Custom Christmas Stockings!

$7 each - Customizable with names of your choice in 5 colors: red, blue, green, silver and gold.

50% off everything on my site!

Coupon sites...

There are all these sites where people have a bunch of coupons to print out and use, but there are so many that you have to search so hard for, and put a lot of work into it. My problem is, I don't have the time to sit there and figure it all out so I can just do it easier each time. I really want to be able to do it, I see all the HUGE savings some of them have, but it seems so hard and time consuming, too. Grr.
Does anybody know how to explain it better to me??

Photo taking ideas

I got these from the Studio 5 website. They are from a photographer named Patrick Webster.

Tip #1- Concentrate on one subject
Ask yourself three questions:
1) What's my subject?
2) Pay attention only on that subject and
3) Simplify the subject (nothing should distract from the subject)

Tip #2 - Let kids be themselves-
1) Expect the unexpected
2) Have your camera ready
3) You won't usually get a second chance

Tip #3 - Let older kids become involved in what they're doing
1) Older kids lose child "innocence"
2) So photograph them without their becoming self conscious
3)Try to use natural light
4) Avoid direct sunlight

Tip #4 - When shooting more than one child, show relationship between the children (or adults)
1) Should be looking towards each other
2) Should be interacting w/ each other

Tip #5 - When shooting outdoors, use fill-flash

Running shoes

What's the point in spending $70 on running shoes if I don't go running?

I will. I sure will. They are awesome, and I feel awesome when I do it, but it is so cold! I will get my fees paid off in the next few days and I will go to the school gym, at the indoor track, and run. Yes, I will do it!

Little Neils is 9 months old

And today the doctor says, "Yeah, he has TWO ear infections." Grr. No wonder he has been so mean to me lately. He is almost constantly fussy, and he always needs me to hold him. Nobody else. And usually when I'm holding him, he is arching his back and whining. I hope it gets better now. I thought maybe it was teething, since his top right tooth just barely broke through yesterday. He has had the left one for a few weeks, and the right one just kept playing with him. Mean tooth. But now, it is out and everything should be getting better now. Yay!

So, more about Neils...

• He can stand on his own, for like 8 seconds at a time.
• He waves "hi" and "bye, bye". Today in the hospital (where the clinic is) he had to have his own chair so he could stand there and say "hey" and wave to everybody. It really sounded like he was saying "hey!", too. He was so funny, I just laughed at him the whole time.
• He weighs 19 1/2 lbs, and is 29 1/2 inches long.
• He has 4 teeth now!
• He really likes to feed himself. He is so good at using his fingers, that I think he could really pick up an ant if I'd let him.
• He likes to eat whatever I'm eating. He shares my oatmeal with me in the morning, and I usually have to give him tastes of whatever I am eating through the day.
• He plays peek-a-boo all by himself. He will hold something up over his face, you say "Where is Neils?" and he will pull it down. He is so cute and so good at it.
• He shakes his head "no" all the time, but I don't think he is really saying no. I think he just thinks it is fun.
  
• One of his favorite people ever is my brother Luke. He always smiles when he sees "Uncas" (I abbreviated Uncle Lucas just for Neils. Yep.)
  
• He shares all the time. When he has a teething biscuit, he will usually put his hand up to you, and you taste it (or pretend to) and say "Thank you!" and he gets the biggest smile.
  
• He knows how to get down from things (butt and legs first) and how to climb on things. He tries to climb into the bathtub all the time. He can even climb up stairs. Wow.
• He fake 'coughs' when I cough or sneeze, or when anybody around him fake coughs.
  
• He isn't afraid of anything. We tried to see if we could scare him with masks and stuff on Halloween, but nope. My brother even jumped out form behind the door the other day, and I was startled, but Neils didn't even blink. He just looks at you with a blank stare.
• He is so interested in everything. If he wants something, he will reach his hand out toward it and pull it back. He'll even make a little noise (uh) and do it again. I have to lift him up to touch pinatas and balloons in the store all the time. Even the signs on the aisles. Anything above his head, he just has to touch.
• He has a lot more hair now. It is blonde, (duh) and has a cute little curl on the left side by his ear.
  
• He still doesn't sleep through the night...but I bet it is mostly because of those stupid ear infections, and that tooth!
• He can push a car along the floor, while crawling along with it.
  
• He LOVES squash. It is his favorite thing to eat, whether it is baby food squash or real squash. Mmm. He also likes apples and pickles, but I don't give him pickles anymore because he bites off big chunks and I am afraid of him choking.
  

Hmm...that is all for now. :)

Finished Halloween Costumes

My piglet cosutme...It was supposed to be shorts, but I messed it up and had to make it into a dress.

This is the swedish maid costume, in the middle. I had two days notice...

This is luke's. I made the nurse dress last year for anthony when he was the nurse (Elle Driver) from Kill Bill, and I had to make it skinnier for Luke and make him a belt.

I made this for Luke a few years ago, but had to post it because Kali wore it and I think it is awesome.

This is my mom in law minnie (I didn't make anything for her) and Chris, as Old Greg. I made felt seaweed for his hair, spray painted his coar silver, fashioned a tie out of white fabric, and made the tutu.

Ugh. gross. I just don't like it.

This is cait as a flapper. I think her face was funny, so I had to post it.

And the three of us. Piglet, Pooh, and Christopher Robin... He is also wearing short shorts. I'll find it.


Ha ha ha...I kept pulling them up to make them shorter, because that's what they're like, but he didn't like it.
He is dancing, by the way. He does that a lot.