BOO!

The big kids and I got crafty Sunday afternoon and made a family of ghosts...

AC

B....snaggle tooth and all

LJ... her newest trick is sticking out her tounge

MC...

As with all of my projects, things didn't go as planned.  I had a hard time finding the tiniest tomato cages and had to use the 42 inch.  Which would have been fine except I had already gotten all of the white felt my fabric store had, so we used off-white felt....we have dirty ghosts...which maybe is more fitting to us anyway.

Second challenge was I decided to just hot glue the ghosts together since I'm not really speaking to my sewing machine at the moment...well, I didn't make the ghosts big enough resulting in ghosts that need to watch what they eat.

All that being said, the kids LOVE them and that is what we were going for...

Head over to Sarah's for more Autumn outdoor decor ideas!

An Afternoon at the Fair

My kids talk about it all year and much to their delight, the county fair is this week.  We hurried through homework and spent the remainder of the day at the fair!

last year at the fair...what a difference a year makes!

We came home hot, dirty,and stuffed from dinner at the fair!

Yes, Ma'am...

B came home from school yesterday at noon with a fever and a headache.  Our school's rule is the child must be fever free for 24 hours before going back to school.  So, even though he has had no fever since coming home, he was at home today.  Because he seemed to feel fine and he was fever- free, i took him along to run a few errands.

At one stop, he politely held the door for a young (mid 40'sish) lady.  She asked him a question and he responded, "Yes, ma'am."  She looked at me and said, "You know it's really old-fashioned and a little bit insulting to teach your son to say ma'am and sir.  It makes the child think he is not equal to adults."

What? 

Is this the current thinking?  I know saying ma'am/ sir is not held to the standard that it once was, but insulting to the child? 

So, I'm curious, do you say ma'am/sir?  Are you teaching your children to?  Do you think it's insulting to the child?  Is this some archaic tradition?

Really, I want to know. 

It's Fall Y'all....

and today it really feels like it!

After pinning this wreath months ago, the weather inspired me to try this wreath.

Mine...

I used a foam wreath form, reindeer moss, and a mixture of faux gourds and pumpkins- couldn't find just faux pumpkins- and just used the glue gun to put it all together. 

I think it took me about 1 hour and that includes taking a wine break because the moss stressed me out- I admit it, I have the attention span of a gnat.

 

I really love it, but after looking at the inspiration, I'm thinking I should maybe hang it so that the wreath is a little lower than the bow...what do you think?

About the bow, I'm going to admit that I didn't make it- 3 girls and no clue how to make a bow- but I spotted it in a shop recently.

Head over to Rhoda's at Southern Hospitality for more fall inspiration.

Favorites...

I admit it... I love shopping for my children's clothes
Smocking is my favorite thing ever.  If I could pull it off, I would wear it myself.
When I was expecting AC and B, a sweet neighbor at the time taught me to smock...I made them a couple of outfits- meaning I smocked a few inserts and my neighbor sewed the actual garment...anyway, love smocking.
A few of my favorites:
Shrimp and Grits
Orient Expressed
Clire and Charlie
Zuccini

I also have used Ebay a lot lately to match up what I have kept of AC's for the baby girl's....I love having them match!  Another great thing, I have a friend who has 3 year old twin girls and I buy a lot from her.

So, what are your favorite places to shop for children's clothes?  Check out Kelly's for more ideas.

A Praise on Game Day...

This afternoon we had our annual appointment with Ac's cardiologist for her VSD....even though we are extremely blessed in that the hole is tiny and doesn't affect her at all, I'm always nervous before the appointment.  AC, on the other hand, looks forward to it because she absolutely loves her doctor!

We were relieved to see there is no change and even though I pray daily that hole would close, I'm just glad to see my healthy, happy girl.

Of course we showed up at what I thought was our appointment time of 2:40 to find out that our appointment was at 12:40....I wrote that on the calendar last year and I did have 2 brand new babies with me, one of whom also had to have an EKG...so thankful they worked us in.

Needless to say we were ready for a lighter note....the boy's football game

 even the babies had fun...

B celebrating for his teammate's score.  So much fun!

Memory Lane

This afternoon AC and B were into looking at Halloween costumes, especially for the little girls since they decided what they were going to be back in, oh, July.

Anyway, they wanted to know what their costumes looked like when they were 1, which of course led to me gazing at these pictures for hours.....

I have said it before and I'll say it again I am not crafty, but for some crazy reason I decided to make their costumes of Peter Pan and Tinkerbell.... how I did this I don't know, but I do know they were taking 1 3 hour nap per day so I guess that explains where I found the time.

Those sweet legs planted widely to keep balance... Mary Connor has those legs....I am obsessed with chubby baby legs.

The mullett...how in the world did I not notice?  Maybe because I was too busy making Halloween costumes?

Seriously, have you ever seen a more precious Peter Pan? 

If I do say, I'm impressed with that costume.

Yes, Brian too had the beginnings of a mullett.

This walk down memory lane was so fun, but resulted in AC and B insisting I make their's and the little girl's costumes for this year....

time is wisdom....

I now know Costume Express, thankyouverymuch