1st Day of Pre-K

Wow. It's been forever since I posted...I'm almost as bad as Kerri :). Needless to say, this new school year has been hectic. But since we've been home for 5 days now, thanks to the flu, I finally have time to post. This is the one and only picture I got of the girls' first day of school before the camera died. Notice how dark the sky is. It's because we have to leave before the crack of dawn. The sky is the same color when we get home most nights, too. But everyone seems to like school. The girls enjoy their friends, but don't know their names. They also think their teacher lives at school (which may not be too far from the truth).

Bigger Girl Room

If you have never seen the girls' room, then this will thoroughly unimpress you. However, if you have seen it, then this will mean something to you . I got some new things for the girls' room, and rearranged to make it "new." We replaced the broken blinds, and moved their beds in front of the window. I was going to paint the walls yellow, but decided against it. The most exciting part is the cross stitch on the wall. My mother in law spent FOREVER making it, and I have never been happy with where I put it. But I think it fits perfectly in here.

Made this today. Took about 1 minute to make. They played for 30 minutes. Totally worth it.

Best Homemade Summer Toy EVER

1. Cut bottom off of plastic drink bottle
2. Rubberband damp washcloth to bottom
3. Dip into undiluted dish soap
4. Blow

Jarrid came home early today, so I got to sew. Yay! I took a pillowcase that I bought at Goodwill in Levelland, and used this bubble dress tutorial.

It went from this:

To this:

Tutu Girls

Church Toys

Here is link for some paper dolls that I thought were pretty. They would make great toys to keep em busy (for 5 minutes).

http://bibigreycat.blogspot.com/2007/06/paperdoll-1953.html

How sweet is this?

How sweet is this?

Dresses

Kerri embroidered some fabric for me, so I made a couple more pillowcase dresses. Check out the piping...no glue used!

New Mexico

We went camping with my parents in New Mexico. The girls loved it. This is a few shots of our campsite, lunch in Angelfire, plus the girls swimming in Taos.

Last Day of Big Trip

I never got around to posting pictures of some of the things Kerri and I crafted. And by Kerri and I, I mean mostly Kerri. She is freakishly speedy when it comes to a sewing machine. Anyway, I wasn't able to get good pictures of the pillowcase dresses and bloomers, but here's what I did get.

Day 3

We graduated into "big girl" carseats...it made the trip SO much better!

Swam with Molly and Troy

And had our first slumber party! Emma wanted me to leave and come back for her...how sad.

Day Two at Jody's House

Addison immediately got a sucker stuck in her hair.

Splash time in the back yard.

Day One

We stopped by my aunt's house on the way to see Kerri. Here are a couple of pics from Day 1.

Conversation between Emma and myself this morning while fixing her hair:

"We don't touch the dirty corn. It will hurt you!"
"Dirty corn? Where did you see dirty corn, Emma?"
"On Jesus' head."
".........................?????????????
Oh, you mean the crown of thorns?"
"Yeah. The dirty corn."

They also think that Jesus threw rocks at Stephen. Makes me wonder what their vision of Christ is.

As promised, VBS decorations, before they were put into action...

Of course, there's more, but I don't feel like uploading them all

VBS

The girls started going to VBS yesterday, and are LOVING it! I've been preparing for decorations for a month now, and it is rewarding to see how much fun they are having. Here are a couple of pics of their first night. I hope to get some decoration pics up (if M.K. will ever email them to me...ahem), so that you can see what has been consuming my time.

Twin Moment

Shack-Tastic

If you've never been to my tool shed, then you will not fully appreciate what I am about to reveal. It has been a year since I moved into the shed, and I finally started making some changes.

First, the shelving has long bothered me. So I got some baskets to hide the clutter. This may not be a big deal to you, but it is to me! I still need a few more baskets, but it's a start.

Second, I got curtains!! Hopefully this will help with the summer heat!

And finally, I would like to introduce my new BFF...the Hoover FloorMate. This thing is amazing. We've actually had it in the house for a while, but never used it since we have Pergo flooring (and you're not supposed to get it wet). I don't know why it never occurred to me to use it in the shop before, but now that I did, it's great!

In totally unrelated news...check out my tomatoes!