Oh, feelin' old

Sofia's CD player, which is well-love from all-night CD playing, is not functioning properly. It finally got so bad that tonight, she just couldn't go to sleep because it wouldn't play past the first song on any CD. So I got the inspiration to play some cassettes for her. I dug around in the office closet and came up with some Kings Heralds tapes for kids. The good stuff. I brought them into her room, and she looked at me, looked at the cassettes, and said, "What is that?"

I explained what they were, and that the music playing on them was what mommy listened to when I was a little girl. The understanding dawned on her face, and she said, matter-of-factly, "So that's what you listened to when your CD player wasn't working."

Apparently, the concept of the non-existence of CD players in my childhood had no place in her logic. I imagine it's the same look on my face when my dad told me that VHS did not exist in his childhood. What, no Blockbuster? How is that possible? And I'm sure nowadays, kids would say, "What's VHS?" Don't get me started on Beta. Or DOS. Or Atari. Good Heavens. When did I get so old?

Today's Happy Image

is brought to you today by Hobby Lobby....

I am so in love with the fabrics they have there right now. I honestly wanted each and every lovely scruptious bolt to come home with me. To do what, I haven't decided yet. But something marvelous. Or even just to look at. Love the colors, love the patterns, love the design, love the POTENTIAL!

Sometimes, you get what you pay for

Let me be very clear here. I love the Target Dollar Spot. I know the items there are usually of questionable quality, but come on people. It's a dollar! But I particularly love this time of year when they pull out the educational goodies. Sofia has been interested in learning the names of states lately, so when I saw this little lift-the-flap book, I was delighted. I'm going to take you on a little tour, give a little quiz, and see how well you know your states......


Here we have the states of the North East. I will admit, I'm no geography jock, but the NE states in particular are shaky for me. Let's start with that nice little blue flap in the upper left corner... do you know what state that is?

If you guessed Connecticut, you're right! I don't think I guessed Connecticut. I think I said Delaware. Moving on.

Ah, the great states of the North. See where my finger is pointing? That nice little blue state? Do you know what that one is?

If you guessed Illinois, you're.... wrong? Wait, I didn't know Georgia was in the North. Hmmm..... Moving on. Let's turn the page.

Wait a minute. Didn't I just guess this one on the previous page? This looks suspiciously like "Georgia." Oh, well. Maybe this time I'll get it right. Did you guess Georgia, too?

Dang it! Wrong again! It's really Arizona, of course. The great Arizona of the North. What a terrific learning tool.

When I looked for the lovely state of Texas, it wasn't included any where in this book. Maybe we really did leave the nation... Go Lone Star!

I'll just say, if you got 100% on this quiz, maybe you better head back to 1st grade geography... I know I'm checking into entrance requirements for myself.

Mama's big boys

We moved Sam & Ben into a different room and took the crib sides off of their beds. They are so proud to be sleeping in their new Big Boy Room. Oh, and they lovelovelove the firetruck sheet sets their oh-so-talented mommy made for them. I found an easy tutorial here for the bottom sheet, and I just modified it a bit to make a fitted topsheet and a pillowcase to match (haven't finished those yet....). I'm on my second set of sheets for them, and it's easy, and they feel super special to be able to pick out the material themselves. Win-win!

Saturday afternoon at the Fernandes House

oh yum

This was one of the items on the table at Friday night vespers.... my first jelly roll. I'm so proud.

Is it true?

Did it really rain? Sofia's face says it did!