get out of bed because of the dream I had was so good. Taking me back to when things were simple and my plate was almost empty and my friends list was a mile long. I miss those days sometimes.. not that I dont love my life but I miss those days when I didnt have to be anything to anyone and could be anyone to everyone. But I wake up late for school with pack backs and lunches to get ready and grumpy kids to boot. I was having a bad morning, on the verge of tears, just not a good morning. Putting that I need a change song on repeat<br /><br />One Thing I Know<br />Randy Rogers Band<br />Woke up today and things had changed.<br />The man I’ve become just ain’t the same.<br />Wanted to run but there was just nowhere to go.<br />Living in a dream world, praying it don’t show.<br /><br />Cause who I am, is who you want me to be<br />But I’m having a hard time, finding me.<br />Well take my hand darling, won’t you let me go<br />Gotta do this by myself, that’s one thing I know.<br /><br />Living my life on low-fuel,<br />Telling myself that I’m a damn fool.<br />All of my friends up in Fort Worth tell me how I’m brave,<br />Little do you know I almost lost it yesterday.<br /><br />Cause who I am, is who they want me to be<br />But I’m having a hard time, finding me.<br />Well take my hand darling, won’t you let me go<br />Gotta do this by myself, that’s one thing I know.<br /><br /><em><strong>I’ve got these demons on my trail.<br />Crazy and messed up, but no one else can tell…</strong></em><br />Cause who I am, is who you want me to be<br />But I’m having a hard time, finding me.<br />Well take my hand darling, won’t you let me go<br />Gotta do this by myself, that’s one thing I know.<br /><br />Gotta do this all alone, that’s one thing I know.<br /><br />Those bold lines are the ones that echo in my head sometimes. So I preped for Brooklyns party, got list ready for the cookie party, ended up with a friends kid for the afternoon, the got double daycare kids and then no one paid me today... UGHHHHHHHHH ... then I got a facebook message from someone on my list. This woman is truely an awesome person. She always leave me sweet comments and like my crafty habits I share and she has taken my Late 27 days of 27 challenge to heart. She has donated her time and money and brought glove and blankets to the needy. But today she reminded me that even tho my day is sucky and sometimes I look at my life and feel like I am doing crazy inside myself all the time, there is people worse off and I need to count my blessing. There is a man at her work with a sick wife and 2 kids, and this has been really hard on them this year. Because of my challenge she and her husband gave their holiday bonuses to this man. I honestly cried at her generosity. We all have our off days, but from now on I will wake up with my alarm clock and count those 4 little heart beats that keep me going. Im blessed and I pray that Leah and her her husband are blessed for their random act of unbelievable kindness. And that that man has a small weight lifted off his shoulders and is able to see all he does have even when times are tough.Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-32317346290797321482011-12-07T14:05:00.000-08:002011-12-07T14:27:15.485-08:0012 days before christmas day 10Last night we had a major melt down over a pokemon game that got erased. Im not sure if it the aspergers that made it unconsolable but it was a hard night for us. We did manage to get the #10 one done but not with out tears and grumpyness, so this day wont be as rememberable. We found this really cute <a href="http://allcrafts.allcraftsblogs.com/2011/10/12/grinch-pills-printable/">tutorial</a> and copied their grinch pills. Here is our tag<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCejOYgEe7FmOEvMEnNCUkuo967p3A_DjrQXgh-NykvYEB_YU300Al97LzSb_I7z47FlvCsYlHwkbNr_OkUi3eOH-JtXOzf7Tlqg6AYt2-GkmBYMckKv3DT18tw0Gjqa1vsdyA_1kavJR/s1600/day+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCejOYgEe7FmOEvMEnNCUkuo967p3A_DjrQXgh-NykvYEB_YU300Al97LzSb_I7z47FlvCsYlHwkbNr_OkUi3eOH-JtXOzf7Tlqg6AYt2-GkmBYMckKv3DT18tw0Gjqa1vsdyA_1kavJR/s400/day+10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683515081907927042" /></a><br /><br />And here is Brother bear holding them because he didnt want to me take a picture of him...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NyvSjXqrKuhohuzSH2NbELVmvwrFE_WGstuzKloVMTLIhoJAbU9zzJKdXbUbTdLWAoxDBxfOKTZSk1yaZaJ6o7Gwwr8QLvhcYC0xxiGY23KRv2l2wP6C-teXj_ZTmsmsKir_xMc3VAPK/s1600/390923_10150411435591431_619376430_9018682_1329707003_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NyvSjXqrKuhohuzSH2NbELVmvwrFE_WGstuzKloVMTLIhoJAbU9zzJKdXbUbTdLWAoxDBxfOKTZSk1yaZaJ6o7Gwwr8QLvhcYC0xxiGY23KRv2l2wP6C-teXj_ZTmsmsKir_xMc3VAPK/s400/390923_10150411435591431_619376430_9018682_1329707003_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683516038662667634" /></a> <br />We used some big green tick tacs because they were the only ones we could find at 3 stores... who doesnt eat the green ones.. and who the heck eat the orange ones?!<br /><br />Hopefully tonights gift will be better... we are going to make pepermint bark ;) wish us luck...Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2573716366666265480.post-41705618529092980472011-12-07T13:55:00.000-08:002011-12-07T14:05:18.069-08:0011th day before Christmas breakOk so I kept justin up making these because it was guitar night and then day care kid was here way to late (ps keep your eyes out for a im a door mat post that may be coming soon ...) So anyways I got so lost on the time I forgot to take a picture and then we were out the door, so just close your eyes, yup just like that, oh wait then how well you read this? ok take two :) try to Imogen if you will two red felt stockings made by a 7 year old (they were actually cut and glued really well) we used glue and glitter to make the teachers initials and fluff on the top. Then we filled it with 4 red pen, 2 red sharpies, 2 red dry erase and a really cute snowman pen that poped off when you pushed a button! And here was out tag.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImdhJEzZ4urM7baIYk0Ypk4EMK3GNM2oFNaXB-gnTFCLYhA6GZImzFMK4gsvDhAh7ZEkVj1tTc4KEVTHLPwSx4RkJryK9VJ38dDAYtJxCdmbUHk-0e4xc_wIaf8aZp8js9P7AqZ93zzQO/s1600/day+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImdhJEzZ4urM7baIYk0Ypk4EMK3GNM2oFNaXB-gnTFCLYhA6GZImzFMK4gsvDhAh7ZEkVj1tTc4KEVTHLPwSx4RkJryK9VJ38dDAYtJxCdmbUHk-0e4xc_wIaf8aZp8js9P7AqZ93zzQO/s400/day+11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683509523456661970" /></a><br /><br /><br />He has been so excited to do this and the report back from him after school has been priceless. His favorite teacher it just a ham and fake crys with happiness everytime :) <br /><br /><br />And if you are keeping up with my last 27 days of being 27 Im up to #14. Reflecting back this last week my favorite random acts have been the post office trip, leaving boxes of nerd candys on my nerdy neighbors porch, handing candy canes out randomly (the best one was to a guy on his bike at a red light. He was waving through the window at Carson so I handed him and candy cane and he handed it to the guy... it was so sweet!! I picked up some umbrellas at the dollar tree because when it rains you always see those people and think man I bet they wish they had an umbrella... but so far its been crazy cold and no rain (not complaining about no rain but I am about to complain about the lack of snow and abundance of 32' weather.)Katie@a mom, a wife, and a mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04151237188675358584noreply@blogger.com0