3rd Entry for Sunday

Well this is my 3rd entry for the day, but I am trying to play catch up, both on aol and yahoo..........been neglecting a few things! LOL Today was so nice out, the boys and I went on a leaf hunt, I want to make some crafts with them using leafs. I can't believe the month is almost over......Anyway the boys played outside for most of the day and I am beat, will work on some swaps I am in.....below is an update on my WIPs

This is Aiden bear ghan........I have not put faces on all the bears yet, will do that when I am done with it...........this is 3 strips so far.........I am alternating between my swaps and this afghan and the one below, will do a strip on one then work on the other one. I did have this in alternating squares but decided on a different pattern........
This is for a lapghan for the living room..............two strips done and will work on the 3rd one tonight, since I just added the 3rd strip to the bear one.
I got these 12" squares from Jenny N from a swap group I am in.......i love them.
This is my first set of "Grandmothers Flower Garden" afghan...........these are a PAIN to put together..........very tedious if you ask me.............I am debating on whether I really want to put the others together!! If anyone has any suggestions on putting these together any easier........please let me know! LOL

Sunday

Its been a very hectic week, after Aidens birthday party, that Monday both boys had appts at the drs...............Aj got a total of 3 shots and Aiden two, and both boys got checked for Lead...........with all the recalls and living in an older house.........I wanted to be safe and know...........we have a nice house.........its been kept up and remodeled, but still it was built awhile ago and so the drs always ask that...............they are both fine, no lead and talk about a hectic day, we were there for around 2 hours and another hour at the pharmacy, who took forever to get AJs medicine ready..............he is taking medicine for his stomach, he has had a problem since he was a baby with his tummy and I am hoping this will work.......to help regulate his system and not cause him anymore discomfort. Both boys checked out well...........Aiden is 25 pounds and 33" tall.................so growing just fine.
I guess they were worn out from Monday and Tuesday.......

My bat boy!!!!

Friday I had spent the day cleaning, and the heater guy came and fixed our heater so now we have heat......the switch was bad and he also cleaned it out pretty good and fixed our humidifier....heat works really good now.

Visited with a friend that day too, he is doing better than he was.............I was going to take him home later that night but the alternator belt on the car broke, luckily I made it home...........and then Aiden crawled up on a chair in the dining room, to "help" his brother on the computer and he fell off the chair and bit through his lip..................all the way through.................ouch!!! So ran him to the hospital............and it was crowded..........but thankfully they took Aiden back right away and he didn't need stitches............it was a clean cut all the way through, no broken teeth, and he is on antiboitic cream and liquid...............he was fine the rest of the night, he just kept touching his lip saying Boo Boo..................wanting it kissed. LOL My mom and I also spent the night making cakes for Fun Night Saturday, ok she made the cakes and cupcakes, but I did help with the witch cake............... this is a kitty cat cake made from brownies.........I wanted to win this cake so bad.........but I didn't! :( Some lady saw me bringing it in and wanted it right away, she was also the one who won it and had to rub it in my face! LOL I kept telling her I would hold it for her, but she would not let me..........I have no idea why. ;D
this is the witch cake............all these cakes were made using regular pans, its just how you cut them............this one was huge..............the hat has mini oreo cookies on it...........the face and hair is frosting that is vanilla pudding and cool whip............the features are chocolate chunks, pretty easy to make............the hat is pretty tall too. This was the first cake to be "won" actually during the "cake" walk you obviously walk in a circle on numbers and stop on a number and if that number is called you get to pick out a cake.............this was the first to go...... :( I wanted to win this too. LOL

These are spider cupcakes and pumpkin patch cupcakes very cute but you can't see them very well.

Chocolate bundt cake with whip cream and strawberries.......my father wanted this cake, but it was picked too by someone else................I was a bit disappointed in the cake walk.........it really should be changed to "Sweets walk" most of the stuff donated by parents were store bought cookies and brownies................i think besides the five things we donated, one other person baked a cake, and I think there was a store bought cake too...............but they had a ton of store bought cookies..............i know last year there were a lot more "baked" or store bought "CAKES" A lot of people were complaining. But it was fun..........and I know that parents get very busy.............

