post nap may 11

so after ks nap, we went on a walk. mommy had a bright idea. lets walk to daddy's work and we can come home with him.....it's not too far from the house. but it's a really long walk.

we didn't take the short route either.

lesson learned.

we came across a canal and k wanted to look and throw some rocks in.

that's what we usually do when there are bodies of water around.

drink break

and throw!

clapping for herself because she did it so well.

throwing more.

love the faces that she made

all gone....?

cute girl

throw some more

on our way we stopped at a park

she didn't get very close to the playground thingy. she kept saying "peoples park" = there are people at the park.

they were big kids and she was a bit timid about trying to go on with these wild kids running around.

she was excited to play with the dog, you can see it in the background.

then we continued on our walk and found a cool path and so we took it.

it lead to a school. k loved to run on the field and chase the birds. She can never catch any!

of course, the school had some playgrounds of their own. with some big slides....which k thought were scary so she stayed away.

she loved this slide....why?? i dunno. seems like a bumpy ride, but whatever girl.

you can't really tell, but from the bottom of the slide to the ground, there is about a foot drop. not so fun for a 2 year old. she fell down, wasn't hurt.

it was funny.

i laughed.

pushing the big kid swings.

then we found another slide!

we were so excited.....

until mommy said she was going to wait at the bottom just in case k fell down.

she looked at me, said "fall down..."

then she was backing away.

i guess she got scared.

after numerous attempts to leave....which took forever...then back and forth between the two playgrounds at the school, we finally got outta there and back on our walk to the college.

it was fun....next time we will avoid all the parks, if we want a shorter walk.

lots of fun though!

Pre-nap May 11

it was a nice day out finally....so we went on a walk and to the park in our neighborhood

a trip down the slide

she kept cheezing for me the whole time...

finally i got a different face from her.

she loves to jump and jump

saying hello into the "telephone" thingy. sometimes she acts like it's a shower.

i love how she swings from the bar above the slide.

this is where she found a bug on the slide....then wouldn't go down it. she backed away...all the way down the stairs. lol.

then she went to sit and talk about the bug on the slide.

we left after that....not much else to do when the slide is filled with bugs.

crazy girl.

i love that i can bust out the flip flops!!

we need more days like this....consistent ones. not 1 nice day. 3 not so nice days.

it has really only gotten up to about 80. if we are lucky. then it rains and is cold and windy. weird.

and not so fun when you have a restless 2 year old who just wants to be outside 24/7.

poppy seed fabrics

love these fabrics!!

I could use them as a liner for a diaper bag or a cute purse.

there's a giveaway.... and you can find it here

or visit the etsy shop here.

happy wednesday :)

made by LaLaLawrence :)

my first project made on my new machine!!! YAY!

ok, it was completed on the new machine. the old one busted as I started the last one.

you can find the tutorial here. I didn't have elastic, and didn't feel like buying it, so i just used ribbon. it's fun...next is to make some potholders i found here. I just need to get the fabric for my bias tape from my mom.

so excited for that! mom will be here next week! just in time for my birthday!! :)

I'm excited to tear up this shirt and make a dress for k....I actually bought 2 of them....$1 at walmart!! awesome...maybe i can make me something as well!! a skirt?? hmmmm.....

i just love the contrasting cuff!! i hope i can use that somehow too!!

hooo am I???

decided to join in on some fun crafty blog link-up fun!

once i actually get myself together, I will be posting some of the crafts i've been working on too!! :)

Here are this week's questions!

1. How often do you wash your vehicle?

Not often enough. Almost never. Before I had miss K, I never did either. Don't know why, guess it's pretty low on the priority list. But...that's the great thing about a great hubby! I can make him do it :)

2. When riding in a car with someone who usually drives, them or you?

I want to. The hubby and I switch off, depends on where we are going.....If i'm dropping him off (at school because we don't have a parking permit-and only 1 car) then i drive. otherwise he does.

3. How many states have you traveled to or through?

a lot...lol...that's really hard! I'm going to say 27

4. What kind of music do you listen to the most?

country. with some pop and rap thrown in there too.

5. Do you prefer the window down or air conditioning?

depends on how fast i'm going. highway=air conditioning. driving thru town=windows down....miss k loves it too.

help wanted

photo credit

I feel like a need a crafting/sewing buddy.

I would be more efficient that way. I would definitely get more done.

