Amen

It was ET's turn to say the prayer tonight.

My favorite part:

"Please bless that sometime Mom and Dad will be able to go on a date."

Amen, little man. Amen.

Get It Together

I am having a hard time getting it together lately. My couch has once again disappeared under Mount Washmore. My dining room table has been swallowed by my craft projects. And I can't remember the last time I cleaned the bathroom. Thank goodness hubby does the dishes or we'd be eating straight off the counter tops. I feel like such a hypocrite telling the kids they can't play until their chores are done when I am so far behind on mine. And my exercise bike sits mocking me from the corner.

But there are a few things I am doing right. Today I:

*fed the children 2 meals and 2 snacks. (hubby took care of the other meal.)
*nursed my baby.
*played soccer in the backyard with my son.
*let my kids run through the sprinkler and watered the yard at the same time.
*ran the dirty clothes through the washer and dryer.
*swept the kitchen and dining room.
*picked up the living room and very nearly vacuumed.
*FINALLY took around thank you cards for meals and gifts from when Squirt was born.

Tomorrow I'll tackle my list...now I go to bed.

Notes to Self

*Just plan on missing Sunday School until you stop nursing. After taking Munchkin and Thumbelina potty, and Squirt taking at least 30 minutes to eat--just plan on spending that class time in the Mother's Lounge.

*Really think about what you decide to wear to church and if it will be nursing friendly. I wore a wrap shirt today with a tank top underneath and had to totally untie the shirt to feed Squirt.

*Sew Munchkin's dress closed. It's a little jean dress with snaps all down the front. She took it off three times before we left the house. Thank goodness she fell asleep in Nursery or we probably would have had a repeat.

*Make sure Munchkin enters the bench area unassisted, and exits the drinking fountain with much assistance. Hubby ran her into the bench in front of ours as he was trying to guide her in. Then, she stumbled down the steps at the drinking fountain because I let go of her hand.

*Hide church bags so the kids can't lose all the crayons

Next Sunday should be a breeze!

Seriously...

Squirt is the best baby sleeper in the whole world! She shares a room with Munchkin. She goes to bed by 10 and wakes up around 6...with no noise in between.

Normally, Munchkin falls asleep within minutes of laying down (around 8) and we don't hear from her again until around 6:30 or 7...Unless she is sick.

Last night, it was anything but quiet in their room. Squirt didn't make a peep all night. She slept through:

5 "cover me up, please"s
3 "I can't find my water cup"s
2 "I need help"s
3 "I need to go pee pee in the potty"s
and countless "Mommy"s and "Daddy"s.

Too bad I can't sleep like that.

First of all, I'm Crazy!

Here's what I did this weekend:

Bum-ruffle onesies for Squirt. Here is her 4th of July one.
Thumbelina is very into Fancy Nancy and requests the book every night and several times during the day. So we decided to "fancy" up her room a little...since she has to share it with a boy. Now she has her very own fancy curtain on her bed.

Munchkin's 4th of July outfit. I made the skirt and painted the shirt.

Here is ET's slightly more manly version. Thumbelina's shirt is done but I have yet to do her skirt.

Everytime a project turns out like the vision, I think I can do anything! I am trying to alter a pattern to make me a dress...well, a jumper really because sleeves still scare the junk out of me.

Birth Announcements

First off, I want to thank everyone for all the well-wishes and support during this pregnancy. If you would like a birth announcement for Squirt, please leave me your email address so I can send you one.


PS--They have her real name if you are dying to know :)

Handmade Holiday

For Father's Day this year, we went homemade. There are so many tutorials online you can figure out how to do anything yourself. I worked with the kids and this is what we came up with:

What would Father's Day be without a tie of some sort. Here is our tie banner, modified from this tutorial. We used clothespins glued on the back so we can reuse it.

A scratch off card from this tutorial.

A wordle for Dad to hang at his office with pictures of the kids. I can't find where I saw it. Sorry whoever came up with the idea.

Since the kids have their own aprons, they decided Dad needed his own apron. Now, I am the only one without an apron. Totally my own design and idea.

And of course, for the grill master, burgers and fries for dessert, tutorial and template here.

I have gotten so much sewing and crafting done this weekend. I will post those projects tomorrow. For today, Happy Father's Day.