AIDEN TURNED 2

My mother in front of the train cake she made for Aidens Birthday. She loves making cakes and did a really good job on this cake. Aiden LOVES trains and this was really cute. Last year she made him a teddy bear cake which was adorable!!
Here are some of the people who were there for his party........the party went really good, we all had a great time, it was nice just visiting and have fun. Aiden had a nap right before his party, so once he was awake, he was having fun and maybe not too sure about all the people around, but had fun anyway.
Here is another shot of the cake before it was all gone..........
my precious Aiden and mommy
My father bought this for Aiden at a garage sale, its one of those construction drive things, and Aiden just loves it, he will give it to someone saying, "Drive" and you better drive!! LOL
The presents............Aiden loved all of them.

My parents with Aiden!

Aiden got a lot of Little people stuff, and a work bench........i can't remember everything he got, but he did get a lot and loved pretty much everything...........he loved the cake and ice cream and i loved when the party was over, even though i was having a good time, it was time to clean up and relax.........it was a busy day! and we all had fun.................all the kids kept trying to play more with Aidens toys than Aiden himself. LOL

Crochet Update

I did these for a christmas square swap, they are both 7" and came out really cute! I hope the lady i did them for likes them............i have not sent them off yet! Will do that Monday.
Ok these are my goodies..............I got the bell for a ornament swap I was in in a crochet group. I love the bell so much, and plan on crocheting some for the holiday. The Halloween basket is just too cute and check out that spider!? Cute huh? Lisa from Crochetmania made this for me, and I love it its adorable, it already has some candy in it.
I did these for a traditional swap........I used Camo Pink, light raspberry, a pale pink and white........I absolutely LOVE THESE colors.................I am making a lapghan for the living room, and am doing solid colors in the camo, the raspberry, white and petal pink...............I am putting them together in a pattern............will scan that pattern and post it tomorrow hopefully. I am doing Buttons and Bows pattern in 8" squares.

These comments were made in 1955

"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep goingthe way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week'sgroceriesfor $20."

"Have you seen the new cars coming out nextyear? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one."

"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm goingto quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."

"Did you hear the post office is thinking aboutcharging a dime just to mail a letter?"

"If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobodywill be able to hire outside help at the store."

"When I first started driving, who would havethought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be betteroff leaving the car in the garage."

"Kids today are impossible. Those duck tail haircuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boyswill be wearing their hair as long as the girls."

"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies anymore. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'damn' in'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either "hell" or"damn" in it.

"I read the other day where some scientistthinks it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end of thecentury They even have some fellows they call astronauts preparingforit down in Texas."

"Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn'tsurprise me if someday they'll be making more than the president."

"I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchenappliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewritersnow."

"It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. Isee where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

"It won't be long before young couples are goingto have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."

"Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; thoseHollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."

"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going toopen the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

"Thank goodness I won't live to see the daywhen the Government takes half our income in taxes. I sometimes wonderif we are electing the best people to congress."

"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in niceweather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on

There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omahaanymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."

"No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 aday in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

"If they think I'll pay $1.00 for a hair cut,forget it."

Tuesday is Off to a Good Start

Maybe I spoke too soon.....Aiden was playing, but now is whining, he wants to go outside, but I am not ready to go hopping outside its chilly out there.......

