instafriday

May 17, 2013

i’ve got a fun combo today: instafriday and free friday!

buy any 2 items (or more) from my shop and i’ll include a patriotic posy pin in your order for free! each posy is made by hand and has layers and layers of ruffly patriotic fabric. pin one or 2 to your top and call yourself patriotic!

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now on to instafriday! i’m linking up my weekly phone pics with my girl jeannett again. i’m thepleatedpoppy on insta-g if you want to follow along!

while the kids and i were visiting my sister in santa cruz, we got a sitter and had a sister date!

we stopped in the coolest store called stripe. i want to move in.

i was helping my sister renovate a house while we were visiting, and i decided to pack my old painting overalls to get a good laugh. it worked. and yes, i used to wear these in public before they were my painting overalls. i think i owned maybe 6 pairs through college, even a “fancy” black velour pair.

we treated the kids to a few rides at the boardwalk since they were so good all week. we lucked out and had amazing weather!

this. makes. me. happy.

the kids and their cousin had a little dance party for us on mother’s day

when we got home, i found this little treasure tucked away for me from our school. as a 5-year family, they gifted us these pretty necklaces that say semper discentes – always learning.

i listed a bunch of patriotic posies in my shop – grab a set of 3 for memorial day!

i made 5 of these for my sister-in-law’s wedding next week – half glued, half sewn.

after practicing for over a month on his poem, the recitation night finally came. and went. without his poem recited. poor guy totally panicked when he got on stage and barely mumbled his name before running off. maybe next year… and lily rocked her poem – yay lu!

lily is my super helper! she loves to cook and serve. this day she let me sleep in with silas, while she made me coffee and toast. then while i enjoyed my breakfast, she made smoothies for gracie and herself. so sweet!

listed. sold. making more.

one of my favorite things is to hear my kids worship. since a christmas cd got stuck in our car a few years ago, we only listen to the radio. and when i realized that gracie memorizes songs very quickly, and i heard some of the songs she was singing as a bitty kid, we now only listen to christian radio in the car.

she caught me snapping a pic of her in the moment of my pure joy!

i love stacking fabric in rainbow order – so lovely! this was my first stack of prepped fabric for bunting where i had to cut into my stash. up until now, i have only been using scraps, but i ran out!

i listed a handful of patriotic scrappy bunting last night! i’m hoping to make a few more sets before its too late to ship them for memorial day…

what are you looking forward to this weekend? i’m hoping for a clean house, some family time, maybe a day at the beach, and sprucing up my front porch!

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May 10, 2013

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i’m linking up my weekly phone pics with jeannett again! i’m thepleatedpoppy on instagram if you want to follow along!

silas has been on a ticket system for awhile now. we stole the idea from friends. basically, he got 3 tickets every day (well, every day that we remembered), and they were his to lose or keep, all based on behavior and attitude. he could earn extra tickets throughout the day with good behavior, kindness, etc. his big ticket item that he saved up for was to build a skate ramp with sean. he finally earned it, so they set to work last weekend on it.

silas’ gymnasty class starts 30 minutes after lily’s, so we take full advantage of that time and have him jump ahead on the next days homeschool, usually getting handwriting and math done before he heads off to class. then gracie and i leave for an hour and usually hang out at a coffee shop and do her grammar or just search thru craigslist together, dreaming about getting an airstream (not happening, btw).

lily loves order, and organization, and cleaning, so i thought bill paying would be a natural thing for her to like. and i was right! i walked her through all my steps in paying a bill: where to find the amount due, who it was for, where the account number was, then how to write a check, stuff the envelope, address, stamp and mail it. she caught on quickly and was a huge help. not that she’ll ever be using my checkbook, but its a good skill to learn!

the ramo took a few days to complete, but once it was done silas didn’t take long before he was dropping in on his own! sean’s arms were a sort of halo around him – not actually holding him, but there just in case. it was so fun to watch!

i really like my hair stylist, but this day i was not up for chatting much. i had a stack of paperwork to complete to finalize the stitch market, so i was busy working on my lap while the blonded me up. and i lost my voice the night before, so i really couldn’t carry on much of a conversation. the voice is still mostly gone.

its been awhile since the last installation i did at the kids’ school, but this one was worth the wait!

silas had never had a professional haircut, only buzzes by sean, and trims by me when his hair was long and grommy. but his bangs were in his eyes and i trimmed them up myself, and… chopped them too short. then tried to level out the rest with it. sean was hoping for a bowl cut to bring back his childhood, and i couldn’t do it. so we went to my hair stylist to clean him up. and make him look like a boy again.

unfortunately, what i got was a man! he grew up a few years with just a few scissor chops!

we drove up a couple nights ago to visit my sister again where she’s staying in santa cruz temporarily. i took my nephew and the kids to the park for a bit and got some nice long snuggles from this post-nap boy! i loved it!

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