MY WEEKEND!

Well it has come and gone and I am better for it! I will try to make the story as short as I can as I am sure you have not blocked out 2 hours of your day for my blog (this is the time it would take to really tell it.)
I started off on Thursday and met my friend Stacia at the covered bridge festival. We looked super cute and artsy. We had our cars filled with all of our super cute stuff.......then.......we got out of the car.

This was NOT the art fair we had in out mind. This was a flea market.  I tried to stay positive. We looked around and did not see ANYTHING that looked like we were selling. Sometimes I can imagine this would be a good thing, this time it was not. No one was shopping for what we were selling, NO ONE. It was bad. We sat there all day, fighting back tears as people squinted at our booth to see what we had and quickly moved on. I sold 1 print and Stacia sold 3 pins.   Don't worry, other vendors told us, you will double your sales tomorrow (Saturday) hmmmmm....   We made a few phone calls to friends in our respective cities and ended up finding a potential " in" at a show in Louisville that Stacia had tried to get into forever.  Once we were told we had the booth, we closed shop and ran, literally. We only had hours to get there in time to secure this awesome booth at this awesome show.  RUN, GIRLS, RUN!!!  We packed my car up in 20 minutes and I have a feeling if anyone with an indycar team were watching, we would have been hired for a pit crew on the spot!

We were on our way to Louisville, 2 squealy gals, PUMPED to get to our new artsy location.  Stacia's phone rang, it was our contact at the new and wonderful show.  "Maam, I am sorry I think we got our wires crossed and you do not have a booth tomorrow"  Our smiles and squeals stopped. Now we had no show. We stopped for dinner and then back to my house to regroup.  We decided to drive to Louisville and just try to worm our way into this show.  THAT is exactly what we did, and it WORKED.  We were finally told yes you can have a booth only minutes before the show started....RUN AGAIN....HURRY....SET UP!!!!!!
(picture pit crew again)  

It was a great day, beautiful outside and the crowd was great.  I got to sit quietly behind my art and listen to people talk about it. A very unique experience.  I realized that people liked the art and found out how I need to change it to make it a bit more marketable (thanks to my genius friend Stacia).  Stacia did well as did I and we all lived happily ever after!~ 

I also learned alot by watching my friend Stacia.  She is such an a mazing person. I enjoyed watching her sincere interest in people and wanting them to do well and feel good. Stacia asked about 2 more questions of people than I would have, this resulted in us finding out that the lady at the gas station had just buried a child. We found out about people and their lives at the fair, what they planned on wearing the pin to, what was the reason that they bought my print.  She is the kind of person that takes every opportunity possible to brighten someones day. I learned so much! :)  Ready to get my stuff ready for the next show on the 30th!!
Blessings,
Lindsay

Just a Tuesday....?

WHAT? Just a Tuesday you say???  NOPE this is only 3 days until the covered bridge festival, I know I won't shut up about it. Tired of it yet?

So I had 3 hours of sleep or so last night. M was out of town and I had lots of quiet time to organize. I took advantage. Coffee has been on constant flow this morning.  This is what I needed to do this morning....

UUUUGGGGHHHHH. dumb laundry. stupid dishes.

OK. Now I WILL get them done but this is what I did instead...

 

L- and I did some driveway painting. It is a favorite hobby of hers thatnks to a dear friend that introduced me to this awesome passtime.Water and paintbrushes (thank you Erin)  Our picture of choice was pumpkins.....

Her little 2 year old piggies even came out to play.....don't you just want to eat them they are so cute??

Nope, you can't...all mine.

Guess what is ALMOST as cute as bare 2 year old feet? These ADORABLE shoes.  Thanks again Once Apon a Child, you make it so easy to be cute!

hmmmmm what was next.....

AHHHH yes leaf raking (done by mom) and leaf jumping (done by both of us!)

Well while we are out here let me show you what we have been doing, it is fall ya' know.

We are getting ready for art shows 24 hours a day, Halloween!

Here is our front door.....creepy huh?
(Do you see my reflection in the glass? I know I'm not looking my best. Don't forget I only slept 3 hours~!)

Ok the wreaths are BEAUTIFUL, thanks MOM!

AND the spider, OH the spider....we love him, as do the kids in the neighborhood.  We should name him....

I will think on that.

what else....hmmmmm

Here is the web our spider Roger(thought I would try that one out)  has been busy on.

