October, 2011

I have six field trips scheduled

to visit our pumpkin patch today.

That keeps me outside and busy 

most of the morning and afternoon.

What does Tate do to keep himself

occupied during that time?

I grabbed one of the kids' little cameras to snap this, 

so don't try to adjust your settings.  It's bLurRy!

Tate emptied his dress-up basket of

EVERY SINGLE THING,

and hopped in.

See him peeking out?

What's Up at Sunny Side

It's pumpkin season!

Sunny Side Pumpkin Patch

is 10 years old this year.

Time flies!

Here's a little of what's going on here at the patch.

Painting bales for the slingshot targets.

Slinging a gourd.

Sliding.

Tossing a beanbag.

 

 

 Driving the bus.

Riding a horse.

Riding the hayrack.

Picking out a pumpkin.

 

 

Heading into the maze.

 

 

Posing.

Golfing.

Pouring corn.

Peeking.

Pretending.

Put A Sock In It!

This is  me in my fancy painting/crafting/work clothes

with our neighbor and "cousin" Kara.  She's not

really my niece, but we pretend.

Kara never knows what might happen at the Nurnbergs.

Today I asked her if I could put a sock in her hair.

She didn't even look at me funny before she said, "SURE!".

Look closely at our fancy hair.

Yep, there's a sock in there!

This hairstyle gives new meaning to 

"Put a sock in it!".

I wet Kara's hair down before I rolled it 

up into the sock, and she should have

big , beautiful curls in the morning if

she sleeps in her sock bun.

If you want to see how to make a

sock bun,

go to 

www.youtube.com

and search for

sock bun.

And if you're as blessed as I am,

you'll have an adorable

neighbor girl to

try it out on.

Alabester Caverns

 Inside the caverns.

 

We made it out!

Now it's time to do some hiking.

 

Next time we're going to hike first

and then go down into the cool caverns.

Before & After Dresser

Remember this?  From a long time ago?

Well, I finally got it painted and 

moved into Paige's room

She was SO happy!

Much better, huh?

I ended up using some awesome

spray paint - a kind that covers plastic.

So I didn't have to do any sanding - YAY!

I used satin instead of gloss.

I'll probably haul it out and 

put a coat of white gloss on it sometime.
We put some plastic placemats on top
to protect the paint.  The color matches
her walls and the design matches her headboard.

 I picked up the knobs and handles
at Tuesday Morning for about
a dollar a piece.  :)  :)

Paige's "new" dresser looks great with
her Craigslist bed.

Want to see my latest "before" treasure?
I picked it up at a yard sale yesterday.

I was going to line it with a burlap
potato sack that I have, but it
wasn't quite big enough.
So now I'm thinking about
spray painting it a fun color.
Suggestions?

Believe It!

I grabbed a little notebook out of a pile last night
to keep track of a new project I've started.

As I flipped through the notebook to find a blank page,
I came across a few thoughts I jotted down in 2009.



Mar 7, 2009

I'm a good mom - I love Brett,
Paige, Matt, Hope, Hart, Tate
with ALL my heart.

I'm a good wife.  I love
and respect Grant.

I'm a good daughter.  I love
my mom and try not to
put up walls.

I'm a good friend.  I
encourage my friends and
love their children.

I am a child of God.
God loves me and
sustains me.

 I let Satan in through a
cracked door and listened
to his whispers that sounded
like my voice --

"I'm a bad mom"
"I'm a bad wife"
"I'm a bad daughter"
"I'm a failure"
"God must be disappointed in me"

And then I said these out
loud to Grant and friends
and almost believed them as
truth.

And then I AGAIN banished
Satan from my dwelling
place.

God knows the desires of
my heart.

Satan might too.  I will
not let Satan have
power over the desires of
my heart.


Seek first the kingdom of
God and his justice and
then all the rest will be
added to you.

TV Tray Makeover

Sometimes when I'm sewing or crafting

and I need to iron just a little something,

I hate to drag out my ironing board.

So I stole an idea off www.pinterest.com

and made a little ironing board for my little projects.

I happened to have an $8 TV tray that
I had picked up at Wal-Mart a couple
weeks ago.  I had something else in mind
for it, but I'll get another one and work on that later.

 I used one bag of natural cotton batting

and less than 1/2 yard of heavy decorative fabric.

 I cut 4 layers of batting a little bigger than the
top of the tray, placed the tray on top of them
and trimmed the corners to get rid of some bulk.

Then I stapled away.

The fabric came next.  I wish I had been more
careful about centering the design of this fabric
on the tray, but oh well!  It's not like I won't change
it sooner or later anyways.  That's why I stapled it
on seperately from the batting.

 I don't know if you can see it in this picture,
but at the bottom the iron is a little label that
says CRAFTS.  I have ruined many a nice
iron as I've melted some craft project or another
 onto it, so now I have a CRAFTS iron
and a CLOTHES iron.

Don't you love the height of this ironing tray?
I can set it right beside my craft/sewing table
and iron away in the middle of a project.

Jello In A Jar

Hart decided he wanted to take

rainbow jello for his birthday treat.

I looked for some small, clear plastic

cups to use.  I found some that were

the perfect size, but the wrong "color".

 Then I found some that were crystal clear,

but they were too big.  So I decided to

make his lovely teacher cringe and make the

jello in little glass jars instead of something

that she could just pitch into the trash.

Sorry, Mrs. Richardson! 

I promise I'll make it up to you.

Hart + 21 jello jars = HAPPINESS!

Can you see the rainbow?  Next time I'll leave out the orange

layer and add in a yellow layer.  I just wasn't sure how many

second graders like lemon jello.  It only took one small box of

each color to fill 21 jars.  I used red, orange, green, blue and purple jello.

I punched out paper circles to add a little fun.

And then to add more fun, I printed out jokes to tie onto the spoons.

I hope they like them. 

Alphabet Rocks

I'm always looking for creative ways

to teach my preschool kiddos what

they need to know for kindergarten

without actually sitting down and "teaching".

What better way for a little boy to learn

his letters than playing with rocks?

I printed off a fun alphabet and

picked up two sacks of rocks at Hobby Lobby.

I trimmed around the letters and figured out

which letters to put on white rocks and which

letters to put on black rocks.  For the most part,

I put light backgrounds on the black rocks and 

dark backgrounds on the white rocks.

I put a decent coat of Mod Podge on the rock.

 Then I smoothed the letter onto the Mod Podged rock,

brushed another coat of Mod Podge on and let it dry.

When they were all dry, I put another decent coat of

Mod Podge on, let them dry again and then

sprayed them with a clear sealer.

Sing with me!  A B C D E F G....

I picked up the little wooden tray at a thrift store.

To pretty it up a little bit, I cut a plastic placemat

from Target (that I got on clearance) and stuck

it in the bottom.  I didn't glue it down so I

can switch it out when I get tired of orange and

pink polka dots.  But can one ever really get

tired of orange and pink polka dots?