Yay Snow!

We got about 5 inches of snow Saturday night, which made Sunday a fun day!
Bob groomed up our sledding hill and we prematurely gave the kids one of their Christmas presents, saucer sleds!

Dylan even went down the hill all by himself this year, multiple times! It was a big improvement over LAST year when he stood at the top of the hill whining about hating snow and didn't even want to touch snow so he had to stand in a bucket and eventually he went back inside to watch Spongebob...
But not this year. This year he was FUN!

Naturally Bob had a lot of fun too and I even went down the hill a few times...once as rescue patrol when Dylan really biffed!

The snow was mostly powdery but there was an underlayer of frozen slush, since the snow started out as freezing rain Saturday night.
It's supposed to start again today but since the temps yesterday hovered around freezing we've still got lots of white stuff on the ground...and on the cars...and everywhere.

When we woke up yesterday we had no power, and thus, no cable, no phone, no internet!!! I had to make coffee by boiling water and pouring it over the coffee grounds. Ugh. It was horrible coffee!
About two hours later the power was back on, but still no cable services. Since we bundle...no cable = no phone and internet too.

Stinks!

While Bob ventured into town for last minute supplies the kids and I watched the classic "Frosty the Snowman" DVD, which Elizabeth calls "Smokey the Snowman"

"Smokey the Snowman/Was as high as he could be/And the children say/He could roll a J/Just as fast as you and me"

I just made that up!
Wow, even I'm impressed with me.

Anyway...yeah, Smokey the Snowman.

I took a break from making hats to make a crocheted nativity scene. It came out really cute. The kids are using it like action figures. It's funny.

I should really get back to the hats now...



Pic added: This is a BBQ on the table on our front porch.

How did I do it!?

I made this yarn go from this...


to this...


See how here

A week from today...

A week from today...in fact, from RIGHT NOW! I'll be an official mother of three! Yay! and Yipes!

I'm excited, scared, nervous, freaking out, joyful, tired, happy, fat and did I say tired?

Actually, I'm not that fat. I'm on weekly appointments now of course and my weight has actually gone DOWN at the last two check-ups. I lost 2.5 pounds in weeks 35-36 and 36-37. Now I'm in week 38...I think I'm holding steady. I'm still at least 12 pounds lighter than I was when I delivered either Elizabeth OR Dylan, so hopefully beating back the baby weight won't be so hard this summer!
If you'll recall, I was getting super fly last summer thanks to Extreme Fat Smash and Celebrity Fit Club when my husband noticed how fly I was getting and promptly knocked me up. Thanks hon.

In total, I think I've only gained 20-25 pounds with this pregnancy, which is right on the money. With the two others I was around that mark too. I'm apparently not one of those mothers-to-be who eats everything in the pantry and gains 70 pounds with each kid. Don't get me wrong. I eat everything in the pantry. I just somehow burn it up with my uber-preggo-metabolism. Huzzah!
I wish it would last post-partum!
It also can't be a coincidence that as my brood grows larger and crazier, I have less time to eat Cheetos and am required to expend more energy on tactical crisis management aka "Dylan's running down the driveway!" or "Bits-uh-bith!!! That's mine! That's mine! That's MIIIIIIIIINE!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yeah, good times.
Have kids. Join me.

Those with kids, you know...oh, you know.

Even though I cleaned a lot yesterday, I swear the house is still messy. I need to de-clutter now. Unfortunately, now I'm really tired from all the effort yesterday. Sigh. Oh well.

I really should have taken before/after pictures of the giant strange invisible death monster stain. It's all gone now, but it was just very weird. I can't figure out what the heck it could have been. If it comes back mysteriously, I'm moving out.

The kids were actually pretty good for me in the afternoon. They watched some SpongeBob cartoons (of course) which let me get in a much needed shower - though after the hours of dishes and laundry doing...my hot water supply lasted just about halfway through conditioning...or approximately 5 minutes. Yep. Moms can shower FAST! I can take a whole complete shower, legs shaved and all in about 3 minutes. No lie. I've timed myself.
If speed-showering was an Olympic event, I'd be the perpetual gold medal winner. I'd be on a box of Calgon. Know what I'm saying?

Bob came home just after I got a shower and said "Oh! You smell nice!"
I said "I showered! I find it helps keep down the stink."
He said "Great, great" and wandered off to find some soda soda soda!!! He's like Animal from the Muppets when it comes to soda.

I laugh. I kid. I joke.

After the shower I managed to get in some time at the sewing machine. I'm making my own nursing pads so I don't have to use those horrible disposables nor pay good money for the really cheap looking and feeling reusables they sell at the store.
Mine are cute. And washable. And cost me about a quarter a pair to make. Ha! Take that commerce!
OK, Dylan just woke up (again). His first try at starting the day was at 5:30 am. Bob put him back to bed, thank goodness!
Time to start dealing cereal!

Dylan's Room - After!

Here is Dylan's room, the after....never before.
Note all the toys have a bucket to live in, there's NOTHING scattered all over the floor.
That's Dylan's big head at the bottom.
This room looks 400 percent better than before.

Here is Dylan while under his dad's supervision...yeah.
Here is Elizabeth showing off her new "tweety" toy that I made for her. Did you know it catches your bad dreams in its brain and gives its good dreams to you? Me neither, but apparently, that's exactly what it does. She picked all the garish colors, not I.

Trick or Treat Bag!

Tired of using pillowcases or paper bags or those stupid Made in China plastic pumpkins that scratch up your arm when you reach in to "borrow" a Milky Way from junior?

Me too!
That's why this morning I sewed up a Trick or Treat Bag!
I didn't make it from scary fabric, since my kids are still tiny.


The pics are deceiving, it's smaller than a loaf of bread. Elizabeth is just a tiny, tiny model.

Now, don't YOU want one too?