Sewing and Zoo Camp

I checked out this really great book from my local library called, One Yard Wonders by Rebecca Yaker on Wednesday, and fell completely in love.  I couldn't start sewing fast enough.  I was looking for an apron pattern for my kids, because they have grown out of their old ones, when I came across the Convertible Apron pattern.  Not only does this pattern make a really easy, really cute apron it also folds into it's own bag! So now my little munchkins can carry all their painting and crafting supplies to Grandma's house in their apron! Sweet! The kids, despite Lilly's grumpy picture, love their new aprons.

Lilly insisted on taking the picture this time.



This week has been crazy busy. All week the kids have gone to Zoo Camp at The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. They LOVED it. We got to pet animals, ride rides, feed the giraffes, play with baby millipedes, and so much more.  If you have a chance to do something like this, take it up.  The kids learned so much and had a great time too! I don't have enough time to post all the details, so here are a couple pictures I took during our camp adventures. 

Lilly's first time on a horse

She loves it!

The kids loved the millipede....mommy, not so much

My First Swap on Swapbot!

As you can tell by the badge on this blog, I love swap-bot.com. It is a place where you sign up for certain swaps and send things to people around the world.  I've gotten tea from Norway, postcards from Malaysia, and a cool valentine's heart monster from California.  If you've never been to Swap-bot.com  you need to go and at least check it out. You'll love it!

I've decided to host my first swap, and of course it's a book swap. Here's the details:

All this swap entails is putting a paperback copy of one of your favorite books in the mail for someone else to enjoy. A Used copy is recommended since it's cheaper, but feel free to buy a new one if you wish.

This swap is easy to ship. Just stick it in a padded envelope or wrap it is brown paper and ship it Media Mail. Books are allowed for Media Mail and MUCH cheaper. Most paperback only cost $1 or $2.

So please, if you like books stop by here and join my swap! Last day to sign up is July 6th. 

Childhood

I've been watching my children over the last couple of days, marveling at their little ideas and games, and I've decided how to describe childhood.  To be honest, my mom said this to me the other day as we watched my daughter run from one bounce house to another, (We were at this awesome indoor bounce house play place) and it's stuck with me.  Childhood can be defined as "Running to Nowhere".  

Watch kids, really watch them, they run.  They run and laugh for no reason.  Not like adults, who run to relieve stress, or stay in shape, or get somewhere in a hurry.  Kids run for the pure joy of running. They don't have to have a destination or a timeline or a specified course to run. They just take off.

Like I said, I've been watching the boy and girl and they spring everywhere outside, laughing, giggling, and going nowhere.  When was the last time I ran like that? I can't even remember.  I hope they never stop being carefree and joyful.  I love to watch them run to nowhere.

My Kids are Hilarious!

I've got nothing new going on, but thought I should post something since I haven't in a while.  So I'm sitting here thinking of something to write about and my daughter call to me and says,

"Momma I got a huge booger. The booger factory in my nose is working really hard."

OK, it might just be me, but the fact that she thinks she has a booger factory in her nose is funny to me.  So I thought that today I would post some funny, at least to me, quotes of things my kids have said. So here goes:

Lex: "When Lilly grows up she's going to marry daddy. When I grow up I'm going to marry Tank (our bulldog) Momma, no one wants to marry you, maybe you can marry MacKenzie." (our other dog)

Lilly: OK, this isn't a quote, just something she does.  My kids love Lady Gaga. I know that makes me a bad mom, leave me alone. When Lilly belts out Pokerface, she literally pokes her face because that is what she thinks the song is talking about.

Lex: " I'm going to save all my money and give it to Uncle Zachy, because he never has any."

Lilly: After going to the bathroom on the potty. " Momma my pee-pee went home to see it's mommy in the potty."

Lilly: After being asked if she needed to go potty. "No, Momma. The pee-pee is having lunch in my belly right now and can't come out."

Lex: " I think we need to send Daddy to jail and not pick him up until he learns to stop stinkerbottoming." (farting)

So there you have it.  A little glimpse into my life with my crazy, wonderful kids. Feel free to post some comments on the hilarious things your kid has said or done, I'd love to know my kids are the only crazy ones.