Just Because

Knox...Dec 2006

A Jack Funny

Jack: Mom! It is sidelopped.
Me: I think you mean lopsided.
Jack: giggle...oh yeah!

Christmas Craft #3 and bonus

I finally finished the advent calendar for 2009. Thanks to everyone that gave me red scraps for it. Each pocket is lined with a different fabric as well. Bible verses from Luke will go in this one. I have no clue why a playmobile pirate flag got placed in #24 or why I didn't notice it before I took the picture.
Then thanks to Andrea T. for the inspiration, I made this bucket out of a coffee bean bag. It has a circular bottom with a diameter of 14 in and the height is 11 in. It was going to be a gift but seeing as how I made the thing so that all the writing is upside down!!!! it is now mine and it looks esp nice housing all my red fabrics. ;-)

Random pictures from our day...

We had a rather busy Saturday today and everyone accomplished something.

Her is Anne Michal with her granola that she made. We forgot to double it so will have to make more very soon.
Elizabeth made toffee for her Sunday School party tomorrow.





I put my crockpot to work making yogurt.


And this is my new BFF. Elizabeth adn Emma named her Ruby. She helped me make vegetable soup today.

Emma wanted to make some Christmas ornaments for her Sunday School teachers.





Creed is excellent at making a mess and does his job well.
And we never have to worry about dehydration with him because he drinks plenty of water. He kept switching cups.

And this is a hint of the advent calendar that will hopefully finish very soon!




And if you wonder where Jack wa and what he was doing, he mostly just laid low recovering from a stomach bug, but he did read the directions to Anne Michal for making the granola. I thought that was pretty cool, but didn't get a picture!

Christmas Craft #2 --Christmas Pajamas

We tried something new this year. I have had some fabric crayons sitting in my craft stash for a long time so we gave them a try. You use them by coloring a picture on plain paper and then transferring it to fabric by ironing it on. They drew and colored their own pictures (other than Creed) and then we transferred them to squares of fabric which I then appliqued onto t-shirts. We picked out the flannel last year after Christmas and as you can tell by Jack's too long of shorts rather than pants I didn't buy enough!!!!

November 2009 Book Log

73. Every Dead Thing by John Connolly
74. Do Unto Others by Jeff Abbott
75. The Complete Fables by Aesop
76. Life as a Vapor by John Piper
77. Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton by John Piper
78. The Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out by Mark Driscoll
79. Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters who Walk with God by Voddie Baucham
80. Not Even a Hint by Joshua Harris

They don't come any cuter.