Gobble Gobble

I saw these at Bakerella and just had to make them.

Could they be any cuter? Okay, so hers are cuter. I had one brief trip to Walmart to gather supplies and the options were limited.

So I had to work with what I had.

And I'm not for sure about the placement of the red dangly thing. I think it's called the wattle. I think. I skipped the class on Turkey anatomy in college.

Since Walmart is not currently carrying the heart candy confetti, I tried to make do. But it's close enough. And it was late last night when I finished these and it seemed right at the time.

And my kids don't care.

They have been counting and recounting and dividing up the turkeys all day.
And I don't have the black edible pen (yet) so I had to make do with the blue.

But that's okay, because they fit right in with all the other blue-eyed turkeys around here!

Gobble, Gobble!

Upwards

Well, we have finished another season of Upwards Basketball.

It's been busy, but fun.

The worst part had to do with the fact that we had a brand new baby and that 5 of the games started at 8:00am Saturday morning. Which meant that we had to be there by 7:45 am on a Saturday morning. Which meant that between the baby being up at night and then having to get up early enough to get all the kids ready, that I didn't get much sleep.

This is his 3rd year of playing basketball and he is really starting to do well.

His dribbling has gotten a lot better and he made most of his shots. He really enjoyed himself.

This one really doesn't have a love for the game. But he played to humor me.

His favorite part of the game is playing defense. And he is really good at defense. So I was tickled to actually get a picture of him dribbling the ball.

Okay, so maybe he's just holding it. But he's touching the ball.

And this girl had all the benefits of having 2 older brothers. Even though this was her first year to play, she knew exactly what she was doing.

We put her on the same team as her brother and they had a great time together. Plus, that meant they had the same practice time and game time every week. Which is priceless!

If the ball was loose, it was going to be hers.

She has some sort of innate drive to possess the ball.

And she seemed to have inherited the abitility to dribble a basketball from someone other than me. They wouldn't let me dribble. I just stood in the designated spot and shot baskets. But she, on the other had, wanted to take the ball down every time. And she's a pretty good shot too.

The funniest part was that even if someone else was dribbling the ball down to the basket, she would run behind them yelling,"I'm open, I'm open!". She wanted that ball. She would also be frequently seen telling other players on her team to guard their person.

We had a great time, but I'm a little thankful the season is over. It's amazing how fast one can get booked up every evening doing great things and end up not having any time at home for family time.

I think I'm ready for some family time.

Or maybe I'm just ready to sleep later than 6:00am on Saturday.

♪ ♫ Sisters ♫ Sisters ♪ There were never such devoted sisters♫ ♪

Our girl has been praying for several years for a baby sister. When we told the kids we were expecting, she was just sure it was going to be a baby girl. When we found out we were having a baby girl, no one was more excited than she.

Before the baby was born, she would sit beside me and sing to her sister, walk beside me and talk to her sister, and even lie down beside me whilst I tried to nap and read books to her baby sister.

She said the other day,"Mom, when she turns 2, can I have her?" She has helped change wet diapers and holds her baby sister any time she gets a chance. She loves to pick out outfits for her to wear and help me dress her.

A couple days ago she realized that her baby sister had a tiny white pettiskirt just like the one she frequently wears around the house with her black leotard. She was estatic. And then she discovered a black onsie and decided that baby girl needed to dress up just like her and they must have pictures taken together.


So we set up a photoshoot on location.



Our livingroom.



I think they turned out pretty cute. My girl would have posed all day long. She was so proud and excited to be dressed just the same as her baby sister.


I think this one is my favorite. You can see in her face how much she loves her sister.

Hairbow placement get tricky when one's hair is the consistency and texture of a baby chick's.

Well, that's 2 posts in 2 days from me! Sleep really does help! I'm off to get our homeschool done for the day.

Have a great Wednesday!

Six Hours

So baby girl is now 6 weeks old and for the last 4 or 5 nights, she has slept for six consecutive hours.

It is a-mazing what a difference that makes.

I actually feel like I might just make it.

I was sharing this fact with someone the other day and they more or less expressed that with that much sleep, I should probably be almost back to normal operating speed.

I had to point out that even though baby girl is sleeping 6 consecutive hours, I'm still just getting about 5 hours myself. And that I am still up every morning from 3am -4am feeding her. And that after that she was back to her 3 hour schedule.

And that person said, "But can you imagine what it would be like if she was up every 3 hours at night?"




Hmm.





Yes.





I think I could very well imagine that.




SEEING AS HOW THAT WAS HER SCHEDULE RIGHT UP UNTIL FIVE DAYS AGO!!!



I guess the perplexing part was that person actually sleeps in the same room that baby girl and I sleep in.




Curious.




Anyways, I am very grateful she has started sleeping well and I really do feel like I am able to accomplish so much more when I'm not walking around in a sleepy fog.


Maybe I'll even post more often than every 6 weeks!


Maybe.