Back To School, Quilt & TGIF!

I've been so exhausted from the start of school and not sure what to do with myself I took a nap this morning.  I just couldn't stay away so I closed the computer and slept hard on the couch for two hours.  I looked at the clock and said 20 more minutes, the next thing I knew it was about half hour till the bus for my kindergartener comes.  I don't think I've had a nap that long without interruptions like MOMMYYY can I have something to eat, Mommy so and so hit me!  You get the idea!

Here's the quilt I finally finished!

It's not quite long enough for a twin XL but it would be perfect for the shorter twin.  She loves it!  I love it and how it washed up!

I love the bright colors!  Totally a girl quilt, but my older boys were fighting over it and giving me crap that it's not for them!  They have quilts that I made them when they were way younger and one for me too, but they don't fit their beds anymore!

I hope you like it!  The pattern comes from a book I bought at JoAnn Fabric & Crafts a few years ago.  Have an awesome weekend!

Funnies For Friday!

TGIF! We made it! I hope everyone has had an awesome summer week and that your weather has been better than ours!

My kids have been kind of crabby this week.  I think maybe, just maybe I can blame it on the super moon we had this last Saturday & Sunday night!

Here's your funny for the week!

My husband really wanted some southern food. I made some black eye peas with our dinner. I asked my buddy if he wanted any and he says NO and then my oldest jumps in, "they like to sing and dance". I'm all what are you talking about? He's all "the Black Eyed Peas music group; like they're going to get up and boogie off your plate"!  "Dancing" peas still couldn't get my buddy to get any!

TGIF ~ Have a great sunny weekend!

Please share your kids' funnies!

Funnies

I can't believe it is finally FRIDAY!!! TGIF!  It has been a long week!  School is almost done!  My daughter gets off the bus Wednesday and she doesn't even say hi but she excitedly tells me that there are twelve days of school left!  Is this what they are teaching the kids when they return to school after Memorial Weekend, they start the countdown as to how many school days are left??!! I just think it is funny! 

This morning I took a picture of "Bambi" (a deer).  I showed it to my youngest when I got home. He excitedly told me that this is Santa's reindeer that we saw on a walk in Georgia when we lived there! The deer we saw in GA had antlers, definitely not the same!

Run Bambi, run!  I hope She doesn't become someone's lunch or dinner! Be careful out there drivers!

Have an awesome weekend!!

Friday Funnies

I can't believe I missed posting Wednesday & Thursday!  I made the bug costume Wednesday and last night we had the play.  My baby girl handed me a handful of cotton balls right before we needed to walk out the door. I hurriedly hot glued them back on and loaded up my crew, then left. I wanted to get their early to get an actual park in the parking lot and get good seats, like the front row! That didn't happen!

Well I could have definitely used some good laughs this last week.  I swear the teenagers bring home so much drama!  This funny from my 7 year old kept me going thru the week.  We got to church late, so we are waiting for the Sacrament to finish before we go into the chapel to find seats and sit down.  We are waiting in the hall with a few others and my little girl tells me she wants to whisper something in my ear.  I bend down and she whispers in kind of a loud voice, "Mom, this is like being in an elevator full of strangers"!! I think this is one of the best funny things kids say ever!  This really made my Mother's Day!!

I hope everyone has an awesome weekend! Any big plans?

Little Froggy

My youngest has been quite entertaining lately!  He wants to do chores so he can make money, but this morning he just tried to catch a frog with a hot pad! He was afraid to touch it! He did catch it eventually, but I let him go.  Poor frog was being squished by the hot pad and little chubby fingers that held it!  I let it go over the fence in the neighbor's yard but he started hopping back towards our home!  Now my buddy thinks if we go to the park near our house he will find more frogs there to catch and keep as pets. We're getting ready to go to the park!  I pray there are no frogs to catch for pets!

He's right there in the middle of the picture!  Trying to hop away! He was just found!

He's such a good sport posing for pictures!!

 

Here's my buddy still trying to catch the frog without touching it! Boys can be so entertaining sometimes!  My oldest has no problem touching frogs, snakes, but my number two doesn't like it just like my baby!

 

This was very entertaining as a parent! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Catch ya Monday with flower pictures!

 

Mom's Funny For Friday!

