Good Looking Kids

Before church on Sunday, I took a few pics of the kids. They were stylin' in their shades. I just love how you can see my reflection in the lenses.

Kid's Room

Even though I wouldn't count the kid's room as "done," I thought I would post some "almost there" shots.

We need to hang some hooks on the back of the door for the towels. Also, the green dresser doesn't seem so dark in person.

The bedspreads from the former room (which was pink/purple) look really good against the French Silver. It is a tad unfortunate that Patch is sleeping under a girlie bedspread, but he'll survive. I have plans of making two bed quilts using the same pattern and 3 colors that are the same, and then each one would have 2-3 other colors to make it more gender specific. I think it could be really cool.

Still to do in this room:

Organize clothes

Hang things on the wall

Take out green check chair, which will go in the nursery

Put shelves and books in bookshelf

Other than that, it's good to go!

Mini-me, the Dancer

Just Popping In...

Just popping in to say hello. Hi! We have had a busy week here. Curly has taken vacation this week and is working hard to get bedrooms in order. Flower is upstairs in the attic, Mini-me and Patch will share the room that currently belongs to Patch, and the baby will be in the girl's old room. Flower's room needs trim, and the other two rooms are getting a lovely coat of paint known as French Silver. I'm in love with it.

I am starting to plan for Christmas gifts. I don't have much time left! Getting around my sewing room is getting a little challenging. Being in a delicate condition, my belly likes to knock things over, and then get in the way when I try to pick things up.

I hope to post some updated pictures soon!

Happy Halloween!

Our Halloween was spooktacular. How was yours?

The kids worked very hard on their pumpkins. Patch got to use a knife this year. It made me nervous.

The most clever costume we saw was our neighbor, Big Patch. Flower thinks he's kind of cute, so we took the opportunity to embarrass her.

We had a couple of crew members from Deadliest Catch. They were well behaved, for the most part. Patch and Mini-me just enjoyed eating on the floor. We had the traditional Halloween Hot-dogs and two different kinds of chili.

I downloaded two new Halloween songs: Little Red Riding Hood (for Flower), and Black Cat (for Mini-me). Mini-me showed us her moves. Video coming soon.

Costume Time

This weekend, we had a Halloween Dance at Curly's store. The kids were excited to wear their costumes.

Curly used his skillz and made up Mini-me's face. She loved it.

Patch wanted to be a golfer. I am extremely proud of this costume. The only thing I bought were the socks. We even had the mini bag. We have nothing to put in the mini bag, but he will use it for trick-or-treating on Saturday.

They had a great time at the dance. They ate candy and cookies and did musical chairs, all while I shopped. I love Giant Eagle!

One Week

It's one week until my big Molly Patch show here in MD. I am a little nervous. I still have a few samples left to sew, and my price list needs to be adjusted. Then there's the matter of trying to peddle my wares. What if no one buys anything? Ack!

It's also one week until the funnest holiday ever: Halloween. Our costumes are ready to go, and the kids are getting excited. We are having a small party before we trick-or-treat. Curly and Flower will be in charge of getting ready while I'm at my show. It should be fun.

9 Weeks

We are on the downward slope, my friends. Only 9 weeks to go until baby girl is due to arrive. And, with any luck, she'll arrive a week or so ahead of schedule. We won't worry about the lack of a baby quilt, or all the work we have to do to get fully ready. It will get done. I just would like her to be early.

Yesterday, Flower and Mini-me spent hours pouring over the latest American Girl catalogue. I asked them to mark 3 outfits and two small furniture items they were interested in. I was very clear that this was just to give us an idea of what they wanted. Flower kept saying: "I'm getting this, and this, and this." I don't think she quite got the point of the exercise. Mini-me is asking for a Molly doll for her birthday, and then for Santa to bring her a few things to go with her. Why the Molly doll, you ask, when Mini-me resembles Kit the most? She loves Molly's glasses. And her table and chairs.