We have a winner!!!

I asked my husband to pick a number between 1 and 14 and he picked 5. Number 5 is my sweet friend Julie who just happens to be a teacher!!! She's not just any teacher either, she was an award winner before she even graduated.
Congrats on winning my first blog giveaway, Julie!! I'll have your gift card and let you pick out your cozy next time I see ya!

Thanks a Latte!!!

I've got all kinds of fun crafty things brewing around here... this is one of my latest, latte cozies. I've made them out of felted wool sweaters (which basically means that they were washed in hot water and dried to shrink them). A few of them are even made out of cashmere. They're so soft, fuzzy and cute! I think they will make perfect teacher gifts for next month's teacher appreciation week. I plan to put one on a Starbucks cup with a gift card inside for Joshua's speech therapist.

I also thought it would be fun to have my first blog giveaway!!! The lucky winner will get one of these cozies and a $5 Starbucks gift card. To enter please leave me a comment telling me how you found my blog and what keeps ya commin' back for more.

Oh, and if you don't turn out to be the winner but you'd like one of these for yourself or for someone you want to thank let me know. I've made some new ones in different colors and sell them for $10 each. A portion of the profits from everything I sell on my blog is going to help our good friends adopt from Ethiopia.

I'll leave this giveaway open until Wednesday night and announce the winner on Thursday. Good luck!!

Conversation between Grandpa and Hud....

This conversation was quite awhile ago... I was just deleting emails and found it from my mom.

As reported by Grandpa:
Hudson: "Grandma sure is pretty."
Grandpa: "Ya"
Hudson: "Did you marry her?"
Grandpa: "Ya"
Hudson: "Then you got old."

Still Sewing...

It's not too late to click HERE to order an adorable pinnafore.

Wedding Bells

Yesterday our friend and Rusty's co-worker got married. When Hud heard there was going to be a wedding he got this look of disappointment and said, "A WEDDING!? Are the boys going?"
Me: "Well, Daddy has to go because he's an usher but you don't have to go if you don't want to."
Hud: "Nah, I don't wanna go!"

Han immediately jumped into the conversation to try to convince him otherwise...
Han: "But Hud, if you go you might get to be the Ringmaster!!!"
Me: "What's the ringmaster, Han."
Han: "You know, when you walk down the isle with a fishing pole that has rings on the end. (She and Hud were the flower girl and ring bearer in an outdoor wedding and that's how Hud took the rings down.)

Moving on to her next line of argument...
Han: "And I'll bet there will be candy there."
Me: "There might not be candy, but they'll have cake."
Hud: "Well, I don't like cake." (It's true, there's hardly any sweets he likes. He'd rather just eat tomatoes or some kind of veggie.)

Han's final attempt at changing his mind....
Han: "Well Hud, there's going to be dancing and I think you'd make a willy gweat dance pahtnuh for me!"

No such luck. Boys just don't like weddings much.

Calling all woolies....

This is a random request, but I'd like to try my hand at felting which requires wool garments. I was wondering if any of you might have old sweaters or socks that you really need to part with because you never wear them. If you live nearby and would be willing to pass them on, the creative, crafty side of me that never quits would love to have them. Thanks!!!

Grandpa's Dog

Discussion between Han and Grandpa over the phone:

Han: "How is Sophie doing, Grandpa?"
G: "Oh she's pretty good except when it's cold, she gets real stiff in her joints and comes into the house at night. She likes to sleep on the red couch in Pat's room."
H: "Why doesn't she sleep in her dog house, Grandpa?"
G: "I don't know. I've put in a warm rug and straw but she likes to sleep on the red couch."
H: "Grandpa, then why don't you build her a dog house big enough for the red couch?"

From Big Brother to Little Brother

Hud: "Josh, someday you're going to be pretty cool just like me."

Questions from Han returns....

It's been awhile since I've posted any questions from Han. This is not because she isn't still asking them. She likes to start sentences with the phrase, "I'll tell you one thing....," and I usually think, "no, you'll tell me 20!"



Here are a few of the things she's asked lately:



1) "I was wondering. How do you make gum?"



2) "How do you build a parking lot?"



3) "How do you know if they're just practicing?"

Me: "What?"

Han repeats

Me: "Practicing what?"

Han: "The sirens. How do you know if they're just practicing?"

Me: "The tornado sirens?"

Han: "Yes."

I explained that on Mondays at noon they practice. Any other time they go off it's an emergency.

Han: "Mom, wemembuh when I was a little guhl and I used to be scared of the siwuns?"

Apparently she's not a little girl any more

4) She was learning the verse, "Lord, teach us to pray." I told her the story about how the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. She said, "That's silly. Why would they ask him that when they were with God everyday?"

5) "Mom, how do you make water?"

6) "Mom, how do trees drink?"


7) "Mom, can we do miracles in heaven?"

Full of Joy!

He's got a thing for shoes...

Since the first morning we had him, Joshua has loved shoes. He can usually be seen running around the house in a pair of shoes that belong to some other member of the family. This is usually ok unless you try to go down the stairs in your big brother's cowboy boots.

(Oh yeah, and most of the time he doesn't keep his pants on either)

Herin lies the entire contents of....

Joshua's pockets!!! And let me tell you, his pockets are not very big! Since this picture was taken he has gotten even better at cramming stuff in. He probably could get a plastic cell phone, a few matchbox cars and some crayons in there with all this stuff now. I don't know what it is, but he really likes to have his pockets full, which doesn't help any with his problem with keeping his pants up. We now have frisk him before he leaves the nursery since last Sunday he came home with a ton of fat crayons!

Twin Footsies!

I loved catching a pic of this little public display of twin affection. They were watching a movie on their little DVD player and playing with each others' toes. I bet they didn't even realize it.