we've got hair!!! and snow...still

Carson during his quiet time...reading and snuggled in my bathrobe!

I was able to get some pigtails into Aubrey's hair...
Now she really does look like a bug with antenna.

The kids played in the snow cave for a few minutes...but was too cold to stay out long, especially since we still have mild colds and being outside doesn't help!

I will be SOOOOO glad when we start to warm up...I will even enjoy the slop period... then the mud...but that is when the kids LOVE to stomp in the puddles. I sure hope we have a better summer than last year. We had all of 12 days or so above 60*.

I am really enjoying the longer days, but it makes me want to get outside. SOON.....

birdie pattern

URRGG.. I typed then uploaded...so all the important info is at the bottom...

Silly boy with a box...sometimes boxes are the best toys!

http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/

is the link to the pattern.. look to the left under free patterns and it will pull it up.

It was a bit hard to find some branches for the birds to rest on...most are behind the snow drifts.. but I did get a couple...

The kids loved them too and about wouldn't let me hang them up...so I am making a couple extra for the kids... Carson loves to go to the fabric store ...and so picked out the colors for his bird... I hung it above his bed. Aubrey will just get one to carry around!!

sewing

Instead of doing the projects on my list that NEED to get done before Mother's Day and Juneau convention....I have been making things that aren't on any list!

This is a good use of selvages...

It didn't take long to sew this layer cake together. The hardest part is laying it all out in a random order!
I took my snowflakes down as today we are having a heat wave...it is 38!!
Let it MELT!

and so here is a bird like everyone else is making.. but I was lazy and instead of handsewing the tail closed, I sewed it closed with my machine then snipped the edge to make feathers!


Now I am off to make more...

Even though I really ought to be doing dishes and sewing the things on my list... OH well.

Detours are good sometimes, right?

Spring??

Since everyone (almost) is posting lovely spring photos...I thought I'd post our current conditions....

Aubrey was feeding Carson snow...They both love to play outside. We've had a lot of sunny days...at about 25 degrees..

And we've had quite a bit of snow the last month or so....

This isn't much compared to what we had a couple years ago...by the end of March 07 we had 300 inches! This has mostly accumulated since the middle of Feb.

The snow sliding off the roof took the railing out again...

we'll have to figure out a better way to fix it...this is the second time in 4 yrs!

Needless to say, we won't be seeing any bulbs poking their heads up for some time yet!

On another note... tomorrow is my birthday and since I enjoy baking and decorating cakes I gave Danny a break. Carson has been wanting to make a sand castle cake for my birthday...so here it is....

There is a cute little boy who had his first birthday last week, so I thought I'd include him...

Give away

The first five people to comment on this post will get something handmade by me!Here's the fine print:

1- What I create will be just for you.

2- It'll be done this year.

3- You have no clue what it's going to be. It might be a papercraft, a fabric and thread creation, or a baked treat. We'll see how creative I get!

4- What's the catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who comment on your blog.
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Go ahead...be brave...leave a comment - it's fun to give and receive!

Well these are all backwards...so you can enjoy our trip in reverse...

Grammie made Carson a special dessert... dirt and worms. He liked the worms the best!

us girls...

4 generations...

playing with Auntie Jamie

and Uncle Brett

Cool dudes...

Aubrey loves kisses....

Why can't they pose this cute for Kyla?!? But do check out the cute ones she got on her site...

www.photography-by-kyla.blogspot.com
she did a great job with a really wiggley girl!

Feeding the ducks with Uncle Twinkie...he caught one and Carson enjoyed petting it!

so did I, it was really soft!

The kids with Uncle Twinkie

I remember doing this in TX with Grannie and Papa...Mom has picts of us kids feeding the ducks with them...

Aubrey wasn't too sure of all this..but the bread tasted good. think the kids ate as much as the ducks...

Enjoyed an evening on the beach in PT Townsend... Carson found a tiny crab shell...

The chocolate cake was wonderful. We ate about half then sent the rest to work with Danny. I have to admit I had frosting left over and had good intentions of forgetting it in the freezer...but alas...it was too much like fudge to not get used on a hot fudge sunday... so had a couple of those this week.

We are sure looking forward to some time "out" as we put it up here... we are headed "south" (everything is south of here) for some managers mtgs in Pt Townsend then on to Boise for a couple days then over to Redmond for a few more days then up to Seattle and back home. We'll be gone a couple weeks and I will miss checking my blog list...since I check blogs several times a day! =-) But it will be good to see some of the folks that author the blogs I check!