Purse Making

The girls have been asking me to teach them to sew lately. Most of the time I don't have the time or patience to really sit and teach them - but I know it's something I will definitely do in the future, especially since they show so much interest in it.

Today we did just a little bit, we made some purses for ourselves. They each chose their own fabric and buttons. The girls' purse took about 45 min to make and costs less than $3 for materials. My purse was made from extra fabric that I'm using in my kitchen. I added the flowers and button from stuff I already had. So I guess in a way it was free!

The best part of all ... when I finished making Hope's purse she commented - "It's the perfect size! I can even carry a book in it!" {*sigh* what every Mom hopes to hear! Not that she wanted to carry money or sunglasses or chapstick or any other girly thing ... but that she wants to use it to carry her book! love it!}

I figured mine is the perfect size to sling over my shoulder with a book, magazine, sunglasses and sunblock when we're sitting poolside on our trip ... plus, it turned out pretty cute!

Fish!

This is my wonderful hubby ...
he loves to fish ...
on Monday he got to go fishing with his friend ...
and he caught a bunch of these babies!!!



He was so super excited ...
and brought a whole bunch of fish home ...
we cooked them up for dinner ...
and everyone {including the girls} gobbled it up!!!

A fun Giveaway and a great new blog find ...

You have to check out this great blog I just found out about. She makes Vinyl Wall Art that is super adorable! I want it in every room of my house!!!

Her blog is called Lewa's Designs and is owned and operated by an elementary school teacher, Brittany Hughes, who is home with her baby right now.

If you click here you can jump right to her site and check out all she has to offer ...

There is also a little green box over on the sidebar that you can use to link to her site. I love the dandelion blowing in the wind! They even have ones you can adhere to your car! OK, I am so getting those!

If you want to read how you can win some of Lewa's designs check out Kimba's post over at A Soft Place to Land ... you won't be sorry!!!!

The day the Tooth Fairy went broke ....

Seriously, these girls are loosing teeth at an alarming rate! The poor tooth fairy is gonna go broke around this house!

This little one lost her bottom tooth last Monday .... and her top tooth today! It was pretty loose already and then we made a deal with her - if she let Daddy pull the tooth out then her big sis, Mama and Daddy would all jump in the pool fully clothed. She thought that was pretty funny so she agreed and giggled with delight as we all had to jump in!

Bubbles!

Yesterday the girls had their bubbles out so as they blew bubbles I got my camera and started snapping photos. I love how they turned out ... I think I may even frame some of these!

First Beach Day

Last week we took a little 'break' from our school work and went to the beach! It was a beautiful, warm day and we thought we should take advantage of it. I was a silly, knucklehead who didn't apply sunscreen on myself and have been in burnt agony ever since .... but the kids and hubs were well covered and all in all we had a wonderful day!

The girls totin' all the gear down to the beach ...

The water is still FREEZING, but my little fish don't care and went right in! I love how they were holding hands!


Having a healthy snack for an energy boost!
Who needs to go to the spa when you can have a Seaweed wrap for FREE at the beach??!!

Farm Day!

Our homeschool science co-op enjoyed a lovely day at a local farm recently. The weather was just gorgeous and we had a picnic, then explored the animals and then enjoyed farm fresh ice cream!

I recently got a new camera and have been playing around with it .... the day at the farm gave me lots of opportunities to try it out ...

Here is the farm cat, in hot pursuit of a mouse!

The kids all enjoyed feeding the cows, they giggled when the cow's big tongue would touch their hands!
This is my oldest in the pink shirt feeding the cow ...
We heard they had some baby sheep, but they were not out that day ... instead we saw this Mama sheep {I have no idea if she was really the Mama, or a she for that matter, I'm just calling 'her' that!}
My youngest feeding the cow ...
A big 'ol bull, we DID NOT let the kids feed that one!
They had 3 little pigs! And believe me, it's a wonder that I got this good of a picture while trying to plug my nose while I snapped away!

I love how this picture turned out! A big {missing teeth} grin!
Checking out the bull ..... from a safe distance!
They also have gorgeous greenhouses!
Wow, all 4 animals got together to pose for me!

Homeschool Zoo trip!

With our weather improving almost daily we have been on quite a few outdoor field trips over the past month. We've been to our local zoo twice and even bought a yearly pass so we can go back as often as we like.

The one day we went with our homeschool science co-op class. There are 7 families in our group and because it was a cloudy Monday we had the whole zoo to ourselves! There were only a small handful of other people there ... it was wonderful!


This very confident Flamingo kept pacing back and forth right next to the kids' faces!
We went into the elephant pavilion to watch the elephants be fed and bathed - it was very interesting!
The baby Giraffe that was just born about 6 months ago .... this is always my favorite animal - they are so majestic! God is an amazing Creator, isn't He??

A lovely Mother's Day

Mother's day actually starts {for me} about 4-5 days before the actual day. That is because my part time job is working at a florist and Mother's Day is one of the busiest times of the year!

Here are some photos of a couple arrangements I made ....

On the actual day of Mother's day we had a lovely cookout with my Mom and Bob's parents here to share the day with us. I am so blessed to be the Mommy of these two beautiful little girls! I know I've revealed to you that I haven't always been the best Mom, but I thank God that He's still working on me and that His forgiveness and grace abounds! These two sweet girls are our greatest blessings and I am so thankful for them!
I'm also truly blessed to be the daughter and daughter-in-law to these two wonderful ladies. I feel like I am the person that I am because I've grown into a combination of these two amazing women. They both inspire me, encourage me and support me in a million different ways. I have two very Godly women to look up to and admire!

I am so blessed!!