A House Blessin'

Today I woke up late. Don't you just hate that feeling when you wake up and instantly know you are waking up late? Yeah, that was the feeling I had this morning. I got up, washed my face, and ran in to find my girls sitting in the office quietly reading books. I asked them why they didn't come wake me up, and Olivia said she didn't want to bother me and thought I probably needed to rest. Have I mentioned I love that sweet girl??? Anyway, I made breakfast and then started really blessing my house for the first time in quite a while.
The girls really help me with a lot of the cleaning now, so I don't actually have to do a whole lot of cleaning anymore. I really wanted to take a moment this week, though and really "bless" my home. It actually felt good to get it all nice and clean. The girls, specifically Olivia, really do a great job with their cleaning. It takes a lot of work to train kids to clean properly, but I am really proud of the progress that the girls are making. Brubbs even has chores he does happily! That boy LOVES to help.
Anyway, I got the house clean, the kids fed and asleep and now...I'm taking a moment to just sit back and relax. Feels good to get things accomplished.
Looking forward to this weekend. I just love Birthday Parties!

I Aint No Seamstress

We are throwing the birthday party of the century this Saturday for Lulu and KK. It's a fairytale theme. We are asking everyone to dress up as storybook characters. I thought since it's the weekend before Halloween we'd give people another chance to wear their costumes. Speaking of costumes I'm going to be Little Red Riding Hood! Scotty is the Big Bad Wolf dressed as GRANDMOTHER! It's a HOOT!

As we were getting our costume things ready last night we decided it was time to make my red riding hood cape. I had thought this would be so easy since we already had an old red sheet and basically it was just a cape over the head. I pulled up a pattern I'd found online and we got started.

Scotty did a great job getting everything cut out and ready to SEW, then he passed it off to me and my Singer. This is the time when I should say I DO NOT SEW!!! I remember being a kid and CRYING about not even being able to make my loop potholders work out right. In high school I had an assignment to make some jam shorts and my bear print ended up being UPSIDE DOWN on the shorts! HOWEVER, I thought ehh, it's two simple seams that need to be done. I can do this EASY. I guess someone should have told my machine.

After probably 4 hours and 3 needles it's FINALLY finished and actually looks pretty decent...Anyone want to buy my possessed machine? It's got a broken auto threader and it likes to decide not to sew things halfway through. I think I'm going to go back to making looped pot holders after this!

Look for a party picture post on Saturday evening! It's going to be so much FUN!!

Well, COME!

So, I recently got the rare treat of having the afternoon to myself. I got my hair done, went to the school supply store(where I dream about getting everything in sight for my school room), and even got to shop for clothes for...MYSELF! Yes, it's true. Anyway, when I got home this is what was awaiting me when I got out of the car. Makes me feel so blessed.

Thank you, my sweet Lulu. I just LOVE that girl!