Winter...

With the season change, it is time to get warm clothing. Gone are the shorts and short sleeve t-shirts. As I changed clothing over to warm clothes, I noticed that Kaydee didn't have much to wear at all. So I quickly made up a few pairs of warm pants. I made them out of flannel. Who doesn't like to wear flannel to keep warm? This pattern is Anna Maria Horner's Quick Change Trousers. They are just adorable. So comfy too.

I love pictures of my family. I always think that it is so fun and I love to decorate my house with pictures of my boys! They are growing so fast. Pictures freeze time for a moment. Time is so fleeting. Daniel will enter his freshmen year this Monday. Could it possibly be High School so soon? Oh, I know that he is ready and excited for the coming years. Nathan will enter 7th grade, and Qualan will be in 4th! I know. Growing up so fast! Chiron will also be in school, every day for half day. He will be 3 tomorrow. We are still working on potty training. Why oh why is that so hard to learn? So it will be Kaydee and me for half the day then Chiron will join us and then the rest of the boys will stagger in. Everyone of my boys will be at a different school this year. 4 boys in school and 4 schools coming and going at different times. Because you know- schools don't start and stop at the same time. Wow! What a year this will be!

Piano....

I have wanted a nice piano my whole life. A few years after Richard and I were married and still in college, someone gave us a piano. It was in bad shape-terrible shape. The veneer was all bubbled, keys cracked, some didn't even work. It was awful, but it was free and I needed one. We kept that piano for 15 years. Yes, 15 years. When we moved Richard gave my piano away--for free. Just like it was given to us. So I have been with out a piano for over a year and sorely missing playing. So I finally gathered my pennies together and started to look for one. I came across several that I liked. But I wanted a piano that called out to me. I came across this Nordiska. I emailed and asked if the piano was still available. Leslie, the owner assured me it was still available. So when Richard came home and dinner was over, we ran down to Dallas to look at it. Leslie and her husband were so kind and gracious. They have two little dogs that Kaydee loved. Oh, they were cute! But the piano was beautiful. It played nice and sounded beautiful! I hated to leave it. I knew that this was it. This was the piano I had been searching for and longing for. How beautiful it is. The next morning, I emailed her and said that I wanted to buy it. They so graciously accepted my offer. The next day I went and paid for it. Friday, it was delivered to my home. We have absolutely enjoyed it. It is a player piano. It is so nice to put a CD in and listen to it. It sounds wonderful. It does need a little tuning and that will be done next Monday. I also need to find a bench. I am in love with this piano. I have waited so many many years.

Skirts...

One thing for sure--I love to wear a skirt in the summer! This past month I have made myself 3 skirts. I love love love making skirts. They are simple and fast and easy to wear. One of my favorite skirts is this one. I used pattern 4461 from Butterick. I changed it up a bit. I moved the zipper from the back to the side and add the double ruffles. I also lined the skirt so I don't have to worry about wearing a slip. Super fun. I will post a few more pictures of my other skirts. Also crafterhours is having a contest on skirts. I think I will enter this one, if I can figure out how to.

Easter...

As usual, we stayed home for Easter. We decided on red ties for Daniel, Nathan, and Qualan. Chiron wore a red sweater vest. I made Kaydee's dress and sweater and hair bows and bracelet. She was adorable and had a lot of compliments at church. I love how everyone looked. It was a good color choice--maybe not a real Easter color, but the colors in the store were black and white and red, so I went with that color scheme. I love having everyone coordinate like this--all different ties, yet they all matched. Fun!






I think that it takes real talent to get a picture with absolutely no one looking. And yes this is as good as I could get on Easter Sunday after church with candy calling their names.

Food Storage...

Since we moved, I need to replenish my pantry. Last week I went to the church store house and bought bulk items. These items I plan on using now, but I didn't have enough buckets. I went to the Firehouse Sub here in Frisco and bought their pickle buckets because I know that they are food grade buckets. They just smell of pickles. But for $2 a piece, you can't beat that,I say. We brought them home and washed them. Boy, was that fun! Not the warmest of days. If you look close you can see goosebumps on Chiron.







We rinsed them out really good and then filled them with water and added 1 cup of baking soda to each bucket. Vinegar is an acid and baking soda is a base. It will help neutralize the vinegar in the buckets and help the smell to go away.





We set them in the sun for a few days. I washed them out again and let them air dry. I added the food and placed them in my pantry. I am in the process of reorganizing my pantry. I will show pictures when I am done.



Now all I need to do is order the gamma lids!:)

Chiron...

I made Chiron this little overalls. It is a burda pattern. He loves it and always wants to wear this. I love how it looks on him. I wanted to take photos of him poising, but it was really cold and this is about all he would do. I will definitely make this again for him and one for Kaydee.