Little of This & A Little of That

I've finally got some more things to blog about! WOOHOO!

First off, one of the funny things Brodie has been saying. On road trips we often as a family play "I Spy" Brie is very good at it but Brodie... well not so much. A while back I was driving & he kept telling Josh he wanted to play "I Space", Josh had no clue what he was talking about. It took three times for him to say what he wanted to play before I got it... "I Spy". The only color he EVER spies is red. (the only color he knows...sorta).

Next, keep the little man in your prayers because he just can't shake his croup stuff. We have had steroids 3 times now & it keeps coming back. Let me tell you steroids were not made with little boys in mind. They make him MORE hyper & MORE aggressive & just down right mean! It's been a roller coaster ride & I'm ready for that stuff to end.

Now for Brie, this next week she will be having her Christmas break. She is super excited about no school for a while. She has been making all "A's" & hasn't missed a day of school yet. (Thank you LORD!) She has only had to move her "stick" once & since then has made all 100's on her conduct.

Time for "that"... I had this board (the one below) with horse wallpaper on it. Josh's grandma got it for us a couple of years ago for Christmas. When we first got it, I loved it, but the more I looked at it, the wallpaper wasn't really my style. So I decided it needed a transformation. Well it took a lot of elbow grease to get that wallpaper off but I finally completed this project. Once complete & on the wall it took even longer to blog about it. (oh the joys of procrastination!)

still with bits & pieces of the wallpaper left

finished product... scrapbook paper, Mod Podge, & a picture Josh took of his cowboy hat & boot a LONG time ago. I think it turned out nicely & is more to my taste! (it's in the bathroom)

Since Christmas time is a time of giving I decided I wanted to give something to Brie's teachers. I had no idea until mom came across this idea & we re-worked it to fit our style. With her help I was able to complete these clip boards for Brie's Kindergarten teacher & her ballet teacher.

The one for Mrs. Gibson was the first one we did & turned out well. I'm very pleased with the outcome. The one for Miss Allison didn't quite turn out how I imagined but it is still nice.






Since I don't have a "great" tree or anything, so I decided to share my steal on the Christmas stockings I got last year at Hobby Lobby for 75% off, I think they were like $50.00 - $60.00 stockings and I got all of them for what 1 would have cost. I LOVE them. This year I hope to get stocking holders to hang them on the entertainment center. They go GREAT in my red living room!

Feeling me some craftiness

I was going through my pictures & found a picture of something I had made & never posted.

I found the idea from somewhere & since Brie loves to draw & write & we already have tons of books I thought this one was a neat little twist to the plain 'ol books she already had.

Sooooo.... here it is. My craft... it wasn't too time consuming & Brie loved it.

What is it?... a composition notebook, ribbon, Velcro, scrapbook paper, & Modge Podge!

October

I just haven't been feeling the whole blog thing lately, plus I never was & still am not a good writer. I like when you can just go to a blog & they are so witty & clever with their words, BELIEVE me you won't find that here. Anyways, enough about that.

October was busy, we had Brie's birthday & Dane's birthday, & of course Halloween.

I had their costumes ordered by the end of September... I knew what I wanted Brodie to be & Brie told me what she wanted to be & I ordered 'em off e-bay.

Then we decided Brie needed to have 2 birthday parties (CRAZY IDEA!) One was for just friends (girls ONLY!) & the other was for family & close friends. They were both a lot of work but the grin on her face made it all worth while. Her & her friends made necklaces & bracelets & they decorated their own cupcakes. (i would post pictures but haven't asked permission to put other peoples children on here)

For Halloween Brie was Tigger & Brodie was Winnie-The-Pooh. Most of you know that they call my mom Hunny, what she's been called since Brie was born. So I begged mom into letting (& helping) me make her into a.... Pot of Hunny to go with Pooh & Tigger. The end result was spectacular. See for yourself.

Ending with a little craftiness (if that's what you call it) I made some witches hats for my AWANA class at church. They were SUPER easy & the kids LOVED em.