We had a fun evening at the school carnival. The school use to have it around Halloween but this is the second year they've had it at the end of school. This year it was held outside and I think it went a lot better. I volunteered to help for a hour but was having a lot of fun so we ended up helping close it down and cleaning up. Amy spent most of her time between the Moon Walk and the Obstacles Course. I started out helping with a golfing game and than moved on to a juice toss and when all the juices were gone helped at the Cotton candy, pretzel, popcorn, snow cone table.
I mostly took orders and tickets but when the cotton candy lady had to leave real fast guess who was left there. Okay how hard could this be you just take the wand and roll it around the sides and out comes a perfect cotton candy. yeah right not from me. The first one was hilarious it was big, the next was small so I gave the kid back a couple of tickets, the next one needed two cones to get it out. My first problem was grabbing the cone in the middle because it started folding in half, the second I was informed was because I was short apparently short people have a harder time with the machine. One was so bad I gave it to a little boy who had no tickets left but wanted one. The last couple ones I made as I handed them off part of each cotton candy stuck to my hand oops I guess this is my bite!! The other problem we had was that everything but the snow cone machine was plugged into the same power strip and had blown a fuse before I got there, so when you ran out of cotton candy,you popped popcorn, and than you could warm up the pretzels when that was done. Luckily a janitor found another strip and we were back in business. I was just starting to get better at making the cotton candy when they said "We're closing it down" "What?" I felt like a kid and wanted to stomp my feet and say "I'm not done" By the time I was done I had cotton candy sticking to my hand and arms. It was quite tasty~! They had a lot of drawings and we weren't lucky, Jaime wanted to win lunch at T-Rex with her teacher from last year or T-Bones or Royals tickets. I have never seen Amy's legs run so fast to get back to the playground, Jim would go get her so we could leave than he'd put her down and zoom she was gone. She reminded me of a cartoon where they run so fast you just see a cloud of dust.
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My MIL invited us to the Mother Daughter Brunch at her church this morning. This one was the first one I've attended since my Mom passed away. Last year Amy had dental surgery the same day and the year before there was no way I was going.
Brunch was pretty good we had fresh fruit cups, an apple pastry with pecans on top and the main dish was quiche and sausage.They also had a basket of muffins that Melissa demolished in no time! After the meal we watched a DVD of Anita Renfroe it was pretty funny! I can take funny on Mother's Day!I didn't get to see the end because Amy wanted to run. I think we left without embarrassing my MIL too much.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
HEllo
Annie Doll Swap #1
This is the Annie doll I made
and this is the one I received.
They were able to meet each other before I shipped my Annie out. They look very happy!!
My crazy self has signed me up for a few swaps.
I'm doing another Annie swap the first one was fun so why not do it again. I also sign up for the disappearing 9 patch. I have 40 to make by July. I also joined a Friend's swap. I joined a 9 patch sew-a-long at crazy Mom Quilts and last but not least I joined a Fourth of July swap.
I also have knotted dolls I need to sew for an upcoming La Leche League conference and get my materials together for a session I'm teaching on being creative there. So I better get busy.
This is the Annie doll I made
and this is the one I received.
They were able to meet each other before I shipped my Annie out. They look very happy!!
My crazy self has signed me up for a few swaps.
I'm doing another Annie swap the first one was fun so why not do it again. I also sign up for the disappearing 9 patch. I have 40 to make by July. I also joined a Friend's swap. I joined a 9 patch sew-a-long at crazy Mom Quilts and last but not least I joined a Fourth of July swap.
I also have knotted dolls I need to sew for an upcoming La Leche League conference and get my materials together for a session I'm teaching on being creative there. So I better get busy.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Amy is Three!
Amy at one
and two
and three.
Amy turned 3 yesterday!! It's hard to believe my baby is 3. We celebrated on Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Aunt Julie made the cake/cupcakes. I sent her a picture of The Very Hungry caterpillar cupcakes I saw here. We use to read this book at least 5 times a day. I think it's mixed in with all the other books so we haven't read it lately. When we first started reading it she loved the first page.. The egg lay on the leaf .. she would call the moon an egg.
