Seriously Cute

I got some new pajamas yesterday - and damn, are they CUTE! I even took a picture of them so you could see them. Sorry about the pointing fingers - I was trying to make sure that Tessa got my feet so that you could see how long the bottoms were.

They are Nick and Nora pj's from Target. They have a cute little ruffle around the sleeves and the bottom. The arms and legs are 3/4's length. When I saw them, they screamed MONICA, what with the cherries and the colors and all, so I had to get them. Makes sense, huh? They are so bright and cheery and cool and comfortable.

I'm very picky about the pajamas I wear - I know - weird. My family won't buy them for me anymore. However, a few years back they did pick out some flannel pj's with coffee designs all over them - and I love them, but it's getting a little to warm to wear flannel pj's. Now I have these and I love them and think I should go buy some more.

Birthday Sleepover

Carra's birthday is at the end of the month, but we usually do a birthday party for her before the end of school. So, her Birthday party was Friday night. Lucky me, only her and 3 other girls.

Now, I find parties very stressful because I'm such a horrible housekeeper. I know, I know, but still. I want things to be clean, especially if people are coming over, and things are usually not clean. Luckily this house is much smaller that our other house, and much easier to clean. I did manage to get it cleaned.

I had to do party gifts for the girls. Here's what I came up with:

They are sleep shirts, headbands, and more of the covered flip flops. The girls wore most of the stuff, so I'm assuming that they like it. Here's a picture of the girls in some of the stuff - t-shirts and headbands.

They swam, watched movies, and ate too much junk food. I don't think they ever slept. The living room is above our bedroom, and I heard feet running all night. At 1:00 a.m., Carra came down and told us that Faith didn't feel well and was calling her mom. Then we heard that Faith threw up. Great. Unfortunately Dan got puke duty. At least it landed on the indoor/outdoor carpet and we were able to take the carpet out the next morning and hose it down.

I'm pretty sure they only slept from 3:00 to 5:30. The next morning I convinced them to go swimming, so they burned off what little energy they had left. The other two girls left at 10:00 a.m., and we had the rest of the day to recover. Geez.

Pictures, Picture, and More Pictures

Okay, I'm not sure if anyone read Angela's post on taking pictures. If you haven't, you should. It's great. What most you can't see, is that in the article it says, "Michelle, go buy a new camera!" Seriously. It does. You see, I haven't been thrilled with the one I have. It takes forever to take a picture and I miss out on pictures - you should have seen me at Carra's bad concert. It wasn't a happy sight. Here's one of the lovely pictures my camera took.

Look at the cutie up there all blurry and with evil eyes. So, as you can see, I needed a new camera.

Well, lucky for me, when I was at Costco last week, there was a camera that called my name when I walked by. And, even more lucky for me, it was one similar to the one that Angela talked about in her post. This is the little baby that I got. Not TOO expensive, and it came with almost everything that I need (carrying case, battery charger, etc.) - with the exception of more memory. So, I had to get it out and try it. This time I'm going to try this sucker and make sure it is exactly what I want. If not, I can take it back. So, here are some pictures I've taken, exploring the wonders of this camera.My garden. I recently planted another tomato plant, some peppers, and some more herbs - thyme, sage, and tarragon. You know, finding veggies to plant in this town is not easy. Next year I'll need to get some seeds.Look how nicely my basil is doing! I thinned it a little after this picture. I have these little seedlings all over the place. I think I need to plant some more!Here's Tessa's room. I think there was too much sunshine going on - this one didn't come out that great. You don't get the true essense of the orange. The one wall is pink and the other three are orange. When it's clean, it really is a pretty great room.

Okay, that's all the pictures for now. But I'll be finding some more to take and post. I really have to make sure that I like this camera!

Disney Bag

Okay, I did it. And damn, it's nice. Excuse me for being impressed with myself. I could point out the mistakes, but I'm not going to. I'm going to revel in my handiwork. And Tessa likes it, too.

I put in a zipper so she can keep her stuff in her bag; and check out that snazzy little cell phone pocket. Keep in mind the purple is the SAME purple as the shirt she is going to wear. I hope to get a picture of that.

