(This is a felt teddy bear coat I made in the style of a WWII British military greatcoat.)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Test post
Just trying out Blogger's photo upload & formatting with some random pictures...
(This is a felt teddy bear coat I made in the style of a WWII British military greatcoat.)
(This is a felt teddy bear coat I made in the style of a WWII British military greatcoat.)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Random cuteness
Do you think he needs a Kleenex after that?
And since I have been a news source on orphaned hedgehog babies before... Baby hedghogs in bandages. It's like somebody put "sad" into a random cuteness generator and turned it up to 11.
And since I have been a news source on orphaned hedgehog babies before... Baby hedghogs in bandages. It's like somebody put "sad" into a random cuteness generator and turned it up to 11.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Rainy days and Mondays
The girls spent the day here before Allie goes back to school.
Allie's daddy got the globe and we had a little geography. Just to make sure Allie never ends up in an appalling situation like this.
Later we tried to go for a walk, but it started raining harder, so only Allie and I ended up risking catching our death of pneumonia in the 70-degree drizzle. :)
Allie's daddy got the globe and we had a little geography. Just to make sure Allie never ends up in an appalling situation like this.
Later we tried to go for a walk, but it started raining harder, so only Allie and I ended up risking catching our death of pneumonia in the 70-degree drizzle. :)
Friday, January 04, 2008
Build-a-Bear overnighter
Mama and I took the girls to Little Rock Wednesday because Mama had promised to let them build a stuffed animal at the mall. It was a fun trip, if a bit hectic simply because kids are kids and those two have lots of energy, even when they are under the weather!
At Build-a-Bear, Allie chose a cheetah cub she named Aqua (after one of the Cheetah Girls, apparently - a group I was only vaguely aware of) and Layla chose a puppy she called Buddy. (When she dressed it in a pink skirt, we decided Buddy might be a girl, and added an "e" to her name.) Afterward, we stopped by Bath & Body Works, and while Mamaw was waiting in line, Allie and I took Layla on what seemed like her first escalator ride, she was so excited about the moving stairs. We went up and down the escalators 12 times, with Layla choosing to ride in a stance like a heavy metal surfer, right foot forward, knee bent, and her little right arm held out in a special salute.
We spent the night at my apartment, played some games, ordered pizza, and rented DVDs. (Cats and Dogs is pretty cute. And the first time I've seen an Anatolian shepherd in a featured movie role, nice!) I really respect anyone who has to raise children in an apartment setting, because it's hard for physically active kids to remember that one person's floor is another person's ceiling. Allie and Layla were pretty good, though.
In the car on the trip to LR; Layla with Buddye before stuffing; Buddye with a pipe up her back being stuffed.
Allie giving her cheetah a brush and fluff; after checking out; Layla made herself comfortable on one of the Bath & Body Works sale displays.
At the apartment with Aqua and Buddye. (The glasses are meant to be Buddye's, but they fit Layla too.)
Back home: Layla plays with the Snow Village before it is put away for another year; sunset on the pasture.
We arrived home to find the pond frozen an inch thick all the way across. (That's my shoe on the ice to proove it.) It doesn't often stay cold enough long enough for that to happen, though I remember one winter when I was young that the ice got thick enough to walk on, all the way to the middle.
At Build-a-Bear, Allie chose a cheetah cub she named Aqua (after one of the Cheetah Girls, apparently - a group I was only vaguely aware of) and Layla chose a puppy she called Buddy. (When she dressed it in a pink skirt, we decided Buddy might be a girl, and added an "e" to her name.) Afterward, we stopped by Bath & Body Works, and while Mamaw was waiting in line, Allie and I took Layla on what seemed like her first escalator ride, she was so excited about the moving stairs. We went up and down the escalators 12 times, with Layla choosing to ride in a stance like a heavy metal surfer, right foot forward, knee bent, and her little right arm held out in a special salute.
We spent the night at my apartment, played some games, ordered pizza, and rented DVDs. (Cats and Dogs is pretty cute. And the first time I've seen an Anatolian shepherd in a featured movie role, nice!) I really respect anyone who has to raise children in an apartment setting, because it's hard for physically active kids to remember that one person's floor is another person's ceiling. Allie and Layla were pretty good, though.
In the car on the trip to LR; Layla with Buddye before stuffing; Buddye with a pipe up her back being stuffed.
Allie giving her cheetah a brush and fluff; after checking out; Layla made herself comfortable on one of the Bath & Body Works sale displays.
At the apartment with Aqua and Buddye. (The glasses are meant to be Buddye's, but they fit Layla too.)
Back home: Layla plays with the Snow Village before it is put away for another year; sunset on the pasture.
We arrived home to find the pond frozen an inch thick all the way across. (That's my shoe on the ice to proove it.) It doesn't often stay cold enough long enough for that to happen, though I remember one winter when I was young that the ice got thick enough to walk on, all the way to the middle.
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