Okay I hope you all have had an awesome week!  Recently my kids were messing around at the dinner table and I had a hard time getting their attention.  Instead of putting food on the table I told them we were going to have something extra special!!  They all became quiet real fast!

I told them we were all having mouse for dinner!!!  That got them laughing!  They still smile when using the computer or they find me working when they get home from school and want a snack!  I try to offer it again but it just doesn't satisfy their needs!

I know I rambled the other day so I will keep it short for today.  TGIF!!  Have an awesome weekend!

Friday Funnies!

I haven't posted a Friday Funny in a while!  I'm still writing in my journal Just for Funnies.  Here's a few for you!

Walking home from the bus stop,  mom is it raining? It's definitely trying to sprinkle. My little girl pipes in, the sky is trying to pee but having a hard time its just a little dribble! Kids, gotta love them!!

Since I have missed some funnies lately here's another.  This past weekend my kids hear my cell phone ringing, they run from the phone to me yelling MOMMY THE ALIEN IS CALLING!! The alien is the little green android!

I'm hoping to get some house cleaning done this weekend, sewing and who knows what else!

In light of all the bad that is happening around our country, hug your kids a little tighter, kiss your spouse and say your prayers for safety and extra comfort. Cherish every moment in your life.  Boston and Waco, you are in our thoughts and prayers.

What are you doing this weekend??

Funny Things Kids Do & Say

I am so grateful it is Friday!  It's been another long week and I am so ready to spend time with the kids and have them home from school.  Next week will be the week before Spring Break (and Easter). That means parent teacher conferences for elementary kids and half days all week!  Yikes!

I've already started to collect things for Easter.  I'll share some of my ideas for next week.

My youngest heard me tell the older kids we needed to clean the house so we can do fun things this weekend. He went into the laundry room, emptied the dryer to the couch, put the washed laundry into the dryer and then filled the washer with everything in the laundry room floor, all clothes, towels, whites, etc went in.  I had to take everything out and still need to sort it for washing!  He's been a real character lately!  He told me when he starts school in September I can't do grocery shopping without him!

My daughter got her new glasses two weeks ago.  She wears them all the time!  I'm really impressed with her and the glasses.  She will take them off her face to wipe away the sweat on her nose after running home from school and she says everything is all blurry and fuzzy!  I think she has had her glasses on more than her 14 year old brother has worn his glasses all 11 months he has had them!

Well the only big plans we have is to take the oldest shopping for his Suit he wants.  He's been dying for one!  It was on his Christmas list and we just haven't had money for it.  Finally we are going to before we never hear the end of it from him!  Hopefully we BBQ up something good too!

What are you doing this weekend?

Rainbows

Wait, what happened to the week?  I can't believe it is already Friday!  I haven't been feeling very good the last few days, but I wanted to share with you guys some pictures I took yesterday as the weather was changing from day to night with rain, hail, wind and even a beautiful rainbow!

This was taken from my backyard standing on the porch.

Now here is the front yard and other side of the rainbow!

Double rainbow!!  I love the way the clouds are under the rainbow and the water drop on the lens above the house on the far right side.  Taken from the front porch.

All this earthly beauty makes me grateful for all my Heavenly Father has done and given me.

Next week I'll share a recipe we tried this last week before the sick set in.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Another Funny Friday!

It's been another crazy, hectic day here!  The rain is pouring down and the wind is picking up!

Here's a few crazy Friday Funnies for you.

The other day I am microwaving leftovers after lunch for snack for a starving teenager.  The microwave starts making a groaning noise. The teen starts to imitate it.  I ask him are you trying to be the hungry microwave that is eating your food or the whale on Finding Nemo that is hungry!  They sounded just the same!  He told me that he was imitating the microwave because it reminded him of the whale in the movie!  Good thing the microwave can't eat the food it heats up!  Good thing my teen's tummy wasn't making the noise!  Guess you had to be there!

My oldest is helping clean up after school today.  I am getting dinner in the oven early because it is getting super windy outside and just in case the power goes out.  we have cartoons on and the conversation goes like this: do you want to stay for dinner? No answers the other character, my mother wants me to live to breakfast.  It was funny! We were watching the Disney channel.  I think it was Jessie or Shake it up.  Not sure though.

