Spring is Bustin' out all Over

Look what is growing at our house.....
Delicious Peaches!
We also have some mystery berries, probably poisonous mushrooms, a fig less fig tree, and a wicked looking red flower bush.



Now I just need to figure our when to pick the peaches. Do you wait until they are totally ripe or do you pick them and then let them ripen up? I shall have to google it.

Addicted

Yesterday I had a bunch of friends over to decorate care package boxes for the teen age girls at our church. We had a potluck lunch and chatted and I became addicted to modge podge. I forgot to get pictures of everyone's creations but here is mine.

Once I started I just couldn't stop! Here are some picture frame makeovers.
I turned two into bow holders and one into a picture for Grace's room.
And finally here is a "G" for Grace's door.
And no post is complete without a picture of Baby Grace. Here is the lovely young lass sporting an outfit from her Great Aunt Judy.

My Little Helper

"Look Mom!" exclaimed Baby Grace
"A yummy new treat!"
Perhaps Grace isn't old enough yet to help out in the kitchen :)
So in other news Grace has hit the terrible twos a year early. She is a tantrum throwing machine if she doesn't get her way. And she is determined to get her way by hook or crook. For example Baby G loves the TV remote control. I use to be able to pacify her by giving her Neil's calculators when he wasn't home but now she realizes the difference. So one day while playing with Daddy Grace made a move to get the remote control. Neil moved it and Grace brought him a toy from her bin and started to play with it. Well, the minute Neil got distracted Grace took off for the remote control and then cackled evilly when she grabbed it! Church has become quite a battle and honestly Grace is usually the victor. I have her with me for the first hour of primary and she is very good at distracting the 3 year olds. Today they were singing the Hello song and G started Screaming "HELLO!" while waving. The sunbeams promptly followed suit and yelled all their "hellos". Her verbal skills are rapidly improving though. Or maybe I am just understanding her better. During her bath yesterday she kept pointing out the toy "phish" to me. Today she order Neil to "put on shoes" after she had taken them off. And she is starting to obey me when I ask her to do something, which is wonderful. But I am afraid she is earning the nick name of Little Napoleon. Grace does have a really soft spot for little babies however. Her friend Julia is 6 months younger and Grace always walks towards her saying "tickle tickle tickle" and then tries to tickle the baby. Luckily Julia, or in Grace's words "Uleeah", usually laughs happily. While Grace is not a big giver of kisses she always tries to plant ones on babies, in between the tickling of course.

Guess who is really excited for the playoffs......

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It is 12:20 AM and I am awake. There is something growing in the state of Texas that is filling my head with fluid and depriving me of the ability to sleep. At first I thought I was constantly sick but then a pattern emerged. On the days I work out at the gym I am fine but if I go for a walk outside it is certain sinus doom. So this evening I got me some claritin. However it is non drowsy so I am not taking the pills until tomorrow. So here comes some random blogging. There is only one room in my house that is completely finished and you lucky reader are going to see it. Please excuse the askew blind.
Oh yes it is the upstairs bathroom. I'd show you the completed downstairs guest 1/2 bath but it is pretty boring.
So lately Grace has been the worst napper ever. I was lucky to get her down for an hour of sleepy time. Well, I realized why. Grace is now the proud owner of 4 molars, and I have a sneaking suspicion another is on the way. Please ignore the fact that Grace looks like an old woman in this photo and just focus on her teeth. I am glad to say that today she made a triumphant return to napping.
And finally I am throwing a baby shower for a friend tomorrow and I made a craft gift for her boys. I'm always a little nervous to give away something I've made but I think these brother bunnies turned out pretty cute. I saw some on a blog, I think it was mmmcrafts? (not sure, Neil closed the window) and decided to try to make my own pattern. Don't look too closely. I'm afraid this handiwork cannot bare close scrutiny.
With my new found free time/ Grace actually napping, I got a great deal accomplished. I showered and did my hair and makeup. Cleaned the house, did some laundry, made goody bags for the shower and I started a cute baby boy quilt I will unveil later. It is amazing how little I got done earlier this week with a cranky, teething, sleep deprived baby attached to my hip. Oh! I actually do have more news. Grace head butted me today and the right side of my nose is swollen. I look pretty awesome. Alright I am out of randomness I guess it is time to facebook :)

Oh The Horror

Neil and I are both chap stick junkies and consequently there are a lot of chap sticks around our house. Cherry, vanilla, medicated, cinnamon, mint, blistex, lip smackers, we have them all. So the other day when I woke up, I walked into the bathroom. Brushed my teeth and reached for the closest available chap stick. As I was running the chap stick across my upper lip I realized something was horribly wrong. This "chap stick" lacked any flavor I had tried before and had the consistency of a glue stick. Mystified I looked at the label and realized and I just spread Neil's wart medication all over my upper lip!!! Ahhhh, I shudder just remembering. As I live in fear of warts I scrubbed and scraped my mouth with soap. This was a few days ago and so far my lip is, thankfully, free of warts.

Easter PS

Anyone who knows me well knows I never have any cash. I am strictly a debit card girl because somehow I seem to spend all cash with amazing speed. Something about not being accountable. Well anyway, since Grace is too small for a real Easter egg hunt Neil decided to make one for me. I had 5 minutes to find six eggs and I was allowed one life line. The life line was basically Neil saying hot or cold. Well, Neil under estimating me and I had a minute and a half to spare. Anyway instead of candy the eggs contain money- unaccountable fun spending money! Neil informed me that in future years we will have Daddy's Easter Egg hunt and I will have to compete with our children, watch out kids!
PPSS: When I am trying to be a good mother I point out Jesus in art work and try to tell Grace scripture stories but I didn't think it was making any impression in her little brain but apparently Grace is old enough to learn a bit because the other day she looked at a picture of Jesus and said distinctly, "Jesusss." Now if she will just stop talking really loudly through prayers we will be in business.