When k takes her nap and i am home alone, i get a chance to work on sewing, quilting, blogging, cooking, and baking (among other things.) But, sometimes I just get caught up in doing.......welll, i guess nothing. okayy...i clean and cook and blog or waste time on the internet.....and sometimes I nap too! mama's tired!

I just feel like I can do MORE....i see these blogs with the fab-0 ladies that have 1, 2, 5+ kids and they get SO much more done than me.

my ball needs to get rolling!!

I need a motivator & things are so much funner when there is more people involved......i will be taking applications, just leave a comment :)

funny k-ism

when i vacuumed the other day k was on her chair hugging her vacuum. at least she wasn't crying this time. silly girl.

today....

me: (groaning) (as i'm searching for an uncapped marker in her bed and the pressure is getting to my head)

k: otay, mommy otay?

me: yes, sweet girl, mommas just sick

k: (she gets a worried look on her face and starts patting her belly) yea, kendall sick too

me: oww!

k: (as she pats me on the back) otay.... otay??

me: yes miss girl, my head just hurts, i have a headache

k: (as she pats her head) yeah, kendall headache too

apparently she has anything anyone else has. especially mommy

Bearworld

On Saturday, May 28 we decided to take a family trip to bearworld. it's only about a 5-10 min drive south of us.

we were all pretty excited!

so excited that we forgot our home teachers were coming over at 1030. They called at 11 to tell us they were running late (we were at the gate to enter bearworld).....oopsie....we rescheduled for the next day. lol

it's a drive thru wildlife park with elk, black bears, deer, bison, moose, mountain goats, grizzly bears, and gray wolves.

you can see the elk and deer were shedding their winter coats.

they had this rare albino type elk. it was pretty.

one of the bison....this thing was super close to the car, I was scared it would ram us or something....it didn't even move

some bears. they are separated from the other animals....except the wolves.

this bear was scratching it's butt on the tree

he just looks cool.

and i love how this one was sleeping, with it's leg all propped up on the tree.

this is why you keep moving, don't stop and keep your windows up......but these bears (there were actually 4) were like a little mischievous gang. they were on one car and this worker dude got them off there. then they were on his car. it was very funny to see. he must be very comfortable around them.

this is the bear that was reading the paper in his hands, before crumpling it up and trying to eat it.

lol. the man being the great protector that he is.

i love this photo <3

they had some bear cubs on display (about 5 of them) they were super cute!!

he was trying to climb up the waterfall. so adorable. k wanted to go in and play with them.

she speaks in the 3rd person, it's so cute.

i was struggling to get over that tree.

lol, just having fun with the cut-outs

trying to feed the fish, and watching the bears get fed by the tour bus people.

they had some rainbow trout....the man is obsessed.

they had a petting zoo area (price included with admission)

miss k is fearless with animals....she always says "kendall touch"

or she just tries to ride the poor goat.....oops, we told her no though.

this deer was very calm and patient with k.

yes, this goat is lying in the trough (sp?) area.

back to the deer. she was eating grass.

then we got to feed her some.

this goat was so huge. i hope it was preggos.

k loves the birds as well....but she could never touch them. they always run away from her.

the peacock. we saw it with it's tail up and it vibrated....seriously. like a toy or something.

i guess that's part of it's mating dance thing???

more cubs... they are just too cute. they were born in january.

i took this pic to show the man what color ks eyes are....if you look closely (click on the pic) you can see the green in them. If she is in the light, they look even more green.

so this was the coaster that k was so determined to go on.....this pic was after the first little dip. she's trying to figure it out....

then during a dip. lol!! this look is priceless.

then right before the 4th dip. she didn't want to look.

i'm telling her were are all done and she did such a good job.

she really did.

she's a drama queen (she will cry & fake cry at anything.)

she didn't even cry on this one.

but....she won't be going on it again anytime soon. she knows now.

this was the twirly bear thingy.

we spun around alot.

she liked it if we didn't spin too fast. so daddy had to slow us down.

i hated that one. bleh!

she was banging on the door to get on the train.

confused here....

saying "chooo choo" and pulling the string down.

the cars we sat on for about 3 seconds. then i told her it would go up and down a little. she then wanted off. okay.

hahaha....k was so scared when we took this. like the bear was actually eating my head.

as she is looking at this pic, she is saying "mommys hair."

we had tons of fun!