caught on tape

Two or three days ago I went into the living while Jack was eating breakfast and found Sammi on the couch.

I started to scold Jack for leaving her up there and he immediately started asking her how she got up there.

Then I realized that yea, she wasn't up there when he was up there.

I pretty quickly realized she was getting herself up there.

But she was sneaking when I wasn't looking.
Now she is OBSESSED with getting up there.
All morning long it has been up down up down up down up down.
And man is she ever proud of herself for getting up there.


Dave said to me on the phone this morning - "What are we going to do about that?" I replied "nothing." He replies "it's dangerous!*". My response was "have you ever met our child? Just how on earth would I stop her?"

I mean this baby has my bullheadedness 100%. If she wants it she is going to scream and moan until she gets it**.

She and I spent all day yesterday arguing about what is hers and what is mine. LOLOL "no no no! Mine!"

With that I have to go change ANOTHER poopy diaper. I just changed one 15 minutes ago. How many times a day can such a small person poo for goodness sake? I am pretty sure I change 8 poopy diapers a day.

*Yes, sometimes she tumbles getting down. But honestly. She will have to sort it out.

** How much fun is our house going to be with THREE of us with that bullheaded trait? Jack is the king of it.

My vintage valentine

Last week I was moaning on facebook about how I never find good vintage clothes for Sam and the ones on Ebay/Etsy are SO darn $$$$.

And then last weekend I hit the mother lode.

For an unbelievable price.

In it was this little valentine dress. Even Dave gasped when he saw it.

It needed (and still needs one) some repairs. The lace trim on the bottom and the collar was totally tattered. I would have to completely remake the dress to replace it, so I just very, very carefully (think a full hour later) trimmed it off.
And then I spent 2 days bleaching the collar and stain treating the rest.

But isn't it sweet! (Never mind that it needs an iron. And the buttons on the collar still need to be replaced because one is missing. I just ran out of time.)
I mean come on! She embroidered forget me not on it.
I cannot get Sam to stand up so you can see it, this was the best I could get.
But holy cats it is adorable.

My sweet vintage valentine.

Now if the fairies would come and repair the rest of the lot. Oh yea, and bring back my energy. I am dying over here.

P.S. Sorry there is nothing of Jack. He's at school (on a big field trip with JET actually). We did make a pinterest valentine for his classmates. Which I forgot to take a picture of. I am telling you, I do NOT have my crap together right now.

Worth blogging too

I put this on facebook yesterday, but it's worth having here on the blog.

Apparently *I* had the cheeks too.

:-)

(My mom sent over a load of old photos this weekend, they are fun.)

*Yesterday Jack informed me that someone won the $300+ million dollar lottery. I replied "wow, that's a lot of money." "Yea, I bet their husbands can take a year off work now." Then after a little thinking he says "So, if you win the lottery do kids still have to go to school?" LOL

Heart to Heart 2012

Okay, time to reveal the heart to heart valentines from 2012!
Katie made pretty 3D hearts. You will have to go see her photos because we were one short so I didn't get one to keep, but they sure were sweet!

Shara made candy boxes complete with felt chocolates;
Desi decorated felt hearts;

Jane made the sweetest birds (Jack tried to steal it!);

Lisa made a different version of the arrow!;

Rachel made rose pins;

Stefani made art plaques;

Kim used the cutest little vintage stuffies to make these hearts (I had a hard time choosing which one I wanted!);

Mikey made love spinners;

Mel made sweet little banners;

Courtney made bakers twine buntings (these are going on my dollhouse);

Coleen made quilted hearts;

Tiff made sweet pipe cleaner girls;

Michaele made pretty pink balls;

And Hope made felt fortune cookies (I have NO idea why blogger refuses to let me put this below her picture).

They are all very sweet and I appreciate your participation ladies and gent!

Happy Valentines day to you all.

(Wait until you see what I thrifted for Sammi for Valentines Day. I die.)

P.S. If you want a link and didn't get one email me your link please? I have to use a different account to look in my email and I have already been at this an hour. With two screaming kids. Oy.

Insane packaging

The UPS man just brought this GIANT box. (I put the can there for scale.)
WTH did I order this time?
Seriously. They packed 100 postcards into a box so big I could fit Sammi into it. LOL
They turned out cute though.
And finally I have a new postcard of Sammi looking like Sammi instead of a newborn!
Speaking of Sammi. The tsunami goes around making messes like this everywhere. EVERYWHERE I tell you. (And I let her. She is happy to play for many hours this way.)
It reminded me of this picture that I blogged when Jack was a baby/toddler on March 15, 2006.

No wonder I feel like I have been blogging forever. :-)

*Unlike her brother though, Sammi is not really interested in having us read to her. Just this week she started listening to a few pages. By now Jack had memorized his favorite book Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb and he would ask for it by saying "dum dum mama". It's okay with me though. My mantra lately with Jack has been this - damn it's hard to live with Einstein. lol (The differences in their developments are mind blowing really.)

Mid winter doldrums

I got nothin'.

I am not making anything (and nothing is in the works). (Well, I did make a buttload of valentines with the boy scouts, but I forgot to take pics. They are bound for the senior citizens home.)

I am not going anywhere.

It's not snowing.

The kids have been sick.

I spend all day minding kids and making dinner in the crockpot.

And having picnics with Sammi. (She got this set for her birthday and she LOVES it).

When you "feed" her with the forks she goes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Too cute.

(She is pretty much the easiest baby ever. No lie.)

So, it's boring over here. But good.

And as a result I got nothin' for the blog.

How about you?

My valentines - an ode to my boyfriend

My valentines this year are a tribute to my boyfriend - Mr Jon Bon Jovi himself.

They were a bugger to make, so many steps!
Paper straws...
felt...
vintage fabric covered buttons...

crepe paper and hours spent hole punching card stock to make lacy paper strips.

But they are cute, no?

Off to the ped with Jack, who is home from school again. Sigh...