how to entertain babies.....

When a baby cries you go threw the check list, Diaper cleaned? hungry? sick? cold? teeth?
But when everything is done and the baby is only crying harder what do you do? what what if their were three of them crying?! ..........
Well I have found that sitting outside and blowing bubbles always works!

JP and Korben love it outside!
blowing bubbles is cheap,easy, doesn't make a big mess and will keep them happy for about 45 minutes!

monday blues

I don't have the typical Monday Blues. I have the best job in the world and my weekends are spent at my other job so I welcome Mondays with open arms! but today I have been bla. I think it started when I looked out the window, I wanted to go to the park and take pictures but its raining :( I am the kind of person that tries to stay positive and look on the bright side of things. so when I was mopping the week old mess in my kitchen I stopped myself from complaining and tried to think about what kind of day the people back in Uganda were having. I saw first hand the messes the clean up and the hard labor they put into thing that we are fortunate enough to just press a button and go on. (like the dish washer, the laundry and stove.) This got me thinking also about the amazing lion we saw walking a crossed a path. the girl next to me whispered, "isn't that sad? he only has three legs and he's so skinny!" I shuck my head "isn't it amazing that even though he has been dealt a difficult life he is still walking!" So if your having Monday blues just know that there is someone out there that has it worse than you and they are still walking.

halloween DIY #5!

Before I show you the final DIY of the week I wanted to show you what craft time REALLY looks like in my house:
I have to take lost of breaks beacuse one is crying, one needs a diaper change, more juice, they get bored or just want to help with the sissors! (they dont actually help with the sissors they just want to!) even though sometimes my 30 min craft could take all day to finish how could I complain when I get to see 3 beautiful babies smiling and clapping for me when I do finally get it done.

OK now on to the craft!
I love my green door, it was one of the many things I had on my list for my dream house, I wanted a front door that stands out! I wanted to make a wreath to welcome everyone into our home.
all you need is a wire hanger, trash bags scissors and paper! I didn't have a wire hanger and with three babies to tote around I was not going to go to the store to buy one, so I used something circular shape I found in our basement.
cut strips of the trash bag out.
then tied the strips the the wire:
keep tying until completely full all away around. then fluffed the ends of the bag out.
I wanted it to look kind of like a ghost and also to hide the other wires in the middle so i cut out eyes and the word BOO! taped them to the wreath and hung on the door.
(Miss Belle loves to look out the screen door and yell at the dogs walking past.)

Halloween DIY #4

I stole this idea from Martha Stewart
It's super Easy!
I found outlines of mice on my handy dandy phone. Then traced and cut them out.
Next I used tape to add them to the front of the steps. Martha used black mice but I didn't have black paper so I used white and then to make them more spooky I added red eyes to each. I think the white looks better with my blue wall with white picture frames. and the grey thing on the banister is a giant spider my mom gave me last year for my birthday! do you see my rug hanging on the wall at the top? It's a present from Africa! I love seeing it every time I walk into the house. :)

halloween DIY #3

Bunting is huge right now! every craft site or craft store has bunting kits. This is my version.....well I should say Julia's version. I wrote out the letters and added some creepy dripping action to them.
Always tring to include some teaching into our everyday life, I snuck in a spelling lesson. "what letter comes next in HALLOWEEN?" after she picked out the right letter I let her have free range of the green glitter. she was so excited because mommy never lets her play with glitter!
after the glitter dried I sewed the papers together (yes you can sew paper!)
and hung it up.