Am I crazy?
Yes.
I love gestating and on my fourth go 'round with it.
I've feel like I've finally found my purpose in this life and that is to make babies and help them grow to be wonderful people and positive contributors to our society.
Let's hope I don't screw it up.
Like Mother Teresa said...
How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.
I am in my last four weeks of this pregnancy and I just simply do not have the energy to leave the house, especially toting two small children. So, the only light of day we see is during drop off/pick up to school and preschool, and an occasional park play somewhere during the day if it's not too cold. Other than that, we are home all warm and cozy, the kids find a way to entertain themselves, and I can get some (Ok, TONS of) crafting done!
What's not to love?!
Off topic, but needed to be shared, the boys love to "camp" on the living room floor. I couldn't resist getting a picture of them snuggling together...not fighting...not bickering.
It was a beautiful and rare sight. :)
I made each of the big boys an Advent Calendar designed and offered as a free printable by the amazing Amy of Living Locurto. The boys LOVE it. Each evening, right before dinner and when their Dad gets home from work, they get to reveal a fun surprise. Some examples are "You get to stay up 15 minutes later tonight" or "Pick a present to open" or "You get to choose what is for dessert tonight". I unpacked a bunch of little stocking stuffers I picked up on clearance after the holidays last year and wrapped them up. The boys get to choose a small present from that bunch if that happens to be their surprise for the day. It's a sweet little activity to do each night as a family and OH, SO MUCH FUN!
We started a day late, so they got two surprises last night. They picked a candy cane for a treat and each opened a present to kick off our countdown. They loved their cute Christmas journals. Don't worry, I won't be posting pics of them and their surprise every. single. day.
I also worked on these "Exploding Boxes". The tutorial can be found here. These were so easy to make and so much fun. I am a serial picture printer, and print tons and tons of pictures even when I have no plans for their use. Costco loves me for this reason. With a little help from my handy dandy 2" scalloped square punch, the photos can all go into these sweet little photo crafts.
My current project that I'm SUPER giddy about is this Repurposed Roses Wreath. I'm mostly giddy because I've learned to make those adorable little fabric/paper roses! My head is spinning with ideas: headbands, card details, wreaths...oh, imagine the possibilities. My husband tried his best to share in my excitement when I showed him what I learned last night.
These are the first few I tried my hand at, made with some scrap fabric and brown paper lunch bags. LOVE THEM!
I'm going to work on decorating this wreath that I picked up at the dollar store. But, you can even make the wreath form yourself by twisting paper grocery bags. You'l see that an awesome wreath could be made by re-purposing stuff laying around the house, and better yet...for FREE!
Here are some of my favorite images from Alisa Burke's Recycled Wreath Tutorial.
This was made from junk mail.
Book paper. Oh, how I love re-purposing book paper!
A beautiful end product, all from recycled materials!
