Happy Birthday!!!!

My baby turns 3 tomorrow. A good friend brought her a birthday present yesterday...she was so excited!

From March 2010

From March 2010

She was so excited...thank you Rachael and Kimmy!!!

I also took the opportunity over the last couple of days to work on some fun projects....

From March 2010

I'm much happier with my second attempt at Talia's birthday shirt...plus the matching bows!

Catch Up

Wow, I'm behind in blogging this week...time for a little Catch up!

Last week, I had 3 days off in a row. I've been busy doing lots of fun stuff....I took advantage of JoAnn's Coupon Commotion last week...

From March 2010

Made some cute bows with some friends from work...

From March 2010

Made a blackout curtain for my bedroom....there's a story behind this.

I sleep a lot of days. I used to sleep with an eye mask. Unfortunately, as I've gotten older, no matter how many different types I've tried, they rub the skin on my ears raw, or I wake up with a headache, or both. Last fall, I hung a dark blanket over the window. It's worked pretty well, except that it's was such a pain to put up and down, I left it up, effectively blocking access to any natural light. A few weeks ago, while blog stalking, I saw an idea that sparked an idea for me...because I wanted my blackout curtain to be hung from hooks above the window, easily removable when I wanted natural light. I found black, tightly woven broadcloth, and these cool rings with clips....

From March 2010

I wish I'd known these existed sooner, I have so many new plans knowing they exist....

From March 2010

Also bought some D rings, and made 2 new hair bow holders (the one on the right and the one on the left)

From March 2010

Curled more ribbon to match Talia's birthday skirt and shirt...

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And then the shirt itself...
I like the way the 3 and the flowers turned out, The crown is ok, but it's a little bigger than I wanted it. The diamond isn't placed quite right, and the pink heart lock didn't translate well...I bought another shirt, and I may try again.

From March 2010

Sunday the boys finally got to see Grandpa again (he's been really busy, so it's been awhile), and they had so much fun playing Chinese Checkers with him.

From March 2010

And tonight, something so cool happened....
Alec has had his name on the school library's waiting list for the book "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" for about 6 weeks. My same aged nephew loves the books, and I was hoping Alec might as well. It was finally his turn today...

From March 2010

He did his normal homework, finished up the book he was reading before, and then he had his Playstation time. He went out to ride his bike awhile, and when he came back in, after awhile he came to ask me a question. I thought it was going to be the usual "Can I play my DS?" but it was actually "Can I read my new book?" He read it all night...as his BookWorm Mom watched happily....it was really cool.

I have some fun plans with my daughter tomorrow...A little early birthday celebration.