Here's one I did on myself last night. I think it came out pretty cute. I like bright colors.
Anyway, Craig and Sharee came down for a couple days this weekend. They brought down Grandma Lee's old cedar chest. She had covered it in a velvety green fabric (way too froo-froo for my taste) but it is going to be our family project. The kids and I took all the fabric/batting off today and filled in some holes with wood filler. We are going to try to paint it. We will see what happens... But it is nice to have something of Grandma's. We have the rocking horse Grandpa Lee made, now this is a great keepsake of Grandma's. She had written on the bottom, "Bought for myself in 1954, paid about $50.00." So it is a real keepsake, if we can make it look decent. We may end up having to recover it. I will keep you updated.
Also, I was skimming through some old pics and saw this one of Jacob. I thought, "Man, that was sooooo long ago!" Then I realized that this was taken about 2 months after we moved here to Fort Irwin. Can you believe it? This is what he looked like when we got here~it just seems crazy how fast time passes. (P.S. I remember that Mickey Mouse shirt too--it was bought the first time we took him to Disneyland, not as a keepsake, but as a replacement for the tee-shirt he pit up all over. It stunk so bad we were willing to pay $20 for a new shirt just to not have to smell him for the rest of the day.)
Maggie is getting a little bit of a 'tude these days. Gone is the baby who was happy with whatever was in front of her. She now is opinionated about what she wants--and it is usually something she can't have. She is still really good and sweet, but turning into a girl for sure!
A couple of funny things--the other day Tyler and I were talking about his birthday party. We are having one here and in Utah (since he hardly has any friends left here). We had it planned to go to the bowling alley with a couple friends, but then Tyler came into my room and said, "Mom, I don't think we should have my party at the bowling alley. We should have it at a place where moms can relax." I answered, "And where is that?" "Chuck E. Cheese!" So it was such a convincing argument I relented. Although I highly doubt I will be able to relax my cares away at a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party. He will have fun though. We have been cracking down on the kids on a particular thing they are doing lately, so Tyler surprised me and wrote a new rule on a piece of paper and taped it to the bottom of our rule list. See if you can decipher what it means, "Notadlin." He didn't put a space in it so I won't either. I will tell you what it says later...
Another funny thing Tyler said was when I gave him a box of crackers to munch on one afternoon. He said (very excitedly), "Mom, this box is a specially marked package! We win a prize! We should always look for specially marked packages." Oh boy. You'd think he watches 10 hours of tv a day talking like that, but no. It's crazy--so often we say that bad images on tv/movies don't influence us but advertisers are making millions on the fact that only 30 seconds of tv definitely does influence us. My son is saying "specially marked packages" for Pete's sake! Oh dear.
By the way, the new rule is "No tattling." Did you get it?
3 comments:
I understood completely what Tyler wrote down...now let's hope he can practice what he preaches!!!! And Chuck E. Cheese is the perfect place for Mom's to relax....as long as Grandma is there.... And this Grandma is totally looking forward to the party!
Fun times! Tyler is so dead on about a place where mom's can relax, although I am not sure if Chuck E. Cheese is the place. Love the new rule...we will see how he does. Those pictures of Maggie and Jacob are great, they look just like each other.
That is the Jacob that I remember meeting!!! He is so cute!!
My first thought about a place mom's could relax was a spa or something. I thought "He is so thoughtful!!" :)
Chuck E. Cheese works too!
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