Christmas Day

Christmas has come and gone and once again I forgot to get myself into one of the photos with my kids.

The kids had a great time opening presents and then later on visiting with their cousins and opening more presents.

Temple lights

We went Saturday of last week and it was a total mad house! Bugs  was having a hard time enjoying the lights at temple square since she is basically the height of everyone's Booty. At least we were able to go and walk around before it closed for the evening. it had taken us 45 mins to park and for that I remember why we started taking Trax in the first place. :) 

Everyone was happy that we got some hot chocolate and was able to warm up a bit after we bravely fought the crowd of light gazers. 

new clothes for Bug

Well this is the last time I try and take pictures right before the sky goes black. It resulted in a grumpy child, bad lighting and blurry pictures. oh well. Lately I have been sewing most of the fabric stash that I have. It makes me happy when things turn out how I picture them.  

the Top is the Bimaa pattern, and the skirt is a pattern I drafted almost a month ago but never let Bug wear it because I couldn't think of a top to go with it. 

one top two looks, totally love them!

Black Friday.

The last few years I usually go black Friday shopping at midnight. This year however I was thankful that hey allowed sales online so i didn't have to put my pants back to to go out in public. Pants are seriously over rated. I think I just might need to shop on line more often considering I got just as good or better deals, i didn't have to elbow an 80 yr old granny in the eye to get the last of something and I didn't have a panic attack for being around so many people at once. (side note, I wouldn't elbow anyone I don't know. just in case you were wondering.)

As a family we all ended up sleeping in, eating lunch at our favorite place and then headed to JCP to possible find something that was a good enough deal to buy. I don't normally like to shop with MLH but today he was super helpful.. the words " why don't I wait in line for you while you shop and that way we don't have to wait very long." actually came out of his mouth. which followed with me saying, " ok, why don't you take the kids as well so i can cover more ground."

after "splurging" on a pair of shoes for Pan and a scarf for Bug we headed to the park for me to take photos of a family that I love so very much. MLH and I have known them for years. he met them when he was on his mission and i got introduced and took there wedding photos over 10- years ago. it was nice to reconnect and see how big the entire family has gotten.

all in all it was a good day, kids got to play. jump in leaves, sing at the top of their lungs in the car and hopefully  go bed early tonight.     *fingers crossed*

and now time for pictures:

Pan's First Thanksgiving

I am sooo sorry Pan you are seriously the second child and I have lost my love for carrying my camera everywhere to document. I mean why would I when I have a phone.. lol I think I need a new small camera.

With that being said Pan ate is first Thanksgiving dinner and he loved it. He loves food so much that almost everything goes in his mouth and I hardly ever have to clean the floor after he has eaten.

Bugs was such a big help yesterday, while I finished pies and cleaned the kitchen she fed Pan, now if I could only get her to change diapers :)  She really is a great big sister and a wonderful helper. 

Home after visiting and eating at MLH parents house. The food was great along with the company. I am glad I got at least one photo.  these were the only photos I took yesterday. total mom fail. 

Bugs first day of Kindergarten

I swear I will have to wake this child up at 7 just so we have enough to time for you eat breakfast before she starts school at 9. SLOWEST EATER EVER! she had so much fun and I really do think her teacher is going to be a good fit for her. (phew) After school I asked her questions and she was excited to answer them all and even with details. which never happens! 

On Tuesdays and Thursdays she goes to an kindergarten extension school which is an added 2 hrs to the 3 she has already got on her plant. When we were driving to it that's when I was asking her the questions and in the middle of the interrogation she says.. I'm tired.

I reply well babe that makes sense since you were at school this morning and you didn't sleep well last night. (she was too excited)  NO mom I'm tired of talking. 

oh  ok. :/ 

Can't wait to hear what she has to say, and I am hoping she is going to be going to bed at a decent hour for once. 

The Peplum Top

I have a very skinny child! I mean she is 5 and can still wear 3t shorts comfortably and I am pretty sure she can squeeze her butt into 24mth shorts as well. Like I said... SKINNY!

