Just On A Whim...My Latest Project

Well so I was searching high and low this afternoon for a free internet pattern for a simple dress I could do and understand (key with me!!) for Destinee on Valentine's Day...well no such luck there but I did find a pattern for these. I've always loved the idea but never had the skill nor the inclination to do anything on the sewing machine myself (well until recently ;) and so I "made these my own" by even changing up the pattern and stuff since I didn't have the lengths or colors it called for, I instead made "mini crayon roll-ups" with what I had here but they still hold 11 crayons so that's plenty for church I would say...so what do you think??

Now That's Value!!

If this was Wednesday, I might just entitle this one a Wordless Wednesday post and not have to say anything else but since it's not AND it's me that we're talking about here...oh c'mon I couldn't have not said anything even if it was Wednesday!! ;) Anyway, after a successful grocery shopping trip yesterday I came home and just had to show my fellow bloggers where they need to be getting their cereals...now the regular supermarkets have prices as low as $.99 for cereal but I've also certainly seen them as high as $4.00 for a reg. sized box of cereal. Let's get real here consumers..what are you really paying for....$4.00 for a REGULAR size box of sugar-coated hyperness for your children to consume..well have I got a deal for you. My local Super Wal-Mart (yes boo hiss Walmart if you must) has this gigantic bag of the same sugar-coated, bounce-off-the-wall, pleeeaassseee for heaven's sake just sit down bag of cereal for the same price that you paid at your local supermarket. Now you tell me that isn't getting what you "paid for!!" ;)

Snowy Days and Homemade Play-Dough

Well this past Saturday came and Dalin woke up with all the excitement of a little boy expecting a surprise that he didn't know what it was...this comes from me telling him that if he could behave at school and get all "green" days (blue,red,and yellow are BAD!!) ;) that we would do something very special as a treat on Saturday. Well Chris and I researched together (via internet 3000 miles apart) things that the kids and I could do to give Dalin an incentive to have these good days again. So I found something that I thought the kids would immensely enjoy and as wouldn't you know as luck would have it, the snows came AND came AND came...we couldn't get out of our parking spot even and so that activity had to get canceled but promised that we would try and make the on-base movie that night...so to pass the time we made some homemade playdough...the can picture is just to show you the preferred rolling method should you ever get a hankering to make some yourself!! ;) Anyway, so 30 minutes before the movie is supposed to start on base we get everybody all suited up in snow gear just to go the 5 ft. to the car and slip 'n' slide our way onto base just in time to see that the theater was closed for "inclement weather." Now come on USAF, if I can get my kids out in the cold just to sit in your second-rate theater with sub-par food, the least you could do would be SHOW UP!! No hard feelings as you can tell!!

My Newborn Sewing Skills

Well..while Chris is gone, I have to keep myself busy, right?? So why not continue learning a new skill (Chris has been trying to teach me for years!!). Anyway, these are the projects I've done while Chris has been gone...the little brown woodsy PJ pants that are pictured are Kyle's but I made some matching ones for Dalin too, they were just being washed!! And in case you can't tell, the bottom pic is a table runner, or at least my interpretation of one!! But mostly I've been proud that I've accomplished something that usually I shy away from without Chris being home to supervise and help. I'm hopeless without my man around I guess!! ;)

Our Day of Fun!!

Well when Saturday rolls around each week, I'm always feeling guilty about not doing something adventurous and fun with the kids while Chris is gone, so today I thought they might have fun doing a little bowling..Thanks Daddy for the idea!! Is that child's rolly thing not the cutest, yes it's pink but it's a dinosaur..I thought it was quite inventive. And can you believe they make bowling shoes as little as these in the last pic...those are Kyle's compared to mine!! ;) Oh and the reflective pic (once again not as good as Daddy with taking pics) that is the score...they stomped me!! That is SO sad!! :) Then we had ice cream after our game and I think overall fun times were had by all.

Well, all you faithful Hangul (and MD) Adventures readers I have a project that I've been working on with my newfound sewing skills (how babyish they may be) for a few days now to post today so stay tuned!! I WILL BE BACK!! ;)

REAL Kyle Birthday Fun

Well that first pic is out of order but here are some highlights from Kyle's actual January 8th Birthday here at home...Every good Super Whyatt needs a highlight to have the power to read, change the story, and save the day!! If that didn't make sense then you are missing out on a great PBS show named Super Why and Kyle is obsessed so what else should we have for a cake but Super Whyatt himself...and a cheesy grin for his rocket balloons-you know the ones that circus clowns can blow up to be huge sausage looking things, well these even make noise as you let them go to fly around the room!! ;) How utterly fun!! Just for grins you should enlarge the pic of the Super Why cake at the bottom so you can see the detail of the character using a technique called a Frozen Buttercream Transfer..very cool and you can do it with any picture you find on the internet!! Oh and the first pic is just to show that the inside of the cake was green and blue too to match Super Why's colors!! ;) Oh and one other thing, as if you weren't already tired enough of reading this novel of a post..Destinee is holding up a very girly looking crown and wand thing...and the reason for that is when we were at Target looking for presents Kyle saw this gem (another character from Super Why..Princess Presto) of a find and wanted it so much for Destinee...I said well we don't have alot of money to get presents but he insisted that he wanted it for Destinee for HIS birthday so that she could play with him being Super Readers..I thought it was sweet that he was willing to put back some of his presents just so she could have that.