OH and the MOON FLOWERS?????? I almost forgot. DO you know about these things?? First things first, I LOVE VINES. If I had a tattoo that would be it. "I love vines" (Lame huh?) There are vines of morning Glories EVERYWHERE at my house. This is the first year that the moon flowers have taken off.  I LOVE THEM.  Doesn't this gate look like it should lead somewhere AWESOME? Nope. Just a backyard with dead grass and a swingset and most likely dog poop. BUT I like that it makes you THINK it is  awesome back there

Well there you go, now I am going to tackle the dishes and organize more STUFF!

Watch out covered bridges, and your crazy festivals....we are on our way!

Blessings,

Lindsay

My super girl....

I usualy don't mention much about my 2 year old - L.  She is very much in a 2 year old phase and is frequently trying my patience. She is so sweet 80% of the time and it seems that the other 20% is so dramatic I kind of forget about the 80%.  I am here to tell you

that 80% is such a fantastic kid!!! Right now she is pretending she has a baby sister named Joy. Joy is EVERYWHERE! She is always crying and L has to fix it! I love it!

L- is developing quite an imagination....this is the picture she painted today

I asked her what it was... her answer:

"A cat and dog in a rocketship, pulling a lever and going really fast."

 :)

I bought her a winter hat last night and she has not taken it off since. She wanted to wear it to preschool and then changed her mind "my friends might take it and that would be icky"

She took it with her and cautiously put it in her cubby. She looked like a secret agent hiding a big secret!

Here she is in her fantastic hat!

This week I have been on a STOP DOING THAT kick! We have our family picture this Saturday and I am convinced that we are going to have a broken bone, or face laceration.  I guess this would not be the worlds end.....but I think the whole family will be relieved when Saturday is here and gone. I will post a picture and link of the family pictures next week.

NEXT WEEK speaking of NEXT WEEK......it is the COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL. Can you tell by the capital letters that I am SCREAMING.....and terrified   really excited! !!!!!!!!?

The AMAZING friend that asked me to do this with her and I are talking and plotting daily.  I am painting and printing and plotting on how it will all work.  This is what my living room floor looked like last night.

If you have not been to my etsy site ...please have a look!

http://www.sevenlemons.etsy.com/

OK I am off to package more prints!

Have a lovely week!

Blessings,

Lindsay

"You're right, I am a coward! I haven't any courage at all. I even scare myself."- Cowardly Lion

Ok, so, I have mentioned the art thing.  I know I have...you know the "life long dream of doing my own art" gig.  I started thinking  (inner monologue) about what if I have a million paintings left over after the covered bridge festival?  I guess I should do another festival.

I got online and one link lead to another and I was lead to the Irvington Halloween festival. Hmmmm..... I contacted them. YEP they had booth space if I hurried. I printed out the forms and then hmmmm.......

I looked at J -age 7- and said (outloud this time) I am not sure if I should do this or not, what if nothing sells?
Then I realized I should have made that comment in my head. What kind of mom says that to her 7 year old? It is not her job to take care of my concerns. ....but I am glad I did. That little freckled face pixie looked at me, smiled and then put her hands on her hips.  "MOM, you are an amazing artist, you need to do this, and just be brave. I was nervous when I sang on the 4th of July but I did it and I am so glad that I did"  

OK SERIOUSLY what kind of example would I set after that half time speech if I didn't sign up.  I reluctantly signed the check and walked it out to the mailbox.   Man I love that kid.

I am reminded of a Ben Folds song...he talks about how when we are kids we imagine how the need to fit in and being scared ends when you are an adult.  Once you are an adult you realize that it keeps going and going. surprising sometimes.   I am painting like a fool with that little freckled face in the back of my mind. I am also loving that L comes down every morning to see what I painted and declares....Mommy painted that. Yep I did.
Blessings,
Lindsay

Is that turtle wearing a dress?

This was the question my 2 year old asked me today at the nature center at the park. I explained that is his shell.  She also asked me if the salamander was wearing a hat? - No, sweetie that is just how his head looks.  I heard probably 30 other questions about the animals, mostly is that a mommy or a daddy? 

Backtracking- there has not been a job that I  have ever had that some days I didn't HATE.  This job is the exception, there are days that I am close, but I have yet to hate it! Days where I have the flu yet still filter thru 2 year old tantrums....VERY close to HATE.
Times like today are the times that I am glad I am the one answering her reptile questions.  I am glad that I get to take her to preschool and see her refuse to do arts and crafts (OH the irony).  I love that I am the first one to hear about J's day off the bus and the one that takes her to choir.

