*sigh

Well, my camera is broken.

I turned it on last weekend, and my lens came out then stuck.

Now is makes a sickly sound.

Oh yea, there's also a little death rattle when I tip is back a forth.

No one has admitted to dropping it or treating it badly, so it sits on my dresser.

I'll be saving for a new one, but for now I can still post cute little lovelies I find!

These wooden toys and teethers from little alouette are ADORABLE!

What I'd tell ya??

Wood Hedge

Little eerie isn't it?

A Whole Lotta Christmas Fun!

Miles set up this little tree in his room. He did a lot of other rearranging to prepare for Santa as well! AND he decorated his tree...

...all by himself! Very proud!

James and Grandma Mary. His baby, which he has named "Grandpa Paul baby," and Miles' guitar, which James has taken over.

Miles got these great blocks. He loves them, builds garages for his police trucks!

We got an amazing amount of snow over Christmas! The heavy wet stuff. So James and I made a snowman!

Unfortunately the snow was a little too wet and he fell over. So he became a little shorter!

Miles made some reindeer food in preschool, so he sprinkled it out back so they would know to stop here!

Milk and cookies for Santa.

A carrot for the reindeer (there was food outside so one would do).

And some truffles for Mrs. Claus!!!

After Santa arrived!

I informed the boys Santa wouldn't come until they were REALLY asleep. Miles decided he didn't want a bath, he just wanted to go to sleep!

The next morning he forgot all about Santa.

He came into our room to snuggle with his mama until I said, "Merry Christmas Miles." Then snuggling was over and he went down to see his presents. All was quiet until he got to the bottom of the stairs and peaked in the living room.

"WOW!"

And back up the stairs he ran to wake his brother!

I think James was a little disappointed Santa ate all the cookies!

Oh and I here's a picture of the quilt I made my mom!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!!

Swing Batter Batter!

Miles has been asking for Better Batter Baseball for his birthday, or "batter batter baseball" as he calls it.On Sunday he got it from my parents.

Here he's a righty...

...and here a lefty.

Another of Miles' gifts that James liked!

Seriously, this picture is just a bit creepy!

Not sure if I've mentioned how much James likes to talk on the phone. He talks and talks, and paces while doing it. I believe that is learned from watching me.

Unfortunately, when the little guy gets talking, he's not so easy to understand, eventually starts pointing and naming everything around him, and ends with button pushing. But he likes it, and if he believes it's his turn to talk, he will scream until he gets the phone, or carried off to his room.

Tinker-Miles

Miles the Inventor.

Always creating some undiscovered necessity.

So what is it???
It's a "schonner pick."
A very useful tool for "picking flowers out of fields so tractors don't get sick."
Something every farmer needs.
And every growing inventor needs tinker toys!

What I've been up to...

It's been a little while, well, maybe not, but seems that way.

Besides having a mild dose of the plague, I have managed to get some things done, and have so much more planned!

We went back to Blue Earth this weekend and took some more things from the house. For those that don't know we have a house for sale there and are currently in a rental in Marshall. I wasn't going to do any decorating in the rental, but it was starting to drive me bonkers knowing I had these cute things I wasn't enjoying.

So on the wall they went. And I swear they are not all crooked like they look in this photo!

This sweet little thing makes me smile. Bringing this back was a special request from Miles. He LOVES making up songs while playing. Just hoping someday they sound a little better.

And on my night stand are my current reads. Yes, two books at the same time. And there's always a magazine if I need a lighter read.

On my dresser I have a couple second hand store finds.

On a completely different note, I decided to hit the deck and get a kids eye view. The boys spend so much time playing in the floor, especially Miles, he'll set up these farms over and over again.

I think he has to because James ends up sitting on them.

And plans!! I'm making turkey chili tonight, then after supper Miles has floor hockey.

I also baked a pie pumpkin which I'll use to make my first ever pumpkin pie later this week. I volunteered to make the pies for Thanksgiving so I better test out my recipe!

Wednesday I'm off to Sioux Falls for an appointment and finish up my Christmas shopping. Then Thursday evening I plan to work on a couple gifts for the boys at the fabric shop.

I have a TON of cookie recipes I'm dying to try out, some more photos to hang, and the usual never ending mountain of laundry and cleaning.

What are you all up to??