Only one day left of school.

Tomorrow is Tyler's last day of school and then he is out for the Summer. I gave both his teachers a little something just as another thank you.


It was a beach towel rolled up with a magazine and bottle of sunscreen. I saw the idea somewhere but can't remember where or I would give credit where credit is due. The tags I found at executive homemaker .

It was day 3 of Tatiana's swim lessons and her first day of gymnastics Summer classes. I didn't get any gymnastics pictures today but did get a few more of swimming.


Today they learned about life vest and boat safety


They got to ride a kayak in the pool. Unfortunately for Tatiana the other little girl wanted to have nothing to do with the boat. So her ride was very short and she wasn't able to go as fast as the others.

My Grandmother (MaMa) is still in the hospital in TICU. I went to visit her again tonight and she seems to be doing a little better. She is hoping to be moved into a regular room soon.

I missed going to Wednesday evening church service tonight. We have been so blessed at out church and I'm looking forward to what God is going to do with our new pastor.

A busy week!

This week has been busy thus far. Tatiana started swim lessons this week. She has really enjoyed taking the lessons. As shy as she is I wasn't sure if she would even get in the water without me. She was anxious to get in though, so hopefully she'll end up being a good little swimmer.



Tyler also took a gymnastics class Monday night for the first time.



Tyler will normally be taking gymnastics around the same time as Tatiana but since Tyler still has school this week he had to take his first class at a different time. He really enjoyed it but was goofing off a lot. This is typical Tyler though. He will probably end up being the "class clown". :)

I got notification via email that I won another giveaway. This time it was off of the blog http://myfourmonkeys.com/. I won a subscription to http://www.readeo.com/. I'm looking forward to trying it out. I love blog giveaways! I enjoy entering bunches in my spare time. This is my second one that I've won in about a month. I've never been so lucky before. The key is to enter as many as you can. There are several sites that have numerous giveaways on them.

Also I got a call today that my MaMa was admitted into the hospital. Her blood count was very low. She had a couple of units of blood while at the hospital and they are going to keep her until they run some test and see exactly what is going on with her. I went to visit her this evening along with several of my other family members. I'm so blessed to have such a close knit family. If you're reading this, please keep my MaMa in your prayers.

A little behind...

Hello blog world! It seems like it has been forever since I've posted. With going to the beach for a few days and my husband having a few days of vacation, I've had very limited computer time. I really need to get a laptop because my hubby tends to be a computer hog.

We spent our Memorial Day weekend at the beach with my extended family. It consisted of My hubby, my 2 kiddos, and myself, My Cousin, her husband and their 2 kids, My Aunt and her daughter (my cousin), My Aunt and her boyfriend, and my MaMa and PaPa. We had a great time. Our family usually does try to get together and do a trip once a year. We rented a large beach house and had lots of fun.


Our first day at the beach. My kids were excited to collect seashells.


Tyler ended up sitting in the water so he had to shower off before going back into the house.



Eli and Tatiana cheesing it up at the aquarium.


The Seahorse is one of my faves!


Ice cream outside the aquarium. In this picture the kids already had their cones for sometime. They were some of the biggest servings of ice cream I had ever seen though.



Tyler enjoying playing in the sand.


Scottie with Eli and Tatiana buried in the sand.


Me and my hubby


Andy playing in the Ocean with our kids.

Hopefully I didn't overwhelm you all with pictures. I took a ton but just picked out a few. I will try to post again soon. God bless!

Sweet comments!

The last two days I've received 2 very sweet comments. One was last night at my Tastefully Simple party. I had a client ask me if all the consultants had a personality as sweet as mine. We were playing a little ticket game and I think she was trying to get an extra ticket. I do think she meant it though because after that she said I do have a really sweet personality and it shows. Then today coming home from Zootastic Tyler told me that I was the prettiest Mom ever. I just don't know what to do with all these sweet comments. I'm very blessed.

We had a super busy day today. This morning Tatiana had her gymnastics end of the year ceremonies. Tatiana did not want to go in front of the crowd to do anything. She was grasping onto me for dear life. I eventually handed her over to one of the girls there that are on the team. She came out with all the other kids but wasn't walking but being carried. She then started crying when they tried to get her to participate with the others. So, she sat down and watched everyone do their stuff until the very end. She wanted her medal so she did do a few things in her routine then get on stage to get her medal.








