Month: August 2010

Finished reading nook…..

Awhile ago, I posted photos of my latest mural being finished…but the area wasn’t completely finished…..I still had to make new seat cushions.  I wasn’t sure which fabric I wanted to use…so it took me awhile to decide.  I needed a fabric that could take a beating…..3 children, 2 dogs and 5 cats!  I decided to go with a thick corduroy in green.  I love the color and I think it goes well with all the other crazy colors in our living room!

Yesterday I finally got around to sewing up the covers!  The kids instantly loved them and wanted to sit in the “nook” and read and rest!  Now, I just need to make some pillow covers!  Maybe next week……

Dress Up……

River loves to play dress up.   I think all my children enjoyed dressing up.

She’ll ignore the dress up bin for a couple of weeks…and then go on a binge….changing into costumes all morning…..

Sometimes she’ll just put on some crazy outfit and decide to wear it for the rest of the day!

And sometimes her brother and sister get involved…but I’m not allowed to show those photos!

Favorite Shoes…..

Who doesn’t have a pair of favorite shoes?  Quinn’s favorite shoes are his Crocs.  He literally wears them everyday, all year!  It doesn’t matter if it is snowing, raining or hailing!  We had so much snow this year and he still wore his Crocs!

Tuesday’s favorite shoes are her Adidas flip flops.  She needs a new pair.  We’ve ordered her a new pair.  She is very picky about her shoes.  Once she finds  a pair of shoes she likes..she wants the same pair over and over again.  This isn’t always easy.   They always have to be “ordered”…thank goodness for the internet!

River’s favorite shoes are her pink Uggs.  She needs new ones.  Hers are disgustingly dirty!  You can’t call them boots…they are Uggs..she reminds you of this.  She wears them even if it is 99° outside!  She loves them!

Summer Popsicles….

It all starts out innocent…..”Mom, can I have a popsicle?”

But it is summertime, and there is nothing innocent about popsicles…they just melt too fast…

Kids just don’t get the ratio of licks per second to counteract the melting factor!  It is agonizing to watch…as a parent, you just want to take over……

You want to help your child……but you know they just have to learn…one of life’s most important lessons…..

That if they don’t figure out the licking/melting ratio factor thingie…….the inevitable is going to happen…..

the popsicle spills to the ground…..

but that’s okay….you just teach them the other rule in life…pick it up and keep on going……