Cuteness

So while I was blog hopping one day, I ran into this blog Make It and Love It. I love it. I have made only a few things from the site and feel a mixture of happiness and sorrow for not owning a sewing machine. I am happy because I think I would spend my days making things that probably wouldn't turn out. I do think I have plans for when all my kids are in school. Check out the site. . .if I could make these,




think of what you can do.

Little Read Wagon

I just stumbled onto the best library event this side of San Antonio. It's a program to increase literary awareness in children. They bring activities and interactive books galore. We missed the first 4 of the 6 sessions at our library and we now drive about 15 minutes to get to the other library that is hosting it. The kids love it for the hour and a half and we come home with great ideas.








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Yum! Old Easter Candy

After exploring all the options minus the TV during a day long friend visit, we busted out the Easter Bunny House kit I purchased post Easter of this year. Originally, I thought it would be a fun FHE activity months ago, but alas it sat up in our pantry waiting for that special moment. The kids, against my suggestions, licked up the nasty frosting that was some magical powder mixed with water. They also had a hardy helping of rock solid "gummy" candies that couldn't have tasted that great. In the end, I had to put the hatch up so the kids wouldn't eat any more.

Matters Into our Own Hands

What do you to get rid of a kinked neck? I have done exercises, massaged, heat packed etc with no avail. Every night I would wake up with one inch worth of motion. Fernando excitedly brought home some acupuncture bling for my ear and my personal porcupine needles. I am a believer. Fernando helped me look at it as a chance for my body to heal itself.


Mia decided to take matters into her own hands with her wiggly tooth on Sunday even to the point of making that a part her fast. After almost over an hour of wiggling with distracting stories from my childhood, Mia finally lost her tooth.

Do you Blame Him?

Tiago is a man's man. He has built a number of transformable transformers out of blocks and plays rocket exploding games with pretty much everything. Yet, when his old sister gets great ideas, he can't help but join along.


I knew those ballroom dance gowns would come in good use sooner and later. Sooner with the chance to have the best twirl and later with blackmail for better behavior or dating better people. (just kidding on the last one. . .that would just be mean). It is a shame that dresses, high heels, nail polish, and make up are social no no's for boys, because they are amazingly fun to wear.

Could I Be That Forgiving

I am so glad I saw this today.. I woke up with another kinked neck which means I was slightly disgruntled. I figured I would do all my interneting before my kids woke up. Our home page opens to the LDS.org website. We have enjoyed all the mormon messages, but this one in particular made me reflect deeply on my life and how I act towards other people. If this man, who lost so much, could forgive, anyone can forgive. How much better the world would be if we could truly be so forgiving. The man didn't pretend that his life wasn't destroyed, but instead realized that our lives are meant to find happiness and love. Anger and hate and bitterness comes so naturally and understandably. The Savior realizes how easy it is to hang on to those justified feelings, but has the power to lift us above our natural self to find continual happiness.

Thank You Craig and Your Fabulous List

I don't come from a family who yard sales. I see the benefits of purging your life of your unused stuff for money even very little money so the stuff can become treasures once again. The only yard sale I have participated in was engineered by my friend and most of the stuff was hers. But with Craigslist, I can sell stuff from the comfort of my own computer seat. Such a feat has occurred today. A trundle bed that was given to us years ago was sold for $250. Happiness and joy! Both the seller (me) and the buyer couldn't have been happier.

Note: It was a scary process. It wasn't until I received some questionable emails that the creepo factor sunk in. People I didn't know would be coming to my house to "buy" my goods. To be safe, I waited until Fernando was home and we put it in the garage. It was fantastic. I can't wait to list more things.