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Welcome to February! Several reasons I am stoked about this month: I've decided to do a fun Countdown to Valentine's Day with the kids where they'll check their little red mailbox each day for a special treat-of-the-day. Nathan and Will checking their mailbox for goodies today! Mmmm….conversation heart and homemade heart note from Mommy! (Will…
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My Photoshop CS3 program has been keeping me plenty busy lately. In addition to the usual photo editing features that I’ve been toying with, I’ve been busy creating cool and fun banner ads, button ads, and various other graphic junk. Some of my favorite tutes come from here, here, and here.
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I received my package from the February matchbox swap I joined from Rachel’s site, Swap-bot. This was the first swap I’ve participated in but I will definitely be be joining more! It was like Christmas! Check out the fun goodies I got: (Don’t know how that outlet cover got in there – it must’ve been…
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Since the boys have started sharing a room, they’ve both been fine just sleeping in their respective beds. Now, the beds are exactly the same, mind you, but technically, Will’s is the ghetto-fabulous version because it lacks rims. No, we didn’t cheap out on his race car bed, we have just been too lazy to…
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Today over lunch Nathan was inquiring about when it was going to be summertime finally and he asked me, “Mommy, when is Kansas going to turn into Texas?” He was a little disturbed when I told him that, try as she might, Kansas will NEVER be Texas. Ever. He then made some reference to lots…
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Here’s a version of Musical Footsteps, Part Two. Since Will brought home his harmonica last week from KM, Nathan’s managed to dig his out of the music bin upstairs in the playroom. These two have been doing quite a harmonica jig over the past few days. Nathan will play a series of notes in rapid…
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Will has a double ear infection, as we discovered after another visit to the doctor this morning. He’s had a lot of gunk coming out of his eyes and nose over the past few days and he was up all night with fever, so I figured I’d wake up early and take him in for…
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Today Will started back up with is wonderful Kindermusik classes at Laura’s new studio. Will has matured a ton since last session and participates just fine with most of the things we do in there. He’s still very touchy-feely, which unfortunately sometimes means he will go up to kiddos and grab them by their hair…
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This morning over breakfast Nathan and I were discussing today’s holiday and the significance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After reading this book, we discussed what kinds of changes Dr. King envisioned for the human race. At the end of the book the final page asks “What can you do to make the world…