Aiden's Birthday

my birthday boy and me.

I cheated and bought a cake.

He didn't care!! LOL

With this gifts....he had wrapped ones, but they were all in the back. Bags are so much easier. He had a lot of fun, and he really enjoyed family and friends here..........he loved the cake and ice cream, and the gifts....we took a video of him opening them.....no pictures on my part, since I was doing the video...but he would ask me to close my eyes when he opened each one, then bring it to me and say, "look what I got for me" LOL how cute.

BACK TO SCHOOL

Well above is the starting of my second Christmas project. I will take my time with this, and work on different Xmas projects, so I don't get bored.....this is the first two pieces of a Gingerbread House.......the front and back. I can't wait to see it done.

This bat was a CAL in my Amigurumi group......he came out really cute, and look at how "scary" he is on top of that haunted house!! LOL

Well it's back to school for AJ tomorrow. I will try to clean the living room, do the dusting and vacuuming......we are suppose to be getting rain Wednesday, so will get Aiden outside to play, maybe take him to the park.

Update with Pictures

Well here is my first Christmas decoration so far, she is too cute! I made her last week

I started these bats awhile ago, but needed to put the wings on them......I made 6 and hung them from my mantle

My handsome boys making chocolate cake this week

Aiden not a happy camper about being outside, this was at a garage sale down the street we walked to yesterday.......he is becoming a hermit not wanting to leave the house........he did play with toys yesterday too........so I was happy about that.

For the kids who might be reading this blog.....here is a picture of an old fashion board GAME.........not all game are electronic hand helds, or Wii remotes frantically moving through the air.........this was a game AJ and I started last week.....although he has not finished it with me yet.........

Heart Shaped

I made Pork Chops and baked potatoes for dinner tonight.....I got out potatoes and look at what I grabbed.......two heart shaped potatoes!!! how cute!!

I tested this pattern for Allisha, and I can't get to her site on Etsy, as Etsy is down, but will post her link here tomorrow..........This was an elf girl, and she is cute!!!

Hello!

I took the boys to Cow Town when Aiden's father was in town a couple of weeks ago.....and we took our neighbor, Kori along too.........this is them in the "Out house" none of them were very impressed........they could not imagine using this in the middle of the night or anytime they said. LOL Well I am certainly glad I didn't either.

My two favorite boys in the whole wide world!!!

in the old fashioned church.........these buildings were original...........and I am still always fascinated when I go there.

This is an ornament made by me, I in a crochet a long group, and I liked this one, I have not stiffened it yet.

This heart pattern gave me fits, I did not like it one bit..........but I managed to wing my way through the pattern.

I had 4 loads of laundry that I did today, and actually got it done considering I had company.......the boys and I went to a parade honoring Fireman, and I will post pictures tomorrow of that.....it was cold today, but we had a blasts with some friends, and then they came over to visit for awhile............

It's raining; it's pouring. The old man is snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head, And he wouldn't get up in the morning. LOL

woohoo I know someone famous!!! Luigi....I always knew he was real!!!! LOL ok ok, well the very handsome guy playing Luigi is famous in my eyes........and looking darn cute!!! this is his halloween costume, very cute, he wanted to be Luigi, and I found the costume at Wal Mart, for twenty bucks.......the moustache sticks to his face, so I didn't put that on.......my luck he won't wear it anyway.......but he is ready for halloween.........I want to stay home and pass out candy, never got to do that, and my knees just can't take all that walking.......man do they burn today, and my neighbors daughter who sees me as her "second" mom, was leaning on my knee and man did it hurt!!! The rain doesn't help........but I will take some ibuprofen, and collapse in bed soon..........I don't think all the running around at the park with Aiden the other day helped. LOL oh well I had fun. I felt like a kid again.........

This is a pattern I tested for Allisha, they are called Sweetie Ghosts......really cute huh? She has not posted the pattern yet, so will link up to that when she does........anyway I named them AJ and Aiden...........

Finished the second Dragonfly pillow today.....I mean yesterday.........or rather Wednesday......ok ok you know me, it's not the next day until I got to bed and wake up........so I am still in Thursday right now. LOL..........man it's cold out too...........40 degrees right now, but I am loving it, now for the snow...........I am soo ready for the snow.........and I have a few "new" neighbors around here, who don't believe that I wear my flip flops in the snow............well I do......and I really need to get back to Hawaii to find more of them............I wanted to buy a whole case, but they didn't have any.....so I settled for the two pairs they had left.........AJ broke my other pair wearing them with wet feet.......oh man I hate when someone else wears my flip flops..........they are only use to MY feet!!! LOL.............well I am tired.........but will finish watching some tv, and listen to some music, and then go into Dream land..........

