logic

charlie and i told zella that we would take her to the park tonight. well one thing lead to another, and we thought she forgot about going to the park. so at 9:00 pm she asks us to go to the park. well, charlie and i were already in our pjs, and started telling her that we could go tomorrow because it was late... i know the parks on our side of town close at 10:30pm. so the following conversation went like this
z=can we go to the park now?
us= we can go tomorrow
z= i wan to go to tumbleweed park
us=it's getting late, and the park is getting ready to close
(zella is quite for a min. or two)
z=but parks don't have any doors
(she is correct, technically they don't)
we went to the park and stayed until 10pm
i love the logic of my almost 4 year old

have a great day

FINISHED!!

look at what i finished. i still want to add some sparkle to it. but for the most part it is finished and on the wall. now charlie and zella don't have to hear me say "be careful, it's on the floor" or "don't step on it" and not least "watch where you are walking".
a different angle

and a cute photo to leave you with

jill b

another frame

i only have the z and the e to hang. i changed the paper on the z. i just wasn't in love with it.

the laptop!

zella loves to play on the computer. she wanted to play last night, but wanted to play in the living room with us. charlie brought out the laptop. and all was good with zella. (and yes, that is one of my Christmas trees from last year).
i thought it was cute the way she was sitting on the bench, and playing on the computer. notice how close the blankie is.
i love watching her concentrate. she was learning something new on the computer. charlie is right behind her. he had just shown her something. (like my computer vocabulary?) she got it!
and this is a picture on how the rest of our night went. we moved the laptop to the coffee table, so she could be closer to us. charlie on the couch playing xbox. and me, taking pictures.
i hope everyone has a great day
jill b

progress!

i started to hang my project. the bottom of the frames sits lower than i thought. and hangs a little over zella's bed frame. so part of me feels like i ruined it. but i know that i didn't, it just looks a little low to me. but i think when we turn her bed around it will be fine. i used that double sided Velcro, and it works great. you just need to know where everything is going to go before you pull of the sticker on the back of what you are hanging. i could of finished the hanging, but i couldn't find our hammer. i looked and looked for it, but i couldn't find it. i used a screw driver handle to put in a few nails. and for that hammer...charlie took it camping with him. so hopefully it will be done tonight. i will take pictures when i finish it.
jill b

saturday

we had our girls day today. and it was a big success. largely because emma came with kim. she entertained zella the whole afternoon. so mom, kim and i were able to work on our "wedding" album. we got about half way through and decided we wanted to put in more photos than what we had printed. so kim and i printed off some more pictures and went to costco to pick them up. we have agreed to meet again real soon to finish our books.
zella had a great afternoon with emma. at times they were running through my house and being very loud and having a ball. we even got a musical parade from them. zella played the drum and emma road the tricycle. i have been trying to take pictures of things that chances are i will not be doing/seeing five years from now. i have started to take a lot of pictures of zella and her toys. i love the way she is always stacking or arranging toys. every morning there is a new configuration in her bed. and i find all sorts of "collections" all around the house. i am so grateful that i get to experience the creativity that she posses. she is so sweet, and i am humbled to be her mom. (these are the moments that i was afraid we would miss out on. and i am so glad to have them!)
jill b

a sneek peak!

my charlie is going camping this weekend, so my sister and mom (and dad) are having an all girl Saturday at my house. after talking with my sister, i decided to have a "craft" day and make a scrapbook about all of our weddings. so here is a sneak peak of the covers i went ahead and did the cover for all three books. there were many layers and the scalloped chipboard were a pain in the bum. but i promised my sister that it would not be a scary event.
i have been gathering pictures and papers. i am excited, and i hope everyone will enjoy the book when finished.
jill b