A Dallas Weekend

We went to Dallas this weekend. It was a lot of fun. Karen and I went to Canton on Saturday. I got some fun stuff! Canton, is a town in TX, where one a month they have a huge flea market. I'll have to share some of my goodies with you all later. I also met up with some of my high school friends, Megan and Shelley. It was such a great time to see them again. It's been way too long! Sydney and Karalyn did a lot of playing together. Again, they are just so sweet together.

Karalyn has this great water table that they played with.

At this point, Sydney has thoroughly soaked all her clothes, so I removed them. Then the girls started splashing one another. I love this picture below. Syd just got splashed, you can kinda see her expression of a surprised smile.

No worries, Syd can splash back! Here's Karalyn soaked.

And my naked baby soaked.

They would both giggle after splashing each other. They are good sports. Then, after we get back home, Sydney comes down with a 102.4 fever and Karalyn (back in the Big D) is throwing up. So who knows how they got that, all I know is that they are obviously great at sharing! : )

Cupcake Week

So, as my friend Katie mentioned it a previous comment that this week is Cupcake Week on the Martha Stewart Show. I have been pretty excited about it. They started talking about it a few weeks ago, so they have a lot of hype to live up to! And no, I'm not sending in any pictures of cupcakes I've made. They are all pretty simple. I am excited to bake some of the ones I've seen on the show. Mmmm, they look so tasty! In my new King Arthur Flour Catalog they had this new item:

Yep, it's GIANT cupcake cake pan! That's my kind of cupcake! I've actually seen the pan here at our local kitchen store and it's big! So when I say I've only eaten ONE cupcake... haha! : )

April's Crafts - Week 1

I'm always busy crafting or making something. Here's the finished items of this week.

One of my newest felt food creations - limes! They go perfect with the lemons.

Finally, Martha receives a handmade toy!

I finally came up with a felt food plum pattern. I am working on a peach right now. Unfortunately, it's not turning out just how I would like it to be. Maybe it'll be done next week.

A couple alligators I made using a Japanese craft book. One is for Sydney and the other is for my niece, Karalyn.

A Little Randomness

Alright, here is a some random pictures of what we have been up to the past couple days. I've been wanting to make sugar cookies for the longest time now. I finally did it. I found some new cookie cutters at our fun little kitchen store in town, that sealed the deal for me.

Joanie, Jean's mom, makes this really great icing that was her grandmother's recipe. It's kind of like making candy so it's tricky. It took me 3 attempts to finally get it right, and then it still wasn't perfect! Ugh. I was so frustrated. If I'm going to bake, it has to be perfect! Anything less is thrown out. It's just a quirk! : ) But after 3 frostings and bedtime approaching, I relented and just used the last batch. These 3 shapes were my newest cutter shapes: a birdhouse, a squirrel, and a strawberry.

Another "Poor Dixie" picture. Yes, she is sitting on her!

Again, Dixie could care less.

Look how long Sydney's pigtails are getting.

Remember this picture from July 20, 2007! What a difference!

Okay, this one is for Jenn. I was talking to Jenn the other night and she informed me that she notices I put paper down under anything Sydney is doing. I thought it was ironic since just that afternoon I made a permanent play/craft mat for the table! Ha! Here's what is looks like. It's made from oilcloth and I sewed a dark brown bias/border around it. There is no more cutting up paper bags or newspapers, and if there's a mess it just wipes right up. Perfect!

Thanks for following along the rabbit trail of my brain! : )

Can you say "Purses!"

Um, a little embarassed to show you all my purses I've made in the past week! The first 2 are my favorite and keepers. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the bottom two. I better start sewing some other things so our closet isn't just full of purses - not that there is anything wrong with that! : )

Our Easter Celebration

I hope everyone had a great Easter celebrating Jesus. This Easter, for us, wasn't what I had planned. Syd had a bad stomach bug in the middle of the week. Matt and I had it this weekend. Yuck - that's all I've got to say. So we couldn't even make it to our church on Sunday! Also, it rained all day therefore Syd didn't have an egg hunt. Ah well, she doesn't even know the difference anyway. She did enjoy her basket and coloring eggs. Here are all the pictures below.

A thanks to grandma Karen for the extra goodies in this basket.

We obviously bought the Elmo Egg Coloring Kit.

The plastic eggs they make these days!

Happy Easter!

Anticipation!

That's my kind of girl!

Crafting Fury - Round 2

There is still more coming too. I'm insane, I know! : )

The Air Show and a Good Laugh

Matt's parents came in for the weekend. The Air Force Base here had their Air Show.

Now, get ready for a laugh or at least a big smile. You all know about Sydney's car. I've posted lots of pictures of her in it over a period of time on the blog. Well, I don't know what Charlie was thinking, I guess he got a bit jealous of all Sydney's fun.

So then, he actually says "There's got to be a better way of getting in..."
The second attempt.

"Wow, what a luxury car! Nice and Roomy!"

"Okay, just one more time! I wasn't uncomfortable enough the first 2 times!"

Like father like son...

And not to be out done...

Syd starting crying when Charlie sat in her car for the third time. We don't know what set that off! I was literally rolling on the ground laughing. The neighbors got a few laughs out of it too as they walked by! Pretty good time, huh?! : )

Poor Dixie

Good thing she's such a good sport.

Sharing Snacks

Sydney shares so well! She loves to share her snacks with her friends. She does this almost every time. After they each get one, it's "Elmo eat grapes, Ernie eat grapes, Cookie eat grapes!" The things she comes up with!

My Recent Crafting Fury

Lazy Days in the Hammock

Matt finally received his hammock he's been always wanting!

Notice how low to the ground they are! haha.

I've been crafty up a fury over here. I'll hopefully get it all up shortly to show you.

Another weekend in Austin

Well, I guess the title says it all. We went to go visit Nonny and Pa again. It was beautiful weather on Saturday so most of the time Sydney was outside playing.

All I have to say for the next 3 picutres is "Oh Geez!"

Sydney loved it! Dixie, not so much.