There are days I have questioned my choice to be a stay at home mom. One day J asked me what my job was. Hmmmm.....I told her my job was to take care of her and her sister. She gave me a look like....is that it?  To a seven year old I can understand the thought.

This is where the art thing has been my saving grace.  I have been really working hard on it and it has been noticed in my house.  I hear J telling her friends about how her mom is  an artist and how she is going to sell her artwork. :)  It has made me feel like a real person and made me appear to be a real person to my 7 year old.  A win/ win.  My 2 year old is not concerned one way or the other....she just wants to help me paint!  It is funny when you actually use the talent that God gave you, wonderful things happen!

Blessings,
Lindsay

ART....ART.....EVERYWHERE!!!

OK I have been working hard on finishing up a few projects. Wanna see??

Here is a onsie that I painted for a friend, I am thinking of painting more and selling them at the Covered Bridge festival. What do you think??

I have been working on refinishing my grandmothers china cabinet. I painted it white and then distressed it, I am pretty happy with the results!

Look....

FUN HUH???

We got new appliances last week and thought I would add some fun things in the kitchen.

I got these forks from various Goodwill's, you can get 5 forks for $1.00.  I hung them about an 1.5 inches apart and I LOVE IT, with a capital L.  Here it is...

I also thought I would dress up the girls swingset. It was looking a liittle worse for the wear. I waited untile the outdoor fabric was 55% off and made a new awning.....

Here is what you see when you walk out onto our brick patio outside....(look above the door)

These are sunprints that J and I made tonight, we had so much fun, she is pumped to make more!

Turn your head to the side and look at this framed deal I made for J's room. I bought a stamp cut of a butterfly and then punched out a TON of them out of black construction paper, I folded some of their wings.  I glued them down using a glue stick....pretty easy!

I can not claim that I made this, but it is one my favorite things I have bought myself. I see this every day when I walk out of the garage.  love.

This is a piece that I did when we moved in, I bought 3 apples at an art store, fake of course, and cut them in half using a jig saw. I then just hot glued them to the painted canvas. I have had at least 4 people ask me if they are real! :)

This is not art, this is just my dog, isn't she great?

This is a mural that you can find at my brother and sister  in law's basement....I had fun doing it!

These are the greatest things I have ever made....ready?

Blessings,
Lindsay

I LOVE it!

Unfortunately right now  there are a few things in my life that I DON'T love. I decided the only way to make this any better is to think of things that I do love.

I love God
I love Cracker Jacks
I love that no one can make me laugh harder than my husband.

I love that my parents rock.- I mean REALLY rock. I do not know 2 better and more unselfish people.

I love that my 7 year old gave her allowance out  of her little purse, to a homeless man, unprompted (now I am tearing up)

I love when you open a new jar of peanut butter and it is smooth

I love the smell of cigarette smoke outside.  (odd....yes.)

I love my house.

I love my dog- she is AWESOME

I love that my 2 year old sees beautiful things in the store and asks me if I painted them.  :)

I love Hobby Lobby. alot.
I love campfires.

I love that I went to camp as a kid. WONDERFUL and I will send mine too

I love that I went to a big ten college. Boiler up baby.
I love the smell of paint

I love  Hot Tamales.  It is my favorite candy.
I love Sangria.
I love spinach salad.
I love Ben Folds.
I love that my husband loves me no matter how crazy I am
I love that I can be sad and hold it in around everyone but him... being around him forces me to be myself.
I love that my best friend has been that since we were 16. 
I love coffee.
I love my family, immediate and extended.....they are such a blessing!
I love when I catch a sniff of someone wearing Drakkar cologne.  It smells like Jr. High.
I love seeing people's happy pictures on facebook.
I love running.
I love my toenails painted.
"I love lamp, I love table...."
I love singing in the shower, loud.
I love staying up late.
I love the smell of Dreft, it makes me almost melt.
I love my close friends- really - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. I think this only child thing gave me a big heart to love my friends HUGE, like sisters.  There is not much I wouldn't do for them.
I love that my seven year old is so much like her dad, it is fun to watch.
I love watching my kids dance together.
I love that I can still remember my high school locker combination, and most of my grade school and high school friends phone numbers from then. odd huh? Wish I could find my keys.

