I Am Soooo Awesome!

I can sew a straight line and apparently I can even sew in a circle! I found this cute cute cute (2 cutes for being reversible and 1 cute for overall cuteness) poncho on a cute cute CUTE blog (2 cutes for all the FHE and cooking stuff and 1 extra big cute because she's about ready to have her 8th child!!!). I showed it to Ruthie and we went to get fabric. The first fabric she saw was the flowery one...it's the same used on the blog.

Then we found the striped and had to have that! It was sew easy that I think I'll use the other 2 fabrics we chose to make a second poncho. I can't wait till Ruthie sees it after school!!!
I just wanted to share it with you first!
See? I'm just so awesome!

A Day In The Life.

Monday...Sam was in charge of the FHE treat. He wanted something spooky. We got this lovely spider cake and did a scripture study review/treasure hunt. The cake was the treasure at the end. Guess how many people had black teeth when FHE was done?

Tuesday...We were all outside and then saw this V of geese flying over us. They were honking, too. I am wondering why they were going North. I thought they were supposed to fly South for the winter.
Wednesday...Sam wrapped his shirt around the chair and did his homework. At least he did his homework.

Thursday...Isaac needed some teeth pulled because the adult teeth were coming in at an odd angle. He has a fear of...doctors! So he has to be sedated. The other two watched movies while we waited for him to wake up. He was sore for a while. But it was nothing compared to Saturday!

Friday...Welcome to our "patch". We grew all our pumpkins this year. It's one of the fun parts of Fall!

Saturday...And here is what I warned was coming. Isaac came flying into the family room and tripped and the red table went right through his lip. Daniel took him to the Urgent Care, but Isaac has this fear... So they had him take Isaac to the Emergency Room to get the stitches in. He got 9 total. 6 on the outside and 3 on the inside. That night as we had a movie night, he leaned over to me and said, "This is just not my weekend!" Poor guy!

Sunday...We love playing Dominoes. It's easy and everyone loves it. We woke up this morning to the kids setting up a line. It accidently got knocked down too soon. Bummer!

I hope your weekend is better than Isaac's and that you have a terrific week!

Coming Soon...

The Emergency Room Visit And 9 Stitches Later...........

Cute Quips.

I love following Isaac into his room while he builds with his Legos so I can talk to him. The best conversations happen when I go in and just lay on Sam's bed and ask him about his day. He will start with a simple answer like...good, bad, okay, dumb, I hate my teacher, I don't think I need to go to school anymore, I made a new friend, why do we have fingernails, why do I have to clean my room everyday. With his answer I start asking more specific questions and we usually have a really great conversation.

Yesterday I went in and asked about his day and then what he did at recess. He said he and some other kids played four square. His friend got bullied out of the game. Isaac was still in the game. He said he walked out of the game (there was a line of other kids wanting to get in to the game, so I didn't push the "don't walk out of a game in the middle of it" discussion)so he could go help his friend.

Here is what he said...
"So he walked out into the field and when I got to him he was crying a little. So I told him, there are some good games and there are some bad games. You just have to choose the good games."

His friend said he was a really good friend to come and talk to him and cheer him up.

I love the advice Isaac gave his friend. Yes, there are good games and bad games. Good friends and bad friends. Good choices and bad choices. I love that he knows this and will advise his friend to choose the good ones!

My heart is full.

Make A Meal.

If you find you have an abundance of these...

You can make yummy eats!

This is called

APPLE CRUMBLE

First you need apples. Enough for 5-6 cups of apple slices. Put those yummy slices in the bottom of a baking dish. Dot the apples with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or brown sugar. I do both.

Make the crumble part with 2 cups of flour and 1 stick (8oz) butter. Mix that together until it resembles bread crumbs. Add 2 cups sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix it up and put it over the apples with the cinnamon sugar.
Bake at 375 for 45 minutes. Don't let it cool too long before you serve it. While it's warm, top it with vanilla ice cream or a spoon full of whipped cream.

You won't be disappointed!

A Day In The Life.

Monday...We started the week with the new game coming in the mail for Isaac and Sam. They spent their own hard earned money and then planned and researched which game to buy. They had fun finally playing their game!

Tuesday...I noticed one day that a small person wrote a name on the inside of the van door. It wasn't hard to guess who did it!
Wednesday...Sam brought home a science magazine from school. As I looked through it I found a recipe for slime. So we got all the ingredients out and made slime. So much fun!

Thursday...A quick hook up after the heavy feeling and the kids were playing the Wii in the car. We won't do it again because it made Ruthie car sick! We also watched the 2 original Witch Mountain movies for a Movie Matinee Day.

Friday...Lunch with my friend Leanne. Then off to girls' night. My 3 sisters, mom and Meme (grandma) met at Mimi's for dinner. One sister in law met us later and another was sick and we missed her greatly. Katie and I spent the night at my mom's so we could stay up late and watch movies and talk. We stayed up until 3 am just talking. We never did watch our movie.

Saturday...As my mom and Katie and I were out shopping, my mom got a phone call from my dad that Meme had been in a car accident. Boy, was she. By the time I grabbed my camera to document the whole thing, Meme was feeling less shaken and smiling. And just for future reference, the shopping trip had the girls locked and loaded properly again!

Sunday...General Conference. Lovely! We all sat and laid to watch. I always print a packet of activities relating to conference for the kids. Ruthie and Sam enjoyed theirs.

Have a terrific week!

A Heavy Feeling.

That's what Isaac said he had this afternoon. So I asked if he had to poop. Sorry, it's something I have to ask. He said no. It's just a heavy, happy feeling. That he could hook up the Wii inside the van. We had talked earlier about going on a drive into the mountains to see all the prettiness of Fall. He had other thoughts. When I got out to the car for our drive, after getting shoes, going potty, getting a snack, reading and answering email, this is what I found...

He had already hooked it up. It fit. So we started the car and this was the reaction when it actually worked...
I don't know what happened to Sam there. Something is wrong with my camera and I get pictures like that. And then I also get "file contains no image data". I want a new camera. Think Christmas. Think cruise. Think mom blogs a lot! So they played all the way up the mountain. Here's one of the mountains...
And a construction worker. Then Ruthie said she was sick. She fell asleep on the way down the mountain. Then we stopped for a treat so we could watch our next matinee movie and she almost puked! So we went into the bathroom and she just "went". I think she got motion sickness from playing Mario Kart in the car going up a mountain. Oh well.

So the heavy, happy feeling paid off for Isaac. And the other 2. Well...not really for Ruthie. So I don't know that the Wii will be back in the van anytime real soon.

I get to have a sleep over with my sister and mom tomorrow night! Yay!! Have a great Conference weekend!