Pin 24 out of 52

The kids love playing under the table. I don't know why, but they do. Whatever, it makes them happy. So when I seen this pin of a play house table cloth, I decided it was perfect! I found the most adorable fabric with little owls. I was trying to find something gender neutral but still cute. I was so excited about getting it done and all that I forgot to take pictures with my actual camera but I did get some on my iPod for Instagram:) So they aren't the best quality but hey at least I have pictures. Again, I didn't do a
picture tutorial because this was only my second big sewing project so I'm still growing:) Here is a work in progress

And here it is done:)

It will get windows but that will be another project for another time:) The kids LOVE it. It needs washed and  then I will get pictures of them with it:) Till then

Pin 23 of 52

So the last several months I've been trying to figure out what the kids will be for Halloween. Well Little Man is old enough to decide himself. Buzz Lightyear. Awesome! Little lady on the other hand, isn't old enough to decide or frankly even care, haha. After cruising Pinterest like 20 different times I found THE most adorable Little Red Riding Hood costume EVER!!! The pin is here:) I seen it and knew I HAD to do it. I guess that's how it is with every single one of my pins, haha. Anyways then I found a pin for a hood!  Again I knew I had to do it. Sooo this is kind of two pins, but whatever:) I give huge props to Angel over at Fleece Fun. The way she does her patterns so you can print them out at home is fabulous! And to make them free! She is pretty amazing!

I didn't do a step by step picture tutorial because this was my first big sewing project so I was still trying to learn the ropes. There is a great tutorial for hood on the link above. As for the rest of the costume, wellll it kinda just got thrown together:) I definitely have to give credit to my mother-in-law who helped me put it together:) In the picture on the pin the costume had a corset. I didn't do that. It felt really weird just the thought of putting a corset on my one year old, haha. So she just had a plain long sleeved  black shirt on and some leggings underneath the tutu! Here are my materials though:)

2 yards of red flannel

1 yard of white flannel (not pictured)

2 yards of white tulle

1 yard of red tulle

10 inches of red elastic (not pictured)

red thread 

1 yard of red ribbon 

And here is the final product:)

Is this not freaking adorable. Okay I may be bias and all but still! I will get legit pictures on Halloween but this will do for now. Next week I'll be making a house table cloth:) Till then

Pin 22 of 52

Since moving here to Washington, I've taken up using chapstick ALL THE TIME! Not sure why I use it here but I didn't in Ga. It's warmer and drier there, but whatev's! So when I seen this pin on Pinterest I knew I had to try it. Here is my picture. I found this little thing of Vaseline at Target and figured it was perfect. I got so excited to try it that I forgot to take a before picture but here is my version of vaseline and crystal Light lip balm:) 

I like the look and the smell buuuut I don't like the feel. I'll keep it around as back up but I probably won't use it on a daily basis. It's a great lip scrub but I don't like the greasy feel of the Vaseline to stay on my lips. Soooo I guess I'll just stick with my chapstick:)

Till next time

Pin 21 of 52

So on a "I bet you won't do it" from my sister and hubs. I died my hair red. It was supposed to be a bright red but came out more pink. Well anyways, the next day, Little man decided that he wanted red hair too. I was like, "Well I'm pretty sure we can do it with Koolaid, let me check Pinterest." Pinterest is my new google:) I search everything on there before I go to google. Soooo, I knew I had pinned a pin a while ago with something of the sort. I couldn't find it but I did find this pin. Easy peasy! Or so I thought. I thought ver very VERY wrong. Haha. Here is how it actually came out.

Lets just say it's NOT so fabulous! He looks like he murdered someone. But I have to say. This is my first pin attempt that actually full on failed! Go me, bahaha. 

Sorry I'm late on my Preschool blogging. I will get that up soon. We've been super busy with school and trying to be outside as much as possible before the Washington weather takes on the rain. It is supposed to start it's rainy season next week and of course that is when the in-laws are coming in. So I will have a blogging bash after that. Promise:) Till then

Pin 20 of 52

After making a yummy dinner from Pinterest for my last pin, I decided it was time to make a dessert. So we made homemade rice crispy treats:)

When I first seen this pin, I didn't think making rice crispy treats with cake mix sounded like it would work, but WOW! They taste amazing, totally fabulous. Although I didn't use actual sprinkles like it calls for, I did use a fun fetti cake mix. Basically just a cake mix with sprinkles already in it. My biggest problem was how hard they got. They got rock hard after about an hour. So much I could barely cut it with a knife. It still tasted fabulous though:)  

I'll be back this weekend with an update on our Preschool:) Till then 

First week of Preschool!

Our first week of Preschool went fantastic! I'm so excited. I will be doing things a little bit differently but it is mainly concerning the lesson plans. Little man had sooo much fun. Here are a couple things we did:)

We are working on using scissors correctly and cutting along the lines:)

Writing the letter A

 Animal Matching

We sorted out beads by color, then we counted them and then we put them on a pipe cleaner:)

Little Man decided he needed to have glasses like Mama and Papa. So we made him some with pipe cleaner:) 

We had sooo much fun this week. We can't wait till next week for the letter B! Here is our lesson plan for next week.

I started out last week with having the whole week around one subject. That was hard to do so I decided to change it up and have a subject about each day. This is a lot of fun for me putting the lesson plans together and getting everything set for the week. This is a work in progress and I have a feeling I'll always be learning something new. 

Pin 19 of 52

Today we made Cheesy Chicken and Rice! It's sooo yummy. I've made is several times but this is the first time documenting it:)

Excuse the spoon haha. When I found this pin on Pinterest, I knew it had to be my new recipe for my 101 in 1001 challenge number 25 (learn 50 new recipes)! So I killed two birds with one stone:) This has become a huge favorite it my house hold and I really like that it has corn in it as well. Not that I have a problem with my kids eating veggies. They love them! 

I love my crockpot! It's sooo easy just to throw dinner in and forget about it! About half of our dinners a week are crockpot meals! What are your favorites?