My boys are growing up… and one needs a shave.

When I first saw this valentine I cracked up laughing. I love a man in a stash, even a little man.

I thought I would have to bribe Jeremy to do it for his class but the boy was game- perfect! I did a mad dash for stashes and found 36 of them for $6 so it didn’t cost an arm and a leg.  Score!

This is his “smolder” face. You should see his kissy face, I’m saving it for his wedding slide show.  He actually wanted to use it until I reminded him that he had to give them to the boys in his class.  Then he wanted to use the picture that looked like he was a Mr. Bean special op out to kill.  I have some great outtakes! 

We made 32 and I laughed putting the stashes on each and every one.  I wanted to put them on the front but to save some $$ I printed them 2 to a 4x6” which made them the perfect size for valentines but a little small to put the stashes on the front.  Still a winner though.  I see these making a come back in a few years.  The kids had a blast with the left over stashes and I got some cute pictures.  Well worth it!

 

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This is what I was up to until the wee hours Sunday night.  Finishing up 70 Valentines. Why I wait until the last minute I don’t know.   I have a procrastination problem.  Anyway, the girls wanted to do the maze valentines from How Does She?.  I made mine a bit differently but I used their idea.  It was so fun for my girls to pick their papers, count m&m’s, and clip strings for me.  Homemade valentines rock!

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And this little guy with the baby doll lips, he is 3 months old today.  Seriously!  I just started grocery shopping again.  I guess I spend too much time memorizing every last inch of him that I forget to do everything else, but I’m okay with that.  It won’t be long before he can get out of my coochy coochy clutches so I have to take advantage of his lack of mobility while I can.  I just can’t put him down.  Really, I don’t put him down.  Would you?  Did you see those lips?  Maybe I should see if he can roll one of these days.  He’ll be the only 34 year old who’s mom still rocks him to sleep and wants to cry tears of joy just looking at him.  Actually he has 5 other siblings that have to deal with me too.  

And on that note have a fantastic Tuesday!  

Why Fons and Porter? Why??

I’ve mentioned before that we don’t have paid t.v.  and normally I don’t miss it.  Sure I don’t get to watch Project Runway and my kids are deprived of un-educational cartoons but we still get 6 basic channels on the ol’ bunny ears and that’s just enough to catch a few of my fave shows while I eat ice cream fold laundry on weeknights.

On the weekends I miss it.  I miss it because there’s nothing to watch while I eat ice cream feed the baby but OPB shows.  How to crochet, how to cook, how to build an old house, how to turn your trash into a beautiful garden.  All of which are not my forte`.  Then there’s stinking Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting.  They show me sewing machine tricks and new special products just for quilters.  They get me excited thinking quilting is so easy.  They show me all the tricks and tips to turn this-

Into a nice manageable lap quilt easy enough for someone that doesn’t quilt but really wants to have cute quilts around to make.  Here’s the problem Mrs. Fons and Mrs. Porter, some of us don’t need your encouragement.  Some of us need to have their rotary cutters and self healing mats revoked.  Some of us (okay maybe just me) get angry when things don’t work out like you say even if they tweaked the pattern so much there’s no possible way you could be to blame. 

Do you know what that is?  No, it’s not a quilt.  That my friends is a picture of the world’s largest quilt block.  One. Block.  I have 4 more just like her. Have I ever mentioned that I suck at math? I have no idea how I’m going to handle this beast once I get it all together.  That’s one chubby lap quilt.

I always have Bob Ross to make me feel better.  He always tells me "We don't have mistakes here, we just have happy accidents.".  One gigantic happy accident.  I think I’ll stick with Masterpiece Classics from now on.

Are you sure?

Hey Mary, did you get into the sixlets?

Hmm Hummum.

Can I see your hand?

WwHhy?

Cause it looks like you did.

Oh, you’re right! That’s funny right mom? I ate an apple before though.

Just a smidgen of my day.  In all seriousness I wasn’t mad.  We have a 25 lb. box of them and I’m using them as potty treats to train Kennedy.  No it doesn’t take 25 lbs. of waxy chocolate to train a toddler.  Just 15.  

Jake caught a bug this week so between a sick baby and Miss Tinkles she had a 95% chance of actually getting away with it.  Ah kids, gotta love ‘em or gotta lump ‘em.

If I get another call from the school about her or more girl trauma from my oldest I might take the latter.

Have a fantastic Tuesday.  I’m pulling out some Plume charm squares tonight… hopefully they turn into something and not just more dust catchers.