Right after gymnastics we headed to Elise's birthday party at Zootastic. The kids had a great time. I thought it was a really cute place. I enjoy learning about animals also, so I think it was just as fun for me. Tatiana is definitely the shyest of the entire group, so she through me for a loop. She not only sat with someone she didn't know but she did this as the lady was holding a snake. She said she wasn't afraid of it. Tyler didn't get close enough to touch it because he was afraid it would bite him.




I had a hard time trying to get all 3 girls to look at me at once.



Tyler and I cheesing it up!



Me and my kiddos



Tyler riding a Shetland Pony



Tatiana taking her turn riding the Shetland Pony

Giveaways!

I never realized there were so many giveaways on blogs. A lot of blogs are specifically for reviewing products then they generally also give away a product like the one they are reviewing. I love this. It has kept me up way to late on several nights. One of my fave sites to visit is Tip Junkie and not only for the giveaways but also for all the diy projects and tutorials. The tutorials is what first brought me to the site then I later found the giveaways. I was lucky enough to already win one giveaway which I posted about here http://tanya-alittlebitofeverything.blogspot.com/2010/05/im-winner.html. I'm not usually a very lucky person, so I was excited about this. It is a cute little diy apron set. I haven't put it together yet, but looking forward to see how it's going to turn out. Another great giveaway site is http://sweeps4bloggers.com/.

Today was the last day for me babysitting the girls for a while. The girls Mom took a voluntary lay off at work and is going to take some time off herself. I'm thinking I'll wait until the school year starts back up before I start watching any extra kiddos. It will be nice to be able to do stuff with Tyler since he will be home from school for the Summer.


The girls with Tatiana eating lunch on the picnic table Poppie bought.


Elise and Tatiana

Speaking of giveaways, I have to mention this one! June is Tastefully Simple's birthday month. Host a June party and be entered into the sweepstakes to win $115 in free products. 15 parties per region per week will be called. So, the chances aren't too bad. If you get the call at your party then I also get $115 in products. How great is that? That isn't all though.... If you have a $500 party you earn the Backyard Basics Collection valued at $55.95 in addition to your host benefits. If you have a $900 party, earn the Servin Up Sunshine Collection valued at $89.95 in addition to your other benefits. Have a $1,500 party and earn both collections.






So, if you already have a party booked for June, start working on those outside orders. If you don't have a party booked, let me know and we'll see what date I have left.

Kids washcloths

I made some washcloths for the kids this evening. I've made different kinds previously and thought I would make some others.


These are flannel and the same pattern on both sides. They are also double stitched.

I've considered starting back my Etsy shop. I enjoyed doing it in the past then just kind of got out of making stuff. Since I'm feeling crafty again I may start doing some other things.

Here are a few things that I sold in my Etsy store previously.


Tutu


Scootin socks leg warmers


Flannel nap blanket


Minky washcloths


Diaper bag changing pad. Cotton on one side and minky on the other with ribbon tie.


Hair bow holders


Binky/Pacifier holder

I also wanted to share one of my favorite songs right now. It's Something Beautiful by NEEDTOBREATHE. I went to their site tonight to see some other songs they sing. NeedToBreathe is awesome!!! They just finished up a tour. If they were to come close by I would very much like to go see them in concert.

Then here are a few pictures of the kids taken today.


Tyler being Tyler. :) I wanted to take a picture of him in his Manchester United jersey. This is hubby's fave soccer team.


Tatiana and Elise

Babies and new craft

We had my cousins baby shower yesterday then afterward I stopped by to see my friend Christy's new baby who was only about a week old. I decided to make both of them a hair bow / hair clip holder. I've made hair bow holders in the past but this was my first attempt at making one like this.



This is the one I made for Billie (Baby Anna). I also made the hair clips to go on it.



This is the one I made for Christy (Baby Hope) along with the hair clips.



Here they are all packaged up.



Billie with her hair clip holder.



Showing Anna one of her new babies.


The baby shower attendees.


Christy and her new baby, Hope. She also has 2 boys, so this time was hoping for a little girl.

Getting ready to head over to football sign ups now for my son who will be in 1st grade next year. This is the first year that he is eligible to play. It will be flag football for a few years before they start tackle football. Wish us luck!

After football sign ups we have church tonight then back home to go to bed and start another day.