56th Mommy Mondays

I was having another rough day on Friday morning. My son woke up early and then my baby girl did too and neither would go back to sleep so I threw my frustrations into getting the dishes done. What I needed was some good food and a nap and for the house to be clean when I woke up =D....how dreams change.

Anyway, my son started this conversation with me.

"Mom, are you happy?"

"NO"

"I can make you smile."

I turn to look at him and can't help, but smile and stay smiling.





What a sweet sweet boy, though very annoying too at times! Boy do I love my kids, but I seriously need to get my life better organized or maybe I'm finally getting my period soon? After I had my son, I didn't get my period until he was 7 months. My daughter will be 7 months on the 19th so maybe I'll be getting it soon and maybe that's why I'm such a big grouch and hormonal! At least my house is looking pretty good now now to keep up with it!!! No one better get sick where I fall behind again or I'll go CRAZY!

71st Fashionable Fridays

Last week, I wore my new trouser jeans. My MIL bought them for my birthday. We went shopping together and I picked them out from Old Navy. They are super comfortable!
My top is from Down East sale - $5

 

Tonight, I wore my hair curly to a wedding reception. I rarely curl my hair because I usually feel like I look way too young with it, but when my hair is super long, it looks pretty good with some curls in it.
Baby blue shirt from Down East major sale - $5. and navy blue tank my mother-in-law also bought for me from Down East.

Did you do anything fun or have a lucky day with it being 11/11/11 and Veterans Day!? Later after the reception, I enjoyed a girls night "watching" Eclipse, but mostly we just did a lot of talking which really was most needed and lots of fun even though I barely knew most of the girls there. I'm so excited about watching Breaking Dawn, part 1 soon....a bunch of us girls are not seeing it until December though.

Also I just wanted to say thank you to all those veterans who have fought for my freedoms and for the United States and I'm grateful to those who are serving our country today. What brave men and women and their families too who sacrifice so much.

Rosette Flowers Glam!

I've been wanting to make more glammed up rosette flowers so I've been trying to add feathers and tulle, some flair! =D

I made these first few for some friends'

Then for our upcoming family photo shoot, I wanted to make a really big one so I started messing around some more.

Here's the beginning part....

...and it turned into this! Woot woot! I loved it!

Then I had to make some thing for my baby girl so she could be glammed up too!

I made her a smaller piece since it would be big on her and then I made her a fabric necklace too!

To make the Fabric Necklace: I took an inch wide of fabric about 24 inches long and tied it on the end. Then I twisted, put some glue in between and twisted some more and let dry. Then I made it into a double necklace and added the rosette to it to keep it secure. So Simple!! I need to make one for myself now! =D

15th Work-out Wednesday

Here are my stats:
Height: 5'4
Beginning Measurements

• Around the Belly: 39 in. (47 in. 38 weeks pregnant with my daughter in April- I was only 45 in. with my son, but I weighed almost 10 lbs. more)
• Waist: 38in.
• Around my bottom: 40.25 in.
• Upper Arm: 12.25 in.
• Inner Thigh: 23.5 in

Goal: flatter tummy - 34 in. around my belly (so I don't look pregnant still when I wear my pre-pregnancy shirts), 130 lbs. by the New Year (have to leave room for the holidays =D).

Ideally would love to be 120-125 again and 30-32 in again.

Pre-pregnancy: 131 lbs. Gained 36 lbs. when pregnant:  167 lbs. (had my baby April 19, 2011) Beginning weight: 147 lbs.

Today's Weight: 133lbs. so I'm almost there. I'm doing pretty well I think.


Today's Measurements: now to work on getting these numbers down more!

• Around the Belly: 37 in. - same
• Waist: 36 in. - lost 1/2 in.
• Around my bottom: 37.5 in. - lost .75
• Upper Arm: 11.25 in. - lost 1/4 in.
• Inner Thigh: 22 in - same

I guess Halloween didn't mess me up too much. I've been trying to do some crunches and some more dancing when I'm cleaning.

Halloween Costumes 2011 Mini Tutorials - Peter Pan themed

Captain Hook costume
I found a red coat at DI (Deseret Industires - thrift store).

I bought some white ruffles and gold trim. Since this coat was really thick and I'm not an expert sewer, I used velcro that I had and put pieces inside the wrists and across the chest to place the ruffles.

Captain Hook Hat
a friend mentioned how important the Captain Hook's hat was so I decided against the $1 store kids pirate hat I was originally going to use (now it can just be for dress up) and figured out how to make my own hat.
I took cardboard and cut a large oval and then cut a hole in the middle to fit an adult head.
Then I took one of my son's old turtleneck onesies (3T - so it would be hard for him to wear now that he's potty trained) and cut it to cover the cardboard. My husband is 6'4 so once I covered one side pretty well; I figured most people won't see the top of his head. I used a combination of hot glue and craft glue...craft glue did better with so much fabric being used.

For the feather, I cut a piece of cardboard, covered it in white felt and added slits to the side. I had some small white feathers on hand so I covered it with that too.

Wendy

I took my old hospital gown and pinned down the neckline then sewed so you couldn't see the brown so much and then added a big blue ribbon around my waist.

Peter Pan

I found a dark green thermal underwear set at DI and cut that up zig zag style. I used the scraps to make the hat. I sewed these two pieces together (from the bottom of the shirt and the bottom of a pant leg.)

In the end, I didn't use the pants bottoms because Peter Pan wears more like tights for his bottoms. I figured if it was snowing though, I'd have him wear those over his others. His bottoms are just pjs pants from Old Navy. I got the pink sword at DI for 50 cents....I wanted to spray paint it a better color, but with being gone before Halloween, didn't get a chance. The brown belt is also from DI probably like $1.

TinkerBell

She was the inspiration for our costumes. I have been obsessed with lime green and hot pink so when I saw the lime green tutu dress at Crafty Moms, I bought it along with some other stuff during her FB deals. When I looked at it again later, I was like my baby girl can be TinkerBell! I put another lime green tutu underneath to make it more full. Then she wore tights and lime green pants to keep warmer underneath. I found the green fairy wings at the $1 store! I also found a glow stick wand at the $1 store too, but didn't get any pictures with it.

I was so happy with the outcome! I was especially impressed with how well I did with Captain Hook! We'll have to use these costumes again!

Let me know if you have any questions about this and I'd be happy to answer!