nightgowns

My Sister and her family have been in Nampa this last week. My thought of making another nightgown for Abby and Daphne had transformed into 6 nightgowns for my nieces. They didn't turn out quite how I had invisioned..but then I couldn't find any pink lace like I was hoping to find, and the stuff I used looked okay, but didn't want to lay down very well.

Here's Abby with two of her cousins, a closer view of the nightgowns.

2 teeth in 2 days!!

Abby lost another tooth today. It was already a little loose, but while playing around this evening, she hit her mouth and knocked the tooth almost completely out. It was hanging by a thread, so Justin yanked it out. I can't believe that she's already lost 2 teeth. I'm not ready for her to be this old!! At this rate, she's gonna need dentures by the time she's 6!

Tonight, while we were out, we were rear-ended. It wasn't bad...just a few scratches and dings...but frustrating none-the-less. I'm just glad that the girls weren't hurt. They barely even noticed.

Abby's first visit from the tooth fairy

Abby finally lost her first tooth this weekend. It's been loose for a while, and REALLY loose all week. I couldn't stomach trying to pull it out, and Justin was gone at work for most of the time. Yesterday was Justin's birthday and we had a little party for him. My brother came, and I told him how I couldn't pull it. So he went over to Abby and asked if he could pull it. She of course said no. So he said "come here, and let me see it " She opened her mouth to show him, just as he reached it and yanked it out. She was SOOO excited that it was finally out, and that the tooth fairy would finally be coming. She insisted on going to bed EARLY last night, which never happens, especially when we have people over at the house. Of course with the tooth out, I had to decide what the tooth fairy was going to bring. I finally decided on a dollar worth of change (mostly because that is all we could find laying around the house at 2am). I guesss she was SOOOOOOO excited this morning when she saw what was left for her.

As I said, yesterday was Justin's birthday. He took the day off from work and we had little get together for him. His parents got him a really nice gas grill for his birthday, so we grilled burgers, hung out and played Wii games. It was fun, and I think Justin had a good time being able to play games with a couple of his guy friends. The night finally wound up around 3am. The only thing that could have made it better would have been that the pizza that we ordered be delievered...but it wasn't..not word, nothing.

Utah

The girls and I hitched a ride with my parents this weekend and went to visit my sister and her fmaily. While we were there, it was the pinewood derby. After a late night and too much fun with glitter and mod podge, the final results were astounding. Or something like that. :-) The princess car was Abby's car, and the butterfly/fairy one was my nieces.
Probably most surprising of all, was Daphne FINALLY warming up to Grandpa. We'll see how long it last, but she was actually liking him this weekend. It was cute so cute to watch her willingly go to him. :-)

My sister bought the matching outfits for the girls. They looked so cute. Unfortunately we weren't able to get a picture with all of them looking at the same time.

This was Emma's car.

Daphne cut through 4 teeth while we were down there, and Abby's loose tooth got A LOT wigglier (if that is even a word) I was expecting the tooth to be gone by the time we got home, but she stop messing with it. I expect any day we will have the first visit from the tooth fairy at this house.

Now I just need to catch up on all the laundry, again. As well as try to find my house, again.

So pretty

This little one LOOOOOOOOOVES necklaces. Luckily we have a lot to go around

Mother's Day project

I've had several people express intrest in the craft I did for mother's day, so I thought that I would post the pictures and instructions on here. First off though, I have to say that I stole the idea from my awesomely creative sister-in-law Tiffany, you can see how she did them here http://craftsfortiffany.blogspot.com/2009/03/tile-magnets.html if my instructions don't make any sense. :-) I am making one of each of the grandkids. I haven't yet decided if I am going to put their names on them or not.

My pictures didn't turn out the greatest, but you get the idea.

I picked up the 2x2 tiles at Lowes and Home Depot. At Lowes I got 12 of them for just under $3. At Home Depot, I was able to pick up 36 of them for under $3. So there ya go!

You trim the picture to fit on the tile. Put down a layer of Mod Podge, and then put the picture on top. Let it dry competely. Put down another layer of mod podge covering the picture, and let dry again. I put down 3-4 layers over the picture. After it is all dry, glue a heavy duty magnet on the back. My sister-in-law used hot glue for the magnets, but since I don't own a hot glue gun, I super glued them on. Hope that makes sense!

New Glasses

New glasses all around this week. Justin got his new ones last Thursday, while Abby and I got ours today.


As you can see, Abby is SOOOOO excited about her new glasses. There were other glasses at difference places that I liked better on Abby. Cuter and sassier ones, but this is where the insurance would pay for them, no point in getting really fancy and expensive glasses at this point in her life.

I'll try to get some new pictures up in the next few days, after we've all had showers and cleaned up a bit! lol

Justin is trying to deicde now if he wants to get contacts or not. He's never had them before, so the idea is becoming more and more appealing to him. This eye dr I went to this time, told me that I could probably wear them now, but I would have to be EXTREMELY careful wearing them, and most likely have to wear the ones that you change almost every day. I'm not sure that I'm wanting to have to worry about that at this point in my life.