Lots O' Pictures, Ears, Teeth and Furniture?

Honestly, St. Patrick's Day is just another day in my book, but any chance for all family members to wear green is fun and we even made some Shamrock cookies to celebrate our greenness.  Kayleigh and Brian were festive too and even had some green hair, thanks to their mom!

We had some exciting things around these parts.  First, Kate has an ear infection and a ruptured ear drum.  Thankfully, the ear drum will heal on its own and her antibiotic should take care of the infection.  This is big because neither of my kids has EVER had an ear infection.  Jack still hasn't and has never been on an antibiotic and he is 3 1/2.  All I can say is I am thankful to God for healthy children.  She wasn't doing so well earlier this week, but seems to be on the mend.  This was her this past Sunday at my parents.  I occasionally get in touch with my redneck side and let my dad enjoy it - like this little camo outfit that says "Papa's Little Deer" with camo bow on the butt and all...

(look at those chubby knees!)

In some exciting news, I made my semi-annual trip to the dentist.  Is it weird I actually LOVE the dentist.  It is so relaxing to me and I almost fall asleep in the chair everytime?  Anyway, I have been taking Jack with me to get used to the idea of going to the dentist and he did great.  He observed, asked some questions and he even let them look at his teeth and count them!  Jack has some "fears" about things he is unsure about and he was hesitant, but did it and got a cool toothbrush, toothpaste and some awesome sunglasses from the "treasure chest".  We have a great dentist and his office is wonderful.  He is loving brushing his teeth now and even spits out the toothpaste.  

In other good news, we got new living room furniture!  Yay!  We are getting some different lamps, tables and still waiting on our accent chair, but overall we like it and so far Annie, is in love with the new shag rug.  Here are the before, during and after pictures...

Before

During

After

Finally, we are enjoying some awesome spring weather.  70s, breezy and the livin' in easy!  We have been playing outside with friends and having picnics.  

Kate has a mini ponytail

Be back with more soon, including sewing.  Have a great day!

Kate's New Room

Kate and Jack switched rooms.  We wanted to give Jack more space since we plan on getting him a double bed soon.  We decided to keep the same color in Jack's old room.  Here is what it looked like before the change:

I tried to use what we already had and did some cheap changes.  The most expensive thing was the fabric and that wasn't even too bad to completely change a room's decor:

The two frames next to the "Love" wall decal contain two Bible verses I found that fit Kate.

Made this bow holder and love it

Found this bird clip art on Etsy and framed it

Tried making frayed rosettes on this new pillowcase

I am happy with the results and I think these are colors and designs Kate can keep for some time.  

18 Months!

Kate is 18 months!  Our angel is awesome.  Last night she said, "I want some more" and says a ton of other words.  Today was her 18 month appointment.  She is 26lbs. (70th percentile) and 32 1/4 inches tall (65th percentile).  We have a happy, healthy girl on our hands.

Sewing Space!

Reorganizing and regrouping has been going on around here.  We are trying to get more room around the house.  We also have plans to switch the kids' rooms and I am going to redecorate some.  Jack is also getting a double (aka to him as a "big boy") bed!  I also wanted a space to sew.  I usually sew at the dining room table and then I have to upack and repack everything back up after each task.  That was getting tiring and also the constant humming sound coming from the machine can be annoying when Craig is trying to watch TV.  Anyway, I upgraded myself to the garage!  I am excited.  It isn't fancy, but it works.  I got a new 6 foot table which I like because it has a lot of space to cut fabric on.

I also organized my patterns and have all my notions in order.

Like I said earlier, Kate and Jack's rooms are going to change some and here is a sneak peek at the fabrics I picked out for Kate's room!  A little older look for her to keep for a while.

It's Getting Warmer!

72 degrees.  That is what the weather was today.  Humidity at 43% and a light wind.  It was awesome and I had to take the kids outside.  I am glad we are having some warm weather!  I am excited that it might stick around for a bit!  I love when my kids play together - even with dinosaurs and in dirt.

Our "Cindy-Lou"

Mid-February Update

These last 10 days have flown by.  I know you are all on the edge of your seats wondering what we have been up to around here.  Nothing too crazy, just life.  The kids are great.  We did a little living room dancing last week  Pardon the shaking (and singing) as I may have been dancing too.



Yesterday was our annual low-key Valentine's Day.  Craig and I made dinner AFTER the kids were in bed - steak, onion mix sweet potatoes and green beans.  I watched the triplets for a bit yesterday, so we made some Valentine's for mommies and daddies.

Working very nicely and diligently on their Valentine's

Kate's fun ended when green crayon was found in her teeth

Tonight starts another Bible study for me.  I have to be honest, my vigor for learning and leading right now are lacking, but I am hoping with time and prayer, my desire will grow.  Despite my weakness, God always does something amazing and I know we will all learn something from the study.

In the coming weeks, we have Craig's birthday, Kimberly's baby shower for her BABY GIRL, spring days and some kids' bedroom redecorating, which I am excited about....Craig, not so much.  

Gymnastics Jack - Video

Gymnastics was this week again.  What I like about it is that they do something different each time.  They do their warm up and then the other activity.  The first week they did different flips and handstands, the second week they did the trampoline and flips and this week they did bars and rings - Jack LOVED the rings.  I also took my Flip and got a video.  The video is a compilation of 6 videos with music added, but you get the idea of what goes on there.

Finally, I got this for $22 today at the store.  $50 worth of stuff for $22.  Not too bad.