Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from....

My 3 Indians
And My Little Turkey

Not Me Monday

I did NOT wake up yesterday morning with the outside of my nose being sore to the touch. I did not apply more makeup to cover the redness. I did NOT ask a friend (who's a doctor) if my sinuses (which have been giving me grief) could actually cause the outside of my nose to be sore. I did NOT have my husband ask me repeatly all....day....long why my nose was so red. At the end of the day, while our family was eating dinner, my husband did NOT look at me with a puzzled look and tell me that I had to have hit my nose on something. Then he did NOT burst into laughter as he told me that he just remembered something. He did NOT at that very moment remember this.....that in the middle of the night Sat. night while we were sleeping, he had rolled over in bed and when he did his forehead hit my nose! He woke up when it happened, I did not. I have NOT been in pain all day because of it.

In Ground Trampoline

In June 2010 when we were packing our boxes to move, we asked ourselves the question. Do we move the trampoline & the swing set/play yard too? We decided to even though our current backyard has holes, trees, stumps and is a gradual down slope. So the question was where do you put a trampoline & swing set??? We still haven't figured out the swing set / play yard (it's in pieces on the back patio) - the trampoline however now sits in our backyard. Literally.

After many measurements & drawings on paper we came up with a plan. Then over the course of a few weeks Ben, my dad and the boys dug a 3 foot hole in the back yard.

Then we laid the trampoline on top of the hole and attached the poles for the net.


It's the perfect fit for our backyard!

Bet you won't guess where I got the idea? Yup, Pinterest :)

Burlap Turkey

My new door decor obsession involves burlap so you may see lots of it in the months to come. Not that I'm an expert on how to make these burlap designs, but here's what I do if your interested.

When I purchased my burlap from Hobby Lobby they only had a few colors left so I took what they had and have just made it work. My first step is to decide exactly what I want - in this case a turkey for Thanksgiving / November. So I cut my burlap into a round / oval shape. Then I painted the whole thing brown. If you notice the white lines on the edges, I took a piece of chalk and drew exactly where I needed to cut, so I didn't just take scissors and start cutting aimlessly. That would be way to risky as I can't draw or cut a straight line without guidance.

I like the "frayed" look on my burlap so after it was painted & cut into my shape of preference I went along the edges and pulled just a little to fray all my sides. It is easier to do before it's painted, but I wanted to make sure I had the shape I wanted before I started fraying.
I then drew in chalk the exact design.


Picked out my paint colors

And got to painting.

Decided to dress him up a little with some polka dots, because everything is cuter with some dots.

I then hot glued some hemp cord - something I had left over from when we made some bracelets - to the top to hook on my door hanger. Seems to work great.

Since the Turkey was wider than he was tall he kept wanting to bend in the middle when he was on the door. So I got out the handy dandy hot glue gun once again and hot glued an extra blind blade to the back for support.

Then sprayed it down in this for sealing & protecting.

Happy November!!

Not Me Monday

I did NOT leave my baby home with my husband while I ran some errands. When I returned I did NOT find the baby in the middle of the living room floor in front of the t.v. watching an episode of Phineas & Ferb - by the time I got the camera out to snap a picture, Cannon had NOT fallen asleep.

Amazon Mom

Ben and I were blessed by friends and family with 3 months worth of diapers for Cannon. When it came time to buy diapers again I decided this time around to order them online. There were too many late night runs to Wal-Mart for diapers with the other 3 kiddos. There are several popular websites for diapers, but I decided to go with Amazon since I visit the site frequently & 90% of what I buy online comes from them anyway.

I had a friend tell me about their Amazon Mom program so I quickly checked it out. It is wondermus! You sign up totally free for Amazon Mom and their Subscribe & Save Delivery Program. Not only do you get 20% off diapers with your membership you get prime shipping (free 2 day shipping on everything NOT just your diaper order) up to a year. Thing is it's not just for moms or just for purchasing diapers. Best way to see all the details is to just go here.

When this box of size 3 pampers cruisers (186 diapers total) comes to my door each month I get supper excited. Because I know it's regular 47.19 on Amazon. Then I get a discount of $7.08 for being a free amazon mom member and another discount of $7.08 for being a subscribe & save delivery member (which means you tell them how often you want your diapers delivered & they send them automatically). Best part is you can cancel or change the delivery frequency anytime. So my big box of diapers is only $33.03.

Why does that bring such a huge smile on my face? Because I know Wal-mart has the same big box of diapers for $47.19 online (free shipping if order is more than $45). And Diapers.com has the same item for $44.99 (if you sign up for the take 5 program - free shipping included). I get supper giddy knowing I'm getting a deal :)

5 Months

Don't get many upset faces from this little bundle.

Doesn't take a paci, but does love his "lovey". Where does he want it? Right next to his face for sleeping.

I'm sure we'll hear arguments when we're older than 5 months, but today big brothers are letting him in the "living room tent" and everyone's happy.

He can pull his toy & make his own music on the bouncer. And he wants you to clap every time!

The days of baby food have begun. Loves some carrots & sweet potatoes.

Always has those feet crossed. Love me some baby toes!