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This weekend was my birthday….and Tuesday and Quinn were secretly making gifts all day Sunday….Quinn loves making little animals and people out of rocks…so I got a personalized rock person..yes, that’s me…..I know..I’m looking old….
Tuesday had fun making me “11 things I wish I could give you….and 1 thing that I CAN give you!” I always love their creative gifts…makes me smile! And once again, I wasn’t able to blow out all the candles!…but I still think I’ll get my wish!
Okay, let’s just say we “inherited” this thing…..this large pink…yes, pig! But what is it…you ask??? Well, it is a composter, of course! We’ve always wanted a composter….but we’ve never actually gotten one. So, now we have one…and now we have no excuses…we MUST start composting.
The food goes in this BIG guys snout and in 12 weeks…after lots of rolling..it comes…..um….out…the other end…….I’ll have to keep you posted on all the composting fun!
Read all about composting “fun”…right here at Rolypig Composting!
It’s here…my new embroidery machine. Instead of getting another Janome….I got a Baby Lock. I did a lot of research and after a lot of thinking..this is the machine I chose……The Baby lock Ellure BLR…hopefully it will be with me for about the next ten years! I’m hoping it will last a lot longer than my Janome….there was a lot of things I liked about my Janome, but a lot of things I didn’t like…I will have to save all that for another post..comparing the two and talking about what I like and don’t like..but for now…..I need to go figure out how to use this thing!!!
Keeping with the theory that if you get your child involved with the cooking, they will be more inclined to like the food….I had River make her own mini veggie pot pie. We made the dough and she rolled it out herself with her own rolling pin.
She picked out exactly which veggies she wanted..only potatoes and carrots..no asparagus, peppers, broccoli, or celery…
Then she added the white sauce, which she loved and wanted to taste again and again…..
Then she got to roll out more dough and put the top on her little pie….
She was so proud of it when she was done….she couldn’t wait to cook it…..
And then eat it…. and it was finally done and ready to eat…..
And she wouldn’t even look at it..she refused to eat it….okay, she took one little bite and said…yuck! And asked for a banana instead!
My children love to read….they love to draw…they love to play outside….they love to ride their bikes…..they love to be creative…..and they love video games…I hate to admit it..but they do…..and right now they are obsessed with Little Big Planet….I don’t know much about the game..but what I do know is…it is based around a little popit or sack boy…and he is the cutest thing ever! I had fun just getting him dressed and making him move and smile and laugh….and cry. He is so adorable…so I just had to make him into a little applique…..
Now I have to turn this cute little sack boy into a woolie!
(Buzz and Woody by River February 22, 2010)
River seems to have reached a new level in her drawing skills. She no longer just scribbles on the page. She thinks about what she is going to draw and really plans it out…she loves to draw with a pencil. She insists that she erases “her mistakes”..though I constantly tell her they aren’t mistakes and her picture looks wonderful. After she is done drawing with the pencil, she wants to color everything in…
I wonder if part of her advances in drawing are due to having older siblings. They sit down with her and very patiently show her “how to draw….” They never criticize her drawings, she seems to have developed that herself. It is always fascinating to watch a child’s development through their drawings.
When Quinn is doing his homework, he lets her sit at his desk and draw. He is learning to be very patient with her.
Yes, River has reached that age/stage. She likes Barbies. As a parent, I think we all dread this moment….but we know it will come. Her favorite thing is to take off their clothes….they all seem to love to do that..not sure why…then I get to put the clothes back on..so she can rip them off again. She was very excited that this Tinkerbell Barbie had earrings….”how stylish”..she told me….Yes, that Barbie is stylish….she’s got me beat when it comes to style….I don’t own as many high heels, my feet aren’t permanently arched..and I don’t have as many outfits as she does…even veterinarian Barbie has a nice mini skirt..that she always wears to care for the animals…..I am just not as stylish..that’s for sure…
There is an empty space on my desk. Where my embroidery machine normally sits…..there is an empty space. My embroidery machine has decided to be sick…it has some parts that need to be repaired…and the shop has to order the parts…so my embroidery machine will be away for a week…a week…that seems like a life time…..I can’t use my embroidery machine for a WEEK! I don’t know what I am going to do……without it…….
I guess I will be forced to finish all those other projects around the house…that I normally put off…..I guess it will be a very productive week…..
