Quiet Time Book!

It's been about a year in the making, but it's FINALLY done!! I made a quiet time activity book of Bible stories for Grayson to keep him busy/quiet during church. I'm quite proud of how it turned out!! I made the whole thing up myself -- no patterns at all -- just my own ideas, and my own free-handing the shapes. My wonderful mother took pity on me and finally finished it for me -- it's been sitting by her sewing machine for months -- just loose pages, waiting for me to get time to sew it together, which never happened. Thank you, Mom! :) Anyway, here are some pictures of the book:

Adam and Eve: the apples, flowers, and leaves are velcroed on, so you match which goes where.


Moses: the ten commandments -- numbers have snaps on them, so you snap them into place in order. The other side is Moses parting the Red Sea -- you just open both sides of the 'sea' to find Moses.


Joseph: his 'coat of many colors' buttons on/off
Jonah: hides inside the whale's mouth


Daniel and the Lion's Den: the lion's mouth zips shut (for when the angel "shut the mouths" of the lions)
David and Goliath: there's a stone on a ribbon that slides from Daniel's sling up to Goliath's forehead


Noah's Ark: you match the animals with their pair (one is glued on, and the pair velcroes next to it); and the dove pulls out of the pocket with a rainbow ribbon.


I LOVE this fabric we found for the cover! It has all the bible stories on it in fun cartoon drawings!


I still need to make some kind of title for the front, but I had to show it off now :D So fun!!

It's Finally SUMMER!

We are loving the semi-hotness that is early summer in Utah. Gray and I have been spending most of our time outside, exploring and getting messy! I'm just glad it's not 100 degrees outside yet! We're enjoying temps in the 70's/80's! :)

I made a few new little crafts for summer. I bought these "Spring" blocks last year, and I love them, so I decided to give them a dual purpose!

I put "Summer" on the back! (they didn't have any "M"s at the craft store, so I made due with "W"s. I'm past it bugging me, though -- I think it's kind of cute!!

I also made this felt flower wreath! Bright, happy, summery colors!


Gray thinks we need to go to Nana and Pop's house every day -- he LOVES it there! They have a fun little sandbox and a water/train table there that he just thinks is the best thing in the world. They also live a block away from the "park" (the elementary school's playground), that he drags us all to numerous times when we're there. My parents are such good sports to humor him! :)

My sister and her little boy Rowan were just here visiting from Las Vegas -- we had so much fun with them! It's so weird to see Gray as the "big boy", and see Row try to copy everything he does! Such cute little guys!

Hm. Well, that seems to be all the pictures I have taken lately. I'll need to fix that...

Videos

Harmony was trying to get Grayson to answer the question "What do pandas say?" today, and he was too busy running around to answer her. So I decided to video him answering it. Here it is: (you may have to turn up your speaker volume for these -- he's kind of quiet)

"Gray, what does a panda say?" "Skidoosh! Skidoosh!"

And just because I LOVE his answer to this question, I had to post it, too:

"Gray, what does Momma say?" "I love you!"

A Boy and His IPad

Steve got an iPad for his birthday, and he loves it -- carries it around everywhere with him. Grayson loves it, too. They have done away with their usual bed-time routine of reading books together -- they now look at pictures of animals and cars on Steve's iPad. Grayson will say an animal, and Steve googles it -- then Gray taps on the picture he wants to see with his little finger -- he LOVES that he has control of it. I had to take pictures to document the cuteness. Something tells me this little one is going to be a techie-geek like his daddy :)

Happy Nurse's Week!

To all my fellow nurse friends!! Especially my postpartum nurse friends :) -- here is a cake (yes, it really is a cake) that you will enjoy.



You're welcome.

(photo taken from Cake Wrecks)

(seriously, did they really need to add stretch marks???? hahahahaha!)

What Does a Panda Say?

Gray LOVES animals, and animal sounds. To keep him entertained during diaper changes, waiting in lines, etc., we often play the animal sounds game. I ask him what the animal says, and he tells me -- pretty simple. Sometimes, I say an animal that he doesn't know the sound to, and he promptly makes up an answer. Past answers have included giraffes say "raff", hippos say "HIP-po!", and zebras say "bra-bra" Here's the made-up answer of the day:

Mom: What does a panda say?
Gray: .... (thinks about it a second, then with a big smile:) "Skidoosh!!!!"

Thank you, Kung Fu Panda.

A Random Post

I don't really have anything blog-worthy to write about. We haven't done anything particularly extraordinary lately. (Although Harmony DID ask me today if I was having much sex lately. In front of my mother-in-law's whole family. That was pretty darn funny [and a slip of the tongue, might I add -- supposed to be "much success lately"]). Anyway, here are some random pictures I've taken lately:

Here are my beautiful trees in our front yard. They only bloom for about a day and a 1/2, so I try to enjoy them fully while they do!


This is the view out my back door -- gorgeous, no?! :D


Here is Gray playing with some of my crocheted toys -- he loves the dogs :)




And here is my cutest dog Oliver! Isn't he so regal?! :)



Hehe -- some day, Gray will LOVE that I posted this pic on the internet! (bwa ha ha haaaa)! The other night, he squirmed out of my arms as soon as I got him out of the bathtub, ran to his room, and immediately tried to climb into his crib -- saying "nigh-night! nigh-night!" the whole time! Guess he was tired....


Well, I hope that was enough randomness for now :)