Baby Wipe Creations by Madeline

Madeline's creativity always brings a smile to our face. These cute little dolls were made from dried baby wipes, staples, and a couple pens.

Turn From Fretting to Fun!

We have been extremely busy and on the go lately. Our house visually reflects our schedule. This can become a major stressor for me, if I allow it to. So, on Saturday we knew we needed to have some quality time with the kids. When we got home that afternoon our MESSY house was just staring at me. I thought... why am I fretting? We can turn this into some fun... and stay cool inside too! So we all enjoyed the creativity of my handy husband as we camped out at the movies in the comfort of our own living room.

By the way, the clean clothes that were all over the furniture were still there patiently waiting. :)

Our campsite...

... all we saw was this amazing tent!

One of the cute ticket gals at this canopy covered theater.

Guess what was playing? One of our favorites... Narnia!

Tickets in hand, waiting to be punched.

The other cute ticket gal.

Even Molly was enjoying this campout. :)

What a fun time!

The Chronicles of Narnia

Missing You, Checkers...

The girls goldfish, Checkers died tonight. We have had him for 16 months and all of us have grown pretty fond of him. We will miss watching this graceful beauty swimming around in the bowl, it was quite relaxing to just sit there in front of him.

The girls had won Checkers and his two pals, Goldy & Ginger at a church carnival in March of last year. Since Goldy & Ginger died it has been just Checkers for a while now. Mia, Madeline & Molly are in this picture, too.

Less than a month after winning the three of them, Grandma bought them a more suitable bowl to hang out in with a neat hiding spot in the bell.

Here he is back in January of this year... swimming solo at that point.

This was just last week. We had a feeling it would not be long since he was not eating much anymore. :(

We'll miss you, Checkers!