Jenne style week

aPParently eating Cheerios off the floor like a kitty, is way more cool than eating from a bowl like a normal person. Sammy is a PreTend kitty on a daily basis and Maddie seEms to follow suit. Good thing she has an older sister to teach her the roPEs huh? (I do sweep and mop my floors pretty much every day if you are wondering)

PLayIng outside in the 50 degree weather. Not ideal but we work with what we have!

My latest CReatIon. Don't worry I copied it from the million awesome BloGs I like to follow although I did change a few things myself. Instead of using wood, I just covered styrofoam with fabric and a staple gun. I then made the awesome ruffle one following the tutorial from the other day with the ruffle skirts. Look at me! So the whole project cost $4 for foam (Roberts with coupon), and $4 for fABric (only needed 1/3 of yard of each).

Next I am on to vinylizing (is that word?) my kitchen chairs and I would like to figure out a simple pattern for dress up dresses for Sam. She is getting too big for her old ones and not enough costumes for PLAygroup DaYs.

Sunshine and sewing

So the girls have been loving the sunshine this week, it's been SO nice! The last three days it has been like 55! What a nice change from the cold, but supposidly it's going away and a storm is moving in darn it! Anyhow, I tried to take pics of the girls since I haven't in forever. Maddie is 15 months and Sammy is almost 4! How time flies. Anyhow, I made these cute skirts from some of my old tees (which I copied from here) and tried to get pics of the girls. Sammy cooperated and Maddie was not!

Here is a new one!

So it's kinda been awhile. My sister is doing better and slowly recovering from her accident. I have recently discovered a new addiction: SEWING. I am trying to improve my skills and actually have been enjoying it in the process. Latest goal is dress, a purple dress in fact. I will post later if my skills beat expectations! And here is a picture that made me smile so hopefully it will you. Notice the tight fitting pjs on Maddie enhancing her little bum which I love! ANd yes, the scooter was inside, waiting for spring and warmness to come!

Today I am thankful

for my sister Emmy also known as m&m or emmy lou. I love this girl a lot and am glad that there was a miracle today in her behalf because I don't know what we would do without her. And if you are wondering what I am talking about, she was in a bad car accident this morning. Luckily, she is alright but tomorrow morning I am headed off to Cedar City with another wonderful sister and mom to go visit her. We love you emmy lou!

A new addition to the family!

I have a new nephew, Jack! Isn't he adorable? And way to go mommy, since he was almost a 10 1/2 lb baby!

Maddie found Sammy's boots while she was gone to play today!

And the picture you have all been asking for. Please don't comment on how tired I look, I know.

What to do in the Wintertime?

Haircuts!

Sammy and I both chopped off our hair. I love how easy it is to do her hair and less tears involved. Thanks Danielle!

A day at Jungle Gyms

(you really can't go wrong for $6-we had a B1G1FREE) with their buddies Ryder and Azelynn

Painting kitchen cupboards (I got half done this week-now I am thinking it's a good thing I don't have so many cupboards!) oh and I will post before and after shots when it's all finished

And last but not least COUCH JUMPING (which pretty much was the highlight!)

Painting, Scrapbooking & Princesses

Well I have always wanted to get rid of the honey oak in my house. It just wasn't my style. I have always wanted to change them and so I finally did! I started last week and just finished the banister. It was a ton of work but totally worth it. Next up: kitchen cupboards! The girls were really good about it and even Sammy told me it was pretty!

Before picture (well I had kind of already started but it's the only one I got)

After picture (taken 5 minutes ago)

Next up: Scrapbooking. Last weekend my friends and I did another scrap sleepover and it was so fun. I got 11 pages done and even got 4 hours of sleep (yes, we stayed up until 4 am). Good company, good food, good scrapbooking and so RELAXING. We then decided that we are going to do this quarterly. So if anyone is up for the challenge, we would love to have you join us. April can't come soon enough!

This picture is after Tiffany took her 16 pages home with her!

Yesterday: playgroup. Sammy loved it. Her three bestest friends came over with most of their siblings (we missed you Carter) and they had a blast! Ryder was the only boy and a little outnumbered but he didn't mind when all the girls wanted to play dress ups. And can you believe we had enough dressups for all 6 princesses!

And even Maddie had fun!

So that is what we have been doing in a nutshell the last two weeks!