Wordless Wednesday-the joys of a cardboard box

Childhood Memories of Hot Summer Days

One of my favorite childhood memories was running through the front yard sprinklers at the end of a hot summer day. While it is only April, it was 91 degrees here on Saturday. So, while the babies were sleeping, the 12 year-old was playing and I was cleaning the garage after a long day at the farmers market, I couldn't resist turning on the sprinklers and letting Chase run around!

Our Reversible Crayon Aprons Featured

Our Ginger Tile Crayon Apron was featured among several other great Apron's by Etsy Sellers on Avril Loreti's Blog. Avril has a great eye for design and makes amazing items herslf! Thanks Avril! To learn more about the aprons pictured, check out Avril's Blog

Wordless Wednesday-Kindergarden Shots Day

Sorry but there was no way I could let this event go totally wordless! Today was Kindergarden Shots Day. I had tried to make this perfect balance of playing up the day and the trip to the old fashioned ice-cream parlor enough to get him excited without making too big of a deal of it so he would get scared. I was ready to be squeezed, to cry with him and to even have to hold him still....all for nothing!

This child o'mine never ceases to amaze me, he didn't even flinch and he watched the needle....I could never do that! The most traumatic part for him was that he had to undress and put on a hospital gown and he didn't want the doctor to see his underwear......what a goofball!

I LOVE Spring Break!

As I lounge in bed at 6:53am with only one baby awake and with me while the other three are asleep (we still have our foster baby) I am reveling in the simple fact that I do not have to run through the house in 5 minutes to wake up the kids, whip up a breakfast, remind them five times not to play around and brush their teeth, get dressed and comb their hair....wait 5 minutes...and remind them again. Run out the door with a baby in each arm, buckle three kids into a carseat, drive to school reminding my 6th grader not to draw during class time and to PLEASE remember to bring all his books and assignments home so I don't have to bring him back to school an hour after school and wait while he finds a custodian to open his class (this happens at least twice a week) .......whew, I am tired just thinking about it.

Ahhhh.......7:01 and I am still in bed. I love Spring Break!

Ruffler Foot or Alien Robot?

Okay, so I have been working on more crayon aprons and some clothing designs so I decided to splurge a little and purchase a Ruffler for my sewing machine. It arrived today, I opened it up and I would have to say that I am terrified.....useful Pressure Foot for sewing easy ruffles or alien robot sent from the future to destroy earth? I don't know but it is huge and intimidating.....wish me luck....gulp!

Straight from the 4 year-olds Mouth

A lot of you follow our middle son's "Chaseisms" and they haven't slowed down, I have just been a little "out there" lately with everything going on. .....I even forgot to be wordless today!

So, today while we were listening to Chase's music on the way to Happy Heiny HQ, he informed me that when daddy and I are asleep at night he goes outside to the van and teaches it his songs. Silly me, and I thought it was the CD's that knew the songs.