this is the life....

You see that wadded up blanket next to Suki? Yea....that usually hangs DOWN in front of Leo. We rolled it up for the photo.

Leo will climb in his little secret bed and stay there ALL DAY LONG.

A birthday in the house...

Happy Birthday to Ripstick Boy!


Today Ripstick Boy turns 14. I had a funny post all planned out but when I sat down I just got emotional.

It is hard having your little boy grow up and I'm not handling it very well.

That being said today is his special day and not the time for me to be a weeping willow. I'm so lucky God chose me to be his mom. I love him so VERY much!

Happy Birthday sweetie!

Fairy ornament

For February, our ornament was the Fairy!

I had such fun with this one. I created a bendy doll ornament using this WONDERFUL tutorial from Princess Nimble Thimble.
Go ahead and try it...it isn't hard but you do need a fair amount of dexterity to hold the floss tight while winding....my poor hands got pretty cramped!

I included one of my toadstool pokes and another little ornament (or charm) with the crocheted acorns....I like how it turned out too.



Here is the rest of the package....

I am so glad Missy liked everything!

February's toy drop....

I have no idea what this is other than a lima bean shaped stuffie.
I just cut out the fabric and took it from there.
I did have fun making the mouth into a wee pocket! LOL!


That being said, we dropped it this week at at local clinic. The receptionist stood up when I hung it on the door......I'm sure she was curious as to what I was doing!

Fairy House

Here is our Fairy House! Curly Girl was the architect, while her friend and I put everything together. I grouted it Friday and finished the roof Saturday...

See the little shell portico? Curly Girl has such good ideas!


the little 'pool' will be quite refreshing this summer...

close up of the back door...



and some evening photos.


here is one with the flash off...all the light you see is from the 'fairy fireplace.'

I made them for Missy's swap and made a few extra for our little fairy house!

I'm sure this summer, we will see Fairies dancing around the fireplace outside their home...but with this chilly weather, they seemed to appreciate a warm home.

Mardi Gras!

For Fat Tuesday, we went into 'town' to have fun at the Mardi Gras parades!

This particular parade is the "Truck Parade"...they have 110 18 wheelers that are decorated for the parade....too much fun!

Ripstick Boy got these great clown glasses. He wore them for most of the parades....then some guy on one of the truck floats begged him to trade...so he got 2 huge bags of beads in exchange for them!

here is the guy with his new glasses getting his bags together for the trade....

The guy was screamin 'YOU DA MAN' as he drove away....too funny.
Even thought that was great, the fact that girls were pointing to him to come get beads from them made his day even more...

Here we are in between floats...I have NO idea what everyone is looking at.... it makes a funny picture though!

The kids got a lot of beads....and had a lot of fun. Poor Dean got a sore neck!

But we ALL had a great time!

See ya next year!

Valentine's...and a birthday!

Dean revamped the computer this week so I've not been able to load anything...it is amazing how much has gone on already!


Sunday, we had a great day together celebrating Valentine's Day. We started the day out with heart shaped waffles...and little crocheted heart pins.

I don't know WHY the guys wouldn't wear the little crocheted heart pins though...hmmm.

Later, Curly Girl and I went to get Mojo a birthday gift for his 9th birthday! You'd never know how old he is because he still acts like a puppy.

We went to several stores to get him a new collar. I don't know about you, but my he-man dog does NOT wear foo-foo collars. And NO BLING. He's a MAN DOG! LOL!

A nice tartan plaid would be perfect..afterall, he IS a Corgi. We've got 3 more pet stores in town...so we'll be checking them out today.

Here he is with his new toy....we had to get Ginger one too because she steals!

Later in the day, Suki got in some cuddle time...she is really starting to become a snuggle bunny.
She likes getting in your lap, which is hard to do in our family because we never sit still for long!


To wind up the day, I made Patricia Steak for dinner. It's my dad's recipe and FABULOSO! The kids fight over it......LOL!

How do you like the BLUE plate!

Ha...reminds me of the blue plate special in diners! I guess next year I need to plan ahead and get out the good stuff......