Homemade Fun

Homemade Fun:
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! But you probably will...I'm just saying.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year. That gives me a good 10 1/2 months to get it done!
4. It will be a surprise.
The catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so, and leave a comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

Breakfast in Bed

Yesterday, as I was primping, the girls asked Steve for breakfast in bed. It was so sweet. He made French toast and brought it up for them. They sat in bed, ate, giggled, and talked for almost an hour. Whenever the girls aren't getting along, our motto has been "sisters are friends." I think that it is really coming to pass.

Happy first birthday Andrew!

It's my party and I'll wear my cake if I want to.

Make a wish!

Yes!! Cold, hard cash!!

A little help from sisters opening presents.

It's my party and I'll eat the microphone if I want to.

Thanks for the tractor Grandma.

Andrew and Alex have similar dental impressions.

So, it happened. My sweet baby boy, that I wish could stay a baby forever, turned one. Honestly, have you ever seen a more adorable little guy?

Grandma and Grandpa S

Mark and Shannon spent a nice long weekend with us in January. Unfortunately, Steve had a lot of work to do and wasn't able to spend much time with them. One of the things that I enjoy about having family in town is the opportunity to take full advantage of them! So, we hired them to babysit for us one night so that Steve and I could see a show downtown. I would have had Mark take my place helping in Alex's class too, but school was canceled due to the extreme temperatures. Maybe next time. Despite the cold, we did get out and spent a day at the Field Museum. It was really nice to see them

Karen

I'm so far behind on blogging, I'm not even going to attempt to fully catch up. I'll give you January and vow to do better going forward. With that said, one of our big events for January was Karen's visit. She is my very dear friend that I met in Milwaukee. She moved to Arizona a couple of years ago, but thanks to communication technology it is as if she never left. Fortunately for me, she travels frequently for work and I get to be one of her stops every couple months. She has visited us three times in Illinois. I don't think any of our Milwaukee friends or parents can say that. (Sorry, K, I know this isn't the best pic. But, it's all I had.)

I looked out the window and what did I see?

Friday morning we were greeted with a bunch of white fluffy stuff. This was only the first 12 inches. It snowed four or five more inches after Steve cleared this off the driveway. Oh, and yes, those are our children playing in the snow at 7:00 a.m. Needless to say school was canceled.

Trouble with a capital T

Andrew T. (?) Scrogham. He's been pretty easy to find the last few days. We just have to follow the toilet paper trail.

An Ordinary Lump of Laundry?

Today, Sammi and I played Hide and Seek. She's pretty good. See for yourself. If this looks like an ordinary lump of laundry to you, take another look.

Handsome Little Man

The other day, I gave Andrew a haircut. I chased him all over the bathroom taking a little snip here and a little snip there. After about twenty minutes, I called it good. If I would have thought things out a little better, I would have taken a before picture. But, here is the after. Yes, his bib has pink on it. But, it's a bib. Besides, he doesn't care.

After Thanksgiving

We were very blessed to be honorary Rappaports for Thanksgiving. Our dear friends in Milwaukee, with whom we have had Thanksgiving before, have a brother not far from where we live now. As luck would have it, it was his turn to host the family Thanksgiving dinner. So, after a very gracious invitation we drove all of 20 minutes to join them for the feast. It was wonderful. The kids loved being doted over. Steve and I loved being a part of a large family for the special day. After dinner and much visiting, we drove downtown as we have in years past. We decided it was time to revive our post-Thanksgiving Chicago tradition. That's right, no Black Friday shopping for us. Of course I like getting a good deal, but I'm not suicidal. So, we spent a couple of nights there and were busy to say the least- Field Museum, Santa, Macy's, the Tree in the Walnut room, traditional deep dish pizza, and American Girl.