Amy loves to wear tea towels at Grandma's house she thinks she needs at least five of them on at a time. She had a lot of fun opening presents and eating cupcakes!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I'm in a cooking club with my parenting group. This last month we didn't have one, one friend just had a baby and everybody else decided to take the month off. I didn't realize how much I would miss it. So today I went to the store and came home and started cooking meals for my freezer since apparently I haven't done a good job lately with dinner. In the freezer:
Garlic Lime Chicken Thighs- we'll cook on the grill
Garlic Lemon Chicken- I'll serve with rice and broccoli on the side
Raging garlic stir fry
I also made Sassy Sloppy Joe's from Don't panic Dinner's in the Freezer.
Still to make Meat Lover's Casserole, 3 different meatball recipes, hamburger patties. Now all I'll have to decide is what should I pull out of the freezer.
Sleep seems exclusive when you want it. The other night I stayed up till Kaitlyn made it home from the prom about 1:00. So the next night I went to bed early, at 9:45 I hear a voice "Mom are you going to take a shower?" "No, does it look like it?"
Than about 11:00 Jim comes to bed talking about something, I roll over and felt something sharp. A needle was sticking up in the bed after finding it and removing it, I try to fall back to sleep an hour later I'm asleep. The next day I was tired and laid down with Amy when she took a nap, 15 minutes later the phone rings, at least it was a friend and not a sales call. So last night I again head to bed early sound asleep at 9:30, 10:30 "Mom have you seen my swimsuit?" "I need it for the swim meet" "No, I haven't seen it." Back to sleep, 11:30 Jim again talking about something he found on the Internet. I JUST WANT TO SLEEP. Back to sleep and the cats woke me up. I laid there for the next three hours on and off. I read an article I think by Dr. Mercola or someone saying the more you say your tired it makes you tired and I think that is entirely true.
What will tonight hold..................................
Garlic Lime Chicken Thighs- we'll cook on the grill
Garlic Lemon Chicken- I'll serve with rice and broccoli on the side
Raging garlic stir fry
I also made Sassy Sloppy Joe's from Don't panic Dinner's in the Freezer.
Still to make Meat Lover's Casserole, 3 different meatball recipes, hamburger patties. Now all I'll have to decide is what should I pull out of the freezer.
Sleep seems exclusive when you want it. The other night I stayed up till Kaitlyn made it home from the prom about 1:00. So the next night I went to bed early, at 9:45 I hear a voice "Mom are you going to take a shower?" "No, does it look like it?"
Than about 11:00 Jim comes to bed talking about something, I roll over and felt something sharp. A needle was sticking up in the bed after finding it and removing it, I try to fall back to sleep an hour later I'm asleep. The next day I was tired and laid down with Amy when she took a nap, 15 minutes later the phone rings, at least it was a friend and not a sales call. So last night I again head to bed early sound asleep at 9:30, 10:30 "Mom have you seen my swimsuit?" "I need it for the swim meet" "No, I haven't seen it." Back to sleep, 11:30 Jim again talking about something he found on the Internet. I JUST WANT TO SLEEP. Back to sleep and the cats woke me up. I laid there for the next three hours on and off. I read an article I think by Dr. Mercola or someone saying the more you say your tired it makes you tired and I think that is entirely true.
What will tonight hold..................................
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Jaime's soccer game was postponed an hour but on the way there it started raining. We headed down to the field waiting to find out if they were playing. Jim asked "Do we have an umbrella?" "Sure we do at home" anyway after standing in the rain for 15 minutes the game was cancelled. Don't those two look drenched?
Jr/Sr Prom
They had a lot of fun and a police escort. Lauren's dad is a police officer and he chauffeured them around Saturday night.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Yesterday
We were suppose to be at Children's Mercy Hospital at 7:00 for a 7:30 MRI. I was in the parking lot at 7:02 and ID'd at 7:08 probably in the office by 7:11. The lady says "you first appointment you late". I just sit there looking at her thinking whatever. I didn't apologize or tell her my story, just smiled. My story is this lady, I have a twelve yr old who sleeps on the top bunk, she is on her own time schedule, answers to the beat of her own drum. Twenty minutes of get up we have to go, ten minutes in the bathroom, stopped for a train. We are here.
She thoroughly enjoyed the MRI and wanted to know when she could go back for another one. WHAT? "The goggles were real cool mom, I watched the movie in them". So I guess she'd be happy with just the goggles. I was worried she'd start singing to the movie but she said they were done before Bennie and the Jets came on.
We,(Amy and I) amused ourselves by walking around the hospital for a hour. She enjoyed watching the train and looking in the vending machines. We hit the gift shop and fed our sweet tooth on the way out.
