Indian Princess the first

I sewed this! Me! Sienna cut the fringe for her shawl. I made the headband! I made the dress! I'm having a breakthrough in creativity.

Grace's Self Portrait

A fine Halloween Success

This Jack-O-Lantern is a symbol of greater things in my life. It represents the possibility of me creating something, on my own, and having fun with my children while doing it. This is the first Jack-O-Lantern I've ever done on my own, and he is wonderfully hideous.

Pizza and Sunflower

"Mom, can I call you Etsa? That's the Indian word for Momma."

"Sure, hon. And, I'll call you PearApple because you are so sweet."

Sienna now, "Mommy, can I call you Pizza?"

"Sure, honey, and I'll call you Sunflower."

All afternoon, echoes rang through our house, "Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!"

"Yes, Sunflower?"

"Etsa, Can we watch a movie?"

"Yes, Pearapple."

Our Mormon Code of Health

So, my sweet elderly neighbor asked me across the fence yesterday, "Are you all Mormon?"

"Yes!"

And, after a discussion about our temple here, which she walked through during the open house, she asked, "I don't want to be ugly, but is there anything you aren't allowed to eat?"

Grace immediately piped up, "We don't drink coffee, green tea, sweet tea, or alcohol. Other than those three, we can eat anything." Then, after some thought, she added, "Well, unless your parents won't let you eat something. Like Glow-in-the-dark gummy worms."

This is a hilarious and surprising reference to an incident at a birthday party months ago, where Grace won some glowing candy as a prize, and I immediately forbid her eating it. I just don't think our food show glow of its own accord.

Basement "Organization"

I have a friend who has a very clean house. All the time. Her name is Tisha.

So, we have a basement, a huge basement, that we have basically filled up by piling things on the floor over a 1400 sq ft area.

So, I say to Tisha, "Won't you please come over and tell me what to do?"

Today, she did. But before she came, our little 4 yr old friend Jade visited.

"Jade, today I'm having a friend over to help me organize the basement."

In a very flat tone, she quickly said, "Thank goodness. You can finally clean up all that junky Monkey." You can tell, she's spent time playing down there! ;-)

The Butterfly House

For Residents of St Louis County, the Butterfly House is free once/month. You don't want to miss it, either! SO cool.

How You Really know its True Love,

When you come home to a note taped on the front door like this, you know its the real thing.