Birthday bag!

Silvia has been making these super cute tote bags. The selection of prequilted fabrics was really lame in the valley so Luis brought her a couple of yards from our Joanns. He went back to TX over Memorial weekend. He asked me to choose which fabric I liked... so I kinda knew I was getting one! I love it! You can't see it but there is gold thread throughout so the fabric is kinda shimmery! It has 2 pockets in front and a little zipper pouch inside. It is perfect! Thanks for the beautiful bag! I'm taking it on it's first outing... bringing it to Reno!

Haircuts and pictures

Here are some fun pictures. Last weekend the boys painted birdhouses. It was such a fun family activity! Got good use out of the paint jackets they got for Christmas!

The finished product... also the "before" picture for Jacob :)

I thought this was an odd place to find my children nicely playing on the Vreaders together...

Happy birthday Matt! He is turning 24... lame candles... I know!

Jackson really didn't want a haircut, so I just trimmed sideburns and neckline. Jake wanted it all gone! Look how long it was!

All that hair is from Jake!

Jacob funny again

I was straightening my hair and Jacob really wanted to put some little clips in it. I let him put 2 clips in my hair and I said "Is it pretty?" and he said "Yes! Like a princess!" So sweet! My little prince!

Jacob Funny

We cleaned up the boys room today. Later on Jacob pointed out that he had put the toy zebra in the laundry basket. I asked if thats where it belongs. He said no. I asked him where it really belongs and he said "the zoo"!

Jackson Funny

Jackson just asked me if we could go outside to play and I said I had to check the weather because it was raining this morning... and he responded with "Okay, Your Majesty!" Wow! I like that!

Choices

Luis and I are trying out a new parenting style... and we are loving it. I am going to do a whole post on this next week. But for now I just wanted to share a Jackson Funny. Part of the new parenting style involves giving the children plenty of choices and opportunity to make good decisions. Luis has been really good at doing this! Even little things like, "Would you like PB and J or quesadillas for lunch?" or "Would you like to wear your coat or carry it today?" Well, we were getting ready to go to the Y the other day and I told Jackson to go find his shoes. He came back with one black shoe and one brown shoe. I told him he needs to go find 2 shoes the same color and he said quite patiently, "But Mom, this is my choice!" I had to laugh... and an internal battle began! "What? He can't wear 2 colored shoes! People will think I can't afford a real pair of shoes! It doesn't match his outfit!" I was getting all worked up inside and had to take a deep breath and think about what we've been learning as parents. So I calmly told him he could wear one brown shoe and one black. He was so happy! He wants to wear them like that all the time now! It's funny... and I guess it really doesn't matter what color his shoes are... but I did call up Luis immediately and say "Look what you have done to our child!" :) Can't wait to share with you all some of the great things we have been learning and the source! Stay tuned!

Project Yesu dresses

 

I made 14 pillowcase dresses total for Project Yesu to take to Uganda. It was actually really fun for me... except that my sewing machine is having issues and I'm gonna have to take it in because they couldn't help me figure it out over the phone! Grrr. All of this fabric was from my stash. Except the baby blue... I bought that as a remnant at Joann's for $1.30! :) The box in the background is full of receiving blankets and baby gowns made by the young single adult ward. They made them all and were trying to decide where to send them when someone read my email about Project Yesu and asked if they would want them. Of course they want them, so I am going to ship all this out next week... now to start shopping around to find the cheapest place to do the shipping! Anyways, I have a few of the young women who are making dresses and I will get those on Sunday. I have loved this project and I plan on making more dresses next time around. www.projectyesu.org

Mother's day

Remember how Mom's poor mama bird lost her eggs? Well, this makes it a little better! We have birdies in our tree too! I was so worried about them because they hatched about 5 days ago and until yesterday I never saw the mama bird. I called a bird rescue center yesterday and they had me go to the nest and try a few things to see if the babies were ok. As I was doing it the Mama bird was in the tree next to it with a worm in her mouth freaking out! I was so happy she was there! Today I saw her hopping all around our yard. I'm glad the birds are ok. There are 2 babies.

 

Mother's day was nice. Luis cooked for me all day. He made me french toast, blt's, and chicken divan. Yummy! He even did the dishes :) Jax colored the picture for me in primary and Jacob made those bracelets for me in nursery. If he sees me not wearing them he comes up and says, "Mom, where's your bracelets?" So I have been trying to wear them a lot for him :) They made me the flower magnets at the Y and now they are on my fridge!

