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!

I know it's not Mother's Day anymore, but since it's still May, I figure I can still post this video. It pretty much says it all.

Okay, so I can't figure out how to post it, but here's the url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo

Beach Day 2

Taking the camera to the beach is a total bust...so no more pictures from there. But here are a few from the Moody Gardens Pyramids. The girls were totally camera-uncooperative...Addison especially.