Sweet babies

 

Miss Pixie Pie, is now a big sis!  She has a cuddly little brother at her house now.  We got over to see him a few days ago and I was able to get some snuggles. There is nothing on earth like holding a new born baby, is there?

We took the big sister home with us for a while to play with her cousin and give her parents a little break. The girls spent a lot of the evening just filling water cans.  Its good to have well water, and not worry about water bills,  water is such easy entertainment for kids this age.

Afterwards, they were a little shivery, so I fixed them hot cocoa.  Not something we have very often in the summertime, so they were both pretty excited to get some.  It was fun to have hot chocolate in the summer in the same way it is to have pancakes for supper sometimes. 

After getting dry and warm, they helped me make dinner.  I like to give the kids a hunk of bread dough and some bowls of cheese and broccoli for them to create their own bread sticks.  Our fairy grand kid can play with dough for so long, we almost don't get it into the oven in time to have it done for supper. Pixie Pie was a bit more efficient than her cousin, she got hers done and ready to pop into the oven right away, so I just gave her more and kept her going on it.  That kid doesn't mess around, she got them all whipped up in no time, while Sugarwings was still reconstructing the shape of her dough ball for the dozenth time. 

Speaking of cooking, my gift for the new mom and dad might seem a bit odd, but instead of buying baby clothes or toys, I like to pack up a big bag full of convenience items.  Paper plates, cups, plastic forks, etc. to hopefully save them some time while they are caring for the new baby.  Its a hectic time, and its not always easy to get dishes done while caring for a newborn.

Cause watching a little one can sure wear you out!

 
Earlier in the week, we were lucky enough to have BOTH grands over for the night.  Mayara is just getting big enough to come over and spend some time, now that her  mommy is not nursing as much.    She was so sweet. If I held up her dolly, and ask her to give it some love, she'd plant a big ole slobbery kiss on its head. 

These girls are all pretty sweet too, I splurged big time and took them to the groomers for a make over, complete with matching bows.

Our neighbor, Holden thought they looked lovely.

Even with all the cute babies around here, I've been managing to get things done. I went to a flea mkt with Mary, and met up with Beth who was selling there.  As sweet as all the kids are, it was pretty durn nice to have a grown up day with junking!

By the way, Mary is hosting her first swap and its a doozy.  Its for glue book pages, and she'll provide the book covers, ring binders, plus an ephemera pack to get you started on making your book grow with more art when you get it back.

Our remodelling project has been finalized too.

Its good to finally get all of that settled and mark a date on the calender to start it.

Although, that means, that I have to start packing up my kitchen.  Ugh.

On the other hand, it means that I get to pick out flooring and shop for something to build into a kitchen island.  I know what I want, now I just need to find it.

I've been adding some things to the Boutique over the weekend, and a few to the long neglected Etsy shop too.

I  hope to add more, but then I always say that, don't I?

This weekend we have family in town to visit, and will be going to one of our faves, the Renfest.  After that, I have 3 days to get everything in my kitchen and dining room packed up and out of the room so the work can begin.  So, who knows if I'll get more added to the shop. Maybe after the packing up is done.

I'll have more additions to the shop to show you in the next post, this one has run on long enough.