super word club and some recent projects...

tuesday...we went up to the elementary school for the kindergarten awards day. cousin noah and luke both got awards for being in the super word club! all of the kids were so cute!!!

cousin noah with his award

quinn and meredith playing with stickers that gigi and pops got them...and this is also before quinn took a fall off a step and started screaming in the middle of the awards...oh me!!!

luke with some of his classmates...check out each kid and their expression...cracks me up!!!


afterward the awards day...we went to eat with meredith, aunt abbe, aunt jo and granny/memaw. we had a really good time!!!


quinn and meredith

granny/memaw, aunt jo and qualls



here are a couple of recent projects that i have completed...

a funny story (not at the time though)...

the other night...the boys and i went to gigi and pops' house for supper. i just grabbed the formula container and took it with me. well...at 1am...qualls woke up for his bottle. i go in the kitchen to make it and realize there is NO formula. i left it at gigi and pops' house. oh me! i had to wake jq up to keep qualls entertained so i could run to wal-mart to get formula. i really don't remember going to wal-mart...which is really scary. when i walked in the door...i had a screaming 7 month old.

a couple of things i have been working on...

my first ruffled pants...

a dry erase book for quinn...

there are many tutorials online for these. i am going to use this one for church.

one page in the book...

another page in the book...

mod podge letters for quinn's room...


the room needed something above the closet door...

our day...

we stayed in today and played. besides running a couple of errands...we pretty much stayed put...we needed a low key day!!!

qualls fell asleep in his high chair this morning...he is still getting over his shots from yesterday.

sucking the thumb...watching pops (who was sitting in the chair making faces)...

giving pops some kisses...

the shirt i made qualls for the zoo...i planned on making him a diaper cover out of the red stripe material but ran out of time...that will be on my to do list...

quinn's outfit for the zoo...

quinn had an off day today...i finally just put him to bed and made him take a nap. boy...was he a rascal. he woke up 4 hours later...a MUCH happier boy!!!

a little bit of sewing...

i have been sewing some the last couple of days (weeks) since the boys have been sick. we have not been able to get out and enjoy the sunshine...so, we have been playing inside.

cupcake skirt for meredith (i am going to make her a shirt to match)

a scented satchel from fly through our window. check out darby's website for the tutorial. i am hoping this helps the boys' rooms smell better when they do a stinky.
this one is quinn's...


sweet qualls' scented satchel...


found a home on his changing table.

i have also been working on some shorts and bubbles for quinn and qualls that match.

i definitely have the sewing bug!!!

look at these peeps...

first off, here are the bunnies that i did for luke and noah's tshirts...thought they turned out pretty cute.

luke's dinosaur bunny

noah's striped bunny

and now for the title of this post...

i have been cutting out a lot of these today...

even gave them a little face...

to make this...

photo from the blog, MADE

PEEPS bunny bunting from dana over at MADE.
go check out MADE...so cute and dana has the best ideas for every holiday...and a lot of great tutorials...

i will post the finished product tomorrow...no time tonight to sew them on the ribbon...

one thing...i am thanking dana for letting me know is that an end of the eraser and paint make the most perfect little circle...who would have ever thought?!? not me...

my new little circle paint brush...

and just because you have not seen his face on here recently...he certainly is soooo cute and deserves some blog time...

i cannot believe this little boy will be 6 months old next week!!! qualls is wearing an outfit that i got luke when he was a baby...luke has wore it, quinn did and now qualls!!!

qualls chewing on his favorite toy here lately. uncle tobey and miss jessica gave this little elephant to quinn when he was a baby. now, it has made its way to qualls or more like qualls' mouth!!!

this is happening a lot in our house...

i often refer to it...as hacking up a lung. poor quinn has acquired a bad cold. we went on (our feels like) the weekly visit to the pediatrician today. i just got both boys checked out when i was there. qualls has a snotty nose too. of course, there is nothing they can do for it...so, we are taking our over the counter meds and hoping the humidifier does its job. we were up a lot last night. poor quinn would cough into his blanket so he would not wake up qualls. already a sweet and thoughtful boy...i hope i can keep him this way!!!

this little machine made its way to my house last week...

the sad part...i have not even had time to plug it in. i am hoping tomorrow will be the day! i have already downloaded some appliques off of the internet to my flash drive...i am sooooooo very excited about figuring it all out!!!

tonight, i appliqued two more bunny shirts for luke and noah. they are having their easter egg hunt at school tomorrow and thursday...so, i thought they needed to have a little bunny shirt. luke's bunny is in dinosaur material. that boy loves him some dinosaurs. noah's is a red/white stripe on blue...very nautical looking! they both turned out really cute!!!

here is to hoping for a night of nooooooooo...hacking up a lung!!!

"rollin with the crayons"...

very cheesy title...i know...

for some reason...as i was making the crayon roll for quinn...the "rollin with the homies" song off of the movie, clueless, was in my brain and i changed it up to "rollin with the crayons"...i told you cheesy! i believe "rollin with the crayons" is MUCH better than the other!!!

here are pictures of my first completed crayon roll. please do not look closely because my ric rac is not very good...but i am working on it!!! i am making a "girl" one for meredith...so, we will see how it turns out!!!

i got the pattern for the crayon roll off of http://www.skiptomylou.org/. you definitely need to check her website out...a lot of cute things!!!

a first...with sewing...

I started sewing around this time last year. I took a class and loved it! I have made many jon jons for Quinn and other summer rompers but never attempted pants or shorts. This last week...I decided to do it! With the help of GiGi (my mom)...I sewed my first pair! Quinn wore them yesterday so I took a couple of pictures! I have already cut out another pair that are waiting on me to sew them up!!!

Quinn didn't want to put down his apple!!!