I love sunshine

We've had some absolutely beautiful days lately. I love the sunshine, and so do my children. Amelia gets really upset if I walk by the window or the back door and we don't go out! She loves to be outside as much as the rest of us.
So, we've been outside a lot this week. When I was young, one of my favorite things to do was feel the warm mud squish between my toes. I decided that Seth should be introduced to that particular feeling. So, we had fun in the mud. All the while, Miss Amelia Mae was happily seated in the swing!

















































































Here is the dress that I made for Amelia.

I can SEW!

Ooh am I excited that I can sew now! Ok, I made one pair of capri's for Amelia, does that really mean I can sew? Well, I hope that I can continue with this and make my kiddos some darling things! Check out the pictures! Oh, and just so you don't think I did this all on my own, my friend Nicole came and helped me with it.

Do you ever feel

like you are the WORST Mother in the world? I do. My sweet boy is not so sweet anymore. He used to be sweet and kind and caring. He used to love other kids and would play with whomever was around and had no problems with it at all. He never balked at a child taking something away from him, he was easy going and nice. This is not the case anymore. My child has been taken over by a mean, screaming, toy-stealing, chair-pushing, jumping on little kids, MONSTER. I don't know what I've done so wrong with him. He is so nice to Amelia, for this I am so grateful...but to other kids, not so much.
On Sunday, we went to our new church for the first time. He went into nursery with the other kids (ages 18 mo. to 3 yrs.) and was understandably nervous. So, I stayed with him, no biggie. He stayed on my lap and wouldn't talk to anyone. His teacher came over to introduce herself and he buried his head in my chest, fine. However, when a child took a toy that was on the floor that he was eyeing, he SCREAMED! Not just any scream, but a high pitched, shrill scream. The other parents that were in there looked at me like I told him to do it. At another point he pushed a chair into a little girl, pounced on another (they were playing a game like tigers, but he did it from behind and no one else was pouncing), and hit one of the adults (she wasn't very nice, but STILL!).
Then, today we went to playgroup at the church. He was SO mean to the other kids, again! I just don't know what to do with him. I can't stay in my house all the time for fear of what he'll do to the other kids, but I don't want to take him out and have him potentially hurt other kids.
I know, he's just gone through a big change. He's moved from the only home he's ever known (the home he was literally born in), all his friends are 1 to 1.5 hours away, and things are different now. But, it is breaking my heart watching him being so mean. Any advice???

Weekend Pictures

My weekend in pictures...enjoy!

Anyone here watch The Office? It's our favorite show. My brother and sister-in-law are our best friends. We've spent practically every Saturday with them for the last 3.5 years. They have fed us every one of those Saturdays. They like The Office too. When Stephanie (sil) was pregnant with #8 (yes, I said #8), I gave her the first season of The Office to make her laugh in her final days of pregnancy.
Well, 2 Sunday's ago, we had a thank you dinner for them. They, and their 8 lovely children, came to our house for dinner. We had rib-eye's (YUM!), garlic mashed potatoes, bread from Great Harvest, salad, asparagus, Outrageous Brownies (drool), and some Aggie Ice Cream. In all it was a fantastic day.
Oh, but wait, I was talking about The Office wasn't I? Ok, so for those not familiar with this HILARIOUS show (Thursday nights 7:30, NBC), one of the characters, Jim, likes to play practical jokes on people. One of his trademarks is putting office supplies in jell-o molds. See where I'm going here?

























































Here are the excited recipients of their green jell-o mold with the second season of The Office in it! They thought that was so funny, and the jell-o wasn't bad either!! :) Thanks again Chip and Steph! We love you guys!