"I AM NOT a woman who can always resist chocolate, wears make up to the pool, and has spotless floors all the time. But I am strong. I am invincible. I AM MOM." ~B.O.B

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

My Little Man

Cal is getting HUGE! He will be 6 months on the 8th of April. I don't know where the time went. Here are some fun pictures I found in my camera.
He loves bouncing. The other day I put him in here while I mowed the lawn. I was outside for only a few minutes. I came in to find him sleeping.

This is the face (below) he always make when he is happy to see me. I love it!!! It was pretty hard to get this picture. Every time I took a picture he stopped making this face, due to the flash. It was pretty funny.


Monday, March 29, 2010

Craft City!

So I've been wanting to make some crafts lately. So here's what I made . . .


These are tiles. (the cheap ones from home depot.) They're about 4x4 in.
A friend of our's took these pictures of Madi when she was 5mo. old. I love them.
I'll use these as decoration on the wall in Madi's room, or something like that.
Next . . .
I've been working on these blocks forever. They've been a stop and go project whenever I have time. I knit each side a different stitch and color. This is the first one I finished. The picture doesn't do it justice. It's pretty cool. Cal loves it, too!
Finally . . .
I'm still working on this one, I'm making Madi an alaphabet folder. This way she can keep all her letters in it. I'm also going to make some kind of board where we can try to spell words and learn to read.
The letters are simply held in with velcro. I'm pretty excited to finish this one.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

New Favorite Blog

So I stayed up way to late and spent too much time today looking at my new favorite blog . . .
I want to do so many of their crafts. I can't wait to find the time to make some of these fun crafts. Also it's given me great ideas for this year's Super Saturday.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Race Day

We ran our 2nd 10K relay yesterday. It was pretty fun.

I ran the 1st leg and finished with a time of 28:17. Carson ran the 2nd leg. His time was 31:28.

I think our next run is in about 1 month. It's going to be 4.2 miles. Let the training begin.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Cloth Diapers

(No, this isn't Cal. This baby is much too skinny.)

So, I have decided to try my way with cloth diapers. I'm not all crazy save the earth or anything. I just figure I could do my part to try and cut back on costs. I mean, every time Madi has an accident I'm pretty much cleaning a cloth diaper. I think for a little while I'll try to use them part-time, at least until I get the hang of it.
It was a little over whelming when I first starting looking online about cloth diapers. It was as if it was a whole new world. It's not just "disposable or cloth." There are tons of different kind of cloth diapers. So I decided to get a cloth diaper sampler and figure out what I like best. I also have been given a few patterns to make my own diapers. They don't look that hard. I'm really excited to try this & a little nervous, but mostly excited. They should arrive in 5-10 days . . . we'll see how it goes!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

What's important to me...

It's funny whats important to a child . . .
. . . like picking dad's green tomatoes . . .
. . . and wearing sassy red boots . . .
. . . pants are optional.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

5K

Carson and I ran our first 5K this morning! Actually, it was a 10K relay. Carson ran the first leg. His time was 30:28 min. I'm very proud of him! I ran the second leg. My time was 29:29.
We didn't place or anything like that, but we are super excited about our times, being that it was our first ran. The team that won ran it in 35 min. (CRAZY! that's 17min a peice)
We are running another one on March 13th. I can't wait!