Ice cream break

Me & the kids ventured out today to enjoy a Baskin-Robbins ice cream break. The kids couldn't believe their good luck!

Sofia had Strawberry....

Ben had Lime Daiquiri.....

And Sam chose vanilla.....

And mom had some strawberry-lime daiquiri-vanilla ice cream.....

Eve's Curse

"And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel." Gen. 3:15

This verse ran through my head a few times this weekend. It was the weekend of trauma in the Fernandes house. It started out with Filipe on Friday. He knocked a glass over, instinctively tried to keep it from falling to the ground, but impaled his thumb on a piece of glass. Result: 4 stitches.

Sunday morning the fun continued with Ben. He was playing in the guest room/sewing room when he somehow got ahold of my rotary cutter, flipped down the safety guard (apparently not child-proof) and slice his index finger on it. It bled like a geyser, and for some foolish reason, I didn't take him in to get stitches. Poor little dude. It's still trying to start healing

Speaking of heels, later that morning I caught my foot under the glass door to the back porch as it was swinging shut. Result: pain, suffering, and the gnashing of teeth. Oh, and a nice-sized bruise and lump along with the gash on my heel.

I thought the party was over, until this morning Sam did a nose-dive onto the corner of a wooden puzzle in Sofia's closet.

So now I'm waiting to see what fate has in store for Sofia. I'm just hoping it won't require a visit to the ER.

Free paint!!

So I found out on one of my favorite blogs, Thrifty Decor Chick, that Glidden paint is giving away a FREE QUART of paint! Awesome! I love free! Even if I didn't have any immediate plans to paint, I do now. So if you want to get your paws on some (only while supplies last, or until July 2) head over to Glidden, choose your color, enter your info, and voila! Free paint on its way!

For those of you who are dying to know, I chose Steel Blue... I'm thinking of doing the master bedroom. Although I really do adore the pukey pink it currently is sporting.....

Never doubt a four-year-old

As I was vacuuming Filipe's office (yes, it's time for his annual cleaning), Sofia came in from playing on the back porch.



Sofia: Mom, is it going to rain today?



Me: No.



Not an unreasonable answer, considering we live in south Texas. I don't want to give her false hopes.



Sofia: But Mom, I felt something wet fall on me! I think it's going to rain!



Me: Maybe it was bird poop.



Sofia then paused, brow wrinkled in concentration, I would guess imagining bird poop in her hair.



Sofia: Noooo!



So she leaves the office, potentially traumatize from the idea of fecal matter falling on her head.



She comes back two minutes later.



Sofia: Mom!! It IS raining! Come and see!



So we go outside, and sure enough, there are some raindrops falling on our head. Not bird poop at all. After staring at the strange sight with a look of wonder on my face (after all, we DO live in south Texas!), Sofia gives me a dirty look, and tells me as only a vindicated 4-year-old can do:



Sofia: See, I told you it was raining.



My deepest apologies.

Soft baby blocks

I made a cute little soft baby block (about 5") using a tutorial from londonmummy. The blocks were left over from my mom's Christmas gift, and the animals I heat transferred from the material from Sofia's nursery curtains. I'm not satisfied with the lumps, but my kids love it! I'll probably make up a batch or two to give as baby gifts. I'm thinking shapes for the next one.

Important lessons.

So I made Sofia a nice little tiered skirt last night. She saw the scraps of curtains/dining room seat covers and told me it would make a perfect skirt for her. So after the kids went to sleep, I got to work. Everything went pretty good, actually. I had several different scraps to work with, and had just the right amount of fabric.

I got a little too pleased with myself, I think.

As I sewed the bottom tier together, I noticed something a bit odd. It didn't seem to be the same color! That's when I realized that all the tiers, except for one panel for the bottom tier, was cut from the same scrap. That last panel was cut from what used to be the top of the curtains.

Apparently, sun fades fabric differently at the top than at the bottom.

Curious.

What's also curious is the multi-shaded aspect of her cute little skirt.

Oh well.

At least I finished it.

And maybe with a few washings, everything will fade to the same shade.

I can always hope.

Observation of the day

Sofia: Mom, your bum is bigger than mine.



Thanks, Sofia. Thank you.

Where's that Cookies 'n Cream ice cream?

My husband, the Chef

Our friend Audrey is having a birthday party tonight, and Filipe won the Rock-Paper-Scissors game and got to be the family representative there. Since she is Brazilian (as is Filipe, duh), we are contributing some Brazilian goodies to the spread. Filipe came home while the kids and I were at another friend's 4th birthday pool party and started cooking. He left as we got home. And this is what I come home to.



Add to this scene of loveliness the smell of the deep fryer.....

How is it that I lose out on the party AND get the stinky, dirty kitchen? Well, like my mom would say, "Life's not fair. Get over it." So, I'll clean up the mess, then treat myself to some cookies 'n cream ice cream from the freezer. That sounds fair.