SHOOT!!!! BANG!!!!!!!!!

Do you ever have those moments where you just go "I knew better....." Well I recently had one and I now vow in writing that I will never do it again. I tried to cut Kairi's bangs. Crap!!! This is horrible. The problem all started with me saying "Kai lets cut your bangs." I've done this before and it ended horribly then too. I swore I would not repeat my mistake then, but I guess I am a little self-confident in areas where I shouldn't be. Her bangs grow so fast and rather than take her to the hairdresser and pay $12 to have bangs cut I thought I would just do it. I prepare every needful thing before hand and gather her bangs. I gauge them to her eyebrows to find the appropriate length and get the scissors. In the meantime, Kairi lifts her eyebrows and I unknowingly cut her bangs about 1/2 inch TOO SHORT!!!!! Then to make matters worse, I cut them at an angle because Kairi can't sit still for 10 seconds.... so now I had to straighten them out and lost about another 1/2 inch. They look dreadful!!!! AAAaaarrrrrgggggggg!!!!!! So now I am going to let them grow out and she will not have bangs, because I can't stand the upkeep. Her hair is so long and requires so much as it is. Plus it will save us from this incident and the turmoil that assaults my mind every time I see them....

Eggs, Eggs, Eggs, and MORE EGGS!!!!

Easter just isn't easter, without Easter Eggs. This year we had great fun with it too. Kairi and I dyed easter eggs at least twice that I can think of. We had plastic eggs and when I post about Easter, you will see other "eggs" as well.




















I also found the cutest easter egg garland made from plastic easter eggs. All you do is string them on a string to the length you want and hang.... it was awesome and literally took me only like 20 minutes to do. Easy enough when the baby is asleep. If she had been awake, it would have been dramatic.














All in all I enjoyed Easter, and we even incorporated the eggs into the True Meaning of Easter. I also found it on-line and we adopted it to do as a Family. Kairi was all about it. They are called "Resurrection Eggs" you fill 12 eggs with various items that depict a significant thing in the story of Christ's crucifiction and subsequent Resurrection. The last egg you leave empty to represent the empty tomb. Kairi came home from church on Easter and told us the whole story and read to us the story from a paper she got at church. It was very powerful coming from a 4 year old. I credit her primary leaders for impressing this very important story on her mind......

Easter Egging.....

For Family Home Evening just before Easter, I stumbled across an idea that I found ADORABLE. It was called egging. The premise is to fill plastic easter eggs with candy, place them on the lawn of a friend's home leave the little note and run. Never revealing who did it. We decided to do this and had a blast. I will leave the link so any who would like to do it next year can play along. It was great fun and Kairi asked to do it almost every night afterwards....

Happy Birthday Kesslynn

Kesslynn is now officially One year old. Time flies, doesn't it. I can't believe how quickly it has gone.We went from teeny tiny baby at a whopping 6 lbs 6 oz to a teeny tiny toddler (is that what she is now--eeeekkkk!!!) at 17 lbs. Yup she is still teeny tiny, but hey it gives her character. We celebrated with a little family birthday party with cake and ice cream and of course presents. It was short sweet and to the point, much to Kairi's dismay. (She wanted a pinata... mental note: keep that in mind for HER birthday) Anyway her day consisted of sleeping at her usual times and eating at her usual times with the exception of birthday cake for dinner. What can I say.... All in all it was great fun. She made out with a lot of vehicle related toys, as she loves to mimick the noise that they make and drive them around. Trains, cars etc. Her cake was cupcakes, less mess and more eaten. I topped each one with the word "one" in a different language written in icing on some almond bark broken into peices and stuck on the cake. Happy birthday baby girl.

Some funny things about Kesslynn Leigh Winn:
1. She loves vehicles- cars, trains, motorcycles, trucks
2. She loves steak and potatoes
3. She has 4 teeth 2 on top and 2 on the bottom
4. She loves her blanket and sock bunny
5. She is still very hairless
6. She loves to help vacuum and sweep the floor
7. She doesn't like to be told "no"
8. She loves to sing the "Girlfriend" song with Kairi
9. Kairi is her hero, she must wake up Kairi if she is awake
10.She enjoys being naked more than I would like.....

Morning Routine

I, like most women my age, have a morning routine. Shower, makeup, dressed, hair etc... Well Kairi has picked up on this routine and mimicks me like most kids her age. Anyhow, Kairi has her own way of doing things, and as you can see she is definitely her own person. This is her version of doing her makeup. I DID NOT let her go out in public like this, but she would have thought that she was the most beautiful girl in the world had I let her..... I am glad that she accepts who she is. I hope it sticks.....

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Kesslynn loves to eat writing utensils..... crayons, markers, paints, pens, pencils,etc. You name it I have pulled it from her mouth. As you can see, I was a little late on getting this marker away from her. Right after a bath too. Dang it!!! Luckily, for me though, it cleaned off really easily and we are no worse for the wear. However it did bring a bit of the "irish" into my night!!!!

*** My Creative Side ***

I managed to eek out a few craft products this month. I am pretty proud of myself, considering that I and the brood have all been ill. So now in all their glory here they are.....






