Halloween Block Party

Thanks to the McDuffie County Chamber of Commerce we all went and enjoyed a halloween party tonight. Lots of games for the kids and trick or treating. They even had a haunted house.

Just a few of the pics I took while we were there.






Trinity (Hannah Montana)





Alyssa (Rock Star)





LJ (Firefighter)













This slime looked really nasty!

LJ starts school soon

Well the time has come. The little monster gets to go to daycare. He's gone to an in-home daycare this week and he's done fairly well but we will be needing to find him a center full time. I think it'll be good for him for the social skills before he starts real school next year.

Now to find a good center. There aren't many to choose from here in the country.

Almost complete!

I wanted to share the pics because several people have asked to see them. I've got to paint the small bookcase next to the twin bed white and make a picture for above the full bed. Alyssa has requested a horse or horseshoe so I'll be working on that tomorrow...my plan is to have everything finished before the birthday party on Saturday.

Pics of the progress

Just finished one thing so far for the girls' room. A peace sign clock. These are super easy to do and fun to match to the decor of the room. (I had to take the picture sideways because of the glare I kept getting from the flash)




Then I got a mini wallhanging done that says "LJ's Room". My very first quilt binding ever and I'm wondering why I always thought it was difficult. I'm no longer afraid of quilts now that I realize how easy the binding is. Maybe I'll finish that quilt I started a few years ago and quit at the last step...the binding.

I also made 2 pillow cases for LJ's bed. Regular size pillow and an accent pillow. I found a cute embroidery design and I didn't want to spend the $5 on it so I put my own together using letters I had and the train embroidery. I like how it came out and it was free! I already had the pillow form around the house. So far LJ's room re-do is costing me $40. And I'll hopefully get the pillows, curtains, wallhanging and quilt out of that $40. I love bargains.













Adding more! I just finished up the valance for the window. It was easy but time consuming doing all that hemming. Thank goodness for my serger though...shaved off a good bit of time with it.







I told LJ to close his eyes in the model pic and he kept rolling his eyes..so I told him to hide and this is what I got! Silly boy.

Getting a start

Today was moving day. Furniture moving that is. I switched the kids' bedrooms. I had ordered several yards of Thomas the Train fabric for LJ's room decor and I was trying to figure out how in the world to make the best use of what I had to make him some sort of quilt and kept thinking how easy it would be if he had his toddler bed still. So I decided the girls could go back to each having their own bed but only if they were in LJ's room because there is one full usable wall in that room and not in their room. So the furniture got a swap and now they have new rooms. I'll be putting the shelves and everything in the girls' room next week along with painting the walls and their dresser.

I made a pillowcase using the Thomas fabric tonight and I'm working on an embroidery for an accent pillow right now. I plan to use the same design for a wall hanging that says "LJ's Room" with a train. I'll post pics as soon as things are moving along. I need to get some coordinating fabrics for the quilt but it should be fairly easy to do. I'm planning a strip quilt for ease and simplicity. And because I'm scared I won't be doing a binding...instead I'll do turn and topstitch to finish it. I really need to do a small baby quilt and practice with a real quilt binding. I don't know why it scares me so much..something about hand sewing that really freaks me out. LOL

Gotta get back to the embroidery machine. Got lots of ideas pouring out tonight and I'm taking full advantage of the creative spirit!

Ready to redecorate!

Isn't this a beautiful bedroom?







When I win the lottery I'll spend the $5,000 it cost to have it! But until then I'm going to borrow the idea of the bookshelves around the bed and make my won. I'll buy 2 shelves from Walmart and paint them white then attach a shelf between the two going over the bed. I'm excited to see how it looks. The girls are ready for a more grown up room so we'll be redecorating soon. I think I'll do it next weekend for a surprise...they'll be gone to their dad's.

I'll post pics when I'm finished with the room. Gotta find the right color paint too. I'm thinking turquoise blue.

Dinnertime Fun

I went to see Julie and Julia the other day with my little sister and got the urge to cook new things....so I searched high and low online for new recipes. I found a few. Tonight we had Quick Fix Beef Burrito Skillet from the Kraft Foods website. Quick and yummy. Alyssa didn't like it because of the beans but everyone else liked it. LJ and Trinity had seconds!





Last night the girls cooked pizza for us. Prebought cooked pizza crust. They spread the sauce and added the pepperoni and cheese. They ended up with a little too much cheese but it was still good.