Still Obsessed with Sewing!

So I am still obsessed with sewing and am convinced that I can sew the girls ENTIRE summer wardrobe....right, right ;0)
Here are a few of the outfits that I have made.



Dress for Ellie (Emmy has a matching outfit, but it isn't complete. And Drew is going to have some matching shorts...just have to figure those out :)


I litterally thought the double sided ruffle on this dress was going to be the DEATH of me...took forever, but I LOVE it and think if just makes the dress.




Coordinating apron dress for Emmy!

Ellie showing off her shirt

Still have to sew on the button.

Matching beach outfits for this girls!!!

Anxiously awaiting warm weather so that they can wear all of their clothes!!!

I am getting ready to start with some stuff for Drew...I think it is going to be a lot harder. Zippers and tailored waistlines make me a little nervous!

Love to all!

Officially a Soccer Mom

Have wanted to be a soccer mom for as long as I can remember.

Well now I am!!! Here is my little buddy all ready for his very first game.


He is on the Eagles team and absolutely LOVES playing! I can just feel his excitement!



Drew had is first practice on Thursday and the entire way home he gave me a recap of everything that happened. Since it was so cold and windy outside the day they practiced, the girls and I sat in the car (along with all of the other parents) pulled right up to the field where they practiced. I was able to see everything, but Drew wanted to make sure that I had seen everything and told me about his goal that he scored and the goal that he blocked.

Today he had his first game and was VERY excited. He loved it. Kevin and I had a very hard time refraining from explaining things to him while he was on the field playing, but we managed. Kevin says tomorrow's practice (Dad and Drew practice) will be along the lines of 5 hours.
And so it begins :) My little man is growing up! So proud of him playing his very first game!

Have a great weekend!

Love to all!

Has it been 9 months?

Yes! It really has! Emmy is changing so much everyday and has developed the cutest little personality. She is very observant of her older brother and sister and easily entertained by their ability to jump from the couch to the ottoman to the floor, all with a cracker in their hand! Yes, it is quite a household we run here! It's wild! And I love it :)



So I don't know what Emmy weighs, but she is an excellant eater and gives me a great arm workout on a daily basis. She is crawling all over the place and into EVERYTHING!!! She especially loves to get a magazine and try out the flavors of each page. She is at that age where she puts everything in her mouth.

We tried for the longest time to get her to eat baby food and she was just completely uninterested in it. Don't get me wrong, she liked to "eat" but didn't like the taste or consistency or something about the baby food. So I started giving her table food and the child is in Heaven! She LOVES it! With only two teeth, she can chew up crackers, bananas, noodles, chicken, peas, cheese, Cheerios, and lots of other table foods. I don't remember when I gave the other two table foods, but i am pretty sure its wasn't this early.

She is actually getting very good at feeding herself. Her pincer grasp has developed much more quickly than the other two. I guess she figured she would rather feed herself than wait on Mama.




And after she eats....Oh so happy!


And these two little rascals have become quite sneaky little friends. Drew instigates, Ellie listens, they both get in trouble for doing something they should not have done. I love listening to them when they don't know that I am...their "conversations" are priceless.


So not too, too much going on lately. We went to Kentucky to visit our friend Ryan and Andrea and their little girl Stella last week. It was such a fun trip and the children actually did really well in the car. We only watched about 12 movies each way :) thank goodness for DVD players in the car.

Drew is excited to start playing sports this Spring. Ellie is trying to figure out the whole "potty" thing. Emmy is begining to "furniture walk." Kevin has started going to the gym regularly and has become quite a "stud." And I am still obsessed with sewing the girls cute, one of a kind outfits. In fact, last night Kevin was flipping through the channels on the TV and stopped on some new channel and I asked him "What are you watching?" "CSPAN," he replies. "What are you 80," I ask. He responds, "Is that coming from the old woman in there SEWING!"

Yes, our life has come to this! CSPAN and sewing. Sigh.

Love to all!

Snow, Snow and MORE Snow!

