Bear Ears and Spaghetti

I am able to put about 20 hairs into each Klippie, but I couldn't wait to try these little Bear Ear Klippies. Kind of silly, I'm sure they will look better when she gets more hair. Cole-bear looks so cute in hers.

With a little help from Grandpa Abby ended up with spaghetti all over herself and the floor.

For the love of ....change..and birdies

I LOVE to redecorate. I love the planning, the buying, the doing, the newness, the change. When I finished with the kitchen/living room in January I realized my upstairs had way to much brown. I obviously love brown. Even though I ate through my redecorating budget for the year Chad was ok with me changing the bedroom. I re-used as much as I could to save money and if fabric wasn't so darn expensive I would have stayed under budget. Oh well.

NEW BEDROOM

I was nervous about the baby-poop/chartreuse color paint, but once I put the silver metallic glaze over it I love it. If you are into faux painting, I highly recommend Benjamin Moore metallic glazes---I've now used the bronze and silver, and might just try the copper in the bathroom (in 2012).

Painted the old frames with purple paint from the living room project.


I put the silver glaze on the lamps and used all the pillows from my previous bedding.

Luckily I have oodles of wool felt, so recycling the old pillows just required a couple of yards of fabric for the blue and green pillows. Then I appliqued the flowers/birds/leaves on.

hmmm...I now love BIRDIES.


Brown was fun for a while, but I love the colors of my new room.

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My TV is normally off at 11am, but this day I happened to watch Studio 5 and I had to try this craft project by www.simplykellyb.blogspot.com . My birdies didn't hang right with the fishing line she used so I used a toothpick, wire and chain to make a swing for the birds. I also made the cages 3 different sizes. I found some candlesticks at the dollar store--love them.

Then I went back to the dollar store and found these tea light holders. Love them even more. I think they would make DARLING centerpieces for a wedding luncheon. Let's just hope whoever Scotty ends up with will be as chill as Natalie was and let me make these for the luncheon. I know Pat would be thrilled to have one less thing to worry about. (Don't worry, if mystery gal has other visions for her wedding that's totally fine.)

We SO funny.........and .......Technology

We have this little thing going with Greg and Richele---we try to get the most obnoxious/loud/big/annoying gifts for each other's kids. We decided to let Greg and Shell enjoy the present this year.

Who doesn't want a bottle opener deer butt hanging on their living room wall? And the boys had a great time hiding the root beer bottles all over the house.

Nicole was thrilled with her deer butt!!!! It will be hanging until she graduates from High School. Then I will make sure it goes to college with her.

And

What keeps 7 kids (and a few adults) entertained at a family dinner?

Oh, just 3 Ipads and 5 Iphones....gotta love technology. Apparently Angry Birds is the greatest game ever.

I Have the Best Sisters Ever!

And this is why....

Birthdays are just not my thang. I don't do themes, cakes, big hoop-la etc. I DO give lots of hugs and kisses and tell them their birth story etc. I just can't make myself do anything more than have Chad blow up a bunch of balloons and scatter them on the floor.

When we were discussing Abby's Birthday party--Chad threw out that we should have a lumberjack theme. He was totally kidding, but give us gals an idea and it's a done deal.

Leave it to Shell-Bell to have her entire family dressed up as Lumberjacks, including face painting and accessories. Oh Shell, we love you. (Poor Greg had to go Home Teaching with make-up stubble still on his face. Her eyeliner pencil didn't come off Greg or the kids as easily as she said it would.)

Love Nicole's dark brown eyebrows--so cute.

And Kristi's wonderfullness begins with her baking skills. She made this AWESOME flannel shirt cake,,,and it was tasty too. I couldn't find the picture of the Woody cake (Toy Story that is) that she made for one of Cam's birthdays--but it was great--A huge cupcake iced to look like his shirt.

Tell me what little girl wouldn't be thrilled to someday learn that she had a Lumberjack party for her first birthday. Princess parties are SO overrated---just ask Rebekah.

Abby-Kat 11 month

Abby is 11 months old today. Busy, busy, busy this little one is. (hmm that sounded just like Yoda) She is walking all over the place, and so happy to be doing so. She started walking at 10 1/2 months and rarely crawls anymore. She is walking a full 2-3 months earlier than her brothers.

Sounds she makes:

Oh-yah

Uh-oh

Grunts and points until she gets what she wants--eh eh eh eh eh eh (not my favorite)

We thought she was turning into such a girl--snuggling with her dolls and stuffed animals and laying her head on them saying, "ohhhhh", until one night she snuggled and "ohhhh"-ed Spencer's football. Mom and Kristi even saw her snuggle and "ohhh" with a baggie full of chess pieces. So much for the sweet girlie girl--so funny.

She loves Grandma's mashed potatoes and gravy and can sip from a straw---especially if it's mommy's pepsi cup.

She LOVES her Peek-a-Zoo book that aunt Shannon gave her.
We won't even talk about her sleeping---let's just say it's bad enough, there is NO WAY I'm doing this baby thing again. Sleeping aside, she is such a happy little love and we adore her.

Happy Birthday Poo!!

It hasn't happened yet, but I am waiting for the day Spencer says, " Mom, stop calling me Pencer-Poo!!"

Well my little "Poo" turned 5 today. He has been so excited to turn 5. We have been counting down since Christmas and he was not disappointed at all. The day was all Spencer and he played and played. The gifts were perfect--a couple of games, a General Grevious Sword and a Beyblade Battle Arena, and other odds and ends that will get his attention once the Beyblades are dead from overuse.

We went to Wingers for lunch and Grandma made him the perfect Birthday Cake---A "cake" made of stacks of Oreos. It was a huge hit!!

All day today Spencer would say, "Remember when I was 4...." or "When I was 4...." It absolutely cracked Chad and me up on the way to lunch.

A few things about my little Spencer at age 5:

loves to wrestle with Daddy, snuggle with Mommy, play with Cameron and talk sweetly to Abby.

working SO hard on his speech!! he is doing great with his /s//p//l/ and once we get started on his /g/and /k/ he will be a new boy.

still loves weapons of all sorts and loves to play, play, play

as headstrong as ever

he is opening up more in social situations--thanks to pre-school, church, speech class (he seems to be favored in all 3, probably because he is so kind and sweet and obedient and nobody can resist his shy smile.)

I love you Spence---I am grateful to Heavenly Father everyday that you are mine!!!!

He is driving me nuts lately in pictures!! All the pictures I have of his Birthday, he is doing this goofy smile with crossed eyes. Makes him look kind of "special".