My Kids

Kissy Faces...

And Reading Books.

First flight

For the past 3 years, each September, I've taken my small family for a short flight.
The first time Addie hated it.
Last year was better, but I was pregnant and had leg cramps which was not fun.
This time was Johnny's first flight and they both LOVED it!

I tried to get a picture with my kiddos, none of them came out. Gotta love these though!

(You need to click on it to make it bigger!)

Halloween is approaching!!

My favorite time of the year...

These are 2 new products I have.

Check out my vinyl blog for more details!

Johnny D 10 months

Can't Decide...

Opinions on which one to use in his book are welcome. :)

New obsession...

Vinyl on glass frames!

As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been digging through the frames at Goodwill to use for projects. Here are 3 more! The 'A' frame is actually from the Dollar Store, the Peace quote frame was spray painted then sanded and the 'P' frame is as it was when I found it.

These monograms will be in my Etsy shop soon. :)

I have sooo many ideas of things to make but I don't want them all in my house!

People might start getting gifts from me (after I take pictures and post in my Etsy shop).

:)

First Day of Preschool

My baby girl (who is not really a baby anymore) started preschool today.

During the orientation we went to, they told us that some kids that you think won't have any problem leaving you and going into class, will cry and have a hard time.

Daniel and I looked at each other and said "No. She won't"

And she didn't. I barely got a kiss and a goodbye before she wondered into her classroom by herself.

I had a whole 2.5 hours with no one talking, crying, whining or wanting to be held. It was pretty fantastic.

Johnny slept the whole time.

Although I did miss her, I know she had fun and will have a blast!

These are the 2 best pictures I got of her before we left. She was being goofy for the camera.

By the way, this is my 201st post! I forgot to mention my 200th.

Reading, Reading, Reading...

Lately Addie has been reading non-stop. Often I find that the house is too quiet. When I go to see what she is in to, she's reading quietly by herself. I'm not sure if this is just a thing she is going through or if it's because she sees me reading a lot lately myself (The Hunger Games trilogy is fantastic!).

We even found her one night in here. With a magazine. :)

Because my blog is not private and anyone can read it, I did some editing because she has no clothes on at all.

I have to be sneaky with the camera, she hates having us take her picture!

Trouble

I don't know how kids get themselves in some of the places they do. Johnny is all over the place and into everything! Some people don't like this stage because they are mobile and dumping things out all over the house, but really if it means I get my hands free for a few minutes, I can clean up the mess later. :)

This video was taken almost 2 weeks ago, he's picked up speed by now and can get to where he wants much faster.

Milk Lid Name

This project has been sitting in my room forever! I now have an official "Projects to-do" box that is full of stuff I might never get to, but I will keep working one project at a time!

I got the idea for this off of my friends blog (Thanks Melissa!). She got the idea here.

Mine was a little bit fancier than the website and took way longer than it needed to but Addie loved helping me. She helped cut the strips of paper and pushed the buttons on the Cricut for the circles. Plus my handwriting is awful so I used vinyl. I think it came out pretty cute and she does enjoy playing with. Hopefully it actually helps her learn how to spell and recognize her name past the letter 'A'.

Pre School open house and Farm Field Trip

Today we went to Addie's open house. She actually starts next Wednesday. We saw the class room and where she will sit. I don't know what's with the goofy smile, but she was pretty excited.

This is her teacher, Mrs. Papen.

No trouble diving right in to the toys and finding some 'friends'.

Today was also the first field trip of the year. We went to a farm/apple orchard. She got to pick her own blackberries, look at the apple trees and plant a flower to bring home.

Her flower.

Overall it was a fun day. It turned out to be a little bit warmer than I thought it was going to be so Addie was melting in those rain boots and huge shirt! She wanted to go back to her classroom after the farm. I think she is going to LOVE going to preschool 3 times a week! I'm afraid the other 2 days she will be so disappointed that she has to be home with me.

The teachers assistant/helper tried talking to Addie. Apparently Addie did not want to talk to her. The Lady came up to me and ask if she talks much because she wasn't wanting to use very many words. I had to explain that the kid never stops talking at home. Sometimes I have to ask her to stop talking for just one minute so that my ears can get a break! In big crowds she tends to be pretty quiet. Probably takes after her mom. :) I really tried to reassure the assistant that Ad really does talk, A LOT. I got the feeling that she was sizing up all of the kids based on how they responded to her questions. My child has a very large vocabulary and has no problem speaking! (This is what I wanted to tell her.)