Sunday, April 18, 2010

Suddenly I have been bite by the craft bug

So I am always competing with my sisters-in-law at being crafty, well really just in my own mind. I want to be crafty like the two of them, but feel like I never have time to do it. So, at the sacrafice of grading students papers, I have taken on the things I wanted to make a few things at a time. The first is the pillow I sewed for my hubby. He has been begging me since Christmas and I finally did it. He was happy!

For my next trick, I took average looking headbands and added cute little pink flowers for the girls.

With two girls, we never have a shortage of hair stuff. We do, however: have a shortage of where to put it all. That is where the ribbon board comes in, not quite done yet but close.

The girls love it!


And my latest project were dresses for the girls. I finished Isabelle's but Madee was taking a nap so hers will have to wait for another time


I love crafting, it is such a destressor. Now I only need more time and money...





Saturday, April 3, 2010

In Heaven

Over the last year, my girls have experienced quite a bit of death for young children. It ranges from loved ones to pets to random animals we see from time to time. We talk about death and heaven and God bringing people to heaven when they are no longer with us.
Tonight I was talking about the food that I am making for tomorrow's Easter lunch, green bean casserole and deviled eggs. There are Jarett's favorite and I made a comment that "Daddy will be in heaven since I am making these foods!" Isabelle got a worried look on her face and started crying asking me not to make those foods because she didn't want Daddy to go to heaven.
Try explaining that pun...
I love that she knows and has a relationship with God and that she trusts in the process of life and death, but she is only 4 and a half,why does she have to know about it so much?