The Streak is Over

Well, our close to 10 year streak is over. What streak you ask? Oh, just the streak of our kids not writing on the walls or furniture. Yep, you guessed it. Sophie got her little hands on a black magic marker yesterday and, shall we say, exercised her creative muscles.

Yep, the new baby grand. She went all the way around the black part as well.

Piano bench.

Banisters on both sides.

Garage doors and walls (also walls to the side that you can't see).

The ottoman.

The familyroom cabinets.

Oh my goodness! One might ask, "Where was the mother when this was going on?" Upstairs, of course, trying on the silly blouse I've been making, and making alterations to it. I came down the stairs and first saw the piano--I figured Sophie got one of Abby's WASHABLE markers, but to my utter disbelief I found her holding the magic marker. Sounds of grief and horror came out of my mouth that I've never heard before--neither had Sophie. Scared her to death! After about 10 minutes of shock I began to calm down and make calls to find out how to clean the mess up--I didn't have high hopes. However, I was able to clean the piano with rubbing alcohol--came right off. The piano bench and banisters I cleaned with a white magic erase sponge. The walls and doors don't have such a happy ending--anything that takes off the marker also take off the paint. So, we get to paint! I haven't had much luck with the ottoman either--I may have to have that reupohlstered. Oh well, it was a good run anyway--10 years ain't bad.

Stylin' do

I thought I'd have a little fun with Sophie's hair this morning while she was in the mood to sit still (relatively speaking). Since I'm not one of those moms with hair talent, I do the best I can and document the 'do when it turns out well!

Did the flip in the back, but the hair on the sides is still sparse so just curled those under. Love the flip!

So, changing the subject, crazy Bill, Jake and Abby went the the Salt Lake Bees game last night. I don't know if you remember, but it was rainy and cold ALL day yesterday--the crazies went anyway and had a great time. It was free money giveaway night, so they were handing out envelopes as you entered--each envelope had either $5, $1 or a $1 gift certificate for any concessions at the game. Well, each of them got a $5 bill in their envelope! Well worth the freezing temps! They also brought home the following:

Yep, you guessed it! Bees t-shirts for the whole family. (BTW, this picture was taken Sunday AFTER Sophie's nap, which equals--serious nap hair)

The kids are proud members of the Knothole Club and love going to the games. They get to even go and meet the players once during the season. So fun! I love these little ones!!

It's the Little Things...

I'm oh so excited because I made a little trip to my favorite fabric store "Material Girls Quilt Shop" in South Jordan on Friday. I happened to find (or I should say Bill agreed to let me use) a little money out of the grocery budget to get some fabric and pull me out of my depression. I'm going to make the same style blouse as I did for Easter just with short sleeves.

This is the pattern I'm using. Cute, huh?

...my Easter blouse

...and this is the new fabric--picture it with short sleeves. I really liked the fabric in the store, but now I'm not so sure AND it's not like a regular blouse that I could take back for an exchange. Just tell me you love it so I can stop obsessing about it will ya??

To top everything off, the weather is gorgeous and I can finally go walking with Sophie and work in the yard a little bit this week. It makes me so happy!

How could things get any better...I have a sewing project AND I can go outside!! It's the little things in life, isn't it?

Ugh...

Oh the depression of it all! I can't stand this weather--I know it's a boring topic, but honestly!! My house is so dark I have to turn lights on, which transfers over to my dark mood. I feel like staying in my pajamas (yes I'm still in them eventhough I just drove Jake and Abby to school) and going back to bed, however Sophie of course won't allow that!

On top of my weather depression I don't have a project to work on. The last few weeks I've been busy sewing, which keeps my mind off of the gross weather and gives me something to do. I made Abby's Easter dress, Jake's Easter pants, and an Easter blouse for me. I like my blouse so much that I want to make another one, but alas I have run out of money for the month. Too bad it always has to come down to that.

Anyone have any ideas on how to overcome the blahs of it all?????

Just Another Day

I usually have such high hopes at the start of a new day because I can try to do better than I did the day before. Well, it all started out well--I was doing piano practice with Jake and Abby before 8:00am--which is GREAT. And Sophie was cooperating by letting us practice....or so I thought. I should know by now that a quiet toddler means trouble! I heard Bill upstairs saying, "Sophie, that's naughty!" I was afraid to ask. These pictures say it all, but don't do the mess justice. Sophie emptied all her drawers and threw her clothes all over the floor. Oh well, atleast in the end I was able to go through her clothes and get rid of what was too small. Just look on the bright side, right??

Happy Easter!

So, yesterday was Easter and all was going well until about an hour before church. I'm up in my bathroom getting ready and here comes Sophie screaming and crying because her Easter dress is dirty. I look at it and it looks like she's thrown up jelly beans all over it--well she didn't throw up, but she did drool all over it. Holy Crap--what am I supposed to do now? Well naturally I have to have a "mother's tantrum" and start yelling at Jake because he was in charge of making sure Sophie didn't eat anymore jelly beans! I completely freaked out and sent everyone to their rooms.

There was no spotting out the mess, so I threw it in the washer, took it out before the rinse, threw it in the dryer, then ironed it before it was completely dry. In the meantime, Bill found jelly bean "remains" all over the carpet. He was in the laundry room getting the carpet cleaner when I saw him and the first thing he said was, "Now, don't get upset." Upset? Upset? All I asked the kids to do was watch their sister for a minute! They were right there with her watching a movie when all this happened!! And Bill tells me not to get upset! (By the way, Bill was a saint keeping his cool, staying on my side and not siding with the kids, and cleaning the mess off the carpet.)

Anyway, it all worked out in the end. The picture above is just before church so the dress was able to make it's debut, however I was 20 minutes late. Isn't that how holidays go?

My First Blog

Well I guess I'm finally joining the 21st century! My cute niece, Annie, convinced me to start a blog--I've been fighting it for a good 2 years now! I don't know if I'll have anything to say that's interesting to anyone, but I'll try.