Summer Projects for Big M's Room

I had thought about making curtains and coordinating pillows for Big M's room. Well, I actually started and FINISHED the projects! She loves everything and since I hadn't sewn in a while, there was definitely room for improvement on my part. But, I'm happy to say that I made the pillows and small valance without a pattern. I was about to pull my hair out a few times due to a broken sewing machine needle, tons of thread wrapped underneath the bobbin spool, and few other unnamed mishaps. At least the curtains and pillows are done. We have one other project....hopefully I'll have it completed soon!

Purple square pillow with pink, cream, and green trim.
Rectangular pillow with cream grosgrain ribbon

Small Valance

Roman shade with ties

Same window/curtain---just different view.

Saying Bye-Bye to Dada's Car

M&M helped Charley say good-bye to his BMW this week. He's now the proud owner of a silver 2010 Toyota 4Runner. He's looking forward to the 4x4 capability of his new vehicle when the weather gets cold and icy. The BMW was a special car...we purchased it on our first trip to Europe before kids and drove it on the Autobahn. Unfortunately, expensive repairs were soon on the horizon, so it was time to move on. Happy Driving Blue BMW!

Summer Fun

I decided it was time to post a few random photos of the girls...I haven't been so good about updating the blog lately.

The girls visited the Tulsa Zoo earlier in June while I was gone for the day to a Breastfeeding Symposium. Charley caught some good photos of the girls that day, which is sometimes a challenge!

Of course, he also got a great shot of M&M's favorite animal at the zoo...the Giraffe!

Big M recently enjoyed a play date with a little girl she met at VBS at FBCBA. They had a great time playing at our nearby playground and splashpad. The weather was perfect...not too hot and not too cool. We can't wait to get together with them again soon!

In late spring, we started a sunflower plant from seed. Last year, this wasn't too successful, but this year it has been a different story. Big M has really enjoyed watching her sunflower grow and grow and grow. This picture was taken in early July...hopefully we'll remember to update towards the end of summer!

It's hard to believe that summer is half-way over. So sad for us, but I guess that means we've really been busy!

Happy 4th of July!!

We were able to enjoy a 4th of July parade at Big M's preschool today! It was fun seeing the kids wearing their patriotic decorations and parading around the building...even the little babies were wearing special patriotic attire! Here's a sweet pic of Big M and one of her neighborhood and preschool friends, Kimberly:

Here comes the parade....

Aunt Nat's New House

Natalie, my sister, moved into her new home in "The Village" area of Oklahoma City on Friday. We headed over to help her unpack and get a few things done on Saturday. It was great to see her cute little place. While the move did not go as smoothly as she would have liked, she's now got her "own" place. The girls enjoyed seeing Aunt Natalie, Mamaw, and Papaw and of course, the house. Here's a little photo of them "helping"--


Congrats Natalie on your new home!!

Going Potty

Little M, totally caught me by surprise last night. After getting out of the bathtub and not having a diaper on yet, she pointed to the toilet and strongly indicated she wanted to sit on it. I am trying not to get to excited or worked up about it, and I realize she's only 18 months old (still my baby if you ask me). But, she definitely wants to do what big sister does, so who knows? She may just decide she's had enough of the diaper sooner than we expect! I'm not going to push the issue, and she'll be in charge of this one. My little girl is growing up...sad, but true.

A Day to Remember

So starting the day off at 3 am made the day memorable, but adding the storms on Wednesday really made the day one we would never forget. We were so happy to get Big M in pre-K after waiting in line at 10 pm. Luckily, Charley took the 10pm-3 am shift and I traded with him at 3 am and successfully got a morning Pre-K spot.

Later on that day, we headed to Stillwater for Big M's recital rehearsal at the Seratean Center. Her tap class performed their Wheels on the Bus number and soon after we were headed to the basement for a safe place to wait out the storm. Little did we know how big the storm was. With little cell phone reception down there, we later learned there were 24 storms in Kansas and Oklahoma that evening, 18 of which were in OK. It was a crazy evening and we had some great little girls and company as we waited out the storm in the hot, muggy basement with many, many others and their pets. We waited in the basement for almost 2 hours!! We were safe, but so happy when the storm had passed and we were able to get out of there.

Such a long day, but one we'll always remember...