Here it is

So I got the cord out of the van when I said I would, but then I couldn't find the camera...then I lost my enthusiasm and once I found the camera it took another few days to get the fire back.

It never came back, but I felt guilty lying to everyone so here I am...

Oh so much has happened and I have chosen my favorite pics to post. I don't think they'll be in order, and I'm just fine with that - I'll try to put dates on here so that I'll know in the future but that takes work and research (turning the camera back on and looking up the dates).

These are samples I made for the Teen classes I'm teaching at JoAnn's...headbands and a picture made entirely of duct tape. I don't know who came up with these ideas, but let me say that the duct tape picture was a pain in the butt to make!!

January 6, 2010 -

As a reward for being potty trained, Greg told Karyl she could pick out any toy in Target...she wanted a Dora bowling alley, but I artfully steered her towards a more practical gift - a Dora tent. She loves this thing...it's in the middle of Grandpa B's front room right now. It's huge for a kid her size - and it creates static electricity like nobody's business. Greg took these pics and they are some of his favorite pics of little K.

January 3, 2010 -

Karyl's first day as a Sunbeam. She loves her new Primary Class!!!

Ironically (and to my excitement) this past week I have been "promoted" from being the primary chorister to being in charge of the Ward Choir (I'd much rather lead adults than kids...and funny enough, the lady who was doing the adults would rather teach the kids...) sometimes calling really do prove to be an inspired idea.

February 2, 2010
Karyl loves to be Freddie's "Big Sister" and apparently part of her job description is helping Freddie when he cries...he was crying, so she reached over and held his hand. We only noticed because he went from crying to laughing in a matter of seconds, we turned back and this was the scene!!

February 6, 2010 -

Good ol' Home Depot...this is a rack for all of Karyl's Matchbox Cars...I think this will get better use in Freddie's room in the future.

January 9, 2010 -

This was a Lowe's Coin Bank...I don't know how accurate it is, but it has lines for each coin slot to indicate how much money you have!!

January 23, 2010 -

This week she made a travel wooden tic-tac-toe game. She loves to take the pieces out and just put them on the board. She doesn't quite get the concept, but she loves the colorful pieces!!

January 21, 2010 -

Welcome to our backyard mud pool....The water in our backyard during these past few storms has been unbelievable. The water over by the easel is about 8 inches deep. Until we get cement back there, this is what will keep happening - the curse of home improvement.

And this was taken just the other night...I saw this idea on like 13 different people's blogs so I decided to try it out. I am about 3/4 of the way done as of last night. You cover the entire heart with these felt circles and it looks super cute!! I can't wait to show you the finished product!!

So, there are a few of our favorite pictures from the last month or so. I will try to be better and blog more often like before, this past month has just been really weird in terms of my motivation to do anything other than sleep. I guess it's the weather and being stuck inside.

I also have a few nummy recipes that I made over the past whiel including my mother-in-law's delicious meatloaf (I have a picture-by-picture guide to making it), a peach dump cake and our favorite pie around here, my peanut butter pie - which made me realize that my Vidalia Chooper is good for more than just veggies!! So, check out my Life After Diapers blog later today for those!!