Day 37

"Tut, tut, tut; looks like rain!!"
Who could resist a cute dog named Chunky Brown, when he is wearing a rain coat?! I know I can't!

~H-Mac~

Day 36

Shy Zoey!
My dearest friend Melissa stopped in on her way out of town. Zoey, who is only 2 but looks like she is 3, tried playing the shy game with me for a little while. I believe that this is the real reason why kids carry around their blankies for so long. So they can hide under them.
Once I pulled out the Disney Princess coloring book, she was not shy anymore and sang all of Ariel's songs to me.

~H-Mac~

Day 35

Today we had a Primary activity day for church -all the kids from ages 3-11 were invited to participate in all sorts of games their leaders (including me) had planned for them. I forget how creative kids can be. The girls in the picture above made a bridge out of toothpicks and mini-marshmallows. Their structure was larger than any of the boys, and they were quite proud of that.

Play-dough! Here, we have a flower that one of our 5 year-olds made. The younger kids were so funny; I would ask them to make something and they would tell me that they couldn't. Then they found a way to make it and were so pleased with themselves.

I asked the kids to make their favorite ice-cream cone. This one is a chocolate cone w/sprinkles on top. This was one of my most creative kids at the table w/the play-dough. I loved his imagination and his ability to find simple ways to make whatever he thought of.

~H-Mac~

Day 34

Holy Hangers, Batman!
The only thing we take to the dry cleaners are Andrew's work uniforms. Unless I can buy one of those professional steaming things they use (which, oddly, I would love to have) the dry-cleaners is the way for us. I am afraid of ruining his pants anyway.
We don't re-use the hangers here, and I would feel bad throwing them away. So I save them all and take them back to the cleaners every couple of weeks to be used again. It makes me feel better, since I am not as good as I should be when it comes to recycling.

~H-Mac~

Day 33

Delicious.
I know I shouldn't eat a lot of junkfood being pregnant, but, sometimes I can't help it! Before I got pregnant I abstained from anything with lots of sugar (candy, cake, etc) - and it was easy because I was never in the mood for it. But now, good grief. I always want candy bars, cookies, anything bad for me. I don't get it. Oh well. It's okay to get a Snickers every now and again...besides, this baby ain't goin anywhere for a while.

~H-Mac~

Day 32

Rain, rain, go away. This is my view from my ghetto-ly small porch. If you can even call it a porch. I like looking at this tree, and watching the branches sway with the wind. Hopefully the lightening will leave it alone - especially since it entwines with the phone/electric lines. On days like this I just wanna curl up and read a good book, or watch a movie. *sigh* But work calls...so I must go...

~H-Mac~

Day 31

Oh, smoke alarm, how dost thou annoy me? Let me count the ways;
1) You go off when there is no smoke
2) You sound the alarm when I light a scented candle
3) You wait until I am tucked away and comfortably snuggled into bed to cry about nothing
4) You never let me forget there was once smoke in the room - you just keep crying
5) You always seem to wait until after 10:30pm to wake up - when I am in bed

I know smoke alarms/detectors can save our lives and homes. But it can get really annoying when they start going off at nothing, or just don't function properly. grrrr. I realize most of our "safety" products for our home are there to protect us, and they do...but I wish they would not speak unless spoken to.

~H-Mac~