Making it Home

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The OSC invited the squadron to have an auction with them. This is basically a fund raiser for the spouses group. We donate items for the auction and the members of the OSC that are present at the February meeting can bid on the items for sale. Proceeds go to the squadron. Make sense? Really it was an excuse for me to break out the sewing machine and get creative!! I am donating two cowgirl burp cloths and two floral burp cloths. I thought I would like the cowgirls better but I actually am happier with the floral burp cloths. If I wouldn't have run out of cloth diapers I would have made more. But there needed to be a stopping point, and at 130am running out of cloth diapers was probably a sign for God to go to bed!

Auction item

Future landscaper?

You might not be able to tell from this picture but, these rocks used to form
A border around my flower bed. Wyatt decided to move them all to a new location.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Five months week 1

Adventures

Wyatt was yelling, "Mommy come push me down the stairs". Hum....no...

Chubby Bunny

Five months

Friday, February 3, 2012

Winning at Motherhood.

Problem: No milk

Variables: husband on a trip, sleeping Dustin, No nap Wyatt. 3:30 in the afternoon.

Solution One: Go to commissary

At commissary I realize that due to the Super bowl on Sunday EVERYONE is buying groceries at this very moment! I still forge on. I find parking in Timbuktu. Then look down to see the key I borrowed for the community center that I have to return before five o'clock. FAIL

What to do?

Detour: take key back immediately.

Then I see the glorious super fast food chain that I love to hate! McDonald to the recuse. I ordered four little milks at the drive threw all the while Dustin remained asleep and crazy Wyatt demanded chicken nuggets.

I took the key back and went home! Praise the Lord for McDonalds. Seriously!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Projects around the house

Pinerest and all it's great ideas has inspired me to organize even more. I added the shelves to the laundry room and some baskets for sorting clothes. The orange baskets are for 1. Give away 2. Mend and 3. Return to owner.

I love it!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Bath time

Wyatt 28 months
30 lbs

Dustin 4 months
18.6 lbs

Back fat is back!

Little D would like to proclaim to the world that indeed back fat is cute!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Park

I was trying out the celebrity look. No make and sunglasses to hide my identity. But my oh my I love that boy!

Park

47 degrees. Let go to the park!!

Chores

It seems like overnight Wyatt developed the ability to start helping with simple chores. He has really been getting a kick out of feeding Gertie and emptying the trash cans. He also has not been wanting to put on clothes in the am. I figured we'd start a chore chart and help encourage what I need him to do.

please don't judge my art work

Pee pee in the potty!

Wyatt has been peeing in the potty for over a year now. However, the whole training process hasn't really started till this week. I am trying to get him to tell me when he needs to pee instead of always asking him. Hopefully this chart will help. So fat he really loves getting stickers!

Gutter shelf

I added a few shelves to this nook. Wyatt is loving to sneak away and read in his little chair. He also disappeared for a little while today and made this mess! Which he blamed on Lukie....

Friday, December 30, 2011

Gutter book shelf.

I love Pintrest and the unending ideas you can find! Who knew, gutter book shelves! Genius!!!

4 months

4 months.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

What a day...

We started off by saying, "We are not going to the Please Touch Museum". Day two of the visit the six year old had us planning a trip to the Please Touch Museum. Why are we such suckers?

We planned out the day, get up early, get ready, pack car, let kids eat breakfast on the way there. Stay till lunch time then head home. Maybe stopping at Chick-filet in Cherry Hill for lunch.

Reality: left the house at 10:30. (not bad for us) Well, let me start over. We walked out of the house at 10:30. I put my two in the car. Erin got one kid in her car while the other ran over to the largest water puddle you've even seen and proceeded to jump as fast and as high as he could...

So after assessing the situation, it was determined that Luke had to have another pair of shoes. I offered to let Luke where Ws rain boots but Erin said she was not taking her kid to the PTM looking like a dork! Haha

We load back up and off we go to Olly kids shoes in Mt Laurel. Three pairs of shoes, a winter coat and a full hour later we are back in the cars. We begin driving down 38 only to realize Dustin is no longer happy! He wants to eat and he wants to eat right now. Right now Mommy. I am going to die if you don't feed me... Hungry! We stop at Chick-filet in Cherry Hill. Erin goes through the drive through and gets chicken nuggets for the kids, who are now hungry, and I requested a large jumbo IV bag of diet coke. As she is in the drive though, I am climbing into the back seat to feed Dustin. He is screaming with big ol'tears running down his face. It would have broken your heart! While I am nursing him, Wyatt is out of his seat and climbing around the Durango. I am suspicious of his behavior and am confirmed when he announces proudly. "Mommy I poopy". Awesome! I am holding sweet Dustin who for some reason is starting to squirm and act uncomfortable. I sit him up to burp. I hear rip, squirt, bubble, Bubble, toot, toot and smell it. Yep, major poop storm out of Dustin! It's everywhere! Wardrobe change, diaper change and I had to do a partial bath with baby wipes because I got poop on his face and neck when trying to change his clothes! Oh that poor baby!! Erin opens the door to pass me the diet coke! Thank you!!! Then we heard a loud THUNK! A tree branch fell on the Durango! I'm not kidding. A six foot long pine tree branch crashed onto the Durango then tumbled down, and landed in-between the Durango and Erin's car. Wyatt screamed a tree fell on us! Erin and I both screamed then laughed hysterically! As Paul said, "Erin, you could have been killed or worse".

