The Three Little Pigs

This morning, Calder told me a wonderful version of The Three Little Pigs.  I had a constant smile on my face just listening to him go on and on.  So, this afternoon, I asked him to tell the story to my camera.  It came out a little different this time.   Actually...a lot different.  He became distracted by thoughts of springtime, the Easter Bunny, and his new favorite TV show "Little Bill"...so there isn't a whole lot about the three little pigs.  Warning...although this video is super cute (in my humble opinion) it is also very long!

The Three Little Pigs -- Take One


Three Little Pigs -- Take One from courtney on Vimeo.

Here's Take Two (which is shorter).  He was able to stick to the story line a little better once we got inside our "brick house".  It starts off pretty dark, but then I figured out how to crack a window to let a little bit of light in.


Three Little Pigs -- Take Two from courtney on Vimeo.


I love this little boy!

Baby loves pumpkin bread

I mean she really loves it. 

Fun with Grandparents

Poppa cuddling his funny valentine

Fanciness

Slowly but surely, I'm starting to get a handle on how to 'upgrade' my blog.  I have a thing for fancy fonts, so I'm excited that I at least got that part to work!  It wasn't exactly easy and actually required some html coding (ok, ok, with very detailed instructions).  Hopefully more fanciness to come! 

Grrrr....

I hate blogger.  I just wasted 2 hours of my life simply trying to give the blog a 'newish' look.  It sort of worked, but I managed to totally mess up all of the formatting in the process.  I was finally able to fix most of it...but I'm not thrilled with the outcome.  I'm too tired to continue dealing with it now, so this is what it's going to look like until I decide to tackle it again. 

Channeling Martha

So, what's a momma to do when snowed in for an entire week? Chasing the kids around and dealing with cabin fever didn't leave me a whole lot of free time...but I did manage to find a little bit of time to get in touch with my inner Martha Stewart! I love making things...and I'm always finding these great ideas that I want to try, but I usually just can't find the time. So, anyway, here's what I cranked out last week. For Calder -- his very own Diego pillow case! It was a huge hit with my little Diego fan and really, sew easy!

And for Little Miss T? A cute little "T" onesie.

I'm obviously no competition for Martha (thank God you cannot see the details in my stitches from these photos!), but I really had fun with these projects and hope to find time for more! I really like to sew, and since my 4-H training only goes so far, I'm thinking that I'll actually go ahead and sign up for some sewing classes like I've been talking about for years now...

Now, about that blanket that I've been knitting for Tessa's first birthday...

Snowmageddon, Snowpocalypse, Snowtorious B.I.G.

So, we've gotten a little bit of snow in the last few weeks -- somewhere around 35" or so. And, for the whole winter season, we've had record snowfall in the DC region -- over 60"! I wanted to remember some of the clever nicknames that the storms have been given, hence the title of this post. I hear we are supposed to get more tomorrow -- I just pray that the forecasters are correct with a prediction of only 1-3 more inches! Anyway, Calder has been having a blast, and Tessa even checked it out for a few minutes. Here are a few photos of the craziness!