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September 27, 2006
Happy about homework and easy homemade apron
Lizzie has her preschool coop at the church today and she is currently reenacting some of the activities that they do. Right now they are having prayer time and she's asking all the students what their prayer requests are, and now we've moved on to show and tell. She cracks me up with her imagination.
She gets so excited to come home and show me what her homework is. Last week she had to draw a picture of our backyard.
Andy went out with her and I followed with the camera:
I saw this apron idea online and thought I would share it. I've been wanting to get an apron but haven't found one I liked (haven't spent much time looking either). I was browsing online and saw this piece of elastic with these brackets on the end where you can hook your kitchen towel. So I made a version of this with suspender clasps and elastic- all from Hancock for about $3. Now I can keep it in my kitchen towel drawer and snap on a towel whenever I'm cleaning up or cooking something. I'm overly excited about this simple idea and wanted to share it with the world, or my 4 regular readers. LOL
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September 20, 2006
Couldn't resist this one
In light of my previous post, I have really been noticing my daughter's fashion choices and just couldn't resist posting this afternoon's outfit.
Please note that not ONE of these pieces goes together, its hilarious. She is wearing her favorite forest green Oxford shirt from Papa's trip to England, a bright red knit zip up sweater (because she insists she's cold), floral print pants- whats an outfit without a floral print, and her turquoise sequined flip flops.
So stylish!
Then there's her sister, a fashionista in training! Nice Do!
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September 15, 2006
Fashionista
Who says that you can't wear last season's highwater striped pants while layering 2 different floral patterened shirts?
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September 13, 2006
Fun sale and preview of whats to come
Julia and I spent the morning running a few errands that I prefer to do with only one child, going to Michaels for example. Lizzie is at the pre school coop at NCF today so it was just me and my snotty little Julia. Poor thing has a cold I think which puts a damper on going to mothers day out tomorrow. I have an ad due as well and was hoping to go into the office to work on it. Oh well, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
Onto other things, I found a great clearance section at Michaels towards the cash registers and scored all these Laura Ashley post its and pads for $.50 each.
I'm not very good at shopping ahead of time but I'm going to try to put these away to add to Christmas gifts. We'll see how that goes.
I also bought some sterling silver earring hooks because I'm working on getting an etsy store up, too bad my life keeps getting in the way! LOL
Here's a little preview of the type of earrings I'm making with sterling silver wire. They are kind of whimsical chandelier earrings with crystals and glass beads.
I'm trying to finish 10 pairs and hopefully I'll have them up in a week or so.
Julia is currently laying in my suitcase which has been at the bottom of the stairs waiting to be put in the attic. Hmmm, where should I ship her to- just kidding of course! : )
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September 12, 2006
Plié and Jump, Plié and Jump
Demi plié, grand plié, en dedan . . . this is the reason that I can barely walk today!
So for my readers who are checking on how my first experience at publically humiliating myself went, this post is for you!
Going into this ballet class I was thinking about how fun it would be and even, dare I say, slightly confident that I would catch on fairly quickly- boy was I wrong.
These are the things I learned and realized last night:
1. I really am not very graceful
2. Being tall and lean is not an advantage, in fact you look more awkward and goofy
3. I don't have very good balance
4. The shoes didn't automatically make me a ballerina
5. I did learn some neat french words
6. I look a little bit like a misplaced athlete with skis on my feet
7. I will not be auditioning for Swan Lake next year- LOL
Of course we had a blast and laughed ourselves silly! It was quite humerous. Our teacher was so cute and I loved the way she moved and did everything. One fellow classmate described it perfectly, "when I watch her and I'm doing the same movements I actually think I might look like her, then I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and realize how wrong I am!"
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September 10, 2006
Little Daredevil
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September 6, 2006
First Day
Lizzie started at the NCF preschool coop today. It's only one day a week and I think it will give her some good practice at obeying a teacher, learning to be part of a group, sharing and taking turns and all that good stuff.
She was a tad apprehensive going down the hall at church and kind of wigged out on me. But we recovered quickly and joined the class.
Not very happy with me and the camera!
Coming around. . .
Her little preschool class waiting to be picked up.
She is very excited to go back next week and it was a great morning with just Julia and I running errands. Tomorrow they both go to Mothers Day out, what ever will I do with myself!!!
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September 5, 2006
30 year old ballerina
(for the record I am not 30 just yet!)
LOL
A friend of mine mentioned yesterday that she was taking an adult beginner ballet class and the idea sounded SO FUN to me. She just called and we are currently in the process of making the decision but it cracks me up as well as gets me excited. I feel like a silly school girl. We already missed the first session which was last week but there are 9 more classes and for only $95 total and each class is an hour and a half long. I think this is a great deal based on some prices I've learned in researching gymnastic classes for Lizzie.
My big struggle (other than the humiliation of wearing a leotard) is how many evenings a week I should be away from my family. I already go to pilates on Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-6:30. I might be giving one of those nights up, I guess these are things that I'll have to discuss with Andy, but I find myself so excited.
I would love to take a modern class next, but we'll see if I even have any skills!
To the disappointment of our husbands, there will not be an end of the semester performance, sorry guys.
LOL
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Reminder from 1 Timothy
I read this in a devotion this morning and thought it was so simple and yet something that can get so lost in our everyday busyness. It's something I am more aware of for my children than myself and I need to "feed my soul on the Word of God" as well. I wish I knew how to make this font italics, but the following is from the book:
"But you, man of God, flee from all of this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
1 Timothy 6:11
I've come to realize how important it is to monitor what we take in during our daily routines. What kind of books do we read? What are we listening to on the radio? Who are our friends?
In this verse, Paul commanded Timothy to 'pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.' We must surround ourselves with these things to be able to actually live them.
In a sense, we are like sponges, because what we 'soak up' each day is exactly what will come out when the pressure is on. Sure, it's easy to put on godliness when life is going our way. But when we get a little stressed or pushed about, how do we react? If we've truly pursued the traits listed in 1 Timothy, godliness and love will naturally pour out during life's ups and downs.
Remember: Positive In = Positive Out. Fill yourself to overflowing with the Lord, and others will see the light of Jesus all around you."
This is going to be what I'll be thinking on today, and hopefully each day after for that matter. One of those simple reminders, a way to pull back and take notice of my day and my influences.
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