I know I have been lazy about writing in here......I had a good weekend, Sunday we spent the day at the park, it was for a birthday party for Chris, we bbqed out there and had a lot of fun.......it could have been less windy.........we had to stop at WalMart on our way home....and I looked at AJs feet and they were dark brown from all the dirt on them.......I told him to go to the bathroom to wash his feet off then a bath when we got home. Then I looked down at my feet, (we were all wearing flip flops) anyway they were dirty too!! ewwww......had to go wash my feet off too. The bathrooms were really dirty and this one mother was talking to her small daughter about how WalMart was too stupid to clean their bathrooms, then made a comment that people were too stupid and filthy to flush the toilets, and disgusting people were, and this went on and on, then they got out of the stall and walked out without washing their hands!! LOL I had to laugh at this woman, who thought she was so superior........listening to her whine about how dirty everyone was........then to walk out without washing their hands, must not have been dirty enough for her to teach her daughter the importance of washing hands, especially after using such a dirty bathroom........I thought i was done hearing her, but she was over by shampoos and her daughter picked something up from the floor, and she gave her yet another lecture about how dirty it could be, you don't know what filthy person that came off of! WOW.....talk about good teachings! LOL I am really glad Aj has not gotten sick......this stomach virus is really hitting people! I will get on later and post some more, the computer is slow right now, and I want to work on some crochet.

ANGRY!!

I am so furious right now...............AJ had soccer practice tonight, his second this week.............well apparently AJ had accidently hit another kid in the mouth with his elbow while they were all running..............a common accident when running during soccer.........well not to this kids mother............who said it was done on purpose! The coach said this was not what happened and that AJ would never do something like that on purpose............I mean come on this is soccer!!! Kids are going to get hurt, you have a bunch of boys running around after a ball!!!! Arms are flying, feet are kicking..............it happens.............I can't count how many times last year that AJ got hit, kicked and pushed down and it happened to other kids too............So ok fine...............I was not at the practice, my father took him............anyway after the game, some mother comes to the coach and tells him that AJ who she pointed to and said the kid in the red shorts, well two kids were wearing red shorts...............and says that he raised his fists to her son.........and she is very protective of her son............yeah right, if she is so protective and saw another kid raise his fists to her son, why didn't she get up right then and say something? I sure would have!!!!!! I have done it before and will do it again...............my son has never........NEVER raised his fists at anyone and I have never........NEVER had a problem with him at school or any other sporting event where he was doing this sort of thing................Anyway what really pisses me off is that this coach comes to my son and starts raising his voice to him asking if he is lying, and really starting to yell...........so my father gets up and walks over there and tells him to stop yelling at AJ and then asks him why he is not talking to the other kid..................Can you believe that the coach did not talk to the other kid at all??????? Just singled out my son..................now yes he knows my son.......has for sometime........but he had no right to do this........bad coaching if you ask me, he needed to talk to the other kid first.............seeing as how there were other kids playing with red shorts on, and when I talked to AJ he was confused as to why this mother said this, when he says he and this kid had no interaction at all.................that AJ was goofing off with some other kids, but not this one, and no hands were raised or fists............so this is my son being labeled by two parents..............so then my father says he is not going to argue with the coach and walks off and the coach starts pointing at him and yelling.............saying he is more than just a coach to AJ and has every right to him as my father does....................OK ENOUGH, the coach called me to tell me this too before i even heard anything from AJ or my father since they had not been home yet..........but the coach lost his temper so severly that he was yelling in front of both my sons..........and kicked my youngers sons soccer ball really hard..................the coach told me this also...................so I am furious and have left messages with this organization, and hopefully they will call me back as soon as possible about this situation. My son will no longer play on this team and something better be done..........................I have such a headache now.

More Crochet

Ok so its been awhile since my last entry, but been busy............anyway above is a square I did in white and Powder Pink, which the pink was hard to find, not sure why, i remember buying it from WalMart awhile back, but this time I just had trouble finding it. Finally did though and this is a square I did for a Choose Your Color. I almost didn't want to part with it.
These are my snowman, the snowman stocking is very cute, and the snowman ornament is for a Christmas ornament swap I am in..............but I have noticed I put the noses on crooked!!!!! UGH, my mom says he was in a fight........maybe they fought each other!! LOL I was trying to get the noses off, but they were having none of that. I think they are cute anyway.
Here is the snowman stocking with a X-mas light bulb stocking and a Santa Hat Stocking, all came out very cute and worked up very fast...........I did all these in about an hour. I hate working with fun fur, I love how it looks, but its a pain working with it. Well i will add more later today. My hands are getting cramped.