Crafty

I try not to buy anything Martha Stewart related (she must be stopped!), but I just can't help myself sometimes. Especially around the holidays. The other day I picked up a special holiday magazine of her's. There is so many good ideas in there and I want to do some handmade Christmas gifts so I had to buy it. I've been feeling crafty so I started on one project. It's an ornament, but I think I'm going to tie them onto presents. It's a piece of wire with beads strung on, then bent to make a star or a letter. So I made a star last night and after much bending, had the star exactly how I wanted it. Of course mine didn't look perfect like Miss Martha's, but it was still nice. Forward to this evening, when Fred asked Torii to show me what happened to my star. I made the mistake of leaving it on the computer printer last night and the boys found it. Now it was just a long bumpy line. When I asked what happened Rion said, "I thought it was one of those bendy toys."

You look familar

Yesterday, my mom and I took Torii out, while big brother was with Grandpa. Our first stop was at McDonalds and of course we had to go to the one with the play area. As we were eating, a girl from school walked by and said, "Hi Fred." And so it begins. People will get the boys mixed up just like they did with my sisters and I. Being the oldest, I don't think I got it as much as Kelly. And having gone through schools before her, I think she was probably compared to me more often than the other way around. Now I will probably hear those same complaints from Torii in the future.

People in the neighborhood

The other day when we came home from school the boys noticed our neighbor and their dog was outside. Of course, they had to go over and say hi. It didn't take long before Rion asked for a snack. I told him it wasn't very nice to ask that and he said "sorry.... please?" Well, that wasn't what I meant. Our neighbor said it was fine and of course they could have a snack. She loves to treat the boys.