We are still couped up inside! I did get the pleasure of getting out and going to work yesterday...and NO we were NOT slow at the pharmacy, but such is life. People had cabin fever, needed to know where light bulbs were and wanted to ask about the weather...so the pharmacy must open...even in 8 inches of snow and ice :)

Today we are home and Drew is thrilled that he has no school. He can't imagine a better way to spend the day than watching TV!


Ellie is helping Dad with projects in the garage (yes, he dressed her...not me!)


And Emmy is working on her crawling...she is totally mobile now...we better get ready, three kids going in three different directions, sounds like fun to me :)






And yes, she does crash into the toy pack and play at the video...hence the abrupt halt in taping :)

Love to all!

Dinosaur Poop!

You read it right. That is the name of the video that Drew found on PBSkids.org today while I was cooking dinner, guess I should have been paying closer attention to his internet usage. Well, he though it was hilarious. I must say, when he insisted on showing Kevin and me the video tonight (which was 12 minutes long by the way), I though it would be some video that said the word "poop" once or twice and he just thought it was funny. Like he would wait for that one second that the dino said poop and just laugh. Well, it was an ENTIRE video about dinosaur poop. Educational, yes, but seriously...a 12 minute video or dinosaur poop!

Just check it out, go to the end of the video where he sings the song on the train...hilarious!
So for those of you so inclined to do so, here is the link:
http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/videos/index.html?pid=FtgDr7KvKIDVMvI6ssfiTzIdzjiBC3IY

Enjoy!

Love to all!

Wacky Wednesday!

Drew had Wacky Wednesday at school today.

Is he wacky or what?

What about this one? She wanted her picture taken too!

Love to all!

Hoki, Hoki, Hoki Hy

Techs, Techs, VPI
Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah
Polytechs, Vir-gin-ia
Rae, Ri, VPI!!!

Drew is in LOVE with the Hokies and tells me, when talking about his outfit "I am going to leave it on forever!" Yesterday, it was gorgeous here and I asked the kids if they wanted to go outside. Drew had just gotten up from his nap and said, "Nah." So I left it at that. Now, anyone that knows Drew, knows that the moment he walks in the door, he heads straight up to his room, sheds off his "normal clothes" (ie. jeans and t-shirt) and puts on "bum clothes" or "pajamas" which usually consists of shorts that are two sizes too small and no shirt :) I dont' know why he does this, but for whatever reason, he hates to be in normal clothes when he is just hanging out around the house. Quite frankly, I can't say I blame him. I am normally lounging around the house in sweats and a T-shirt. But whatever, back to the story. So when Drew said he didn't want to go out side (he was in his shorts and no shirt), I didn't push the issue. I went into the other room and continued my battle with trying to potty train Ellie (I'm still loosing that one). A few minutes later, Drew walks into the bathroom, fully dressed and VERY proud of his clothing selection and says to me, "I'm ready to go outside Mom."

He had put on his VT shirt and his VT hat and looked just as proud as any Hokie you have ever seen! I told him I was going to get Ellie ready and to wait a couple of minutes. So I am dressing Ellie and I walk past my room only to see this....



I stopped and I watched and Drew was totally primping in front of our mirror! Soooooo funny! I could see him turning his hat around backwards and then forwards and kind of looking to assess which way he liked better! It was so funny! I asked him could I take his picture and he insisted that I do it with it both forward and backward. Then he sang me the fight song, which my sister proudly taught him!

I love that little Hokie!!!!

When I saw Drew "primping" in the mirror, I thought it was the cutest/funniest thing! Then the more I thought about it, the more it reinforced the fact that he is growing up! He is turning into this little person...aggghhhhh! I'm too young to be the mother of a little person. The mother of babies, sure....but a little person...a school aged child...a child with feelings and emotions and worries and the ability to primp....SCARY! It is happening right before my very eyes...my little boy is growing up :( Each day, he says or does something that makes me do a double take, a "where did you learn that" or a "how did you know how to do that" or I'll see him doing something that is completely age appropriate, yet very "dangerous" for a little boy, but he isn't a little boy anymore, he is turning into a little man! And I just love that little guy to pieces :)

Love to all!