Magnus is done with K!

Magnus' school has a tradition that, at the end of the promotion ceremony, moms are called to the stage and the children exit to bring back flowers to honor their mom's for all the blood, sweat and tears that were poured out during the school year. Since my little lovely has never done this before, he walked down the sanctuary aisle, then made a beeline with the flower back to where he was sitting. All the while I am up on stage with the other moms whose children are graciously adorning them with flowers and I see my little one walking right past me. So this is me, "psst, Magnus, psssssttt, Magnus, ppppssssstttt! Magnus!!!" then he finally looks up to me! 

So cute! I think he did a great job considering that he had no idea that this was going to be done!

                                             Two happy/fun having people!

                       I'm a proud Mama! I can't believe he is going to be in 1st grade next year!

Soph is showing off some shoulders!

By the way, I forgot to mention that Blogger is having some issues with comment form. So if you are trying to leave me a comment, you'd have to email me or do it in facebook. Sorry! Ugh Blogger! 

A new dress for Soph

I have been working on this dress for almost the whole last year to now. It's one of the many half finished projects that I have laying around. I tend to lose steam when I have no inspiration/vision for it. I didn't know how to finish the hem or have any idea of anything else to add to it. It was just a sad.plain.brown.dress. 

Since Soph needed something nice to wear to Magnus' promotion night at his school, I figured I better finish this dress. I used fabric covered buttons-my favorite right now, and I remembered I had some leftover ribbon from Soph's baby shower invitation. I know...it's crazy that I still have something from that long ago. After some hymming and hawing, this is what I came up with. This I think, made for a more polished look and definately added the umph that it was lacking before. 

I am not the best rossette maker, but I think this'll do since it was my first time! Adding the strips of ribbon in there made the look more cohesive. This fabric was from Walmart's crazy $5.00/bolt bin. There's still a lot left too! Yeah for cheap stuff!!!

A refashion for Magnus

At Magnus' school, they have an end of the year grade promotion ceremony that they do. Everyone is suppose to get all dolled up. Since we don't ever have anywhere to go to get all dolled up, we were lacking in the necessities. Plus this boy has been growing an inch a day, so this mama didn't want to shell out $ for something he was only going to wear once and then have it become capris!! So my friend Windy and I walked to the thrift store that is down the street from our house and found a pair of these pants. They were $2.50, which is a great price. BUT they were 1/2 off of that! A great score!!! Now even if I messed up I wouldn't feel too bad.

 I took an existing pair of pants from Magnus, layed it on top and cut around it. I kept the hem to make it easier on myself. Added some elastic to the waist and Ta-da!!! Nice pants for the promo night!

                                   Not too shabby for $1.25

Academy of Science

We took a field trip the other day to here and we had a great time! We checked stuff out, we played by the fountain, we had lunch in the amphitheater, I got pooped on the head by a bird, we forgot where we parked the car, and Soph napped in the car on the way home! On top of all of that while we were walking out to have lunch, it rained! We love rain, so it was so nastalgic to eat lunch outside with the most wonderful people that I love and have it rain all at the same time. Even getting pooped on didn't dampen the mood!

I love that we homeschool and that we get to have opportunities like this. I am also very thankful that we live in a place that allows freedom to parents to chose the best course of education for their children.

Oh Prom!

I was fortunate enough to be included in my niece's prom by helping her get ready and it was so cute to see her all grown up. She's even going away to college next year! It also brought back a ton of memories of when John and I went together, over a decade ago! 

They look so cute together. This is her next door neighbor that has lived there since they were both younger than K. She told me her whole ensemble only cost $30.00. Cheaper than the tickets!! Smart girl!

Magnus lost his Tooth!

You could hardly tell because his teeth are all so little and very spaced out, but it's there. Or not there! He was so excited! 

 We've been using coupons for buying lots of things, so the kids are always talking about coupons so I thought it might be awesome to put that in his letter. Even Soph can say "coupon"!

    This is what he wrote back to the Tooth Fairy. What a polite boy! He signs his name as Mags because it's shorter. That's what he does on all his schoolwork papers. The mischievious of a Mags!

Soph's dress

 My first, all my creations dress. It's still tricky for me to cut and sew the arm hole, but perhaps with more practice I might make it the right size. It's either too big or too small. Sewing it is another problem altogether. At least it' s wearable in public. The fabric is a thrift store sheet.