I swear, my excuse is a good one! I actually had last week's post done last week, but I ran out of storage space on my blog (to upload pictures) so I had to purchase more! By the time I got around to it, it was too late to post...so here we go with another two week-er!
Zelt spelled out a special message in Scrabble letters for the kids last Friday morning. It's not that they weren't behaving, he just wanted to remind them!
Lola's hair is getting long and it drives me crazy! She always wants it in a pony tail, which makes it easy, especially when we are pressed for time in the mornings, but I told her she had to let me start fixing it other ways if she wanted to keep that "long hair" of hers that she thinks she has. My french braiding skills are improving!
We went to get our Christmas tree, go to the same spot every year! Kyan found the tree this year that he thought was best! The weather was a little warm (perfect in my case) to feel like the right season for picking out a Christmas tree! If I would have let Lola, she would have been in her shorts and tank top!
When we got home from picking our tree, Lola fell asleep at the kitchen table. She really can sleep just about anywhere, sweet little thing.
Because it was late by the time we unloaded the tree (and Lola fell asleep at the table) we decided that we would decorate Saturday morning! Chad does the lights and the garland and the kids and I take care of the ornaments.
I took a former student of mine's senior pictures for her. They turned out beautiful and it ended up being one of my last shoots of the year.
I spent most of my weekend crafting handmade Christmas gifts, but managed to make a few things for myself, including a vertical corkboard made out of wine corks and a globe potpourri holder, made by cutting a globe in half and sticking those smelly pinecones inside with a few branches from my tree. I set it on top of a candle stick to give it a little height! One of my favorite things I think I have ever made!
Kyan went to a friend's house to play on Saturday and he advised Kyan to leave a note and a pencil next to his elf asking it to write his name (in cursive). Kyan totally did and the elf responded. Kyan was so excited to wake up to find his note!
We have become one big happy family at school. It is fun to watch our kids interact with each other!
Just cooking dinner and all of a sudden I hear a crash. Our tree fell down. It looks way worse than what it really was. Only one ornament broke. Kyan, however, was heartbroken over the situation. He kept saying that he picked the wrong tree and he thought it was his fault it tipped over.
To make Kyan feel better about the tree he chose, Zelt left him a little message the next morning: You picked the right tree for me. It was all Kyan needed to mend his heartache over the tree.
Came home to happy mail! A friend of mine on instagram, whose planners I have been buying for years, sent me a family banner! I have plans to hang it in my front entrance, but can't put it up until I finish a piece of furniture that I bought (see below for the start of that project)! Getting it gave me motivation. To say thanks, I made her a pillow using the fabric she sent! Was so much fun swapping our crafting skills!
A fellow blogger, crafty mama, instagrammer sent me the cutest family banner for home, after I saw her own and fell in love! So she made me one and in return, she had some fabric that she wanted turned into a pillow! So we traded! I think I came out with the better deal if you ask me! I am finishing a piece of furniture up first (see below for the color I chose), before I can show you the final project! And Zelt left a note for Kyan letting him know that he thinks the tree he picked out is perfect! It was all Kyan needed for his little heart to be healed!
Kyan has been complaining about his back hurting for about a month. I brushed it off as being growing pains. Then, I started to hear him cracking his back constantly. Still, growing pains. Finally I looked at his back and noticed that on his right shoulder it looked swollen, so I called the doctor and he didn't think it was anything, but sent him to get blood work (Kyan did so good for being petrified of shots) and x-rays. *I did found out this week that his x-rays and most of the blood work came back normal. The one test that came back abnormal was his muscle enzyme test. It was elevated so the doctor wants to do blood work again next week (Dec. 20th). The part that kills me is that being so close to Christmas we probably won't know the results until after it is over. The doctor told us that if they continue to be elevated, we will see a neurologist next. He also said that the test could be absolutely nothing and he just got injured (and doesn't remember) and his muscles are working overtime to repair themselves. I am praying with everything that I have that it is the latter.
To take my mind off of things, I started on that pretty little number for my front entrance. I will be honest I wasn't the biggest fan when I started painting it. I have only refinished furniture in a shade of turquoise, but not that it is finished, I love it!
Kyan has been complaining about his back hurting for about a month. I brushed it off as being growing pains. Then, I started to hear him cracking his back constantly. Still, growing pains. Finally I looked at his back and noticed that on his right shoulder it looked swollen, so I called the doctor and he didn't think it was anything, but sent him to get blood work (Kyan did so good for being petrified of shots) and x-rays. *I did found out this week that his x-rays and most of the blood work came back normal. The one test that came back abnormal was his muscle enzyme test. It was elevated so the doctor wants to do blood work again next week (Dec. 20th). The part that kills me is that being so close to Christmas we probably won't know the results until after it is over. The doctor told us that if they continue to be elevated, we will see a neurologist next. He also said that the test could be absolutely nothing and he just got injured (and doesn't remember) and his muscles are working overtime to repair themselves. I am praying with everything that I have that it is the latter.