Tagged

Monica tagged me to do a To Do list. Oh Monica - it's so long, but here goes.

1) Do a tote bag for Tessa to take to Disney on Tuesday. The Honor Roll kids get to go - and she wants to tote to match her outfit.

2) I need to finish the quilt for my friend, and do my wrap.

3) I have some Mailbox Love that I need to finish, get together and send out. Lots of Mailbox Love - like my Sunbonnet Sues.

4) Make some end of the year teacher's gifts.

5) Make doctors, dentist, and eye appointments.

6) And really, I'm going to need to clean because Carra's having a sleepover for her birthday party.

However, Dan has a Board of Trustees dinner that we need to attend on Thursday. Therefore, here's what I'll really get done.

1) Monday - Make Tessa's tote bag. All this week Carra has band practice at the "other" school, so I need make sure that she gets there and home every day after school. Monday night is also Carra's gymnastics.

2) Tuesday - I'm going to Disneyland with a mom of Tessa's friend.

3) Get my hair done on Wednesday. Wednesday is Tessa's volleyball practice.

4) Thursday - Make sure I have something to wear that I can fit in - go out and get something if I don't.

5) Thursday - Get a manicure/pedicure and have lunch with my girlfriend.

6) Friday - Carra's concert.

7) Saturday - Last volleyball game and "party". A candle party that I promised my girlfriend I'd attend.

More than anyone wants to know.

Some more memes:

3) We moved into our house on September 1, 2006 - and I just used the pool for the first time on Memorial Day.

4) I have major Scrapbooking Guilt. I started scrapbooking a number of years ago - okay, so maybe it has been 12 or so years. I bought all of the shit wonderful items that you use to scrapbook. Boxes of it, I have boxes and boxes of the stuff. I also have boxes and boxes of pictures. But I can't scrapbook. Because then I would have to go through those pictures of my babies - when they were babies. And it's far too emotional for me. I miss my kids as babies, and it kills me to see their baby pictures and know they are not babies anymore. It was a part of my life that I really wasn't ready to give up - but was forced to. I love my children now - I love being able to talk to them and relate to them on a whole other level. But damn, I adored my babies.

The Latest

My son has a friend at school - "We're JUST friends, just friends." - that he has lunch with every day. He was invited to her birthday party - "Her parents are are making her have a birthday party." I've never met this girl, and my son is not very forthcoming. However, he has made mention of some things - like her birth mother abandoned her, her step mother died, and she lives with her dad and his sister. My son is very choosy, so I'm know she must be a good person. How tall is she, Wyatt? Is she as tall as your sister? Is she taller - like my height? "I have no idea. I think she's as tall as Tessa." Okay. What does she want for her birthday? "Well, she said a gift card. Or cash - she wouldn't mind cash." Okay then. "And she has a wrist problem, and I was wondering if you could make rice bags that fit around her wrists. Here, here's the design we came up with" (handing me the Taco Bell wrapper that has been folded and putting it around his wrist) "and here's the picture she drew that we thought would work." Okay. "But she said she really wants it, and if you can't get it done before her birthday, that's okay." Okay. "And here's her wrist guard, and she was wondering if you could make a little pocket to put this hard thing in." Okay. "And she wants it blue with a lime green stripe." Okay. If you sew, your kids never stop thinking that you're a miracle worker. But her birthday, Wyatt, what about that. I thought I'd just make her a tote, and maybe some flip flops, too. Didn't you say she liked skulls? "Skulls? She doesn't like skulls. No, that's another friend." Okay, then, blue, we'll go with blue and lime green.

Here's what I came up with.

And I made some flip flops to go with it (I got size 9). Because I love this pattern. Now, because I finished this tote and flip flops 5 minutes before I had to take him, I didn't put a yo-yo on them - which I wanted to do. Wyatt, do you think she'll think it's weird that I'm making this stuff for her? "She might." What???? I'd make this stuff for Tessa's friends. I helped Amanda make a tote, and she's still using it. "Really?" Why do I bother?

By the way? This girl is taller than me. Probably 5'9". I sure hope those flip flops fit.