carrots and pot pie

[wow!] i picked all these carrots yesterday! these are all from last summer/fall garden and i still left another row in the ground...if the stupid gopher didn't have dinner.

now what...

yes...i started making my baby  food for  baby #2. I will freeze it and she can  have 100% organic baby food-fresh from the garden.

jesse had some carrots too.

the chopped carrots were  for the pot pies below

and the sliced were for our eating enjoyment.

....now the {kitchen}...

"nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven!"

-frane fine...haha

...chicken pot pie. one for eating now...

         .....and one for eating later-when baby girl gets here!

dry rice cereal tastes so good

walking.
     this is how our morning starts mon.-fri. 
     well of course after:
             -getting ready
             -making mark's lunch
             -eating breakfast (for me i eat 2)
             -feeding jesse
             -reading our daily section of "reading through the     
              bible"
             -and some sort of cleaning [besides morning dishes]

-anyways then we go for a walk!

the  walk is a 3 ring circus with him and the 2 dogs ....soon to be four.

....thankfully jesse walks dakota for me

....he is a big help!

then our day continues...

well...dinner time rolls around and mark will be home soon. usually in the kitchen and jesse ends up joining me.

....this particular day

i had to run to check my email cause i was waiting for an email so i did...

...came back to this!

{i} even have more footage for the  kitchen invasion>>>>>
see  video below.

jesse {vs} dogs

....well the battle continues...


jesse infamously chases the dogs around with his "old lady" push toys and runs into the dogs...the dogs perpetually avoid him at all costs.

...he thinks  its the best game ever!

and if they even slightly 

walk behind him

he runs away squealing...

pretending that they are chasing him!

there is a video below however it does not capture everything

{disclaimer: please ignore the huge pile of laundry, all the crafts all over the carpet  and magazines  that jesse had just scattered everywhere!}

all things made [by me].

ok. so i am posting pictures of some of my crafts and projects of the past so that i can keep everything documented on this blog. there are a lot of similar pictures from facebook but a couple new things...i think.

this is a cereal box covered in pretty paper...i love paper!..it holds some of my loose leaf recipe ideas. V

^ sheet metal with chalkboard paint for labels and jewelry chain to hang it on.

[mark made this table from scratch] 

and i painted two-toned color on it >

boxes covered in teared up sheet music to hold all of marks music

 < cut branches i glued on sheet music flowers for the music room. close up below.

  < appliqued sleeping bags for my nieces.

burp clothes >

 dresses for all my nieces^

                    <         headbands ^

close up of the dresses.

 

< i stamped the fabric then made the bumper pad....my mom made the beautiful quilt.

together mark and i made the all the baskets you see in the nursery. mark bent all the wire and i sewed the liners and made the chalkboard labels...12 baskets-different sizes all together.

 another shot of the nursery...baskets and bumper pads. v

this is the drum set i made for jesse and elias (our nephew) for christmas...they are covered containers that all make different noises.          V        >

<  gift basket: headband, appliqued onesies, and fun soft blocks with bells.

 < more headbands.

bibs.......the next 3 pictures   .>  

< birds for the mobile below...the mobile is for our daughter when she gets here. the birds have fun colored backs and bellies. the mobile is an old chandelier that has been crackle painted, with painted branches, birds on it and jewels for some sparkle.

 more headbands >









and a flower that was for a card but could turn into a pin to put on anything...clothes, hat, hair.    >

 < blocks to the left (for boys) and below (for girls) are soft and so colorful with bells in them.

^ terry cloth bib for girls...turn it over...

bib for boys >










reversible bibs for either gender.

family bandstand.

im so happy that jesse plays with his drum set i made almost everyday...pretty convinced he's going to be a musician....however who does not think that their kid is going to be amazing at everything :).

so here is a snippet of our "musical" family

mark on piano

jesse keepin' the beat on the drums

well....

kinda......

[mark is actually rehearsing for church.]