The Frog Prince

We went to go check the mail after dark and found a couple friends. These frogs love the mail box hut. We saw 3 or 4 frogs hoping around. Rhylan loved watching them but was a little afraid to get to close...so was I.

Baby and ME

Rhylan wants her baby doll to do what she can do. Today I found her rocking in the chair with a baby sitting right beside her. Then later at lunch, Rhylan put the baby in her very own seat to have lunch with us. That used to be my seat...

Canadian Thanksgiving... and Halloween fun!

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving (and Columbus day). If you didn't already know, Riley is Canadian. We aren't celebrating much, Riley is in school and I don't know how to make a turkey dinner, maybe we could have turkey sandwiches.

Today I decided to get out all my fall decorations for the season...I had 4 paper pumpkins you tape to a window... And that is it.

I really thought I had more but I guess they were thrown out during our move. So I remembered when we were little my mom always helped us make our own decorations for the house. Rhylan and I tried this. It was a great success. I cut out these little black bats and found these Halloween stickers and some bug stickers.

BEFORE

Here you can see she is really concentrating on this project.
Sometimes she got frustrated because the stickers stuck to her fingers not the paper. I descover that this little coffee table is perfect height for her to do things like this.
AFTER!!!
I hung them from our light in the dinning area. She really likes to look at them. She is even trying to say Bat!

Helping Mom

Today Rhylan helped me make some brownies. I got out the step stool and she stood right up to the counter and helped stir and make a mess! She really liked licking the spoon.


She even helped clean up herself and the counter, what a BIG GIRL!

One year from now...

This month my Uncle Bill is leaving for Iraq. He will be there for the one full year. That is really hard to believe. He has a wife and three little kids at home and they will be a long way from him for too long.

I don't think many of us understand the sacrifices our service men and women and their families make. It really starts to hit home once your family is affected. I know I still don't have a clue, but having a family member getting ready to leave has made me think and pray.

We just wanted their family to know that we love them and are here to support them. We are so proud to have Bill in our family. I just want Uncle Bill to know that we are fasting and praying for his safety, for the safety of his family at home, and for all of their happiness in this hard year to come. We love you and we are thankful for what you do. We will miss you while you are gone.

Home Sweet Home

So I have just moved to Mississippi, this seems the story of my life since I left home. I move all the time. I was really sick of my home being so temporary. I decided that I needed to make this my home and be happy. Living on a student loan budget doesn't leave much room for extras so I decided to decorate the old fashioned way---make it yourself! These pictures are mostly for my family to see my projects but you can also enjoy these cheap decorating ideas. (feel free us use any of my ideas...most of them I got from someone else anyway!)

Here is a curtain in my bedroom make from a twin sheet!

These boxes are old shoe boxes covered in paper. And I also made that cute photo holder. (you might have to zoom in to see that)


I got those old frames from a thrift store and spray painted them black. Then I used stencils to paint the letters on the glass.

These are wood art in Rhylan's bathroom.
These are curtains I made for the living room with a twin sheet!
Here is my dinning table center piece. That vase is really a bathroom cup!
Here are some wood art for Rhylans's bedroom.
Here is a coat hanger for Rhylans room.

All sorts of Animals

I walked into the living room after Rhylan had been playing with her Noah's Ark set. This is what I found! If you look closely you can see the animals are paired with animals that are similar or the same. All the these animals were in the boat at one time and she removed them all by her self. Riley and I are still wondering if this is a coincidence or if we have a baby genius.

Later Rhylan decided to use her daddy as a horse. They both seem to be having fun with this activity!

YOU

Rhylan you used to be my little baby and now you are my little girl. I watched you today climb up to the computer all by yourself. You are getting so smart! You know how to work the keyboard and mouse. You were pretending! You didn't seem to need me then you were playing all by yourself. I just sat and stared for a while and I couldn't help thinking how fast these last 16 months have gone by. You have changed and learned so much. It truly is amazing. I am always so excited to see you achieve new milestones but sad in a way to leave your baby year behind. I know I will look back later and see that you were still so small, but for right now you seem so big to me. It's hard to believe you are my little baby.

"She's Got The Beat"

We put in this new CD and Rhylan just started groov'n. This is a new dance by the way, check out the shoulders!

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Rhylan loves her baby dolls

Rhylan loves to play with her baby dolls. She wanted me to wrap up her babies in their blankets. Then she decided to lay the blanket in the floor for them to lay on. How sweet.

She likes to feed and kiss her dolls. She even gives them rides in her stroller.



Sorry about the naked baby, I think Rhylan realized there was a problem because she went and got this diaper and tried to fix it.