Pro-choice?

Can you answer the question in this movie?

Removing wallpaper is torture (and other tidbits).

Please, please don't ever put up wallpaper on drywall with extra-strength glue. Removing it is miserable. Curses on the contractors who did this!

Anyways.

The rest of this post is titled: Happiness is... :)

Happiness is your first sleeping bag.

Happiness is getting pumpkins.

Happiness is sitting together by the cozy fire.

Happiness is dressing up with your best friend.

And getting your face painted.

Happiness is hiking up to see a pretty waterfall.

Happiness is riding the giraffe.

And the train. Praise God for this smiling, healthy face!

What we've been doing...

Lots of canning the past few months. Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, apples, plums!

This is Watson Mill Bridge in Comer--shallow water with some small swimming holes and natural little water slides :)

                                           Jonathan's mom and some sisters came for a visit:

The little doll spent a day in CA with her sweet cousin:

We drove to Oregon to go camping near Crater Lake and saw a beautiful waterfall:

Can't leave out the county fair! The "kids" all had a blast ;)

              The grandmas hopped right on the carousel (along with Uncle Christian):

The little doll is 3!!



Camping

Last month we went camping in Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina with some dear friends. We had fun during the day...The little ones had colds and were up most of the night unable to breathe through their noses, and it ended up being in the upper 30's--really cold. So the second night we stayed with our friends parents in their beautiful lodge-like home 5 miles away. We hiked up the Blue Ridge and saw some beautiful mountains...I forget how much I miss mountains here in GA until I see one...it's sad when your 2 year old points to a tall building and says "Mommy! A mountain!"...ahem....anyways, she did a great job hiking and wants to go again! Here are the visuals:

                                                               Handsome hubband

                                                                        Buddies

This progression of pictures is funny. Trying to get 8 people looking at the camera (smiling is an extra bonus!) at once is quite a challenge. I have new respect for my mom-in-law having wrangle everyone together for the yearly family photo (16 ppl and counting).

                                                                   Sunbonnet Sue

I (used to) heart Old Navy

I really like Old Navy. I shop there quite frequently for myself, the hubby, the kiddos, and gifts for people. However, I don't think a clothing store should be pushing a political agenda, and promoting a destructive and sinful lifestyle: homosexuality.

The retail chain is now selling shirts for its "Love Proudly: Pride 2011" campaign and donating 10% of the proceeds to the "It gets better" project (http://www.facebook.com/oldnavy?sk=app_102771089813109). I wrote them an email (you can too, if you'd like: custserv@oldnavy.com) to let them know they should stick to selling stylish, affordable clothing, and that for a large amount of time, I will be shopping elsewhere. They currently collaborate with several activist groups (partnering with The American Red Cross Operation: Care & Comfort, to collect donated items for care packages to send to our troops overseas, and others), so they should continue to advocate things are good rather than promote and condone things that are harmful and unhealthy.

If you leave a comment, please be courteous. Thank you :)

Trip to Savannah

My parents came for a visit in late March/early April and we took a short trip to Savannah. What a beautiful town! We especially loved Forsyth Park which was close enough to the house we rented to walk to. I can't imagine having such a lovely space to play in everyday:

 

Something suspicious hanging from the tree...

Our little family

Nana and the little doll

Tybee Island was windy and COLD! Fun to see the Atlantic Ocean for the first time :)

We had a sweet time with Nana and Papa here!

Recent projects

Along with many baby shower gifts, I whipped up a few things for my boy. This bib was made out of two old T-shirts from the hubs:

This little man is a drooler (his first tooth just popped up!), and at 6 months is learning to make his way around by happily slithering on his belly :)

If anyone has an Ergo baby carrier, then you know that your wee babe LOVES to suck on the straps. Here's a solution to washing the carrier constantly from drool and spit-up stains (the company also sells these, but they're pricey and the fabric isn't nearly as fun!):

Just un-velcro them and toss them in the laundry!

I got the idea from my friend over at http://www.rickstrewranch.com/2011/01/just-little-something-i-made.html and the tute came from http://www.lubirdbaby.com/2010/06/baby-suckingdrool-pads-for-ergo-baby.html.

The little princess attended her first birthday party recently, so Mama set out to make the newly-turned-three-year-old boy something special:

She's modeling his reversible cape (tute from http://pukingpastilles.com/?p=57). Here's the other side:

After realizing the cape was not staying at our house, she naturally wanted her own, so Mama set out to make a princess (warrior) cape:

With warm weather coming (well, it's here actually...76 today) and finding some cute fabric, I decided to make the little doll a sweet skirt:

It's pretty cute on, but the model was napping when the photo shoot occurred. What have YOU been working on lately? Even a healthy, tasty dinner counts! ;)