See...now don't I feel better? See how much love there is.....it is everywhere. Make a list of the things you love and I bet it will make you feel better too.
Blessings-
Lindsay

Here we go....

Ok this blog entry is going to be mostly about ME! (Selfish? Nope...sometimes you have to do that!)
Since I can remember, if you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up......artist. I can't imagine doing anything else.  Sometimes you have a picture of what a career looks like that isn't accurate.  I have been a graphic designer, I have been a muralist, and I have been a stay at home mom. All of these jobs include art, but more of it was about painting and creating other peoples ideas.  I have a notebook full of ideas of my own that I would like to do, but for who? what would I do with them when they are done? Would anyone spend $ for them?  Then these serious questions are interupted by one of my girls smacking the other one and the other one screaming. Who am I kidding? I am not in the stage of life to make this work.  Maybe later........

until...my AMAZING friend Stacia called me last week.  The call went a little something like this.  "Lindsay, would you like to share a booth with me at the covered bridge festival?"  Me: " Helping you sell your flowers?" (she makes AMAZINGLY beautiful things!) then slowly getting it that I could do my own things and sell them! I almost peed!  I have hardly thought of anything else.  Isn't God awesome! Just when you resign that "it is just going to be this way"  it changes!!!

I have a few projects that I am in the middle of here, then I am CREATING things!!!!  I will be posting things and in a whirl wind of ART!!!!!

What a summer!

Can you believe that summer is going so quickly???  Can you believe that I have completely ignored the blog? I can. My girls and I have been super busy this summer!

I should probably update on J and her singing experience. She did AWESOME! It was one of the hottest days of the summer and all of Mark's family was here visiting J was PUMPED and not  really too nervous.  I will try to post the video of her.  My little freckle faced baby marched up on stage and sang without any background music.  She did not make the finals but I think she was so proud of how she did.  We were approached by a few people that offered to be her vocal coach.  That is overwhelming, not sure if that is where we are headed.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDy6lo7OWU

J has been wanting to do face painting lately, not sure why but, sounds good to me.  After I painted the girls faces we went to Lowes to look at appliances.  They wanted to keep the paint on.  This is what they looked like at Lowes....

DO you think that Mark lost any negotiating power when his kids look like zoo animals?

Hmmmmm....what else have we been up to? I have been working on a few repainting things for Js room

Here is the finished product

Her room is mostly pink and lime green, she wanted a little zebra print, I figured that a little bit couldn't hurt!

M and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary! We bought ourselves Jack Johnson and G-Love tickets. It was AWESOME!!!! We had amazing seats and it was an awesome show!

Here is our view from our seats...

The one and only G-Love (without the special sauce)

Here is Mr. Jack Johnson...

Here we are happy and very hot.....

We also went to see Tom Petty this summer! Here are a few snapshots from that awesome evening.

I have so many more things to write about...some happy, some sad, but will continue more later, I don't want to overload ya!

Blessings,

L

confession....??

  J told me quite awhile back that she wanted to play tennis this summer.   AWESOME! I support her learning a lifelong sport. I asked around about tennis lessons and heard that a local country club offered reaonably priced lessons.  I signed her up, and her lesson was this morning.

Here was the issue.... I looked up the address before we left and it was at 126th street and River Road. Sigh.
This was the location of my grandfather's farm.... years ago.  The farm has since  been turned into subdivisions and country clubs....it also turns the stomachs of alot of my family.  I don't think any of them expected the land to sit vacant, it is a product of the growing Indianapolis.... but ....

Let me clarify, I am not the country club type.  I am also not the "farming" type or one to volunteer to "rough it",  I sit in the middle of these two very different groups.  I pulled up and realized that the tennis courts I would be watching J practice on were only feet away from my grandpa's barn, that is still standing and now housing golf carts.  I walked all around the barn, on one side was a golf course and the other a pool where a very loud coach screamed at the summer swim club.  It made me sad.  I had a real  hard time being there, like I was a traitor or something.  

The only thing I could compare it to is if you had a favorite local restaraunt or bar and went back after years and years and found it had been turned into a McDonalds.  Today I felt like I had walked  in and ordered a cheeseburger at said McDonalds.  It is a lame an minimizing comparison but the only thing I could think of.  There was no one there today to lame blame on.  I just felt very uncomfortable. To top it off I went and got gas at BP today.  My hippie score is at a total negative. 

