I admit it...

...sewing parties are more fun. I'm starting Halloween costumes. IF I finish them, you'll definitely get to see pictures!

Duuh Dum Dum Dum

James has been humming a wedding march all day. I thought it was odd until I realized there was an almost-wedding in Monsters Vs. Aliens.


I made a whole bunch of these for my Mary Kay party today. There was a cuter one, made from scraps of the girls' curtains, but Kirsten chose it....thus, no photo.

Anyhow, it's a good thing my neighbor noticed the May Kay vehicle in my driveway: otherwise, I would have had NOBODY at my party. Thanks guys.

Really, my house is clean and I'm wearing makeup - what do I have to complain about. (It sounds like my husband's lucky day, nicht?) Tony told me not to worry - he's my friend, and he bought me a vanilla coke to prove it.

Help

I've been decorating Cozette's "nook" (in the corner of my room). It's slow-going, and I think I need to my coherce my little sister into coming over and helping me.
I FINALLY got this picture frame put together (Tony and baby, me and baby, Grandma Cozette), after spray-painting the inner mat blue and the frame pink (it used to all be a very garrish gold), but I'm super-impared with arranging things on a wall. Rachel, help me!

There's good news and there's bad news....

The good news is that I finally found my dream home. It's a gorgeous old five-bedroom house on ten acres. Farmy and sweet. Lots of room for kids to run free (without being hit by cars)!


What's the bad news? Well, it belongs to someone else...and isn't even for sale. At least now Tony has a clear vision of what I'm looking for. This is the farm that hosted the second annual Farm Fair (raising money to start a Kitsap Community Food Co-op).


We went mainly for the million-dollar pony rides and the raffles, but I was also a big fan of many cute vendors - selling aprons, recycled craft goods (nearly as cute as my own ;), and hand-made japanese block prints (do you think she'd take Sofia as an apprentice?)



Too short Pony rides that James could not wait for.


Cider press demo...I still don't understand how it works, but the kids had fun rinsing their apples, chucking them in, and watching them be ground to a pulp.


James says we need one of these.


I think we need at least five of these.

Cozette - I mooch off of her cuteness

Cozy made a wonderful accessory at the Great Wolf Lodge (thanks for the tip about week-nights, Pam! It was super-abandoned on Tuesday.) -especially since we have matchy swimsuits! It was pure luck. My adorable maternity swimsuit (I know, but it's the only one that fits right now!), that I bought when I was preggers with Jonny, just happened to have the exact color scheme of the tiny suit Lily handed down to Cozette. Plus, in the humid water park, her curls were at their finest!

Many thanks to my hubby, who was brave enough to ask for a free room upgrade! A two bedroom suite is...pretty dang sweet.

My Party....Sorta

My husband says that any get-together where someone is selling things is NOT a party, but I disagree...sometimes. I am happy for any excuse to have people over, especially ones where husbands are so clearly not invited (no offense, guys).

Since the "Mary Kay" for men line is extremely limited (and would be totally shunned by my husband), Mary Kay "parties" are officially parties to me. ...and I'm having one.

Tuesday, October 6th at 12:30pm. Please come. I promise there will be food. No purchasing necessary (but don't tell the Mary Kay lady I said that). We can all have fun doing girly, make-upy stuff together. (That should raise my total of make-up-wearing days at bit.) ...and I'm trying to think of something crafty to go along with it.

Zebra Seeking New Home

This little toy zebra is very fun, but I'm trying to pare down some stuff. Would anyone (in the general area) like to offer him a new home?