So with that being said I have been trying to get this specific dress pattern to fit her and I was on try three, I mean the dresses turned out cute and I hope one day she will be able to have wide enough shoulders to fill them but hey I want her to be able to wear the thing now. So I adapted it fabric bar here and there pull in seam here.. you know the drill. As I was staring at this pattern I created it hit me. I have adjusted this pattern so much I may as well take it to a different level.  So I decided to make a peplum top for Bug. At first she wasn't very excited because she doesn't like yellow.  but after I got it on her she was saying "mommy we need to keep this we can't sell it" OK child we will keep it. ;)

Bugs New Dress

I'm Back!!!

Sewing is wonderful, it makes it so much more enjoyable when my mom brings her serger up for the week so I can use it.

I would have liked to get more photos of this dress however she was being a crazy child and running away.

Have I mentioned that I love this girl!

The things she says:

She went upstairs and I asked her to bring my drink down, when she did She announces "I drank some of your soda so I wouldn't be too heavy"  well that makes sense. :)


Dear little miss aspiring artist,
I understand your need for an artistic out however let me remind you that the bathroom is NOT a canvas and toothpaste is definitely NOT a proper art medium.

Funny Bug

So far today I have been kicked out of the band, told I wasn't allowed in the show and have also been grounded.

Life sure is rough being a mom.

Well I guess I deserved it. I woke the baby up, knocked all the plastic eggs out of Bug's hands then gathered them up ran away and started throwing them at her. I think I would much rather be the kid today.

here she is telling me I am out of the show. rude...

Easter

I've noticed that the last few years I haven't actually blogged about Easter, whether it was due to the fact that I just forgot to take photos, me being too lazy or maybe I just forgot to blog about it. There is a good chance that Facebook has absorbed all of the happens when I don't blog.  One of the things that I said I would do more of was take photos. So that I did:

 Obviously we aren't in our cute Easter Church clothes. Well by "WE" I mean Pan , MLH and I Bug has been dressed like this since Last night, (only joking I didn't let her sleep in the dress) My mom made this dress and Bug just loves it. She spins in it and curtsies it is really quite amusing to watch her. So back to our clothes. Well me having the excuse of just having a baby and also mot being able to wear dresses due to nursing I had pretty much NOTHING to wear from my closet. I really should have just worn PJ's to church. I had Pan dressed up to cute today from the stripped vest down to the argyle shoes he had on. I guess he had different plans because Lance hears him let out the BIGGEST TOOT EVER! sadly it wasn't a toot it was a massive blow out! Well there goes that outfit. he managed to poop on everything except the vest and his socks. I'd say that is pretty impressive. So needless to say no photos of that cuteness so we pretty much just got changed and headed out to MLH's parents house. There we ate good food, enjoyed watching Bug's  cousins run around and find eggs, play in some bowls of water and enjoy each others company. All in all it was a good day.

 Bug not smiling, she has this face and then super creepy excited smile. I'm not sure which one I like better.

 Bug and Cousin L, they love play and also antagonize each other. That's what family is for right?!

What Pan did while everyone was outside having fun. this is a little bunny he got from Grandma C it is very snuggly and soft.

New Do.

The other Day I took Bug and also Pan to the Salon with me so I could get my hair done. normally it isn't ideal for me to take them but considering MLH wasn't home and I really needed to get this monstrosity fixed I braved it. The more I think about it I really wish I had done a before and after photo. Both Kids did AMAZING waiting out the 2.5 hours of me sitting in a chair gettin' all pretty. Then when all was said and done Bug says' ooooh Mum-ma you look like twilight.

My thinking:

Yeah, why do I look like a vampire? Do I need to eat something am I looking pale?

Her Thinking:

Oh I get it you think I look like Twilight Sparkle because I had my hair cut like this:

I really do love the way her mind looks and I also love my new hair cut, makes me happy. and Hey I get to look like a My Little Pony, total bonus in my book. :)