To my beautiful mother, and wonderful "other" mother (I really dislike the title in-law....sounds so cold) Happy Mother's Day! I am so thankful for the wisdom you share with me as I am learning how to be a mother.

Michael, Chael and myself are blessed to have moms, and grandmas and memas like you.

Chael especially likes all the cookies.

Love you! 

It snowed today.

We are still working on the coloring. Chael often confuses the crayons for food items. I would think after a few chomps  on such a waxy object he would be finished with tasting the crayons. But this problem keeps occurring and I have cleaned many colorful chunks out of his mouth today. I hope they aren't toxic. The crayons are from the dollar store so you never know. Also, I haven't been able to instill to him that one cheerio at a time is the best way to eat them. He seems to like to eat nine at a time. Often he doesn't even use his fingers to put them in his mouth but rather tips the bowl and dumps them in.

I am so thankful for opportunities to teach and train. 

I left him for two minutes and this was the result. I was tempted to take the hose to him but decided it wasn't quite warm enough for that. Hose bathes are going to be a regular occurrence this summer for sure.

So today I am thankful for hoses and water, and dirty little boys.

Lets just say that the Littleton house has an over abundance of threads and scraps littering our floors but hopefully not needles...(ask Michael about needles) I have been sewing like crazy since my friend (she is amazingly talented in the craft world) asked me to do a church craft fair with her. At the time it sounded like fun to get to work on projects and earn some extra money for a mission trip I am taking with the youth group this summer (that is if anyone buys this stuff). But knowing me I have waited till last minute and have consequently been on a sewing binge the last four days. Sun up to sun down sewing. I have been sewing so much I have developed hives from the process. (I do have hives but maybe not from sewing) Also as I write this I notice that I have many quotation marks with side thoughts and added extra information, this is a clue to how my brain works. I don't just do one thing at a time...no I start eleven or twelve at a time and soon find myself in a sea of half and three quarter finished projects. My original idea was just to make reusable grocery bags, all the same, with no frills. I got board with that so it has expanded to some lined bags and purses. And why buy new material when there is a world of wonderful vintage goodness out there. So the last month I have been combing the thrift stores for the material for the bags/purses. This has been fun but very time consuming.  

Saturday will come and I will have to be done, even if all projects are not finished. I can't say that I am sad about this. I am looking forward to getting to spend all day with my friend (with no babies, I love our babies but it will be nice) and watch as she has lines and lines of people buying her beautiful jewelry.

Now I am going to end my day with a benadryl (because of the hives) and sleep like a (most people would insert baby here but I don't move with benadryl) dead person. Oh and please come the the craft fair Saturday 17th at Lighthouse. 

   

Vintage sheets and yellow ukuleles.