'Kid Stuff' Category
Look what Jasmine made!
Jasmine wanted to make something for Pink Pixie’s birthday so we decided to make a mp3 player case, and she did a great job. It had to be pink, of course, so we used an old fleece blanket, drew up a pattern and away we went!
Cutting the pattern
Sewed into a pouch
Zig-zagged the flap
Sewed […]
Tim Horton’s — Irresistible!
Even to bears. This is what I saw when I walked into the kitchen this morning:
I called Pink Pixie (his mama) upstairs. “Pixie, why is Teddy on the donut box?” She set up the rest of the story . . .
My big rocker and two little rockers . . .
If you listen, Monkey Boy is right on key most of the time — when Squid changes keys for a little bit, he’s off, then he finds it again. He’s just ad libbing, they’re just jamming. Pink Pixie makes quite the backup dancer as well!Mommy, I’m 4!!!
Pink Pixie found an old preschool workbook that she had used a couple of years ago and got Monkey Boy all hyped about it. Mostly he wants to scribble in it with markers — he is not remotely interested in actually learning letters. BUT he did ask if he could practice his letters in bed […]
You can take the girl out of the homeschool . . .
. . . but you can’t take the homeschooler out of the girl. Yesterday Pink Pixie found out that one of her classmates doesn’t believe in God, but in Zeus. That surprised me a little, I didn’t know Zeus was the subject of modern worship, but you learn something new everyday, right? […]
What’s new?
Not a lot. Halloween was pretty uneventful, the girls were Disney princesses — Jasmine was . . . Jasmine (surprise), and Pixie was Cinderella. She really wanted to be Aurora, but when Nana and Papa went to the Disney store, they were out of Sleeping Beauty. Monkey Boy was Spiderman — he wanted to be […]
Wow, has it been 4 years?
About this time four years ago I was holding my brand-new baby boy! After the girls went past their due dates, I decided to do an induction this time. No good reason, the dr was on call that day and would be at the hospital all day. I had been having some prodromal labor, but […]
Yes, I am still alive.
Real life has such a way of getting in the way of the internet, doesn’t it? I have meant to blog so many times and then just didn’t take the time to do it. In my defense, if I have a choice between blogging and napping, at this point, naps win out every time!
I mentioned […]Well, we did it.
. . . and I survived!
The girls started school today. Boy, I never thought I’d be typing that sentence, at least not for a great while yet. They were so excited, although Pink Pixie kept waffling as to whether she was really up for it or not. I’m noticing so many […]Aargh! I totally screwed up!
OK, this whole school thing is making me crazy. Not so much the decision to put the girls in school (still angsty), but the actually getting ready for school. Boy, what a hassle! First, Tuesday we had to go uniform shopping because once I finally went and picked up the information packet […]
More so-called than ever
Well, looks like my so-called homeschool will be more so-called than I had planned. With the new baby on the way, and with my laid-back style of education, Squid has really pushed to put the girls in school this year at least. He is on board with the basic idea of homeschooling, […]
Just say no to Barbie
Toy review over at Pink Pixie Party.
Gratuitous cuteness
Not bad for a camera phone picture!
What is my problem?
I sit down at the computer, or at Squid’s laptop and think about logging into HSJ to blog. Then I decide to read blogs instead. After I’ve read my entire Google Reader list, then I go over to GCM or WAH and catch up there, then play some games or surf at BlogSoldiers […]
Things you never thought you’d say, continued . . .
Oh, my gosh, today was a good one.
“Son, what are you doing with a kaleidoscope in your pants?”
