some things i have made lately

first off...i want to apologize to those of you who have had boys recently or to those of you who have had girls in the past. this was my first attempt at baby clothes and i don't think there would be too many clothes items i could actually make for a baby boy. i have realized in the last year or so that i love to sew!!! who would have thought that something like this would be almost stress relieving to me. i have tried sewing in the past making blankets and such but the old sewing machine didn't do me any favors. steven lovingly purchased me a new one a couple of years ago and i am finally getting into trying new things. the last time i tried to sew a piece of clothing was at ruth's parents house in vegas. i tried to make myself a pair of pants (needless to say, i don't think they were ever wearable.) well i take that back, i made a dress for lily with steven's mom's help. i feel like the only reason it turned out was because i had her to watch my every move. she used to sew all of the time and is amazing! i am glad that i was able to live by her for a while so i could learn something about being domestic. (sorry mom, i learned a lot from mike as well.)

well i wish i had a better picture of the dress but i already gave it away as a baby gift but this was the cutest dress ever. somebody actually gave me the fabric and i came across this pattern online and thought hey...why not! i made another one of these dresses that is even cuter but i can't post a picture until i give it to the intended person. you can't tell here but the dress is lined with the other fabric that is also on the boots.

the boots were just an after thought but i thought they came out pretty darn cute.

conversations

so today i was driving in the car with all three of the kids when i had the funniest conversation with lily -

lily:"mom are you going to have any more kids?"
me: "i don't think so!"
lily: "why not?"
me: "don't you think 3 babies is enough?"
then she thoughtfully ponders for a couple of minutes and finally says "mom, i only want one baby when i grow up!"
me: " how come?"
lily: "because if i have three it will be too loud all of the time."
me: "are you guys loud all of the time?"
lily: quietly says "yes" then she adds "i just want it to be quiet when i try to use the phone."
do you think she has heard me say quiet one to many times when i am on the phone? i just think she is so funny.

another conversation
the other night after a rough day i layed down with her in bed and had a talk with her about listening and not talking back to mommy.

me: "i promise to try my best not to get so frustrated if you will promise to try and listen and not talk back to me."
lily: "i'll try better."
me: "do you talk back to your teachers? do you listen to them?"
lily: "of course i do!"
me: "why don't you do that for me?"
lily: "mom, i spend a lot more time with you so it's harder."

i thought that was very insightful for a 4 year old. i love you lily.

cup stacking

lily and jackson have been into cup stacking lately. it might sound weird but with they found these leftover cups from her lemonade stand in the garage and started stacking them. today i found lily doing it and this is what she did. i thought this was a really cute picture of her. she was so proud of herself. she started school this week and is having so much fun. the following pictures are from her first day.

isn't she cute!

elinor dashwood

a friend of mine from church put this on her blog and i thought it was great! this is who i am, i want to know who my friends are as well. let me know.

Take the Quiz here!

i didn't think this was possible

so today i was watching asher eat and i thought to myself "how did his eyes get soooo blue?"
then i looked at lily and jackson and thought .....

"how did all three of them come from this?" if i wouldn't have been there, i wouldn't think they could be mine. i mean they are all have such extremely light eyes and hair and i have never had either. after the many biology classes i have taken through the years, i have always walked away from them thinking that if i get a blue eyed child it will be really random. well, i guess i have really random genes. if anyone understands the science behind this, please let me know how this could happen.

breakfast

well today i was telling my children how they couldn't have ice cream for breakfast when i realized that i hadn't eaten anything except for the hersheys symphony bar that i was sneaking when they weren't looking. i guess i feel like if they can't see me then it's not a big deal.

is breakfast hard for anyone else to eat? for some reason, i have the hardest time eating in the morning. i can't eat when the kids do and if i wait, they are constantly asking for a bite (which drives me crazy.) by the time i feel comfortable to eat, it is lunch time and i eat a good amount of lunch and dinner. i know that breakfast is supposed to be the most important time to eat so does anyone have any suggestions? please help me!