woo-hoo

3rd place!

although, honestly

judging from the response of the audience

we thought he would've been #1

Lily iceskates

well

sort of.....

I don't think she realized - until last night

when she saw a video of Rachel Flatt

ice-skating when she was 3 years old

that little girls could ice-skate, too.

~

a trip to the Jones Center may be in our future

got talent?

Ton' does!

He's in 2 acts in a local talent show

this Friday at 7:00

~
tickets are $5 per person / $20 max. per family

wanna come?

~

I need to wrap up dinner - gotta keep the talent happy and all

turns out

Lexi

isn't big

on

water parks

thinking about

this

and how it relates to parenting.

It's especially interesting

in light of the all the verses that come before it;

God had absolutely had it!

"Even now," declares the LORD,
"return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning."

Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the LORD your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.

Who knows? He may turn and have pity
and leave behind a blessing—

I really like that last part - 'Who knows?'

Lexi and the giant blueberry

here's the first of my reconstructed thrift shop finds

this ensemble

used to be a $1.50 ladies turtleneck

and $ . 28 of ribbon and elastic

I love how the blue brightens her eyes.

I only hope she doesn't feel like she's

incarcerated in a giant blueberry

~

I enjoy the challenge of re-purposing clothes

but

- cost aside -

I think I prefer the 'clean slate' of unused fabric

a little help, please??

I bought a shirt from the thrift shop

but it has sun-bleached streaks on one arm.

I passed it up when I went last week

but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted it

so I went back today to get it.

I asked if they'd let me have it for half-off since I'd have to fix it...

so I got it, and the tank that goes with it for $2

(isn't this the coolest fabric?)

How do I fix it??

Can I just dye it?

I like the color - I'd want something close....

Do I need to remove the color, then dye it?

What do you think?
Help!

~

I also picked up a few shirts to reconstruct.

I was showing the kids,

"I got this to make a dress for Lily

and these to make tight little pants and maybe shirts, too for Lex'..."

Lily grabbed a sweater and held it up to her chest,

"Is this to make a dress for me?"
"No," I chuckled,

"that's actually just a sweater for me to wear as is."

"Too bad." replied Tony, "Looks like it'd make great leggins"

playing with fabric

I had some fabric left after making a new pad for the highchair

so I made these

it's not too weird to have clothes that match furniture

is it??

Even if it is

I like 'em anyways

~

As I was dressing Lexi this morning

Jeremiah asked me if I made Lexi's sweater, too.

I told him it was either knitted or crocheted

and I didn't know how to do those.

He said, "Well, maybe some lady

who knows how to sew with yarn

can teach you."

Good idea!

in the middle of the night

I snuggled close,

my nose mere centimeters from her satin cheek.

I breathed her in,

Perfection.

Her eyebrows

Her mischievous blue-gray eyes, closed in peaceful sleep

That button nose

Those round cheeks

Oh, how I love those cheeks.

And I am amazed.

(again)

How could I

have anything at all

to do with such exquisite beauty?

~

For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful, I know that full well

Psalm 139:13-14

iiiit's groundhog day

If the thought of six more weeks of winter

has left you pining for Spring

head on over to the TNfarmgirl;

she can fix you up with the perfect remedy.

Aiden's aunts and uncles are teachin' him

that

the only proper way to end a movie

is

to dance with the music

as the credits roll