Creativity

My friend over a t 52 Pancakes is TOTALLY crafty. Even her so-called "failures" turn out. So I decided to try my hand at being crafty, without an in-person tutorial from her.

I found the original idea here, and then tweaked it to fit my needs. N loves buttons, so I thought it would make a great quiet time book for church. I wanted a handmade look, so that's what I did. No sewing machine was used. My sisters-in-law were kind enough to help me with a few of the shapes. My creativity had run out by shape-making time. It was really easy, except for when I tried sewing backwards (I can't explain. It just happened. If you've done it, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't done it, don't try it). And it kept N's attention in church - for all of 2 minutes. But A seemed interested, though not able to fully do it on his own. He could get some of the shapes off, but that's where it ended. He'll grow into it.

Signs of Spring

It is on it's way! I finally ventured outside today with the kiddos, and it was FABULOUS! I had woken up this morning with a sore throat, etc and had been pretty unproductive all day. With the gorgeous weather, I was revitalized and it was great! I feel so much better now that I've had a couple of hours of fresh air and sunshine. Oh, and Spring is on it's way! Look what I saw:

GREEN grass (not at all edited). And I heard the birds singing. I couldn't find any to take a picture of, though. The snow is mostly melted, only hanging around in places where the fence, etc, blocks the sunshine from getting through.

On a side note: Happy St. Patrick's Day! Did you do anything fun/exciting/crafty/green in your neck of the world? Because of my very lazy morning (see above), I didn't really do anything (except make sure that the kiddos and I wore green. DH left too early for me to be seeing straight and he didn't get the reminder). And I told N that if people didn't wear green they would be tickled. Which was great for her, since Daddy and Uncle both forgot to wear green. Then, because of the great sunshine and fresh air, we had a dinner of Runza Buns (hamburger, onions and cabbage inside a pocket of bread) (I just couldn't do Corned Beef and Cabbage. Maybe next year...) and Leprechaun Juice (green lemonade). It wasn't much in the way of festivities, but... oh well!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! {a day late}

Yesterday was Dr. Seuss's birthday. We're really into birthday's around here right now. With both of the kiddos celebrating in March, as well as 3 other extended family members, we're pretty booked. And surrounded by sweets (which is NOT normal for N. Funny thing is, though, that she gets cake and ice cream in front of her, and barely eats anything, especially the cake). Back to Dr. Seuss.

He wrote some great books. A lot of them. And we've been reading them all week. It's been great. N is even starting to recognize his name on the front of them. LOL. Anywho.... Yesterday for breakfast we had Green Eggs and Ham. As long as you don't think about it, or look at it, it's good! And N learned how to play "Go Fish" in honor of "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish". She caught on really quickly and had fun. We'll be playing again soon!

I'm a reader of biographies and read one on Dr. Seuss/Theodore Geisel. There were some great facts that I'm really glad to know. For instance: "Green Eggs and Ham" was written using only 50 words (repeated). It was written because Dr. Seuss was told that it couldn't be done and wanted to prove that it could be done. And it became his best-selling book! There were other facts that I really could have done without. I won't share them here. It was a really interesting book.

I found a complete list of his books here. As I looked through it, I found that I have so many favorites that it would be a long list to list them all. So I'm not going to try. But the list of books of his that I haven't read would also be quite long. I've got some catching up to do!