: Sean finally being interested in Baby Erin; look at that happy boy!
: Ian loving on his baby sister!
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After many hours of manipulating a very large piece of equipment, the stumps were no longer. Jay was able to grind down about half of the stumps in the area we are clearing for the spring garden on Saturday. It was a lot more work than he expected, but with some help from a friend the job got done. The weather was perfect, crisp cool fall-like weather, in February mind you. The boys enjoyed the new holes that were left behind once the stumps were removed. Now we just have to bring in the organic material to prepare the ground for growing! Wow, what a quick week! I’ve been meaning to post, but have had no time to get on the computer. All my “free” time has been dedicated to organizing. Yep, I finally put away the last of the Christmas decorations this week; it’s only the middle of February! The purchase of a new computer for Jay’s computer gigs spurred the total house organization mania around here. We reconfigured the home office, switching desks, moving computers, cables and the such. I am going to set up a little craft area for myself, minus the sewing stuff; that’s still upstairs. My thinking is that I spend more time downstairs, so I will be more likely to sit down with all my craft goodies in one place and create. Now if there were 30 hours in the day, maybe that will actually happen. For now a girl can dream! Ian is especially fond of all holidays, what child isn’t? So, we celebrated “the day of love” or “the day of buy lots of red and heart shaped stuff one day of the year” with a party at the park and heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. The party was with our homeschool group at a local park, where the children decorated valentine bags and exchanged valentines and then ate sugary sweets after a picnic lunch.
Well, today we are hosting a work party/lunch. Jay is renting a stumpgrinder, he’s clearing an area in the yard for the new garden location. Some families from church are coming over to help out and enjoy some home grown barbeque. Not sure if I spelled that correctly, maybe I should ask Akeelah! I’m off to organize while the baby sleeps, Happy Weekend!
It’s that time again for the Tie One On apron challenge! The January/February theme is of course Valentine’s Day which includes hearts, red, white and cute. I found this new pattern with a vintage flair and thought it would be the perfect apron for me to showcase. I of course wanted to look cute when I was making those valentine heart pancakes I plan on making for breakfast on the 14th. Okay, on to the details, the fabric is a new fabric with black and pink hearts, there is pink rick-rack trim around the heart bib and pockets. I added two pink buttons at the waist to be able to detach the bib and make it a half apron, you know the baby needs access!
Just one month ago we were welcoming our newest little creation into this world. Now she is part of the family and fully integrated into our daily routine. She has brought a sweetness to the family and encouraged lots of love from her big brothers. Ian is especially fond of her and is always willing to help and eager to hold her or give her a rub on the head. Happy Birthday Baby Erin, we love you!
Ahoy there, maties! Dressing up like a pirate, a knight, a Rider of Rohan (from Lord of the Rings), policeman or combination of them all is a daily occurance around here. One of the first things they pull out is the bin of dress up clothes and the battles begin. Aunt Leslee recently added to our growing collection with a nifty beard and vest, which Ian is modeling. Sean is the fearsome sidekick with the bow and arrow and the stain on his shirt, probably from his drink. I think this particular day he wore this outfit all day, which were his pajamas from the night before. Weird things have been going around the crafty blog scene lately. I have not been officially tagged, but I thought I would join in on the fun and share some things about myself:
There you go 6 things, weird or not, there they are. Anyone else have a few weird things they want to share? so little time to say it! I had intended on posting by Friday last week, but life got in the way. How dare it! No really, my body sort of shut down on Friday night and made me stay in bed and rest all of Saturday. By Saturday night, I was much better and was able to eat pie! Not sure what happened really, but I guess I needed the rest. “Remember Nancy you just had a baby 4 weeks ago today!!” said my body. Anyway, I have lots to share and I figured out this cool thing my blog will do. *Which, I’m sure I’m the last to know about.* I can write many posts at once and timestamp them to be published at different times. *Why didn’t I know about that sooner?* So if all goes well, there will be more to read about around here.
I had to break the cycle of diapers, feedings, laundry, dishes and making meals. So, Huckleberry got a new doggy bed. It was a really easy project to jump back into. It is pretty much a pillow cover with a velco closure and I made a inner cover and filled it with poly-fill, 120 oz. of it! Then, it wasn’t complete until I personalized with his name; gotta use that embroidery unit I had to have! It felt so good to made something that will last longer than 5 minutes. It’s good for the soul! Isn’t Huckleberry handsome? The poor thing has been so neglected since having children, but hopefully this new bed makes up for some of the neglect.
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