What a girl wants, What a girl needs........

I love this shirt. My friend found this cute shirt at my favorite store. I just had to get it for my cute little girl. But this little girl hates to wear a shirt under it. I have told her that I will just get rid of the shirt. Which puts her in tears every time. It is the winter, but going sleeveless and freezing is such a sacrifice you must make when you are 4. She will wear it with a sweater on top and tell me that she will not take off the sweater, but sure enough off comes the sweater and my little angle is looking at her arms and admiring herself. I don't know what I am going to do with her.

I made her sad because I told her that she needed to smile in the pictures and to put her arms down. You know I am so mean.

It all started like any other Sunday morning. She dressed herself and comb her own hair

(it is a great job for someone who is 4).

and then the little girl was in tears because I will not let her leave the house with out her hair done. She only wants one pony, never more, but would be happy with none. So today I told her that I would do one braid in her hair.

She will tilt her head to what ever side I am doing that morning and this results in me asking several times for her to move her head to the middle. Sure enough 2 seconds later it is tilted to the side. I move her head back with a great response of tears (this goes on for several minutes). Until finally after several tries I get the finished product. She looks so cute with her hair done. I know that it is a losing battle because Sunday is really the only day that I get to do her hair anymore. I am hoping when she goes to school in near future that I will be able to do her hair every morning, but we will have to see.

My house is a very, very, very fine house......

What do you ask your husband to do when he has a week off of work. Well at our house I ask for a home project that doesn't take to long. This was my request. I have wanted him to take down this wall for about 6 years and now it is done and I love it. We are going to add a few things below the mirror, but are not sure what yet. I have a mantel that opens the space up just enough.

Finished Project
This is our old table (for sale)

This is our new table. I love that the dog is not tall enough to jump up and eat the kids food anymore. I also like that we have lots of space to do kid projects on the table.

A big Secret!

Ok, so I have been keeping a big secret. I have not kept for very long I just found out last week. It is so cool I look at it every day and love what it shows me.

Here you go:
I have a new shoe discount store online and if you have already shopped here then you know the love that it provides.

www.6pm.com


I am going to share the love with all of you.

When are you getting a real job?

The last week Christian was out of town and Aaron asked him when he was going to get a real job. Christian had to ask him what a real job was. Well, Aaron told him that people that help others, Police Men, Fire Men, Astronauts, and FBI are real jobs. So for all those out there that do not fall in these areas then you don't have a real job. Christian just laughed and now that it our family joke.

I needed to save this info!

http://www.dana-made-it.com/2008/07/tutorial-recycled-grocery-totes.html

I love what this woman did with Target bags. I am going to try and do it with mine. I will let you know how it goes.

http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html
Here is a second tutorial on how to make these bags.

Pumpkin Coffee Cake!

I love this recipe that I copied from Lauren Dyer.

Ingredients2 1/2 c cake flour + 2 T
2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1 t ground ginger
1 t nutmeg
pinch of ground cloves
1 1/2 c sugar
1 1/2 sticks butter
1 1/2 c pumpkin puree
3 extra large eggs
1 1/2 t vanilla
For the crumble:
3 T butter
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t salt
Method Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixer using the paddle attachment. Then add the eggs one by one, then the vanilla, then the pumpkin. Sift together the flour baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Set the mixer to low, and add in the dry ingredients until just combined. Turn the mixer off and finish folding the batter together with a spatula. Pour the batter into a greased 8 inch spring form pan. (You can also use a tube pan, or a square baking dish. Smooth out the batter and top with the crumble. Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes.
*If you do use a tube pan, invert the pan to turn out the cake, and serve crumble size up.
For the crumble:Place all the ingredients in a bowl, and pinch together with your fingers until you have small pea sized pieces

Crayon Rolls!

I was excited to find this really cool stocking stuffer. It is the Crayon Rolls. The cute rolls to carry the crayons in.

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2007/04/25/on-a-roll/
Here is the web site that will show you how to make them.