Four Things Friday

Just a short post tonight.  Trying to get back into my routines and trying to find time to do everything I need to get done =)

A trip to the park this afternoon.  Weather was beautiful- 70 degrees and sunny.

Two of my three monkeys.  Both of them love to climb.

Junior- junior was all ready to go hunting.  If I could just figure out what he was hunting =)

We brought home a new family member.  Everyone, meet Angel.

Here I am, a couple days over 24 weeks.  Only 16 plus or minus to go =)

Where Did The Time Go?

I feel like it was just Christmas and New Year's, but here we are already 2 weeks into 2011!  Yikes!  So, to satisfy the grandparents' need for cute kid pictures, a whole bunch from the last month.  Enjoy =)

We spent a morning making gingerbread men with my MOP's group.  Yes, there were cookies in the oven.  We just wanted to make sure the kids were plenty entertained.

Not entirely sure what Junior- junior was doing.  He thought it was cute.

Daddy's hat and his frog boots.  A real cowboy.

A parent's favorite part of Christmas...  Putting all the "assembly required" toys together.

Girly- girl loves her new bike.  Wonders why we can't bring it back inside to ride.

Both boys love the train set.

Snow sculptures in downtown Racine.

Sarge's favorite store.  See, you don't have to give up stuffed animals once you grow up.

Playing in the snow.  Not sure what's happened to my camera.  Some pictures are okay and others look like this.

Sarge and my dad had a lot of fun building the sledding trail for the kids.

Making cookies with papa.

At the hotel on the way home.

Last trip of the year to the zoo.  We had to park in the overflow lot, so we saw a couple things we hadn't seen before.

And, here's me at 20 weeks...  Although I'm closer to 23 weeks now.  Just shows you how far behind on everything I've gotten

Fixing It Up

I have an antique china hutch that use to have glass in the top doors.  But, through multiple moves, it's been broken and removed.  Since I use the hutch to store our homeschool items, I was always trying to figure out a way to make it look pretty with a mess of books and art supplies in it.  So, here's my solution:

Red gingham curtains.  Hmmm...  I think I need to redo the right side.  It looks a little crooked.

Christmas Part 2 (a little late...)

Yes, the holidays are over...  I'm just a few weeks behind on everything.  The last post I showed you what I made for our Ladies' Christmas party and our Sunday School party.  This time, I'm going to show you what I made for the kids and for my 3 nieces (who should have gotten the gifts from Grandma by now =))

For the kids, I sewed them each a pair of pj's from fabric that they picked out. 

Junior picked out a tractor print that looks like camoflage.  The buttons are Army buttons

Junior- junior wanted trains, but then wanted cars for the buttons.

Girly- girl picked out pink princess crowns with unicorns for buttons.

My oldest niece loves to bake, so I made her an apron and then added a few dessert cookbooks.

For the niece who loves all things pink and horses, I made a pink purse and added a kit to make three horse bracelets.

For my niece who likes things a little funky, I made a patchwork looking purse and added a kit to make "funky" bracelets.