keepin busy

Winter is getting long! And not having a car is really causing us to get creative(which is good). we have been getting ready for valentines day which i totally didn't realize is next week! so we made this fun heart branch. The kids loved glueing the scraps of paper together. You can find the directions for this project over at kidscraftweekly.com It is a great site with lots of great ideas to get you through the winter.
And here is some fun play time. I just had the kids gather up their cars and then i dumped some cornmeal on the table. This lasted for about an hour! It was great. Judah napped and i was able to finish dinner before 7pm! After they were done I just brushed it into a ziplock until next time. They did get quite a bit on the carpet but it vaccuumed up pretty easily.
This is my first attempt at making a doll. It's pretty good i think but it definetly needs improvement. I gave it to a friend who just had a baby girl. You can find the free pattern for this doll at http://oneredrobin.com It was fun but i think i'd like it to be a little bigger. Doing small things is good for me though it seems to really help my sewing skills that are pretty much non-exsistent!

This was a fun project too but it didn't involve the kids as much as i'd like. You melt crayon shavings between wax paper then cut out hearts. you can find the full instructions at marthastewart.com

Wegmans

i do love wegmans, i really do but today i felt like i was going to lose it. People were nuts in there and so rude. I dropped the 2 older kids off in the kids place (which is wonderful) so it was just judah, naomi, and I. Judah promptly fell asleep and naomi was eager to help mommy. So she would pick someting up of a shelf and if it took her just a little too long people would be rolling their eyes and huffing at us. It was really annoying. Come on people she is 2 years old and trying really hard! it took forever to navigate the place we couldn't even get close to the cheese aisle. I guess i should know better than to shop on a saturday before the superbowl but it seems to the only day that works since i don't have a vehicle any other time.

oh well enough about that. i hate to complain.

Here is my cutie naomi skating with Daddy. she does pretty well for 2. the kids are loving skating. this was only their second time going and they love it. The girls are constantly asking to watch figure skating videos on youtube. I remember loving figure skating at that age. I find it pretty boring now but it's still fun to see how much they love it.