What are you doing this weekend?

Hello Friday!!!

Hooray it's Friday!  I love Fridays!  I really do!  It's been a really busy week here in our household.  The usual school stuff is happening, but my older kids have kept me on my toes all week. When things get hectic and the kids aren't listening and obeying I feel like there's a full moon out! I don't know if there is or not. The oldest hasn't really been behaving. I'm not going to go into what he's doing but he's grounded for two weeks. The next one down wont get his stuff packed for camp.  He's going snow cave camping with the other scouts & their leaders. Finally last night I told them all to leave me alone.  He asked if there was anything he could do to help. I asked him if he was willing to do anything. Yes mom.  I said go look at your list and get all the missing stuff you need to take with. BAM!!! He was done in 15 minutes.  I asked him what he still needed.  I gave him a scout made first aid kit, my sunglasses and fleece Tinkerbell pj pants.  He added the stuff and was done!  I asked him, does it feel good to listen to mom and how does it feel to know you'll be prepared this weekend?  He smiled and I told him it feels good doesn't it? He nods. Then I say next time do it the first time so your prepared!  He then did dishes and cleaned the whole kitchen!  Fabulous! I rewarded him with chocolate covered strawberries!  YUM!

Here's your funny for Friday!  Three of my kids are sitting at the table eating breakfast, no school today and one has been dropped off for snow cave camping. It's the P: 16, almost K:7 and A: 5 year old.

The conversation went something like this.

K: I don't want to eat these.

P: you have to.

K: no I don't.

P: why not they're lil smokies or you can call them sausages.

A: no, they are baby weenies.

K: that's why I don't want to eat them, they might pee all over my plate!!!

What a good laugh for the day!

This week is ending better than last week did!  Coming up this next week, some yummy food recipes I've tried and maybe a craft project or two!

What are you doing this weekend?

More Funnies For Friday!

TGIF!!  Is everybody ready for some football??  I know my kids are!  They have been practicing the football tackle which my 6 year old came to me saying her big brother gave her a tickle hug!  Aka he tackled her and started to tickle her!  She could barely stop giggling while she was telling me!  Sometimes kids have the funniest things to say!

I know this might not be the funniest thing, but I was at the dollar store earlier this week.  My buddy wanted this one particular toy. I looked at him and asked are you going to clean your room for it? Yes mommy his sweet innocent lips replied with big puppy dog eyes.  Good thing he can't get the droopy puppy ears going too!  I broke down and told him he could get it!  As soon as we walked in the house when we got home he told me he was going to put this toy right here and go clean the room!  I found him half an hour later going to town on the room cleaning.  He was doing an excellent job!  I've never seen him clean like this before!  If I had taken a picture of the before, there would have been toys covering the entire floor!  Not a spot to step without stepping on something!  That's how messy it is! He cleaned and put everything away!  Nothing was left out!  Amazing!  I am truly shocked he could clean this well!  Time for a chore chart for him!!

It's timbe to roll out the grills to the driveway, open up the garage, bring out the camping chairs and start the pre game TV watching!  BBQ up some hot dogs and cheesy hamburgers with some icy cold soda.  Invite the neighbors over! TGIF!

Have a fabulous weekend and stay safe in whatever you are doing!  Here's a shout out to my baby brother!  HaPpY bIrThDaY!!  Have a faboulous day!

Tell me are you planning on watching the big superbowl game? Getting out of the house so the spouse can have a party with his friend?

Funnies For Friday!

It's been a long week in our household.  This isn't really a normal funny I want to tell you about this week, but it's a funny story when I think about it. Everyone seems to be catching a bit of the flu bug around here. No fun!  I've been pushing vitamin c into everyone.  My first grader missed two days of school.  She's been walking around the house all wet, hair around her face, shirt drenched & water sometimes dripping from her face. I asked her what she was doing & she told me splashing water on her face.  When she was heating up and not feeling good she was at the bathroom sink cooling off!  She didn't want to lay in bed with a wet washcloth on her head!  She went to the doctor right after school Thursday.  She has a really deep ear infection.  It would not have been found sooner if I took her in any earlier.

I'm hoping this weekend my hubby will grill up something delicious!  If he does I will share it with you.  Have a great weekend!