Sunshine Gives Me a Lovely Day!
Hello, Hello again. I guess I will just jump right in this week. Monday I took Aiden outside to play with the chalk he got for Easter. He drew a little bit but is still trying to get the hang of it. I got a cookie sheet at the dollar store to use for his magnetic letters and now we just need to make holes in it and attach to the gate so that he can play on it. I also got tired of waiting for my Utah tax return and so I spent my alloted amount for that out of what was left from federal taxes and plan to pay it back when the return comes. I also bought Aiden a sand bucket and shovel for when we get a sandbox. Actually here is a really inexpensive sandbox idea for those of you who don’t want to spend big money. Buy the $10.00 hard plastic pool from Walmart (they are generally in the garden area). Then proceed to Lowe’s where you will find what is called paver sand for $3.98 per 50 pound bag. We plan to buy two bags. It will give Aiden about an inch of sand in the bottom of the plastic pool. This is just enough for a one year old to go digging and building in. If you want deeper sand no sweat, just buy a couple more bags (at $4.00 a bag you won’t feel like you are breaking the bank.) and add them to the pool. I also saw colored sand at Walmart for $6.00 a bag. It had less in it but you could easily add it to the regular sand for a little bit of color. Anyway…
Tuesday I picked up our Girl Scout cookies. Yummy. I just have a few left before my Thin Mints are gone. Sad. I was also on the hunt for the same package of flower petals that my friend and her sister had purchased, I went to a couple of stores and was not going to drive out to the Jordan Landing store just for them. I basically had zero luck and was not sure that I wanted to buy a bunch of fake flowers at the Dollar Store. So, my last stop was to pick up a couple of things at Walmart. While there I saw some craft kits of felt flowers in the wedding area. This of course set off the creative alarm bells in my head. FELT FLOWERS!!!! They rang. Felt is oh .20 cents a sheet and there are a bunch of colors (depending on the time of year and the store you go to.) So, I picked up one of the kits (and later like a crazy woman sent my husband out for the other kit) and plan to trace the flowers in the kit to create a pattern for future felt flowers. I have also looked up a few felt flower ideas online. I am so excited to start this project but need very badly to finish the ones in process first. Tuesday I also found a tie pattern online for 4-7 year old boys. I had been wanting to buy a tie for Aiden but have had no luck in that either so I printed the pattern, shortened the length and hopefully will sew 3-4 ties this coming week. So many fun projects, so little time. I will try and remember to post pictures (and take pictures of various projects as I do them). Oh as for the headband for my felt flowers, I tried to crochet one but was not making enough turning stitches and it was kind of wavy looking but, I found another pattern that actually has a button and buttonhole to hook the two ends together and make a loop. Felt and crochet flowers on a crocheted headband, talk about cute!
So uhh Wednesday was crazy. It did not matter what room I was in Aiden was getting into something. He has been climbing over the arm of the couch into my dad’s lounge chair when we are not looking and even got up onto the bookshelf next to it and was attempting to climb up onto the ledge by my dad’s front door. When we were in his room he attempted to climb up his changing table to reach his diaper cream and when we were in me and Brandon’s room he learned how to move the bucket that was blocking him from the computer/sewing area. Brandon also applied to a couple of jobs.
Thursday was rearrange the room day. Now Aiden can not get into the computer/sewing area at all. He can get into my nightstand drawer which we put a baby lock on but uhh, he can still get his little fingers in a pull out the small stuff. Brandon and I bred a smart one and because of it he is also curious and gets into things he shouldn’t…
Friday we went up to the U of U in the morning to get some pictures for Brandon’s U of U Graduation announcements. It was fun. The battery in the camera only last for 7 shots before dying. (Oi.) But we had gotten a picnic lunch so we went and ate it at the LDS Institute. After we ate Aiden watched Brandon and I play some ping pong (very poorly). The first few times we hit the ball it made Aiden giggle. In the afternoon Aiden had a wonderful time sitting in the dirt outside playing with rocks. Brandon and I also found a potato bug which we let Aiden hold so that it could crawl on him. He seemed fascinated by it.
Saturday my aunt tended Aiden while Brandon and I went to see American Fork Idol at Desert Star. It was too hilariously funny. Oh my gosh. It is by far one of my favorite in a long time. The olio was even funnier then ever before as well. I was laughing SO hard. Just go see it. You will like it. Trust me. In the evening Aiden played with one of his cousins while I got my hair trimmed and layers re-added. He got his second haircut ever as well. It was fun too see my cousin and his wife and to chat with his wife for about two hours. Girls need other girls to talk to. Thanks Lacey!!!
Today, was just another regular Sunday. I went visit teaching, sent out the Relief Society announcements and then after dinner Aiden, Brandon, and I went to the playground at Orchard Elementary. Aiden had a BALL! He was walking around and around exploring everything. I took him down the slide twice and he actually squealed with glee. Well, that is all for this week. Thanks for reading! 🙂 Sorry about the lack of pictures this week.