Thursday, July 28, 2011

Build - A - Bear

 A few weeks ago one of my friends went to Build- A- Bear to get a bear as a birthday gift for a family friend.  Kinley and I had a coupon so we went with her. Kinley made a cute little Puppy.  :)  She had gone with Nick one other time and she LOVES it.  She can hardly contain herself with so many cute stuffed animals to kiss and play with.

 She had fun brushing her puppy after it was all stuffed and sewn up. :) She would step on the foot peddle that made a bunch of air blow out and say, "Wow, whats that?"  It was cute!

Everything but the kitchen sink

A few weeks ago our downstairs neighbors were having water flood into their condo.  We had not had any leaks or anything but we still ended up pulling out our toilet, bathtub fixtures, and everything else that uses water to make sure it wasn't us (and avoid the $900 bill they were trying to give to us for living above them) :)  Thankfully, we everything was dry as dry can be.  During the whole thing though we didn't have a bathtub to use... so, this was a first for Kinley.   She was REALLY confused at first, but started enjoying it (maybe a little too much ) after a few moments of playing.  With all the water splashing out of the kitchen sink maybe we should have claimed the bill for flooding the neighbors. ;)

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Great Grandpa's Raspberries

Kinley got her first taste of Freshly grown Raspberries over at Great Grandpa Austin's house this Thursday!  She was a HUGE fan, and LOVED getting to pull them off the bushes and put them in her mouth herself. :)

 She just kept saying "mmmm" and then finding another one to pick. :)

"please guld?"

Kinley LOVES LOVES LOVES This Movie!  I mean, who can blame her? But, seriously! Its all she wants to do!
One Morning at 2am I was working my grave yard shift.  She had woken up so I took her into Nick and put her in bed with him.  Normally she will go right back to sleep when she gets into our bed.  Well, I could hear her just talking and talking then there was silence.  I thought, great she fell asleep.  Then I heard her little footie pjs walking through the kitchen to the living room.  She looked at me and said. "Hi".  I said, "Hi" Then she held up the tangled DVD case and said, "Please? 'guld?" How could any Mom say no with such good manners? ;)

So we spent some Mother Daughter time together watching "guld" together at 3am.  After about an hour of the movie I took her in and she went willingly to sleep in her own bed. 

Often times this happens. 
Its kind of nice because she normally isn't much of a cuddler.
 And now when Kylee comes over watching Tangled in bed is kind of a tradition. :) 




Its so fun to watch her copy everything that is happening (sometimes before it happens) Such as, sneezing when the castle guard does, and pointing to her elbow when they are singing I have a dream and the line "something here that oozes" comes up.  AND, I dont let her watch it ALL the time, but it sure makes for a good little break for mom to get a few things done, outside of what I can get done when she is down for a nap :) 

Friday, July 1, 2011

Swinging

Just too cute not to post!

This picture captures her personality so well!  That's my cutie!

Summer 2011 Austin Family Reunion

We got together last weekend for the Austin family reunion.  It was great to get together and have some delicious hamburgers, salads, and best of all, and my personal FAVORITE angel food cake with fresh garden strawberries!  Yummy! :)  If anyone wants to know the way to my heart.... that is definitely the "yellow brick road!" :) 

Here is the crew!






Crafts

Here are a few of my latest projects that I have finished.  I have quite a few more in the works that I will hopefully be posting soon. :)

First off, I made a minky blanket...big enough for a twin sized bed....for myself... kind of selfish, but I LOVE it!  SO worth the money, and even  though it is zebra stripe, Nick loves it and uses it too! It is SO warm, and SO soft!

 Second, I did some cute Wooden letters for Kinleys Room.  Turned our super cute too! 

More to come soon :)  If I can get myself in gear, to finish all the others up! :)