Happy Valentine’s Day friends! We enjoyed a special Valentine’s Day-themed Build and Grow project at Lowe’s last Saturday! My boys awakened this morning and were greeted with these little gifts for Valentine’s Day: They had asked for them for Christmas, but I’m glad we waited till now, I think that Valentine Puppy sure is cute! … Read more
Howdy! It’s been a few days. I’m sure you’ve ALL been at the edge of your seat, spending all your time wondering, “How has Major Mom been with the move?” I’m sure you’ve been up all night worrying about me, right? Of course you have 😉 So we had our stuff delivered on Wednesday, December … Read more
This fellow “Major Mom” is currently spending Thanksgiving at Camp Eggars, Afghanistan. She got to see her family via webcam thanks to the Today Show. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Jacob and Timmy wore their Halloween costumes to school today. It turns out Jacob and another classmate both happened to have “Luigi” costumes. In fact, I got a picture of the two of them! From 2010 10 29 Timmy Jacob Halloween Parade 2010 The boys had a good time with their Halloween parade at school, … Read more
This weekend we finally took some time to get into the Halloween spirit. Friday we went to the Bellevue Pumpkin Patch to choose the family pumpkins, then the boys had a chance to wear their Halloween costumes both Saturday and Sunday. First of all, if you like this picture below, then click the link here … Read more
I’ll have pictures of the costumes later this week, the kids have the 1st of 4 Halloween events this Saturday! The 2nd set of overalls were much more difficult mostly due to a finicky bobbin and a sewing machine that desperately needs a tune up. I switched to a red-threaded bobbin out of frustration and … Read more
*Wondering where the title comes from? So here’s my hat trick for the boys’ Halloween costumes. We were fortunate to have a green ball cap in the house (from when Dave was on the crew of the New Hope Valley RR in North Carolina) and we have several red NC State ballcaps, so it was … Read more
I still need to fit the side buttons and hem the legs, but here’s the first set of overalls.
Let the sewing begin!!!
Halloween is coming! Whoo hoo! I’ve been a bit lazy about the decorations, in part because of the move coming up, in part because I have a couple weeks of work right now and my hours are pretty crazy. Next week I’ll probably put up our ghost decorations…I sold most of our pumpkin stuff at … Read more