I know the history of the farm myself, but wanted to see today if there was anything on the internet about it. I found this awesome essay written by my awesome cousin- I have read this before, but it seemed fitting today.  Please read this, it is very impressive!  http://www.wabash.edu/magazine/displaystory.cfm?news_id=1279

I will be taking J to more tennis lessons, this time I will be asking the grounds keepers if they have any of the wood from the barns that might have come off chipped or what not. I can use this in a future art project in my house.  It makes me feel like less of a traitor. :)

I hope everyone is having a great summer and I will be posting about my squirrely girls tomorrow. 

Blessings,
Lindsay

7.

I LOVE watching my seven year old be seven.  There is no high school musical in my house, no iCarly, no Hannah Montana. (Don't worry we do have Spongebob and Phineus and Ferb)  This is not because I am a control freak, it is because I want my sweet gal to be seven as long as she can.  There is plenty of time for her to figure out that she should like boys and roll your eyes at adults.  I love that she really thought the dance party out (mentioned in a previous post)  and thought it would work.  She saw nothing wrong with charging people to dance with her and her sister.   At seven I remember clear as day thinking that my friend Laura and I were going to dig an underground club house.  We were serious about it.  My mom gave us shovels and said , Go for it!  We made drawings (lots and lots)  and had NO doubt that it would be the coolest thing EVER. 

There are times when the real world comes dangerously close to the 7 year old world.  Times that she has serious questions about life and death and I can see her figuring out that things aren't as rosey as she thought they were. 

We sponsor a child that lives in India, J helped us pick out which child we were going to sponsor.  We thought it would be a good lesson that she knows some kids are not as blessed as she is, you need to help when you can, and think about how to responsibly spend your money.   I thought she would pick a girl her age and go on with her day.  She looked at every kid, about an hour later with tears in her eyes she picked a girl.  I asked if she was ok, she said I just don't understand how all these kids need help, why can't they get it?  There were many questions about why the child we sponsored doesn't have toys, or even enough food.   Sigh....lessons that she needs to learn but I wish it was always a dance party.    I know that she will lose the seven-ness of it all, but until then I love listening to her plan things and will try my best to be the mom that hands her the shovel and says Go for it!!! :) (thanks mom!)
Blessings-
Lindsay

Can I tell ya?

I am pretty sure that I have the cutest and most awesome kids in the world.  NO I am not biased. Wanna see?...

Oh yeah and as husbands go... I have also hit the double jackpot!

SIGH..... I am so blessed!

really!!!

Well....she did it!

To conclude my earlier post, J had her audition for our towns "American Idol".  She was so excited!  We arrived early and she got her little number. I looked around, she was defintely the youngest one there.  They called her number and off she went.  I waited in the lobby for her as they wanted them to audtion without parents.  That little freckle faced 7 year old marched back there with zero nerves!  She skipped back about 30 minutes later and said it went really well. The next day I got an e-mail telling me that she made the semi-finals! WOOOO HOOOO!    This means that she gets to sing at the towns 4th of July festival.  After that then the finalists are chosen and they will sing right before the fireworks display. 

I am pretty sure this is the mnost excited I have seen her. She is spends all of her free time singing!

Well almost all of her time.....this was on our front door

I will translate for you...it says  "DANCE PARTY- right now. $1.00 per person" then our address is listed below.    With a straight face I asked her- "J- tell me how you are expecting this to work?"

J-"Well mom people will drive by and see the sign and stop for my dance party."

me-"So let me get this straight- you are hoping strangers will drive by,see the sign, come into our house, dance, then hand you a dollar?-

J-"yep, pretty much"

In case you were wondering we have yet to have strangers dance in my house and pay us money.  If they do, you wil be the first to find out.  :)

L- is her normal self = a 2 year old. 

She threw an EPIC fit today. WHEW!

I will have more happy things to post about her on a different day, you know when she is not cutting molars!

Off to make dinner....yummm steak!

I deserve this??

Guess where I was from Wed- Sunday???   Give up?  VACATION!!!!
M's company sends all of its employees that have worked for them for 10 years on an all expense paid vacation to Amelia Island.  This year is also M and I- 10 year aniversary.  I really enjoy that we took a trip together and someone else paid for it!

We took the girls with us and they got to spend some wonderful, quality time with their aunt, uncle and cousins. (They live 30 minutes from where we had vacationed)  now back to our trip.  :)

This resort was amazing.  Here was my Saturday......
and a picture of where we were

wake up....
sit on the beach and quietly read....
head to a massage at noon...
.lunch at the bar.....
back to the beach.....
(insert a few drinks with umbrellas)
out for dinner with wonderful new friends
out to the bars after.
sigh.....

