Glitter Girls Bake Off

Last night Gunnar and I went to Glitter Girls.. We baked pies!! We had such a great time and I actually learned a lot. Each girl got her own pie crust to mold and create, then we put them into muffin tins and filled them full of filling. The girls got to design the top however they wanted then into the oven they went. While they were cooking we played some fun games and had a wonderful time of sharing. We talked about how God makes everyone special and unique. Every girl got to tell what makes them special. Gunnar said her heart because it helped her to love!!! Soooo sweet. They also had to share their special talent, Gunnar said hers was fashion design and gymnastics. I can't deny that. I think for sure she will do something very creative when she gets older. She is very artistic and truely does love to create, and design things. Who knows? Maybe that is what He has planned for her. Maybe that's why we should consider a magnet school for her. I feel like she has such talent and maybe she's not given the opportunity to share that where she is currently. So many questions so few answers. Anyway, the pies were awesome the company delightful! At the end of the night we always ask one of the girls to pray and my sweet little Gunnar was choosen. She said the most precious little prayer and prayed for two girls in our group that are moving soon, she prayed that they would love their new home and make new friends quickly, and she promised never to forget them. She did a great job!! She always makes me so proud to be her mommy. Thanks for choosing me God to do the biggest most important job in the world to the two most important little people ever.

Sunday November 9th--A Day at the ER!!

The day started out great. It was a beautiful day and we had been playing outside for most of the morning. We came in to grab some lunch and Todd was going to take Gunnar and a friend to the park so Gates and I could grab a quick rest. I had to work and Gates was just worn out. While I was cleaning up lunch dishes Gates ran out in the backyard to play for a few more minutes. Todd was out with him and the big boys that live behind us ask if Gates could come play football for a bit. Todd lifted him over the fence and then came inside but left the back doors open. About 5minutes later we heard a blood curling scream. We knew something was wrong. Todd ran outside and grabbed Gates and ask what had happened. Apparently he had just fallen so we tried to cheer him up and do the normal after boo boo kisses. That wasn't working this time. He continued to cry and hold his little arm, but wouldn't let us look at it. He ask for some ice, so we now knew that he was hurt. He NEVER keeps ice on his boo boo, but what kid does? I really thought he had broken his arm so we rearranged the park date and Gunnar went to a friends and off we went to the ER. I must say he was excellent. The only time he fussed was when I had to move him. We were in the ER for about 30 minutes before they took us back then we sat another 15 or so before X-rays. Now that was not a fun thing. They really had to manipulate his little arm a lot and he didn't like it one bit. He settled back down quickly after we got into the room and we waited for the doctor to come back in and give us our results. Good news and Bad news he said---good news first "it's not broken" bad news "it's dislocated"! Which means putting it back in and seeing how he does with it. If he responds quickly then no splint, if not then a splint for a few weeks. About 5 minutes later our little Gates was back to his old self. Jumping off the bed and acting like a wild man, not quite as wild as usual but we were happy with the results!! Now that this has happen he is much more likely for it to happen again, so the mom I use to be has changed some what. My theory was "oh well he will learn his lesson", now I am cautious,not overprotective, just cautious. I do NOT want to experience that again any time soon.. Just makes you appecitate the little boo boo's and pray that no big ones EVER occur.

Super Salamader Shirts

Who knew being room mom meant--lots of work? Well obviously I didn't realize you had to be really crafty to take this job. I signed up without the full description. About 2 weeks ago Gunnars teacher ask me to make some shirts for the classroom for when they go on field trips and such. Three days later Gunnar brought the shirts home and they were due in 4 days! YIKES! I thought I would have a few weeks at least but oh well here we go. Usually these shirts are just tye dyed, or fabric painted. WELL, I had to do something really creative--no easy peasy stuff here. UGH!! I was definately shooting myself for trying to be creative about 2 days into the project. I went to Joanne fabrics and bought salamander material(they are the Salem Salamanders)and a large roll of heat and bond and some puffy paint. I cut out big S's for Salem and then two salamanders to put beside the S on each shirt. It really wasn't that bad except for the cramp in my thumb after cutting out 48 tiny salamanders with lots of little tails and feet. After ironing all the cut outs with heat and bond then I had to iron them onto the shirts. Next I puffy painted the outline so they would look marvelous. I must say that they turned out pretty good. And Ms. Shaper said I went above and beyond!! Now my plea to her is to PASS my kid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!