Shout Out for Help...

I found myself getting the kids ready for the day in front of the TV this morning, mostly so I could do Abby's hair without complaining. Then it was time to turn off the TV, but I still had to shower. I couldn't even finish going to the bathroom and get in the shower before I could hear the two kids fighting and yelling. Daniel was ready to throw a toy car at Abby and she was running down the hall to hiding in our bedroom. This is so normal when I shut the bathroom door for anything personal. Is there any thoughts out there to have a little control over Daniel when I have to shower or go to the bathroom without a TV?

But besides that, I have added three new posts below this one with pictures. They are a lot more fun than this post.

Our little craft of the day

Ok, this is the only perductive thing I have done all day,

besides fixing some simple meals for the kids so they don't starve. Bird feeder in the tree.

The three feeders we made from peanut butter and bird seed.

Abby has been waiting to do this craft for a while now,

but this is the first day she talked me into it.

Abby's Indoor Soccer

Abby has been playing indoor soccer. She really looks forward to the practices and games. And the socializing is fun too. Oh, she happens to be the only girl on her kindergarten team. Even though she hasn't been able to be the goaly yet, she still loves it.

Daniel has fun at her games too, but not really from watching her.

Abby's coach likes to position Abby in the guard the goal position because she will actually stays there when he asks her to. This is a video of her making a great play. After her great defensive kick, her coach (who can stay in the court during the game) removes an extra soccer ball from the court. After I stopped recording, I realized it was our little Daniel that threw it in the court while we weren't watching him. Thanks Daniel.

A Little Bit Of March

Daniel loves to help mom when she is cooking dinner.

He is trying to cook ground turkey before the pan got hot.

This is Daniel eating the enchilada pie he helped me make.

Abby grew this from a bean. It needed to be transplanted and we didn't get it done before it got sick from some green stuff that grew in the jar. Poor plant!

Here is a fuzzy picture of the beans she got from her plant. They weren't quite ready to be picked yet. But she loved the whole experience anyway.

Feeling a little crafty

I have gotten the crafty bug again. I haven't done any crafts since my beaded watchbands. Since I don't have normal energy right now, I picked something easy and simple.

What can one do with a strip of fabric, thread and a needle?

Well, I have been making the fabric flowers you have been seeing everywhere. I learned from TV and library books, and had to try.


They can be warn in the hair or on a sweater or shirt.

It is so simple I taught the young women in my ward. Some did better than others, but they are learning to use a needle sometime before they move out of their parents house, so mission accomplished.

Abby has joined in too. These are the two I taught her to make. She picked out the fabric from my little stash at home. I finished them up for her ( a little too hard for a 5 year old.)

There is felt glued to the back with slits in them for hair clips or

the pin can be sewn right into them.

I have other ones in mind with fantastic fabrics and texture, and a kind that you can melt the edges with a candle. So fun, right? I just need the fabric at a good price.

I realize this isn't all that cool to see, but for me who loves to craft, it is nice to have the energy to do something besides cleaning the house (sometimes.) This is what I do when it is too cold to go outside. Spring will someday day, won't it?

That is our boy...

Frank was getting Daniel ready for church when Daniel decided to show dad a trick he knew.

A little of what we have been up to

Just a little of what we have been doing this last little while.

Daniel fell asleep on the couch while watching TV with Frank, while Abby and I were gone. I guess watching how candy is made isn't too entertaining for Daniel. He has never fallen asleep outside of his bed or car seat since he was probably two months old, so this was unusual.

This is one of my BIG accomplishments lately. I made homemade yogurt. Daniel is enjoying it with some apricot jam, he loves yogurt, and he has never tried preflavored kinds. He has only been allowed plain yougrt with added berries or jams. My bowl is sitting there in front with thawed out berries, with cinnamon and ginger. YUM!

Daniel is vacuuming up some spilled powder he had out of the kitchen and dropped. He is a little helper in the making. He loves to help, but most of the time is "too much" help.

We made pizza the other night. Daniel put on his own topping, and then I spread them out a little better. Abby's is on the left which is shaped like an ice skate.

Abby picked that shape because she had just gone ice skating that day for the first time. Abby did very well on the ice. She didn't need to hold my hand really, but she held my hand anyway after she fell the first time, which was a while into the skating. She did great and wants to go again.

Abby had a friend over earlier one day and they had dress ups on. Daniel came to Frank insisting that he wear this. I told Frank to go ahead, but I thought he would leave is clothes on underneath. I guess I should have said that out loud. Frank had to get the event on video.

Daniel loves to play trains and yell "All Aboard," but this day he brought blocks, instead of trains, in the kitchen while I was doing dishes. I tried to get him yelling "all aboard" on video. This is as good as it gets. But he will often yell it at the top of his lungs in his bedroom when playing trains. My mom can hear him on the other end of the phone when I am in the kitchen talking to her.

Frank recently started back to school in the mornings. Abby made him a special picture to hang on the hall at the end of his first long week.