A little Christmas

Yes, that's right! We have three Christmas tree's this year and I love them all! The peacock tree is the tree we used since we were married and the tree topper is the mask Brice used at our wedding. The pink tree, daddy just had to buy for Hannah and was perfect for all my colorful ornaments. And Finally our 3rd tree has all of my lovely bird ornaments & is probably older than me .Thanks Cameron and Melissa for leaving it behind. I just love how they all turned out and I only spent $16 at the dollar store for extra ornaments for all the trees!

Time with Grandma

Brice's Mom was able to come and visit the weekend before thanksgiving. Hannah was in heaven and followed her everywhere. Hannah especially loves helping grandma with her make up and getting her nails done.

Cookies!

My little artist love to draw on just about anything but she especially loves decorating cookies!

Halloween 2009

Yeah for Halloween! This year because of Ben's love of watching Peter Pan and Hannah's love of Tinkerbell, we decided to do a family Peter Pan theme. If you haven't already guessed Brice was Captain Hook and I was Wendy. (Unfortunately due to $ constraints you will have to picture Brice with long curly hair. And there is no picture of my beautiful Wendy dress. It was blue.)

Early in the evening we went to our ward's Trunk or Treat and had a great time. My animated witches head was quite the "Hit" with the crowd.


We ended the evening by inviting ourselves to my brother Cameron's house for his birthday and had a great time hanging out with them and eating some great Chili. It was the first year in a while that cameron or I have not decorated my parents house. Next year Im hoping to be able to show you some great decor pics!

catching up!

What can I say, it's been 2 months since my last blog, and even as Im sitting here writing this Im thinking of all the things I should be doing instead. The past few months have been a crazy baby bootie making ride! Who knew making a few booties for friends would take over my life. Dont get me wrong, I am grateful for the overwhelming positive response and orders that Ive gotten since starting Peek a Boo Monkey, but man I wish those little things could just magically make themselves. So, the next few entries is my attempt to catch you all up a little on the few family things we've managed to get in.

The New Kitchen!

When I had to get rid of the playhouse it also meant that I didnt have a place for the kid's kitchen toys. I wanted to order those wonderful directions for the cardboard one from etsy, but thanks to our dear friend Tally and her generous Dad we now have this wonderful unit! I couldnt be happier. Gary was moving and decided to get rid of it. All I did was add the blackboard decals, some of grandma's vintage lining paper ( on back of shelves) and the toys!
Thanks a bunch Golightly's for my wonderful new Toy kitchen area!

Farewell

Farewell sweet playhouse. We loved thee well. You were our playmate for a year, which is saying a lot since your made of cardboard. You gave us many hours of enjoyment and you will be sorely missed. Thank you!

Now I must make you my lovely!

The Best Parents EVER!

So, all of you who know my parents know that they are fabulous! It pretty much goes without saying. Last week I had a terrible night with Hannah! An after midnight tantrum had really gotten to me and I was feeling terrible and frustrated and completely overwhelmed! So, of course I had to call my parents for some 1am advise and reassurance (yep, 1 o-clock in the morning). Not only did they answer and soothe and help but the next day I received this wonderful surprise. It made my cry again but for completely different reason! Thank you Mom & Dad for always being there for me. For advise, love, and a shoulder to cry on. I can only hope & strive to be as good a parent as you have been and are to me. I love you dearly!
And thanks for keeping the kids happy and busy with balloons!

Sponge curler photo shoot

My little model!

Notice the cocoa pebbles residue all over her face?!

So recently I purchased some good old fashioned sponge rollers to try in Hannah's hair. I have to admit that I miss her cute curls. So, last night we tried them out. She thought they were so fun and we ended up doing a photo shoot. The before pics are from last night, with the after from this morning. She actually woke up last night at 4 am and told me, "Thank you for my new hair curlers mommy." Priceless.
Disclaimer= all Hannah's poses are entirely of her own doing.

I want to ride my tricycle

Both Ben & Hannah love to ride their bikes. Hannah is getting so good at peddling. Ben however does not feel the need to peddle yet, but man he can go fast with those feet.

A little more craftiness

The single branch bird mobile's now on sale at Soel.

I got this pattern off Etsy & had to make them. I think Ill make a few more versions.

What do you do with tiny fabric remnants. Make a mini Owl mobile. Now on sale at Soel

My brother Jeremy is getting married this month and we had a "kitchen" bridal shower for Lindsey. Her favorite color is yellow so I made her this apron.(yes I borrowed the skinny manaquin at work for the photo) I love how it turned out, so I might need one for myself!

Got this idea of "dollar store crafts" . Its a scarf made from 4" x 4" squares of t-shirt material. I made mine from a big bag of t-shirt scraps I found at DI. Brice thought I should be in a 4th of July parade, but I think it's more Christmas. I made one for Hannah with pink and white stripes.

Made from 2 of my shirts that were too small. I kind of just made up the pattern. Im not sure that it's my favorite. I might have to keep messing with it.

Due to the recent popularity of my sweater baby booties I created a new store on Etsy. www.peekaboomonkey.etsy.com.

Future Baby Booties!!