A new SnuggleBear to Love

As some of you know... SnuggleBear went missing in June. Since then Trinity and I have missed it very much. My plans to put it in a box when she was done with it were gone. Trinity would get sad when she saw a picture of it. We were at my Grandparents last month and it was in one of the home videos. She started to cry. Uncle Jimmt found one on ebay! The difference is it's clothes. They are blue instead of pink. But it was THE SAME ONE. Now that we have the tag info we can ask the company if they have another one. The trouble is that it was made in 2000. So what did this little heartbroken girl think?
She told me she found it on the toliet.
Then she said she used her magic to give it fall clothes.
She said her cousin Inky gave it to her(no such person)
I told her Uncle Jimmy gave it to her.

Did I mention she has a vivid imagination? She is always coming up with stories. I am not sure if she knows for sure if it is the original or not. But it has filled the void just the same. I am going to make a dog tag for it so if it gets lost again...maybe someone will call.
Trinity sound a sleep with SnuggleBear II.

Crafty for Halloween

Shayla wanted to be a Candy Corn Fairy for Halloween. All fine and dandy, but the costume was $56 in the magazine!! Ebay had them going for $30. So I agreed to make the costume and she agreed to be a regular candy corn. No pattern. I thought about it and this is the process..

I traced(with chalk) a dress she had and altered it a little onto felt.Next, I cut some orange and yellow felt and pinned it on. Dragged the sewing machine out of the cubby hole. The kids loved helping me and watching. You can see Riana sitting on the table to get a good look.
I went to 3 stores looking for candy corn ribbon. Finally I found some today. This is Shayla modeling the final product.
We are going to string some candy corn for a necklace.(not shown)
So did I save some money? You bet!
Felt 1 yard of Black
1/2 yard of orange
1/2 yard of yellow........$5.00
Candy corn ribbon.......$1.00 on sale
Candy corn for necklace....$.99

I thank my mom for the sewing machine, My grandmother for the sewing kit box, and my 4-H sewing classes.

Leaves of Fall

For Columbus Day Weekend-

We went to Vermont to visit my grandparents. Trinity didn't have school on Friday because the teachers were in a meeting. Both kids were off on Monday. So off we went. The kids were very good in the car for the 5 hour trip. Trinity enjoyed some time on the computer. Shayla was playing cards with Memere and Pepere when Riana wanted to join the fun. This is a park bench across the street from their house. I wish the colors of the leaves came out better.
This was us trying to get a family portrait. It came out ok. We couldn't get everyone happy and looking at the same time.
My Grandfather had raked 3 piles of leaves for the girls to jump in. Our yard doesn't have good leaves for that. This will be Riana's First time (Shayla was happy to teach Riana how)! There wasn't much left of the leaves when they were done. Here they are!


It was a great trip. My Grandfather is a great cook. I loved having that break. The weather was nice and the kids played outside everyday. They slept good at night too.

I got tagged!

I've been tagged! I was tagged by oklahomataylors.blogspot.com . I'm supposed to state six "interesting" things about myself and then tag 6 other people!!

1. I live in a pink house.

2.I have lived in 5 States.(Texas, Idaho, Connecticut, California, and Oklahoma)

3. I met my husband while buying cigarettes. Who says good things don't come from smoking?!

4. I graduated 15th in my high school class of 76 students.

5. I love to scrapbook. I have 6 completed albums.

6. I faithfully watch One Life to Live, and have for 16 years!

I tag:
Beth H
Tara
Tamara
Nick A
Beth B
Mary C

Exciting and Fun News

Riana's First PigTails:She kept smiling and making these funny faces with her head back for the picture.

Shayla lost another tooth:

She let me pull out the other front tooth. It has been loose for months now. At Trin's party she bumped it on my chair. It was crooked and ready now. It took 30 minutes of convincing her to let me pull it. She was nervous. 2 tugs and out it came.

Riana refused to take a nap:

I tried for an hour to get her to take her nap. At 5:00 I was checking email and noticed she hadn't come to check on me. I found her on the living room chair. Sleeping, half way off with Pringles on her belly. I guess eating chips is tiring work!

Trinity turns 4 !!

This is Trinity's Birthday celebration. It went on for days as you will see. Her first present was going out to dinner at the Chinese Buffet, Saturday night. The kids were VERY well behaved. The fact that you don't have to wait for your meal to be served and that the kids can get out of their seats and walk around, Makes a BIG difference. The employees came to sing happy Birthday to her. When we got home she said she was 4 now. I told her 3 more days. She didn't believe me. Sunday night we had a little birthday party for her:

She wanted a Strawberry Shortcake Cake. I didn't order a big cake because we weren't having alot of people. I thought I could just pick something out at the store and put Strawberry Shortcake dolls on it. Target and Walmart don't carry them anymore! But I found stickers so I put them on toothpicks and it worked fine.

Make a Wish!

Tuesday was her real birthday and she woke up to find streamers all over the kitchen and her presents from Mommy and Daddy. She was so excited and didn't want to wait to open them. It was a necklace, to kind of replace the one she lost a few months ago. And a Barbie that has dogs that jump through hoops. She also opened the cards she had gotten in the mail that I hid until her Birthday.

She didn't want to wait till Shayla got up in five minutes.

trin mixing cupcake batter

Trin's Dinner of choice was Chicken nuggets and french fries. She also had asked beforehand if we could use the "glasses on the sticks."

Tuesday night, Corey (her godmother), and her kids Toby and Cassidy came over for cupcakes and to give Trinity her present. Trin has had her eye on Cassidy's American Girl Doll. So Corey gave her one just like it. Trinity has named it Katie.

Wednesday Katie went to school with Trinity. I brought the cupcakes we made Tuesday to her class. Trinity was soooo excited to see me with the cupcakes. I think she may have forgotten we were bring them. That's it!!

Back 2 School Ice Cream Party

Saturday. Instead of trying to do 3 birthday parties in 3 months, I decided to host a Back To School Ice Cream Party. This way the kids could get to know the girls in their classes a little better. I also get to meet them. We lucked out with a very nice day.It was very inexpensive too. I print out invitations and let the girls pass them out. I also invited friends and family that were in school. I asked each person to bring a topping that began with the same letter as their first or last name. (to tie in the school part) Most people did. All I had to buy was bowls, ice cream and whipped cream. Here are some of the toppings:Here are the kids checking out all the toppings. We had 23 kids!
Tommy, Kaydee, Trinity, Blake, Steven
Sieairra, Shayla, Lexi, Michelle, Anthony
Reilly and Bella. Trin was sitting here too but wondered off when I came to take pictures.
Riana missed the whole thing. She fell asleep upstairs so I let her sleep. If I have one next year, she can join in.