This I did for Valentine's Day for my Visiting Teaching ladies. I did something similar last year, but since I have all new ladies, I could recycle this idea. Perfect!!! Anyhow it was easy enough to do. I picked up some terra cotta pots from DI for probably .35, picked up the sucker from The Little Sweet Pea (if you know Vernal, you know what I am talking about--- the greatest little candy store with the nicest ladies to boot!), bought "Oasis", spanish moss, the pitchfork thing and card from a florist and had some pretty ribbon on hand. The rest is pretty self explanatory. Stick the foam in the pot. Hot glue the spanish moss on top. Stick the sucker in the center. Tie on the bow. Place the card. Voila!!!! I love it and it was so cute!!!









This Kairi and I did for Valentine's Day for fun! I got this out of last years Family Fun. I found the shirts at Wal-Mart on clearance for a dollar. Picked up some puff paint in the craft section. Then all you do is dip their finger in the paint and press onto the shirt to make a heart shape. Make sure there is something in the shirt to catch the excess paint, or you'll have the design on both sides. Kairi's shirt is supposed to be heart shaped. Kesslynn's shirt is just a cute chain. I like them both. Kesslynn's little fingers were to short to make her own hearts, so I did it with my fingerprints. I think they turned out sooooo cute and both girls love them.










I picked up this idea from a sister magazine to Family Fun, called Wondertime. It also was very easy-- if you have Photoshop. I picked up these plates from the Dollar Store. I thought that they were fantastic for this project. I set up a white towel in our living room, and got silouette pictures of each of the girls. I isolated them in photoshop turning them to black and white beforehand. This made it easier to isolate the face. Then printed off a rough copy on regular paper of the silouette. I took cardstock in a chosen color and cut the silouette out of it by taking my rough copy and taping both together and cutting them both out at the same time. Then I used Modge-Podge to secure it to the plate. I'll never be able to use the plates, but if I hang them on the wall they will be a beautiful addition and a treasured keepsake. I love them.

Hope you enjoy at least looking at what I did. It was fun and if you get the inkling. Go ahead and try it!!!

{Favorite Things}

So sometimes I find myself online, with nothing to do and I like to "window-shop" blogger style. I love to hi-jack other blogs and pick their blogs to see if I can find interesting places to go or things to buy. Mind you I spend WAYYYYYY more money in my head then in real life (which is good!!!), but I love some of my more recent shopping finds of all varieties. Some blogs I frequent have links to other interesting places, and so I click on the ones that are interesting. Some things I find from links in an email I have recieved. Such is the case with the two links I will highlight tonight....

Blurb

Blurb I found while blogger hijacking.... What an awesome idea, much easier to highlight so much in such an easy way, instead of having to re-upload your pictures, one by one, to get the book you want. Plus they accomodate up to 400 pages!!! That is awesome!!!! I would really rather do that for a family yearbook, and someday I probably will. Until then look and dream---right!!!!


The other one I came across as a result of looking for the perfect gift for Kesslynn's first birthday coming up. I got this link in an email and decided to check it out....

Oompa

I am kind of REALLY weird about the toys my kids get. I like the quiet toys or the classic toys. I am not a fan of all the electronic toys or anything that makes a lot of noise. If it is wood I like it. Call me whatever you will. Anyhow, I stumbled across this site and they have a HUGE variety of these types of toys. Perfect for little hands and making life happy for a mom who would like quiet toys. I know I am weird, but I am happy in my world and that is what matters.

Scentsy

Okay the last thing is not something I found on-line, but I love it none the less. My friend, Nichole, bought this for me for, well I'm not sure. Anyway, it is a dream!!!!! No candles, no ghosting on the walls and many, many, many wonderful smells!!!! I love it!!! Anyway, if you are up for it you should definitely check it out. Currently playing in my Scentsy warmer is "Black Raspberry Vanilla."

So check out these things and let me know what you think......

New Clothes are a Girls' Best Friend....

Just wanted to tell anyone who cared that today I received the Spring Catalog for DownEast Basics. I love this store! Their clothes are excellent; fit wonderfully, and are so wonderfully priced!! They are also MODEST. It is so hard to find clothes (that aren't T-Shirts) that are a little more "trendy" for lack of a better word. Anyhow... go check them out at www.downeastbasics.com and request a catalog.....

So Much for Stomach Vaults......

Nice so I wake up this morning and Cameron proceeds to tell me that he was up with Kairi this morning about 5 am. She was throwing up!!!! NO WAY!!!!! This sucks. I may have chosen a career in the medical profession. I also will be the first to tell you that I can take the gore and junk pretty good, however, I don't do puke.......EVER!!!! So thankfully Cameron handled this without even waking me up. Although she did throw up this afternoon. It was really pathetic. She kept complaining that her chest hurt. Then she threw up, laid down and took a nap. She woke up and ate a whole bowl of Ramen. I really hope that it stays down. Oh and by the way, in case you couldn't tell I am really disappointed that my strong stomached child doesn't have the strong stomach I had hoped. This really makes me want to re-think this whole having kids thing. I can definitely take the baby spit up, but as they add table food, I don't do it so well. It is the kitten to cat drama. (Kittens are cute, but they grow to be cats.) So ya, babies are cute and cuddly and lovable, but they grow into lean, mean, table food puking machines. Definitely going to rethink the kid thing. At least for today........