Butterflies, Rainbows and Turtles

Ms A and I love butterflies and rainbows. When I saw this on Silhouette's FaceBook Page, I had to try it out except in rainbow and as a wall hanging (Ms A gets nervous with things hanging above her). Instead of knots, I used sparkly beads tied to the embroidery floss with clear beads in-between the butterflies. Here's what I came up with.
Ms A was JUMPING ALL OVER HER ROOM when it went up, I guess it was a success. She also enjoyed the extra butterflies. (My Silhouette cut 120 and I used 48, Grandma V will be getting some soon.)
I also made this cute little *girl* Turtle for my busy five year old Primary class (7 boys and 1 girl) to hopefully remind them to be reverent. She's a bit shy and doesn't like noise. Ms A pleaded for one. I ended up making a smaller *boy* Turtle - Terrence - for my class and gave Crystal to Ms A after I drew eyes and eyelashes.

My New Toy

My **AMAZING** husband bought me a Silhouette for Christmas. He did a great job keeping it a secret, sent it to a friend and paid for it via work kudos. I've been having a fun time figuring it out, designing shapes, checking out blogs for ideas and cutting shapes. Ms KWerner had a great idea that I had to try, especially when I had three birthday cards to make for a sister and two sister-in-laws. Here are the fruits of her card idea. They remind me of the Ten Commandments.


Ms A started piano lessons with a wonderful friend of ours. She uses a galaxy motivational tool where the students have a spaceship and earn points toward planets they can add to their galaxy. We came home found a few pictures to color, but none of them worked for her - enter my Silhouette... I was giggling and patting myself on my back the rest of the evening. Ms A loved it so much she wanted one for piano and one to play with at home.

What We've Been Up To

We've had a busy month with fun activities with Aunt Sara and her children.

Did you know that Gingerbread Houses come assembled without the candy? We were pretty excited to try them out. In our home, the gingerbread houses do NOT last long. ;)

Sara's children came Christmas Eve. Ms A was ecstatic to see and play with them. They had a fun time opening their gifts and the parents enjoyed watching their excitement. Aunt Sara made Ms A an Oregon Ducks hat and matching pj's with her cousin. She was in HEAVEN!!

Sara took the kids to the park later with their stylin' Ducks hats!

We've also been making plans for our home. Our 2014 date has been bumped up to 2012, so we've been meeting with architects and home designers.

We hope you had a Merry Christmas and that your New Year is full of joy, peace, fun and love!

To Grandma's House We Go

We visited Reed's mom for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful and quiet time visiting and playing with Grandma and Aunt Suzanne. Ms A wanted to play in the snow EVERY DAY! Grandma's house received about seven inches of snow while we were there. She was in Heaven!

Carving the Pumpkin

Reed wanted Ms A to have the FULL pumpkin experience.
Enjoy!

It's Autumn Time

One of our favorite seasons is Autumn. We love the pretty colors, the yummy, home grown veges, stews, soups, sweaters and warm socks. Ms A and I have a little tradition we love, it's called raking and playing in the leaves. Today I let Ms A rake while I used the leaf blower. Halfway through our cleaning up, Ms A stopped me and said "Mommy, raking the leaves is SO FUN! This is the BEST DAY EVER!!" with a huge grin on her face. She loved it when I blew the leaves towards her and she could catch them.

In other news I think our street is being invaded!!!
I went outside and saw this:

When I show the picture to Reed, he made some comment about me wanting one too! NO WAY!! I replied. Is there a car out there that can hold a family of six without the minivan - soccer mom look to it?!?!?!?