Sorry I haven't posted in a week. We are all sick with a particularly nasty little cold; except for Ty of course! He never gets sick when we are. Even last winter when all of us had colds and pinkeye that lasted a week, He didn't so much as sneeze the entire time. I remember when growing up that when the family got sick, Dad was still healthy as a horse too. I've got two theories as to why this is:

1. The head of the house doesn't get sick because they subconciously don't let it happen. After all, someone has to keep it together when everyone else is so out of it they can't finish a coherent sentence...

2. They really are sick, but are such good actors that no one is the wiser. In that case, where are the Oscars for these men!?

Another thing this cold means is that Grace's finger is permanently attached to her nose. I keep telling her it's not ladylike to pick one's nose, but she doesn't really listen. At least she looks for a tissue to put the boogers in...

ZANE!!!!

This is totally a brag post about my genius son! That statement is a tad biased but I couldn't call myself his mother if I wasn't ;)

This morning Aunt Kellie came and picked us up for a woman's group meeting at church. She brought with her all the books that taught Zachary to read at Zane's age; you know Mom, the "Bob Books." So we get home, eat lunch, Grace goes down for her nap, and now Zane and I can check out the books. So we sit down together and look at the very first book, which teaches you to read 3 letter words. The letters are M, T, A, and S. Zane starts by telling me what sounds all the letters make (NOT prompted by me), and about 15 minutes later he had read the entire first book. ALL BY HIMSELF!

I am beside myself with pride (bad mommy), joy, satisfaction, and sadness all at the same time. Zane is not my baby or toddler, and is even barely a preschooler anymore. This brings somewhat of a satisfaction in knowing that we are raising a smart and polite little boy who is gaining more independence every day. But it also brings a heaviness in knowing that my baby is growing up, and his world is moving beyond just Mom, Dad, and home.

Anyway, three cheers for the start of a long and satisfying journey of books and knowledge for my dear son!

In Honor of Valentine's Day

A cute story with Zane (who else!?) as the star, at church last weekend.

(Driving on the Interstate to church - 5:45pm.)

Me: "Zane, I really want you to be good at church tonight. No interupting, or being selfish with toys, and especially NO BURPING!"

Zane: "OK, Mom. I'll be good tonight!"

(Driving on the Interstate to home - 8:40pm.)

Zane: "Mom, I know you told me to be good tonight and not to burp, but... I burped on accident and a girl laughed and smiled, so I HAD to make myself burp because she liked it!"

Me: "..."

Zane: "hee hee hee!"

Happy Valentine's Day everyone, I hope you have a great weekend!

Introducing

My new blog look! After 3 days of agonizing and coming to grips with settling for something less than what I wanted, the answer popped out in front of me. I just had to delete an extra space in the HTML code... Of course it was something so simple and unassuming. It wouldn't be modern technology if it wasn't!

The flowers in the background are lotuses, which are my all time favorite. Many thanks to my sister for the link on her blog to the site that had this layout!

Another thing I added is the lolcat gadget on my sidebar. Lolcats are silly pictures of silly kitties with silly captions :) Some are lame, some make me smile, and some are absolutely hilarious. I tried to change the size but to no avail, so I'm afraid you must scroll to side to see the whole thing. Sorry 'bout that.

What does everyone think?

Please be patient!

This is not my new Blog look! I have a template that I love and really want to put up, but am having sooooo much trouble doing so.

So please be patient as I try to remodel!

Change

I added a new link to our Photo Album on my sidebar. I also added more pictures. We took a walk yesterday and had a great time! I didn't take any pictures while eating lunch or at the park (wish I did). Oh well. I am going to try adding more and more until caught up (really)!

Success!

At designing and making my own headbands! There were a few trial and error pieces, but as they say "practice makes perfect." I will start selling them on Etsy here in a few weeks as well as the Longmont Boutique. I am thinking about $7 for the 2" wide ones, $6 for the 1 1/2" wide, and $5 for the skinny 1". Do those sound like fair prices to you? Here are pics of some finished ones and some of the fabrics I have to make more.













If anyone wants one, just let me know ;)