One Room

Juni's class got to go visit a one room school house in Stillwater today to experience pioneer school there. They were instructed to dress as a pioneer child, bring a lunch as a pioneer child, and in the tradition of back then, bring the teacher a homemade gift. I got so excited for her! This opportunity for her to play "real" dress up is something I'm wishing I could have done, or could do, I wish I could have gone. I got ambitious and geared up to make her a drab calico dress with apron and mismatched bonnet. I ran out of time, "hello time management!". Anywho, we went a thrifting, found THE perfect pioneer kid dress. We then tea stained a white muslin shift and manufactured it into an apron. My friend Kari had an extra bonnet Juni's size laying around, and we had her riding boots, voila! A pioneer child. For lunch I made her cornbread, bacon, a hardboiled egg, and gave her an apple. Sounds good to me, I even drizzled the bacon grease on top of the cornbread as it baked, yum! For a present we wove one of those loopy pot holder things kids (and adults) make. I think she will have an awesome time!

Our New Addition

She is an endless summer/blushing bride hybrid hydrangea. She should get 4 feet tall. So far she's the only one, soon we will add more to our "growing" family:)

Laid Up

I was having a good morning till I decided to do some yard work. Now my back is in a tiff and I'm in bed this beautiful day. Saw some things, thought I'd share.

I saw this gorgeous red door driving around, love it! While I am not an OU fan, this yard art was interesting...only in OKlahoma. I went to get a grumpy dog for a late breakfast, smoked polish dog with tomatoes, mustard, relish, and jalapeños!

Peek-a-Boo

Goodmorning

I just took the girls to the grocery store with me. We bought milk, eggs( I don't like baking with our "girls'" eggs.), butter and whatnots for baking. We made it out to the car, put kids up, groceries up, then I was pushing the cart up, singing to myself and I looked down. I was wearing my house slippers. Oh goodness:)

HAppy 8th Birthday TO My Juni-BUggy

8 years ago i gave birth to the most beautiful creature i'd ever seen. since then juniper has grown into such a funny, smart, caring human being. i am proud to be her mommi! happy birthday buggy!

To DO...

GEtting ready for my buggy's birthday party. she will be 8 tomorrow. i am a mom to an 8 year old. how old am i? sheesh.

so, i am most of the time not organized at all....but when it comes to my babies birthday's, i am. it is my mommily job to do them a birthday right. 2011 themes: bee's was "star wars", popi's was "rainbows", and juni wanted "clouds". we don't do large birthday's, just close friends and family, sometimes we grill out, sometimes we don't, but it is always in our living room. the themes started when i made a robot cake for my friend kristi.

the kids saw what crazy things mommi did with icing and what-nots they started asking for a birthday cake that looked like something. so started that trend. now we base the birthday around this idea, we do cupcakes too. anyways....i started getting organized for the bug's birthday party; cotton batting to make clouds out of, cookie pop sticks for cookie pop favors, blue cupcake papers, and a new pastry bag tip:) i love making my kid's birthdays unique to them. we have done cats, dinosaurs, horses, unicorns, strawberries, star wars, rainbows...so much! well, anywho...lunches are made, babes asleep, midsommer murders to be watched. night night.