Artist

Our little artist Skyler loves to draw.  Imagine our surprise when she started drawing so young!  Perhaps it was having 2 older sisters set the example.

Now she draws on paper, and occasionally on her leg.

I used dew drops and flowers and hand stitching to enhance the paper on this page. Did you like to create when you were young?

Misunderstandings

Lately we have been having plenty of misunderstandings.
#1 - "Mommy, I want you to cut my hair"
"Are you SURE??"
"Yes"
(before)

(after)

Can you see how happy she is with me?  This is the death face!  She totally cried!

#2 - "Serenity, go ask Larry if he wants to buy some of the cookies (girl guide ones)"
"No (looking upset)"
"Yes, you need to do it to get a badge, go ask"
(Bursts into tears and runs away) What the heck???

"Why are you so upset? (me assuming it's shyness)
"Because you keep giving away MY cookies!!!"

Poor little bug thought the entire case of cookies was hers, just for being a Spark.  She had no clue we had to sell them.  Lucky for us Nana bought a few boxes and left them for the girls so I could reassure her that we'd kept some.  "I even put some in your lunch for tomorrow baby"  "Oh THANK YOU Mommy!"  (such relief)

Little kids are sooo literal!  Have you had any misunderstandings lately?

3 Toddlerz

Hey it is 10/10/10 today!  But I'm blogging about 3 little toddlerz instead! LOL

I saw this LO in CK in January this year and I just had to go and take these pictures and replicate it.  This is such a distinct time in the girls lives and I wanted to document how much they've taken over our house!

From safety gates to tiny plates, they need different things than adults.  I am sure that I will miss this when it's gone but I'll also love when most of their stuff is contained to their own rooms! I love the signs of life! What is taking over your house these days?

Date with Mommy

Serenity and I had a hoot going to a local ceramics store together!  I was looking to make one of those frogs that you put your kitchen scrubbies in but they didn't have one - boooo! 

Grids are so great for pages and so fun to put the embellies just off the grid too!  I love how this turned out.

Do you ever take your kids on dates?  If so, which was the best one?

How I MISS my helpers!!!

Oh how I miss my helpers!  It has only been a day and I already have Mom and Sister withdrawls!  They cooked, they cleaned, they did laundry, they drove, they changed poonami diapers, they baked, they played with my kids (and loved it) and did a million other helpful things for me and my family. 

Sarah even stuck a lemon in the chicken's "cavity" (aka - the neck hole) to make dinner for us - I would have spent a lot of time trying to shove it up it's butt! LOL 

My mom was even the official torturer of Lucius when we had to keep him awake and I couldn't be mean enough LOL!  Here she is giving out cuddles and reading stories in the morning.

I have to admit that I cried a little when each of them left (and then went off on my own and cried a lot - I blame the hormones). Check out the baking: (which we all know I am less than USELESS at)

I also got a lot of crap learned a bunch of things from them:

1. I actually DO have a mixer (thanks mom, who knew?)  My poor mom mixed the cookies by hand and then discovered the mixer.
2. I do NOT have cooling racks (and apparently they are VITAL)
3. I don't have a broom and never missed one (built in vac here) but my sister complained ("they are only $10")
4. I had no wooden spoons so my mom made Snuffy go out and buy some.  I never knew they were important either.
5. I have absolutely no idea if I have any baking ingredients, it's always a surprise to me if I do.  One of the best laughs I had all week was when Sarah asked me if I had Cream of Tartar!  ROFLMAO!!!!  Not a chance!!  I don't even know what it is or what it does!

I absolutely LOVE them both to bits and appreciate every minute they spent helping me!  And as I told Sarah, "only the BEST people have ever washed my floors!" THANK YOU BOTH!  (now if only I could get them to move in LOL)

Picking...

blueberries!

We have friends with a blueberry farm and every year the girls love going there and picking their own.  Serenity picks so cleanly that they said they'd hire her!  Rayna dropped her bucket a few times when she found little creatures walking around in it. LOL!

I love the close-up shot of the blueberries!

I created this edge by punching circles and folding them in to center on both sides.  Then I lined a bunch up.  Very simple and it give it a bit of dimension too.  My center flower is denim, from the bottom of an old pair of pants that I made into shorts. Do you go fruit picking?  What is your fave?

Purple Balloons

I blew up 30 of these balloons for Serenity's Birthday party and the girls had a blast going "CRAZY" with them!  It's amazing how long they can play with something as simple as a balloon.

I made these simple balloon embellies with 3 circles, 2 pop dots, floss and a white pen - easy peasy.

Loving purple paper these days - do you like purple?