Swim Lessons

The boys have been in swimming lessons for about 3 weeks. It has been interesting. We are doing them at the Y and it is 6 kids to 1 instructor. Their teacher is really good. Very patient. The kids have to sit on the wall and she takes them out one at a time to practice. This has been hard for Jackson. He is so excited he doesn't like to sit and wait. They all love to splash too. This past week Jackson was so patient. The teacher and I both noticed! Jackson and Jake are very brave... even when I can tell they are nervous they always do what she is teaching  them. They both love the water. I think that the next round of lessons we do will be semi-private... where Jax and Jake have one instructor to themselves. I think we will get more practice time for the money. But right now they are in class with a good friend so they have a LOT of fun! Sorry the pictures are blurry... Once class began I left the pool to go to the viewing area, so I was taking pictures through the dirty window!

I will try and get better pictures next time.

Farm Quilt

Christine asked me to make a sample quilt to hang in her shop. She cut out all the fabric, which is awesome because that is the worst part! She gave me all the fabric and I get to keep the quilt when she's done with it. That's a good deal. I guess I didnt' take a pic of the back of the quilt... but Jackson did... so there's the best look you're gonna get at the back :)

 

 

 

Quilt for Grandma Joyce

I made this quilt for Luis' grandma, Joyce, to lift her spirits. Hopefully it makes her happy. It is a small quilt because I wanted fast! It's actually the size of a baby quilt, but I just wanted something she can throw over her lap in her chair. Aunt Candie told me her purple is one of her favorite colors... so of course I used purple. I love purple! My friend, Carol, quilted this on her long arm for me. It's the same design from one of Mom's quilts and I thought it would be really cute here. I was right :) Can't wait to mail this off tomorrow!

 

 

Ant Murderer

I feel really bad... I murdered a bunch of baby ants. Apparantly a mama ant laid eggs in my mailbox because when I went to put a letter in this morning... the inside of the mailbox was swarming with tiny baby ants! There was this spider web looking stuff, which is where I'm guessing the eggs were. I hate ants... really hate ants. But these were baby ants and I feel awful... but I had to spray them... or my mail would be crawling with ants! So I am now an ant murderer. :(

A Cooker

Jacob came up to me with his blanket wrapped around him saying "I'm a cooker". I asked if that was his apron and he said yes. So I told him he's not a cooker, he's a cook. But he didn't believe me. He really wanted to be a cooker :)

Eventful weekend

This was an eventful weekend... not because we did anything really cool... but because Jackson was sick. First off, Matt came to visit on Saturday night and stayed with us til Sunday night. It was fun to have him around. We watched "Pitch Perfect". He got to see some old friends from the Singles Ward. I am glad he will be here for the summer. He already has 2 sales this week. I am proud of him. I know he is going to do great! I made a few Mommy mistakes on Saturday. We decided to go pick up Matt in St Louis. Then in the morning Jax threw up and had a fever. I left to do my visiting teaching and when I came back it was time to go. Jax had just fell asleep on the couch so I figured he would just sleep in the car. Mommy mistake #1! I should have stayed home with him and let Luis and Jake go get Matt... Jax did not sleep. Right as we were getting to Matt's apartment, He threw up in the car! Mommy mistake #2- I brought a bowl and plastic bag with us in case he had to throw up... I had it in the front seat next to my feet... what was I thinking? A lot of good it did me there! When Luis (who was driving) saw him throw up I rushed to give him the bowl... but that's after he had already spewed all over the blankets he was holding and the back of my seat. Yummy. Poor kid. We had to make a few stops and finally got home. Jax didn't eat anything from Saturday Morning until Monday. Just fluids. And he seemed fine. Didn't throw up since Saturday. Well, he threw up again on Monday night! I guess he just couldn't handle food yet. So he missed his swimming lesson on Tuesday morning, but Jake went. They learned how to float on their back. I will bring my camera next week. Jax is fine now... and amazingly none of us have any symptoms! Usually if one gets sick at least 3 of us get sick! Oh, and the 2 times Jax threw up at home it was right onto our cheap carpet! Poor Luis had to clean it up. Not fun! But he was such a good sport about it.

 

Poor sick kid. Fell asleep on the couch while Jake was talking to him... it was pretty funny. I had to keep reminding Jake that Jax fell asleep because he just kept talking to him.

Jake was so good while Jax was sick. He just played all by himself. He got very good at whispering.

Spending some quiet time together.

Grandma Weger sent a package! New shoes and a shirt and fun candy fans!!! They will come in very handy this summer! Thanks!!! And Mom sent Melanie's wedding quilt for me to quilt on the longarm. It is so pretty. I can't wait to quilt it! That will probably happen next week. For now I am kinda being a homebody... except for the Y of course... That happens when Luis is gone. He will be back from DC on Saturday... our 7th anniversary!!! Can't believe it's been 7 years!