More projects

I keep taking on new things. I got the idea that I wanted to make the kids trick or treat bags. I didn't want to buy much for it. So, I was looking through what I had and I had a pair of Brad's old jeans in with my fabric. So, this is what I came up with. Don't look too close at the stitches!!! I am not a seamtress by any means. But, I think they turned out cute. I bought the pumpkin and spider. They are iron ons but everything else I came up with. Not bad, right?


We went to the outlet mall on Monday and found some great deals. Preston and Hannah got these cute Jammies from the Children's Place. They were only. 99 cents each! I think they look so cute in them. A little too hot for them right now but I had to take a picture.

Preston and the alphabet

Preston LOVES saying his letters. Everywhere we go he's pointing them out. This is pretty cute.

Hannah's walking attempt

She's so close!!

Busy

I haven't blogged in a while. Maybe because I just don't want to bore anyone with my bow stories. Hairbows have consumed my life lately. Every day at nap time, I make bows. As soon as the kids go to bed, I make bows. I don't do it much when they are awake because they just want to "help" me. It doesn't work out very well. I have nearly 300 bows right now and I'm still going. I'm really nervous about this craft show. It's just a mind game of "what if no one likes what I've made?? What if there are so many other bow booths that I just drown? What if I've wasted money doing all of this. But, I've never done this before. I just don't know what to expect. If anything, it'll be a good experience, I suppose. Brad has been so supportive and encourages me and assures me that if I want Hannah to wear what I make, then other people will like them too. I have three more weeks. I'm not going to buy anything else, I'm just going to use what I have. We'll see how it goes. I've also been trying to make Preston and Hannah's Halloween costumes in between all of it. They are going to be Pebbles and Bam Bam this year. I think it'll be really cute if I can get the costumes done!
Other than that Brad has been busy with school. I don't know if I mentioned this in any other posts but Brad is in the top 50 in his class, which I think is a major accomplishment! Good for residencies too.
Hannah is growing up super fast and has taken some steps but she's not quite walking yet. She walks on her tippy toes, which makes it hard to balance. She loves to shake her head and dance. She takes a pretty good beating from Preston. She's gonna be a tough girl.
Preston has started talking soooo much more. It's nice that I can understand what he's wanting now. He says such cute things. Brad loves when he says "I did it!" He jumps up and down when he says it. He's started reading books to us and it is so cute. He loves to read these little Winnie the Pooh books. Obviously he's not really reading them but he knows them by heart. He also loves to read "Five little Pumpkins" and he's reading "5 little Monkeys" with Brad right now. He says the "no more monkeys part" He just has the cutest little voice. I got some video of him reading the Pooh books. I tried to post them but it didn't work. I'll try to do it on YouTube tonight. That's about all that's going on right now.

This picture was just so cute of Hannah chilling, eating some popcorn which is a favorite.

The loves of my life. Aren't they cute? Love 'em all!

Misc. things

Well, some of you know I'm preparing for a craft show next month. I making hairbows, bracelets and my newest addition...these bow holder frame things. I found these frames at Savers for $2.50 each and made them much cuter. I love the way they turned out. Pictures don't do them justice. I have bows and more bows and I'm really having fun making these. I hope the craft show goes well. If not...Hannah will just have a lot of bows! Ha ha.



This is Hannah at dinner tonight...lasagna. MMMMMMMMM. She loved it and she was a complete mess!

Bubbly Hannah. She loves to stick her face in the bubbles.

Last week I decided to take the kids outside and play in the sprinkler. This is always a difficult task as we don't have any grass!! I hate the rocks but anyway, I made it work. We just put the foam puzzle outside for Hannah to sit on. Preston ended up using the sprinkler like a squirt gun. It was pretty funny. He got himself a few times.
This picture is so funny to me because Preston picks on Hannah all the time...she got him back and he did NOT like it one bit!


I just find this picture so funny! He totally makes the funniest face if he gets water on him.

This week has been a rough one. It's Brad's test week. He's been gone a lot. I just keep myself busy with my kids and bows. Preston really misses Daddy a lot. It just breaks my heart! He loves Daddy, that's for sure. We really need a getaway but can't really do much. I'm sure we'll find something to do that's in our budget!! We sure need to do something when he is done on Friday to celebrate a free weekend!!!
Preston got his new glasses today. They look really cute. I'll post pics when I can get him to sit still long enough.

Giveaway

I have been wanting a new double stroller lately. Mine just doesn't have the features I would like and it is awful to maneuver!! Well, I found this giveaway on one of the blogs I follow. I'm dying to win it. It looks like a pretty sweet ride!! Check it out herejavascript:void(0)

My project

I've been looking for weeks for a dresser for Hannah's room. I was looking on craigslist and every time I found one I liked it was already gone!! Well, I stumbled across an estate sale and finally found one I liked. The best part...only twenty bucks!! I looked at 3 stores for the perfect drawer pulls for it and I bought some at Lowe's. I got home and they weren't the right size. Then I decided to use the old ones. They aren't so bad. Anyway, the dresser I got was pretty nice but I wanted it to be white. So, I sanded, painted and sanded some more for an antiqued look and this is how it turned out!
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