Spidey Blanket

Evan's blanket it done at last! Actually, it only took a couple weeks, and it was fun to make. I got the pattern here. I chose orange and red to match his room, and I think it looks pretty cool!





The photos are kinda crappy but you get the idea. Next up: those lunchbags and a Hello Kitty ballerina for our neighbor girl. (really) Oh, and an earflap hat for Jordan's friend. I am not a machine, people!

Supastar!

Thursday morning Shane got up before dawn for a special live news broadcast from the new Rock kayak park here in Sparks. Apparently, it's all about "the love of the sport". I had to record it off the TV so I apologize if it's funky.



I think he looks pretty cute - and that change at the end from "fer sure" to "definitely" really classes it up. Nice job, Babe!

Busted

Most mornings before we leave for work, I write a chore list for the kids. Stuff like: water the garden, do the dishes, pick up the family room...

Well, the other night we couldn't find the remote. You know the routine - instead of walking to the cable box and turning the channel manually, we began an intense search and rescue operation. I got down to look under the couch and discovered that apparently someone's idea of picking up the family room is shoving everything under the sofa.




(The cat wasn't actually under there, she just came over to see what we found.)

When we called the kids in to clean up this mess, Shane said, "tell me you didn't just shove all that stuff under there on purpose." Hannah answered, "I didn't just shove all that stuff under there on purpose. What? You told me to say that!"

Oh, those silly kids.

Love These!

I'm all over this pattern for eco-friendly lunch bags. I'm not really into paying $15 for another new lunchbox, and we always seem to run out of brown bags. Plus, I really do want to limit the school lunches...they are pretty nasty. Nachos, nuggets, pizza - hmmm, is it really a mystery that so many Americans grow up addicted to junk food? I think not. Anyway, I like the idea of this little bag, it's cute and can be thrown in the washer - perfect.

To simplify, I will probably not do stripes. Now I just need to finish Evan's blanket so I can get on this - only 3 weeks 'til school starts!

Tag!

A speedy blog post, perfect for a lazy Sunday:

Saw this on Michelle's blog - a quick, fun tag:

1. Pick up the book that you have most handy
2. Turn to page 161
3. Find the 5th complete sentence
4. Cite the sentence on your blog
5. Pass it on to 5 other unsuspecting blogger friends.

From The Secret History by Donna Tartt, which I am currently reading:

"He lit another cigarette."

If you're reading this and you blog, consider yourself tagged!

House Guests

Woke up the other morning to find this downstairs:

Four giant boys crashed downstairs in the family room. Funny I didn't even hear them come in...bet they polished off an entire box of cereal once they came to.

We were in the middle of painting Jordan's room, which is why they weren't up there.

He chose this color...


and quickly realized that painting is hard work. It's all done now and looking good!

Shane's B-Day

Show me how old you are...yep, that's 40!



We celebrated by acting half our age: drinking Patron and going out to see Snoop Dogg. Snoop was fun (although he was an hour and a half late GRRR) but the highlight of the show was definitely Stephen Marley. So stoked we finally got to see him!



This pic just cracks me up.

Happy B-Day, babe. Gettin' better all the time.