Really????

Not once did I make a meal or have anyone wipe a booger on me declaring "mommy- I done with this"


I am back to reality and recharged.  I lost my charge momentarily on the plane as holding my 2 year old was an actual aerobic workout....but we are getting back in the groove and coming down from our vacation high.
J has her last week of school and her big audition.  She is getting excited!!!  I am back to boogerland and ready to face the snot and applesauce with a smile on my face! Summertime....here we come!

Blessings-
Lindsay

Lights...Camera.....gulp.

My 7 year old, J, has been singing since she could talk. Really.  Those that know her will tell you this is true.  I had a preschool teacher tell me once that she could never watch the movie Annie again because she had heard J sing it so much. :)

A few weeks ago we went out to breakfast and J saw a poster for an American Idol contest for our town and just LIT UP.  Can I do that mom??????  I told her I would look up more info when we got home.  I looked it up and there was a 12 and under catagory....sigh.   Now let me just say  I want what is best for my kids.....BUT I am not the mom that will be spray tanning my gals and looking into getting them veneers.
so....
I talked to her music teacher (who has approached me before about Julia and her singing) she said that it would be a great fit for her....sigh.   :) OK so J is signed up to audition.  There will be judges and then possibly moving on to the "next round" where she would perform at our towns 4th of July festival. 
No matter how this works out, she will learn something.  She will learn how auditions work and she might learn how to be  "gracefully disappointed."  Either way she is going to have a mom cheering her on, and most likely sweating thru her shirt!   

I will keep you posted on how this all works out....should be fun! 

So much to say.....

Guess what.....

RHINO BUTT! 

What does this mean?  

The Clark girls went to the zoo!!! OMG we had so much fun.  We did everything there. My 2 year old walked without her stroller from 9:30-3:30! What a trooper! Both girls got to feed giraffes. L has talked of nothing else. She tells strangers about it! It usually end with her screaming  "I DID IT!!!!"

 Here was our view while feeding the giraffes....FOR REAL!

Here are my monkeys waiting for the train....

and just being friggin' adorable.....

NEW TOPIC!!!!

Sometimes as a mom I feel like....REALLY PEOPLE? How do you do it all?

I understand as a christian and a generally decent person, I do NOT need to compare myself to others. BUT sometimes I do.   I will explain. I am currently addicted to craft blogs.  If you don't know what I am talking about....good for you (although I have learned ALOT). 

 While reading these blogs I see that some of these moms have 2 or 3 small children AND do all these crafty things.  I am a crafty gal....but alas no time to do it!  I understand that in a few years I will have SO much time to work on art...possibly professionally (my hope).  Instead of being jealous that these moms can do everything. I have decided to focus on what I do.  

Today L told me that she was not going to lick our dog.  Great idea!

I went to Meijer and Target...noticing after that I had applesauce all over my sleeve.

I talked L of the ledge of a MAJOR fit...when she saw a ruffled pink swimsuit that she was convinced was hers.

I took the time to take this picture of L before we left. 

 I will explain first....she took her sisters headband and grabbed her crucifix (J got this from sunday school for learning all her memory verses) out of her sunday school bag.  This results in a picture that looks like an angry jazzercise teacher heading out to save the world.  see...

Last night J woke up 2 hours after going to bed and wanted to talk.  Sure...sometimes the best time to talk!  She sat down and told me (in a very serious tone)  that she was pretty sure that she was the 3rd shortest kid in the 1st grade.  I asked her how she figured that out.  She named 2 kids that she has noticed were shorter than her  (she added that she was not making fun of them) :)   She also pointed out all the stools in our house have the word baby on them then "mom, sometimes you just can't reach something...this does not mean you are a baby"   then promptly went back to bed.  :)

J has a habit of drawing on EVERYTHING! Yesterday my grocery list had a heart on it with the word "happy" in the middle.  I noticed this on the MILK this morning!!! (don't worry I picked up more milk at Target!)

So my point is.... I have not made homemade bread or homemade ribbons....or even showered.

but....my kids are funny and happy and that is what counts.  When the bus pulls away with L on it (in a few years) I will make a million bows and loaves of bread...but until then I will take my life and love it!!

BLESSINGS TO YOU!