National Sewing Month...

September was declared National Sewing Month by President Reagan back in 1982. There are 3 more hours left before this month is through and the total number of sewing projects I have completed is..... ZERO! How sad :( I have, however, had a few things happen this month that are sewing related:

-Last week I attended a Sewing Soiree at Martha Stewart's house. This gal is AMAZING! She cooks, she crafts, she sews, she gardens... name it she does it. (But really, I'd like to see Martha do all that while raising 5 kids!)

-This past weekend I decided I couldn't live any longer without a walking foot so I lugged both my boys and my sewing machine over to Jo-Ann's to find a foot that fits.

-I did spend some time sewing this month, but have yet to complete a single item to show off. Here's a sample of what I've been working on:




Can't wait to finish my projects so I can post some more pictures!

Curious what my peach jar and packaging tape have to do with sewing? I'll explain later.

I promise it's not me...

#1.) I promise this is not how I tuck my kids in at night:


Marcus likes to roll himself up into his blankets lately, and sometimes that's how he falls asleep. I do of course (after taking a picture) tuck him in properly.

I'm starting to wonder why I even lay a blanket on the floor for him to lay on. He never lays on it anymore. He's always making a little cocoon.

And the butterfly emerges...

One day this week, I set him on his blanket, walked into the kitchen to do something and then the next thing I hear are these little muffled whimpers. I looked back at him and he was so tightly rolled into his blanket and all he had were his little feet sticking out. I just couldn't believe the way he rolled himself into this neat and precise little Marcus burrito. I wish I could have grabbed the camera, but I was a little worried about his air supply so I quickly unwrapped him. He is quite the expert roller now. I've been waiting for him to learn a new trick, but I guess he's content with rolling for now.

But now you know, if you are ever wondering where Marcus is, just look under the blanket.


On another note... We're sitting in sacrament at church today and I reach down to the diaper bag to grab a baby wipe since Marcus decided it might be fun to spit up all over Daddy's tie, and I see a little something extra in my bag...

#2.) I promise this is not how I pack for church:



P.S. I still have so much catching up to do. Soon.

Getting back into the groove...

I was doing so good at keeping my blog updated, but we left for vacation and I got totally thrown off track. I have a bunch of things that happened before we left that I'd like to post about. There's tons of things to post from our vacation. And there's all the things to post about now that we are home... WHERE TO START??? I don't know where to start so for now I'll just leave you with this:

The Snuggly Brothers...






Hopefully I can get all caught up soon. We'll see.

Playgroup at the pool...

We had playgroup at the pool today. Check out more pictures here.

Oh Caleb...

This was Caleb's outfit of choice today:

Underwear accessorized with underwear...

Cyberchase...

Today Caleb was watching Cyberchase (pbs kids). I'm not quite sure what the episode was about, but they were on some type of secret mission to stop Hacker and his evil plans.


Caleb then requested a long list of items: backpack, sunglasses hat, sleeves (long sleeved shirt), gloves, pants, we even put socks and shoes on (which we don't normally wear around the house... actually, if you haven't noticed [which I don't know how you couldn't], but Caleb normally doesn't wear anything around the house. )

I gathered everything together but the gloves. I told him we didn't have any, but he would not drop the subject. Then I remembered I had some mittens from a couple winters back. I pulled them out and he was excited to put them on. I kind of felt bad for my poor bundled up little boy, with pants and long sleeve shirt and MITTENS right in the dead of summer. I turned the AC up because this boy is a sweater even when he's not all covered up, but he was loving it. He was crawling around, running and jumping, and doing all sorts of moves you'd do if you were on a secret mission. I kept calling him my little cyberchaser :)

Big Brother Caleb...

Caleb is the best big brother ever. He takes such good care of Marcus. He needs to know where Marcus is at all times. He always wants to hold his hand. And he makes sure that Mama does her job at taking care of Marcus.

Yesterday I had Marcus on my lap. I was bouncing him on my knee because he was a little fussy. Caleb comes up to me and says, "Mama, I hundy. Attle jush an feeyum." Which means, "Mama, I'm hungry. Apple juice and ..." I wasn't quite sure what that last part was. I asked him to repeat himself so he said, "Attle jush an feeyum." Hmm... still couldn't figure it out. "Can you show me what you want Caleb?" He says, "FEEYUM!" and puts his finger in mouth and starts sucking. I said, "You want a finger?" What a weird request. He says no and continues to suck. "A straw?" It sure looked like he was acting out using a straw, but 'feeyum' sure does not sound like straw to me. I just couldn't figure it out, then Caleb says, "No Mama, Marcus! Feeyum!" Oooooh... Feed him. "You want me to feed Marcus?" "Yes, Ma. Feeyum!" So sweet. Watching out for his little brother. Making sure Mama's not starving him. Telling Mom how to make him stop fussing. Too cute.

It's also really cute when Caleb wants to read to Marcus. It makes me smile when he does this.