We made it to the PTM by about 1:30. We pulled up and there were more cars at PTM than I'd ever seen! I knew it would be crowed but it was packed!! Out of frustration I said, "I just want to hit my head on a wall!" Then I heard the sweet concerned voice in the back seat say, "no Mommy, don't hit your head, be careful". Oh Wyatt!! I love you! Mommy won't hit her head, I'll be careful.

The museum was packed but fun! We played and played but, before we could leave we had to do the Merry go Round. W had never been on the Merry go round at PTM and I knew he would love it. So, we all got on together. I didn't think I would be able to go because I had Dustin, but at the last minute I realized I could hold Dustin and Wyatt together on a horse and ride. Perfect! Too bad I had to pee! Oh well, it would have to wait. We get on and I strapped the boys together and we start to spin. "Yippee", I told them! "Hold on". It was got a little hot. I didn't feel good. I hoped the Merry go Round wouldn't go any faster! I was starting to feel the feeling I feel when I know I'm going to pass out. It wasn't good. I told Erin to switch me places. I went and stood by Luke. I started at the floor boards. I started to feel better. I hugged sweet Luke. Erin held onto my kids. The Merry go Round began to slow down. Whew. I made it. I didn't pass out. I realized I was hungry, I had to pee, I was hot. We sat down ate lunch, I went to the bathroom and took off my sweater. I guess I need to be more careful. I was so disappointed in myself for letting my sugar get too low and my blood pressure too high! All I had eaten where three doughnut holes, a large coffee and a few sips of my diet coke and it was 3:30!!! No wonder I thought I was going to pass out! Oh and I'd fed Dustin twice!

Eating was amazing. Best food I'd ever had. I was obviously starved! Luke was getting board, tired and antsy. He was out of his seat and dancing in any space he could find. At one point I looked over to see him running on the heat registers! He stopped momentarily to sit down, but not at our table. He found a nice Indian family dress in traditional attire and sat down right next to the grandma!! There is the sweet little granny sitting down with her family and Luke beside her slapping the tables and shaking his head! I physically removed him from that situation.

Time to head home. 5:30 driving through Philly traffic. Need I say more?

We get home. I'm so thankful to be home. I start dinner. The Sir is home he is playing with the boys. Erin stopped at Starbucks so she is a few minutes later getting home. When she does get home, Beth comes running in the door yelling, "Mommy popped the tire". Erin came in and said she thought she had been shot at! Then she realized the car tire popped! We don't know or understand exactly when it happened.

But, what we do know Is that before we left that morning during our breakfast prayers we prayed for safety. Id say prayers fully answered. We are were safe.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Cupcakes

I made (kinda) these cupcakes for a baby shower. Here is the secret!
1. Buy Hostess cupcakes
2. peel the icing off and throw it away
3. Make your own icing and pipe it on
4. Top with sprinkles

Semi homemade ;)

Baby shower

I was able to host a baby shower a few weeks ago. It was small shower with just a few girls. We had soups and cupcakes. Hope you like the sneak peak at the decorations.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas cards

Another photo shoot. Another FAIL.

Christmas card

Yelling at Gertie to "get out".

Christmas Cards

Gertie joining the photo shoot.

Christmas cards

What is Wyatt yelling about?

Christmas cards

I've not sent out Christmas cards. I thought maybe I could get a cute picture, upload at Walmart and send something out by the first of the year... Don't count on it.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Best Friends we'll always be...

After almost four months we finally got these two boys together! Best Buds!!

Borax snowflakes

W and I made Borax snowflakes. Thank you Pintrest!

Pint size canning jar
1/3 cup borax
Boiling water
Add a pipe cleaning
Mix and wait over night

In the morning...wa-la snowflakes!

Snowflakes

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Christmas

Tomato cages wrapped in lights! Keeping it classy :)

Merry Christmas

The Sir went on a trip and the little Mc's and I went to Ohio. When we returned home it was the middle of December and we didn't have any of our decorations. (everything was in storage). We got creative this year and did a few things different. Hope you enjoy checking out what we've been up too!

Merry Christmas

I needed a new wreath, but you know I hate to spend $$. So, I took three so-so wreaths and made one that I'm happy with.

Wreath one: deer horn wreath
Wreath two: old Walmart wreath
Wreath three: ok it wasn't really a wreath. It is a howdy star sign and ting
Ting (which I did steal from an old arrangement)

Merry Christmas!

Ribbon card holder

This idea is right off HGTV. Thank you!

Stockings

Thank you to my friend Laura for introducing me to Pottery Barn Kids Outlet and the possibility of finding amazing deals.

These stockings were 50% off original price then another 50% off that price. So, yes I did pay 4 dollars for a stocking!!! And, I did splurge and buy six.

Christmas

Our Christmas tree this year. A felt tree with removable ornaments. I made the ornaments with wrapping paper, glue and felt. Wyatt has enjoyed decorating and redecorating this tree.