Boys!

Speedy spilled his milk on the table at the farm yesterday noon. Not unusual. He started licking and sucking it up, and got mad when I started wiping it up with a rag. Eww.

Sewing!

Due to spring break, not snacking (after surgery on my gums), and the sewing machine actually working, I put together a few novice projects:

This is a diaper and wipes holder idea I lifted from diapees & wipees. Made my own pattern, need to do a little tweaking. The bottom was tricky for me, but finally came out close to what I was wanting. The material is from some old sleep pants.

Whipped out this taggie pillow for Honey using the matching cami sleep top. :)

And this one may need some work, it's a cushion cover for Princess' tent/playhouse. Kind of a hexagonal shape. One side opens, and we put in all the throw pillows and large stuffed animals that don't get used a lot, so it doubles as storage!

Happy Easter!

I hope you have a blessed Easter! It is always a season of reflection for me as I think about how much we celebrate Christmas and the birth of Jesus--His birth wouldn't be that memorable if it wasn't for His death on the cross for our sins and His resurrection and victory over death. He has done so much for us!

Here are some of our celebrations: multiple egg-dyeing. At home, with homemade dye:

And the egg factory with cousins at Grandma Wehrman's house:

Spring Stuff (but not cleaning!) :)

Pictures from a windy visit to the park last week with my sister. I love the one of Honey's hair blowing! I didn't know she had so much hair! And underdogs--the kids can't get enough of them!

We had fun watching the ducks and geese, too. Especially talking about the mommy and daddy mallard pairs. The kids weren't really interested in reading 'Make Way for Ducklings' when we got home, though. :)

I was trying to catch a duck in action, ducking down for a snack. I was kind of far away, but caught this one!

Surfing

The more time I'm on the web, the more useful sites I find. I came across DonnaYoung.org
Among other things, it has tons of printable charts: calendars, menu and school planners, chores, etc. See if you can find something you like!

When did you buy your diamond?

I received this link from a friend--check it out if you have a diamond purchased between 1994 and 2006, you may qualify for a refund from a lawsuit over price inflation! diamond refund

CHEEEEEEESE!

I don't know how the girl picked up on this so fast--all I have to do now is get out the camera...

We were playing outside yesterday, and heard some pretty chirping. Thanks to the lack of leaves, we were actually able to locate the singer WAY up at the top of our oak tree!

For anyone following our swimming pool foibles: I think we've decided not to do anything with it right now. The estimate was $7,800, and that was with Hubby doing about half of the labor.

Nothing really interesting to say today--just wanted to make sure I got a post in for the week! And procrastinating--I think I really need to mop the kitchen floor--apparent by the ant trail that's found something or other. I can't imagine how anything sweet or sticky could get on my floor! Speaking of sweet, here's a link to the best-ever brownies if you don't have any yet! We don't do the nuts; and I've used parchment paper instead of the foil for lining the pan--works great!