Well I finally got one pillow done for the living room, I am needing a total of 4, two on each couch......this was my 4 dragonfly square, and Aiden wanted to pose with the pillow...he had been watching the movie Space Chimps and took time out from that to lay on the pillow which he gave his approval!! LOL.......I could not get it to come out very well with the digital flash, and didn't want to mess with the camera.......so retook it with my phone below.

I like how it came out..........and its comfortable.............now I just need to get started on the second one which I will tomorrow.......one of the groups I am in, is doing an October charity for a hospital, donating baby stuff and hats/mittens........well I have never been any good with hats, but I think I did a decent job on the ones below

I didn't measure them, but will tomorrow.........I got the pattern from April......as soon as she post the pattern, I will link to her blog........there are 4 size hats as you can see..........the smallest being a small preemie.......the mittens are suppose to have a ribbon, but I didn't add one yet........I folded down the scalloped edge on one, so you can see it folded and unfolded..........I did these in a soft peach yarn............I don't have any baby yarn...........but I did find some soft WW yarn in other colors...........this was a new skein.......and these 4 hats and one pair of mittens took the whole skein........it was one of the smaller skeins though. I will be working on these and another pattern I found for baby hat............with me not doing any swaps right now, I will have some time for this.............the last charity I did was making squares for VJGC I really enjoyed doing them, and knowing that they were being made into blankets for kids who needed them, and would really like them.

I am tired, so going to go lay down..........ohhh Aiden slept all through the night last night with no problems, I was worried he would wake up sick.........today he was fine........woohoo........

Is it Saturday?

Ok well seeing as how it's 1 am in the morning, it's already Sunday......but I don't really see it as Sunday until have gone to sleep and woke up. LOL......I made the above snowflakes for a swap at the Ville.........I can't find the other pictures of the other stuff I sent her, so apparently they are still on my phone.....I hope anyway......she had a pink amigurumi pig on her wish list that I sent her and it was too cute......I had a hard time parting with it, then my neighbor got upset that I had mailed it off too. LOL.........

Took this picture of Aiden and myself last night, he was being so goofy, and kept saying take a picture high........I could only guess that he meant hold the camera high. LOL.........Today was a busy day, and I soo wanted to just relax, and do a couple loads of laundry........but that turned out to be 3 loads, and I still have to put 3 baskets of clothes away..........I would not have had so much, if I had not gone shopping, but AJ has outgrown all his clothes..so the only thing he could fit into and not look dorky were his school uniforms.........and I even needed a few more pairs of pants........so off we went to lunch and then shopping..........I managed to find 4 more pairs of uniform pants...........I had thought I only found 3 but I found one more I had dropped in the van..........anyway...........found him some jeans and some really nice long sleeve shirts..........really nice!!! he will look very handsome in them........he picked out a shirt that I didn't really care much for, but hey, I don't have to wear it, it actually looks nice on him.............it is a button down blue cordaroy type of shirt....I am sure I spelled that word wrong, but I think most of you will get it...........anyway he liked it as well as these weird funky pants he wants to wear to the gym...which he and I really need to go.............he needs to lose weight........I don't bother him too much about it, but I dont' want to see him gain more, and his dr says he is a bit overweight.........and mainly it's that he and his friends sit in front of the tv...........I am having to shop in the mens department for him!!! I know that boys clothes are weird in sizing.........even his friends wear mens sizes now too...........so I guess I can't complain too much.......but man........prices are higher in that department!! LOL

Anyway I have my crochet swaps caught up, and I am going to steer clear of them for awhile, Aiden is having a birthday this month, and I also want to do some things for the house, I need to get busy on the second afghan for the living room, and the pillows for the couch too.........I have one done, just ran out of yarn, and am too lazy and tired to go in the back of the house, pull out the yarn totes and look for another skein........watch...........tomorrow I will go look and find out I am out!! UGH!! just my luck!!! Two more loads of laundry tomorrow..........ugh, not if I do my fathers clothes too..........I am getting really tired of the dirty clothes.....I think they are piling up on purpose........I think they are out to get me...........and with that, I must get some sleep now...........I am talking crazy!!!

Night