We had to stop at home so Melissa could ditch her flip-flops and get her PE shoes, drove her by the library to pick up her books on hold, dropped her off at school. Back to the library to catch the tail end of story time than back home for Amy's nap.
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I finished sewing a rag baby quilt for a baby girl who was born in February, now on to the cutting. I kinda go crazy if I haven't sewed for a few days so it felt good when I finished.
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Here's our soccer funny-
Jim usually takes Jaime to practice but he was working on Elizabeth's car. Jaime didn't want to go and couldn't find her shin guards and I planned on going late since she still needed to eat. Pulling out of the driveway I spilled my lukewarm mocha on my jeans, it was a lovely mess. We made it there by 7:20, I told Jaime hurry up and get on the field while I grab Amy. As I walked by some people sitting at a picnic table I thought I've never seen these people before but didn't look again to double check, I seriously thought maybe another family member brought them. We get to the playground at the edge of the field and Jaime is just standing there, "Jaime you need to get out there with your team" Jaime's still standing looking. "Come on Jaime, you need to get out there". She finally says I don't see Coach Jose, so I start looking for the assistant coach because she called a hour before to say we were having practice. The lady I thought was her turned around and it was somebody else. "Jaime do you recognize any of those boys?" "No, I don't think so"
"Hum they look a little bigger", So I called the assistant coach and she said that other team was there so we moved down the street to a football field.
You know when you have all the clues and aren't picking up the answer:
1. None of the parents looked familiar.
2. No boys saying "Jaime's here"
3. No coach saying "Over here Jaime"
there must be a reason.
I will say in my defense that
1. Sometimes other family members do bring kids to practice
2. Jaime is the only girl on the team of 9,
3. all the boys have dark brown or black hair.
4. I talked to the assistant coach an hour before practice.
So from a distance it looked like her team. So Jaime what did you do last night
"Well my mom tried to make me practice with the wrong soccer team". Oh well, All's well that ends well.
She was dancing around once she met up with the right team.
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I found these old canning jars at a thrift store recently.
She thoroughly enjoyed the MRI and wanted to know when she could go back for another one. WHAT? "The goggles were real cool mom, I watched the movie in them". So I guess she'd be happy with just the goggles. I was worried she'd start singing to the movie but she said they were done before Bennie and the Jets came on.
We,(Amy and I) amused ourselves by walking around the hospital for a hour. She enjoyed watching the train and looking in the vending machines. We hit the gift shop and fed our sweet tooth on the way out.
We had to stop at home so Melissa could ditch her flip-flops and get her PE shoes, drove her by the library to pick up her books on hold, dropped her off at school. Back to the library to catch the tail end of story time than back home for Amy's nap.
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I finished sewing a rag baby quilt for a baby girl who was born in February, now on to the cutting. I kinda go crazy if I haven't sewed for a few days so it felt good when I finished.
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Here's our soccer funny-
Jim usually takes Jaime to practice but he was working on Elizabeth's car. Jaime didn't want to go and couldn't find her shin guards and I planned on going late since she still needed to eat. Pulling out of the driveway I spilled my lukewarm mocha on my jeans, it was a lovely mess. We made it there by 7:20, I told Jaime hurry up and get on the field while I grab Amy. As I walked by some people sitting at a picnic table I thought I've never seen these people before but didn't look again to double check, I seriously thought maybe another family member brought them. We get to the playground at the edge of the field and Jaime is just standing there, "Jaime you need to get out there with your team" Jaime's still standing looking. "Come on Jaime, you need to get out there". She finally says I don't see Coach Jose, so I start looking for the assistant coach because she called a hour before to say we were having practice. The lady I thought was her turned around and it was somebody else. "Jaime do you recognize any of those boys?" "No, I don't think so"
"Hum they look a little bigger", So I called the assistant coach and she said that other team was there so we moved down the street to a football field.
You know when you have all the clues and aren't picking up the answer:
1. None of the parents looked familiar.
2. No boys saying "Jaime's here"
3. No coach saying "Over here Jaime"
there must be a reason.
I will say in my defense that
1. Sometimes other family members do bring kids to practice
2. Jaime is the only girl on the team of 9,
3. all the boys have dark brown or black hair.
4. I talked to the assistant coach an hour before practice.
So from a distance it looked like her team. So Jaime what did you do last night
"Well my mom tried to make me practice with the wrong soccer team". Oh well, All's well that ends well.
She was dancing around once she met up with the right team.
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I found these old canning jars at a thrift store recently.
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