Pins

I know this is insignificant to anyone but me but I wanted to rememember it. A month or so ago, I was in Mia's room and I think I was trying to calm her down or something. I don't remember all the details. But there was a sewing pin and some paper. I poked the pin in the paper to draw a picture, or write her name or something. She was so tired and upset that I didn't think she would remember. But it did calm her down.

The next evening she created this in her room and came to show me. It's Toodee from Yo Gabba Gabba. It's an amazing rendition too!

Mia, you are one creative child. And you never forget a detail of anything we do together. I love you!

Play: May 2011

We had some good weather in May, not a ton, but some. When it was nice outside, we jumped at the chance to hang outside.
My favorite day is Saturday. I love when our whole family spends time outside.This day was one of those perfect Saturdays. The kids loved playing with this make-shift water table.



My sister-in-law passed this book down to us. It's a great little book on painting in a variety of different ways. The girls painted with Q-tips and here is my youngest little girl's Q-tip painting.



I am wanting to incorporate numbers more into our day. The girls can count to 20 but they still don't understand the concept of numbers holding values.

I set up a store with price tags. I gave them real money (because this was not a planned activity and I didn't have fake money) and a plastic grocery sack. One at a time they came to the store and bought what they would like. I had them count out the money and pay me.

I think this helped a little bit with the concept of numbers. And since we've been practicing in other activities with numbers too, they are starting to get it.






I was at Winco one night and saw that I could buy diff. colored lentils in the bulk section. So I got a little bit of each color and let them play with them outside in a sensory tub. They LOVED this. And the feel of it was really neat.






My oldest daughter: almost 4, youngest daughter, almost 3, and son-1.5

Embroidery Hoop Tutorial

I contributed a tutorial on the Riley Blake (Designer Fabrics) blog yesterday. The tutorial is on how to make fabric embroidery hoops. I stained my hoop a dark brown and added some embellishments on a few.

Check it out!

Yo Gabba Gabba Birthday Party

My little girls have been talking about their birthdays every day, several times a day for the last 6months.

They have mostly been excited about singing happy birthday and getting a Plex and Foofa cake. They have talked about those cakes so many times, I could barely hold back my excitment to make them.

To have the day finally happen was more than exciting...for them and me. I am so grateful for each of my kids and the thought of celebrating them on their birthdays is something I always want to do.

A month before their birthday, I started making them presents, dresses, and party decor. I put my etsy shops on vacation and focused any extra time I had during naps and late at night to do birthday stuff.

This is Foofa! She's my youngest daughters favorite (she's turning 3 soon)Foofa is dainty and sweet just like my little girl.

This is Plex! The robot. She's my oldests favorite. He's inventive, creative and a leader just like my little girl.

I tried to hide their cakes but they found them when they woke up. This is the look on their faces when they first saw it. They were beyond excited.

I found this circa 1940's/50's typewriter while out thrifting the day before the party. I just had to put it on display with a special message typed to them: "Happy Birthday, Weww heww you're 3 and 4!!!!!"

Here's the Plex dress. I used this pattern from MADE. It was my first clothing item I've ever sewn and it was a great place to start.

They also had special painted princess crowns

And they got lots and lots of fun presents. Thanks everyone!!!

This is the girls' best bud, K-man! He's the cutest little kid and I'm pretty sure our kids think he is family. They love each other so much. K-man was born a couple days after my youngest little girl.

In the background you can see a fun dose of "Uncle baseball" happening. Man we love our nieces and nephews! They are all such amazing kids and we have a lot of fun when we get together.

It was a very fun party. We had it in my parents back yard. The kids could explore the yard, see the new chickens, chill in the hammock, play on the pin-ball machine, and swing on the new tree swings my dad built for the girls' birthdays.

They have 3 patio furniture sets with umbrellas next to their pond. So it was nice for the adults to be able to relax. Thanks mom and dad for such a beautiful party setting!

I hung large tissue paper pom-poms, circle garland, and balloon garland at the patio area. I wish I would have taken a picture of all of that :)

My girls were so excited for their party that they didn't want to take naps after church. I was worried that they would be ornery for the party they'd been so excited for. But they did great. And they were definitely celebrated!

I love you girls SO SO SO SO SO SO SO much!!

Happy Birthday.