Monday, September 14 - Post 2

These are all pictures of Brenna's newest apron - it is reversible (and matches the apron that I made for Dustin's mom - I can't wait to try to get a picture of both of them at Christmas together :-)

Hello All!!

Hope you all had a great day out there. My day was pretty tiring - it is only 8:30 and I can barely keep my eyes open (guess I should have napped with Brenna today instead of working on my newest project, lol). I took a break from my quilt and made Brenna a new apron (because you know that every 3 year old needs to have 3, lol!!). I made it to match the apron that I made for Dustin's mom - I will have to try to get a picture of both of them together at Christmas :-) (hope you enjoyed all the pictures above - I had to bribe Brenna with toenail painting to get the pics, lol!! - at least she has pretty sparkly toes again!)

Brenna had a good day at Kindergarten - she seems like she is really enjoying it. I thought for sure it would rain on our walk today, but we were lucky and only had a little rain in the afternoon. Brenna walked home today and she was really tired. Brenna took an afternoon nap, but she woke up in a grouchy mood for at least a hour afterwards - she was finally herself about the time that Dustin got home. We did stop at the ice cream stand again today - but only Brenna got a cone today - she loves the snickers flavour!!

Well, I think that about covers the high points of our day! Take Care!

Monday, September 14 - Life with a girly, girl!

Poor daddy - we all had to have crowns on on Sunday - (o.k. folks - I hope you enjoy this one because I think he will probably kill me for posting this one!!). (Can you see us Skyping with the Dustin's parents in the background - funny!!!). Brenna below with her beloved dog (until he farts!!)!

Not sure why Brenna had her shoulders scrunched up so much here??

Hello All!!!

Hope all is well out there :-) We had a pretty quiet day here on Sunday (if you exclude the noise Dustin made while watching the Browns on the computer - hah!). We drove up to go walk around at Lake Mummelsee, but there was absolutely no parking (the place was packed!!!) and we ended up just turning around and heading back to our town for ice cream! Brenna helped me with cleaning when we got home - she did a great job on all the tasks I put her to (she is at a great height for cleaning the tub!!).

I finished all my inside quilt squares yesterday on the quilt I am working on (Dustin took Brenna on a run with him so that I could finish up - yeah Daddy). Now, I have 20 border pieces to make (o.k. only 17 now - I have 3 done - these are almost harder than the squares, lol)!. I am running dangerously low on my off-white bobbin already - who knew that quilting took so much thread (it doesn't help how often I have to rip things back out again, lol). Good thing I did stock up on thread when I was home - too bad I didn't realize I was going to need two of some of these spools of thread!! I can't wait to get it all put together and take a picture (sorry out there - you will just have to wait to see the finished product!!! If you email me, I will send you a sneak peak of my squares if you really can't wait to see, lol).

Brenna loves the green dress she has on in the above pictures - it is always worn right after it comes out of the laundry - I think I am going to have to put a long sleeve and tights on under it in the winter for her, lol!! I did get Brenna to put on her new jean jacket - it is really, really cute! All the clothes that she got for her birthday fit great - I am trying very hard to get a picture of her in all of them and posted - so keep watching for her fall "clothing" line!! (Although, some days she likes having her picture taken and some days she doesn't)!

My brain doesn't seem to be working very quickly this morning - it made German class very difficult - I just couldn't seem to pull any of my sentences together today (not even in English, lol). Well, I think I am going to switch craft projects today - I am thinking a new apron for Brenna today or my tunic??? Stay tuned to see which one we decide on!!! (I will also need to get some crayon wallets done this week - I think I will do those either tomorrow or on Thursday).

Take Care - I gotta run and pick up Brenna (I really hope that the walking takes some pounds off - I am getting almost 4 miles in going back and forth each day - if only I can stop eating the sweets! No baking sweets this week!!!)

Sunday, September 13

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Saturday, September 12

Hello All!!!

Hope all is well out there :-) We had a pretty quiet day here today - did our trip to the "big" grocery store this morning, I walked the dog this morning, Dustin biked into town for his haircut, and then an evening at the Plum Festival in our town. I am getting closer every day with my quilt squares - I think I only have 7 more to go :-)

Other than that - not too much went on today! Tomorrow, Brenna has promised to help me clean the apartment - hope she has fun with that, lol!! I must take advantage of all these things that she thinks are fun for now! She even has fun on our walk to and from school each day (can't wait until some day she can truthfully say that she had to walk a mile each way to school every day uphill - (both directions do have uphill involved, lol)).

Well, that is it for today!

Take Care!

Friday, September 11 Post 2

o.k. - I had to put this tongue one on there - it was actually less disgusting then some of her chocolate smile ones! Guess that is what I get when Brenna actually calls me over to the table to get pics of her eating her wonderful cookie!

O.k. - I had to add these pics up today as well - I thought they were too cute not to share (plus - I haven't really had too many pics up this week, lol)! This was my gigantic cookie I made today from the dough we had yesterday. Can you tell that I put a heart shape in it! Anyway - Brenna thought it was great and she really enjoyed eating it with ice cream today!

Take Care!

Friday, September 11

Hello All!!

Hope all is going well out there. I thought I would try to take a quick moment while the house is still quiet and get my post up this morning.

Here are some pictures of Brenna before school this morning in one of her new birthday outfits - I love her in red!! She did a pretty good job being cheesy this morning! I wasn't too motivated while she was in school today - just baked the cookie dough from yesterday and worked on a craft project for a friend here. (sorry Justice, no good walk today - maybe later. The air is cool here today, but still feels stuffy to me - how can that be???)

Brenna is loving helping me in the kitchen - she was a very good helper with the cookie dough yesterday (although I think we had way too much sugar all afternoon after that, lol). We will have to make non-sugary things next week when we are in the mood to be in the kitchen!

Well, I better get things around to go pick up Brenna - she has done great with being dropped off for school this week :-) (although she is looking forward to the weekend and spending time with daddy - he has had some late days from work this week :-(

Take Care!

Thursday, September 10

Hello All!!!

Hope all is well out there! Things have been busy here the last few days! I had German class yesterday morning. It is amazing how fast my days are going so far without Brenna here in the morning (I hate how long the cleaning days take - I just get back home and do laundry and vacuum and then I go back to pick up Brenna). It is so great to see her excited when I pick her up - what a reward there, lol!!! She loves playing on the playground at school and I love the conversation we have on our walk home (o.k. - the conversation only goes until the ice cream shop and then someone is too busy to talk to me, lol). Brenna spends a lot of time going up and down the slides at school (she has so much fun - it is great when I get there and she doesn't see me right away and I get to just watch her play with the other kids) - it is also funny that she isn't as much of a swing person, but both days this week that they played outside I heard about her not getting to play on the swings!!

With so much playing and walking to and from school - it wasn't too surprising that Brenna napped yesterday afternoon :-) I worked on my quilt squares while things were quiet - I'm up to 18 now (only 12 more to do!) Brenna is very excited about having new things made for her - too bad for her that I am not so quick with these projects!! I couldn't believe on our walk to school today when I asked her what her favorite thing to do with mommy is - cleaning the potty! No wonder she was so upset with me this week, lol!! Guess helping mommy is a real winner for her - maybe I should set her loose on the rest of the house work, lol!!

I can't believe I am not back into my regular blogging routine yet - I totally forgot to put up my sister's birthday on Sunday!! (I have went back and corrected my Monday blog to mention it, but how did we forget this??). So sending out extra hugs and love to you Renee for your birthday. I thought you might get a kick out of seeing our whole group on the blog from an old picture of long ago!

Well, gotta get busy with the rest of my chores! Take Care!