More craftiness

I was planning on refinishing the chairs last night, but then my needle felting supplies arrived, so that plan went out the window! I have been very crafty lately, but I am just not creative enough to come up with my own ideas of which crafts to make. With the exception of the train table, which was my idea, everything else I have done has been after someone either suggested the idea to me, or I saw what someone else made and decided I wanted to try it too. I owe needle felting to Rue (thank you, its so much fun!) A couple of weeks ago when we were visiting, she showed me how to needle felt, and I knew it was something I wanted to try. I ordered some needles and roving on Etsy, and got them this week. During every spare moment of the day yesterday I worked on these:

I love them! Luis played too and really enjoyed it (its very relaxing). He wants to make a box, so we're going to need more material. And another piece of foam. And maybe some more needles. :o) Darius likes to play with these "babies" so I think my next project will be a little baby all for him.

Trendsetter

Monday we went to play at the Dorsey's house. Among the many other fun times, the belly flashing,

and the yummy baked goods, there was Darius the trendsetter. For some unfathomable reason, he thought this was a good idea:

Apparently it was, because others soon joined in:


"Sorry Declan, you tiger now!"

Not marker:

Looky what I made!

I bought this box a few weeks ago at Ikea to store the boys' craft supplies in (not to be confused with my armoire of craft supplies, which really isn't full - yet). It was plain, unfinished wood when I got it, and I really didn't have any plans to finish it. Then I saw how much chalkboard paint was left from the train table, and I got the idea to use it on the drawers. I figured it would be a good way to label whats inside, and be able to change it whenever the contents of the drawers change. Then I decided to use some of the leftover green from the table to paint the rest, and voila! Look what I made!

Oh, and I made these too!

This is just a sampling of the things I have been working on lately. I finished the leggings for Tia's girls, but I still can't show them until we give them to the girls. The train table is done! But I have decided to repaint the chairs Dad got to go with it, and they're not done yet, so I'm not going to share until I can show the whole package. :o) Hopefully within the next couple of days. I've also got a stack of half-finished projects. I started knitting a scarf for myself, and a garland for the tree, and some more leggings. I am painting some things for Christmas gifts, and am making some pictures for Jackie's present. I feel like I've done so much more, and just can't remember, I think the table has just taken up so much time that I feel like I have been doing more. I'm so excited to see the table all together, and for the boys to see it!

Mack at the Museum

Last Friday we met Rue and Ro-Ro at the Science Discovery Museum. The boys had a lot of fun, and as Rue pointed out, Taye mostly enjoyed trying to find a way for Mack to play with everything too. So Mack had the most fun of all. He drove through the paperclips on the magnet table:

He tried to drive through the tubes on the magnet track, but he was just a little too big:

Then we built him his own bridge on the giant magnet (which was my favorite, it was very cool):

The boys did manage to play a little too :o) They really liked the downstairs, so we were there almost the whole time. We ended up not seeing too much of Rue and Ro-Ro since the boys didn't want to go upstairs.

Watching the ball roll around and around and around and around and...you get it:





Playing with the mist inside the 'nunnel'

And running through the curtain once we finally made it upstairs.

They had a table upstairs with a big mirror under it. Taye was lying on it when he suddenly realized he could see me in the mirror. He spent the next five minutes lying there yelling, "Hi Mama!"

Miss me?

Luis is 'fixing' my computer, he has been for the last several days. I have been using his laptop, but I can't load my pictures on here. He told me today that the other one is done, but its not true, it won't turn on for me. I could load my pictures on here if I could find the camera cable, but I can't. And its kind of pointless to blog about the fun crafty projects I've been doing when I can't share the pictures. So you'll just have to wait, sorry!

And modest, too!

Sunday night we went to a birthday party. On the way home, Taye started laughing for no apparent reason. He just laughed and laughed, and when he stopped he said, "I'm so funny!"

Then last night Taye and I went grocery shopping. On the way home, out of nowhere, he said "I'm so pretty Mama!"

Thanks Jean

I have been tagged by Jean. Man, I love games like this, it brings me right back to middle school.

Anyway, here are the rules:

1. Link to the person’s blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog.

I can only pick seven weird things about myself? Its gonna be tough to narrow them down. Here goes:

1. I'm almost afraid to write this because evil people have tried to use it against me. To be more specific, they have tried to turn their perfectly innocent children evil and have them use it against me. But I'll tell you, because I have to. Teeth disgust me. Really, I hate them. I pride myself on being able to handle the grossest 'kid' things, from an explosive diaper, to projectile vomit without flinching. But when some kid comes over and says "Look! I have a loose tooth!' and starts wiggling it around, I can't take it. I want to hurl. Its nasty. Don't do it.

2. I can't stand being in my pajamas all day. Or even for more than 10 minutes after I get up. I am not one of those people who finds it relaxing to lie around in my pj's all day, I will go crazy. I have to get dressed as soon as I get up. I also have to get the boys dressed ASAP. I'm a little more flexible with them, but I don't like it. :o)

3. Tia will laugh at this, I don't think I've ever told anyone else. Back when I had the Honda (which has come back to haunt me) the blue high-beam indicator light and the green directional lights were really close together. For some reason, the color combination and/or the solid light/blinking light combination (not sure which) drove me crazy. I could not use my turn signals while my high-beams were on, it was too distracting. Have you ever heard something so random? I doubt it.

4. On the same note, people who drive with their blinkers on are one of my biggest pet peeves. Make your turn and shut the stupid thing off! Don't tell me you don't notice the blinking light, or the little noise it makes!

5. I have a list of things I want to do in my lifetime. Yes, an actual, printed list. One of the things on my list is to go down in a shark cage. I think it would be absolutely terrifying, and one of the coolest experiences ever. I will do it someday.

6. I believe I am only totally comfortable when I am alone, or with children. I can almost promise you will never hear me sing, or see me be really goofy, or get really into a pretend game. Even with the most simple task, like reading a story, if an adult is around, I am tense. You most likely have never seen the real me 100% (at least in my adult life). But I'll bet your children have. :o)

7. I love rain. I love love love thunderstorms. The louder and scarier the better. I love to sit out on the porch and watch them. I get it from my Nana, and my Mom. I used to sit in the livingroom on John St. with my Nana and watch them out the big picture window, or sit with her on the porch. She taught me how to count between the lightning and the thunder to see how far away the storm is. I really hope my kids like thunderstorms too, so we can sit together and watch them from our porch. (So far so good.)

Sadly I don't know 7 people to tag. I am going to tag Drew, via Jean's blog because I don't think its fair that she mentioned he could come up with 7 things easily, but then they didn't share. And I will tag Tia, the only other blogger I know who has not been tagged.