To take my mind off of things, I started on that pretty little number for my front entrance. I will be honest I wasn't the biggest fan when I started painting it. I have only refinished furniture in a shade of turquoise, but not that it is finished, I love it!
Lola wears her hair in a "whale spout" every single day. She begs for it. She thinks that it makes her hair longer when it is that high on her head!
A drawing from a special student that comes from the high school to help out every Tuesday and Thursday! She admitted to stalking my instagram to find the perfect picture to draw, I just laughed! I love it!
Holly and I went to our former students basketball game! It was so much fun and nice to be around kids that get your jokes! It made me miss 8th grade something fierce though.
I love words. They have power. Since high school I have highlighted quotes in books and kept journals of quotes. This one spoke to me the other day.
FedEx and I fought (not really, but they ARE idiots when it comes to shipping). Good news was I got the two packages I was expecting with just one little hiccup!
Saturday was craft extravaganza! I finished my new cup holder, in hopes that it will eliminate cups every where around the house. So far so good! The furniture piece that I started earlier in the week got finished! Looks great in my front entrance, now I need to dress it up a little! Helped my friend Holly make a wedding gift with my silhouette machine. Song lyrics printed on cardstock, cut into a tree, with initialed hearts hanging from it. It is my go to present these days for weddings.
The boys bathed themselves in the sun while we crafted, in between a game or three of football!
Another box of Ava's clothes arrived! Lola is obsessed with her cousins clothes and picks an outfit of hers every single time! I got so much stuff done Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning!
Sunday afternoon we went to Rae Lynn's, where grandma had crafts for the grandkids to make! She let them go to town and they had a blast making memories together!
Every excuse NOT to fall asleep in her room. However, the second she snuggles up next to me it's lights out! It is so hard to say no to her sweet little face, and this particular night I was up to my eyeballs in grading, so I was willing to do just about anything to get her to quit whining so I could finish.
They are always together. Sure, she could use her own computer at school, but that isn't as fun as watching her "brothie" play!
She was so proud of her gingerbread house she made at school! Her side "whale spout" kills me.
My kids sleep together every single night. Yes, they have their own rooms, however, they would rather be together, especially Lola. She wants to be where Kyan is. Usually they sleep in Kyan's room, as he has bunk beds (Lola sleeps on the bottom, he sleeps on the top bunk), but because of Kyan's back issues, we have tried sleeping in Lola's room instead. She seriously has the most comfortable bed on the planet! But, Kyan doesn't like to sleep next to Lola because he says he has no room and that she kicks him in the middle of the night.
They are adorable with each other, even in their slumber. I love everything about their very special bond that they share.
Field Trip with my boy! He still wanted to sit on the bus next to me! Love that he is so proud of his mama. We have been learning all about the pioneers and visited The Pioneer Village on Thursday. Kyan turned into a prairie boy! It was fun to get to be with him! Usually daddy gets to go on field trips, so this was nice that I get to go! Perk of the job this year for sure!
So after an exhausting field trip day, Kyan had football practice as usual. It was freezing. I wore layers upon layer upon layer to stay warm. It worked up until it started raining. Brrrrrrrrr! Lola loved the rain and was trying to catch the raindrops on her tongue the entire five minutes it rained during practice! Kyan's favorite practices are always rainy ones!
Ok, there you have it! Two weeks in one!
This week is going to be just as busy as the last!
We have 4 parties to attend in 3 days...yikes! Hoping to make them all.
Happy weekend!
A drawing from a special student that comes from the high school to help out every Tuesday and Thursday! She admitted to stalking my instagram to find the perfect picture to draw, I just laughed! I love it!
Holly and I went to our former students basketball game! It was so much fun and nice to be around kids that get your jokes! It made me miss 8th grade something fierce though.
I love words. They have power. Since high school I have highlighted quotes in books and kept journals of quotes. This one spoke to me the other day.
Saturday was craft extravaganza! I finished my new cup holder, in hopes that it will eliminate cups every where around the house. So far so good! The furniture piece that I started earlier in the week got finished! Looks great in my front entrance, now I need to dress it up a little! Helped my friend Holly make a wedding gift with my silhouette machine. Song lyrics printed on cardstock, cut into a tree, with initialed hearts hanging from it. It is my go to present these days for weddings.
The boys bathed themselves in the sun while we crafted, in between a game or three of football!
Another box of Ava's clothes arrived! Lola is obsessed with her cousins clothes and picks an outfit of hers every single time! I got so much stuff done Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning!
She was so proud of her gingerbread house she made at school! Her side "whale spout" kills me.
They are adorable with each other, even in their slumber. I love everything about their very special bond that they share.
So after an exhausting field trip day, Kyan had football practice as usual. It was freezing. I wore layers upon layer upon layer to stay warm. It worked up until it started raining. Brrrrrrrrr! Lola loved the rain and was trying to catch the raindrops on her tongue the entire five minutes it rained during practice! Kyan's favorite practices are always rainy ones!
Ok, there you have it! Two weeks in one!
This week is going to be just as busy as the last!
We have 4 parties to attend in 3 days...yikes! Hoping to make them all.
Happy weekend!
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