Easter Craft and a New Zippered Pouch

Over spring break I also got to finish my Easter craft for this year!  I made these big "Peep" bunnies to hang on Jake's and Avery's doors, and the little one is a pin for Avery to wear.

(Avery really wanted to hold her bunny for the picture.)

Today I was able to finish another one of my sewing projects!  I've been wanting to make another zippered pouch(you can never have too many, right!?)  This one I plan to use to hold my coupons instead of the plastic accordian envelope I usually have.

Camping

Over Spring Break, my mom had the camper down at the lake with Connor and Kensie so I took Jake and Avery to hang out for a night.  These kids LOVE the camper and really love running around the camper!  We spent the day at the playground, playing in the tent, and we walked up the nature trail to the old cemetery.  It's so neat to go back to some place I haven't been in many years and take my kids to see it.  My sisters and I used to have so much fun playing by the lake, riding our bikes and hanging out on the nature trail. 

My dad had to bring a calf back to the house to bottle feed.  Avery loved it, but wouldn't get too close!

One of Avery's favorite activities right now: airplane!

Jake's 1st Birthday! (Owl Theme)

This weekend we celebrated Jake's first birthday with an owl theme.

Here is my little man at 1 month and 1 year!

Bean Bag Toss

Pictures of Jake's first year

The amazing cakes Morgan and Hayden made

Gluten free cupcakes I made so Morgan and I would have something we could eat.

Owl bean bag party favors

Jake started out being very gentle with his cake...

...then he dove right in!

One of Jake's many awesome presents!  (Morgan and Hayden painted this along with the wooden train that spells out his name.)

Both kids were exhausted at the end of the day!



Jake is Walking, and Connor's Birthday!

Jake took his first steps a few weekends ago!  Eight steps in a row!

This past weekend we went to Connor's 6th Birthday party!  The kids had so much fun playing on the awesome playground.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONNOR!!

Baby Doll Diapers

One of Avery's favorite activities right now is changing her baby's diapers.  Those babies always seem to be poopy!!!  Of course she reprimands them first for not going on the potty, but then very lovingly changes their diaper while talking sweetly to them. 

The other day, I finally got around to making her some cloth diapers to use instead of the real ones that she always wants to throw away, demanding that they are poopy and need to go in the trash!  Hopefully she wont want to throw these away.

Just a Little Sewing

 So here is what came from that lovely stack of fabric I bought a while back......

Right after Christmas I was looking around the living room, and just couldn't stand what I was seeing.  It needed more color.  Something cheery and happy.  I get tired of things quickly and this room has looked almost the same since we moved in with the exception of changing out the curtains.  I realized there was a lot of brown with only a few pieces of color mixed in, and I need MORE!  So new pillows were my next project! 

And then I had to make a few little birdies to go with the pillows!