mother's day goodies...

Rainbow cards made by Renéeand quite possibly the cutest book ever...
She was sure to point out that she added "very" and that she was not supposed to, but she really wanted to, so she did :)
SO funny...sorry, to disappoint but I'm not actually making them, just making them cuter :) The red thing to the left is her Sacred Heart shirt that I appliqued.

Now this is definitely true! It wasn't too long ago that 75 percent of the laundry was hers, so her help was more than welcomed! She's cut down on her wardrobe changes, but I still love her help!
She got an American Girl sewing project for her birthday. We finally started sewing them a couple of weeks ago...I am holding one of the birds in my right hand.

I especially love the drawing of herself with her arms up asking how....I just hope that I'm not that curvy in real life!

And because using my "real" name is so cool...this was on the back. And yes, she now always uses a heart above her e.
And elijah's card...the fish were made from his fingerprints
and the pink part folded out with his name

They also came home with a giant cookie cake and lilies :) This picture makes me laugh...it's showing their typical behavior--elijah doing his own thing, renée paying attention, and hazel scheming...

Hello, blue eyes! I love you all...and, of course, Baby William too who has been napping the day away. Oh, maybe one day soon I can join him...Orum graduates this week!

Lemonade Day!

One of their dreams finally came true...they got to have a lemonade stand!! They have literally been asking to do it for about a year! Since, it was South Louisiana Lemonade Day--it was the perfect opportunity to make it happen {and earn myself some "best-mom-ever points"}

They sold lemonade and bead dogs--although most people gave them $1 instead of 50¢, so Renée ended up just giving them to people. I LOVED seeing her "sell" something that she made :)

They were pretty cute, if I do say so myself! Not long after they set up, they got a little helper. She was a little too helpful and ate all of their lemon drops. The baby joined us a little later. I will be sure to not go at it alone next time with all 4 children.
They thought it was a blast, and made $40! Not bad...

one month!

I can't believe this little one is already a month old!! He's been doing his jobs {eat, sleep, poop} so well, of course, it's mostly sleep...at least for now.

my first banners!

There's so much to blog about, but I thought these were too funny not to share...

Last week my mom's house flooded. I went home to help clean up the mess. My sister and I found LOTS of our childhood stuff. In one of the boxes, I found what had to be my first banners!

The one above says--happy easter. I can't decide if it has a border of polka dots or easter eggs. Yep, it's made form loose leaf paper that I glued together! The one below was made for my sister. I guess I forgot to leave room for the {!} so I just put it in the middle of the bottom of the page!

{just excuse that messy hair of hazel's...she had a few too many suckers that day!}

the eggs!

How do you get fingers like these? Dying easter eggs, of course!
I had forgotten how much Elijah LOVED dying eggs last year. He loved it more this year...if that's even possible! He could not get the eggs in the dye fast enough, and he was quite proud of his results.

Renée, as you can imagine, took her time. She made a few hot pink ones--which meant long dye baths and then finger painted a few more for a tie-dyed look.

The finishing touch? GOLD sponge paint!
I was just happy that Orum was home that day and took the initiative to do the eggs! I wasn't up for it, but the kids were NOT going to let us "forget" about it!
And here they are in all their golden glory.

{Hazel napped through it all...maybe next year little girl:)}