My wonderful Mother in Love gave me a beautiful cart for my eating area. Remember the metal carts from the 60's? My mother had one....I believe it was red and silver. This one is a beautiful wood. It replaces the high chair. Yep.....
No more babies. :`( Emerson is a big girl now and really does not need a high chair. When they can take the tray off, unbuckle themselves, and fall out, it is time to retire the high chair. I have a booster seat so she can just sit at the table. The other day, however, she ate outside with Aunt Charlotte.
They had a picnic and both of them got quite silly.
She played with Sassy....though Sass was none too pleased about it.
And she gazed out the window. 
What was she looking at??? Her brother and Zach, along with the other neighborhood boys, all playing matchbox cars on the curb.
It was a nice Sunday afternoon visit from the grandkids!!!I got a new computer...new to me, anyway. My mother got a real new one and gave me her "old" one that is really not old at all! Sweetheart got it all hooked up for me and then we could not find the disc for the modem. *heavy sigh* I am so frustrated with myself. I am not an organized person by any stretch, though I work VERY hard at it, and it just frazzled me that I lost that silly thing! I will need to call Comcast and see what we can do. In the meantime, I got my old computer hooked back up and will just try to get a new disc. Hopefully, my mess up will not cost us any money!
On a different note, I wondered what you quilters, knitters, crocheters (is that a word?) do when you go to a class, a bee, or even to an appointment, when you want to take your "stuff"? I have a bucket that I LOVE. Linda made this for me a while back. It has been one of my favorite "totes" for the last couple of years.
To hold my needles, thread, scissors, and thimble, I use this little pouch that Nancy made me. I just toss it in the bucket and off I go!
What do you use???Tomorrow is September 1st. I am SO excited!!! I get all my fall decor out on that day. I know...it is still summer but too bad, so sad....I am in fall once September hits. Winona made me the most GORGEOUS table runner last year and I got it too late to use in the fall season, so that will come out FIRST thing in the morning! My amazing mom bought me a big fat Yankee candle....Home Sweet Home scent....and that will fill my house with cinnamon goodness!!!! I'll take pics and show you next time!
.....while his sister stayed with Ga-Ma and pretended to take a nap.
.....and had some lunch.
Kyle got his new glasses.
When we got home from picking them up, he went outside and I saw him out there just standing in the driveway and looking around. When I asked him what he was doing he said, "I'm seeing." I cried. If I had known how bad his eyes were, I would have fixed it sooner. That is what comes from having a "child" who NEVER complains. He is pretty proud that he and his big brother both wear glasses.
We are enjoying wonderful days of having the windows open which thrills Sassy to no end!
She loves the great outdoors, though she will not walk out an open door to escape to the outside! She loves to "perch" and continues to own the house!
Praying you are all having a wonderful week. I am going to switch the laundry and pick up the Hidden Star.
He put it on his desk. It actually looks nice in there. He is a very organized kid. Takes after his father! Sassy hitched a ride while Kyle was moving it. He set it down for a minute and she jumped right in!
Charlotte finished her last embroidery project. I need to spray the blue pen out of it and give it a press and then it is ready to become a bag, or a pillow....not sure which yet.
She is well into her next project. A train pillow that TJ has already claimed.
I had both kids on Sunday, but forgot to take pictures!! I will have them for a couple hours tonight, so I will make sure to remember.
Come to find out I had over a dozen! Well, now I am down to one left. Soon I will be on the edges and then it will go much faster!
It looks just like it did the day I got it. Yeesh....my quilt is not on the bed evenly....Now I need to go fix that!
I will be back with pictures of the grandkids in the next day or two.
Curiosity got the better of him and Chippy got a bit too close to the hose. It sucked him right up into the vacuum cleaner. His owner, upon return, found Chippy's cage empty and guessed at what had happen. She opened the bag as quickly as she could and there was Chippy covered in dust and dirt, visibly struggling to breathe. The lady ran Chippy to the kitchen sink and turned the water on full blast plunging Chippy under the cold tap and washing all the dirt and dust from his feathers. Once she realized this was not a good thing for Chippy she ran him to the bathroom where she blasted him with the hot blow dryer. Chippy survived, however, Chippy never sang again.
He just sat there on his perch and never uttered another sound. His spirit was broken.
He will take your broken spirit and turn it into a work of art. Something of beauty for all to see.
Just like broken pieces of glass are used to create beautiful stained glass windows, God will piece your broken spirit into a thing of beauty.
She made her dessert first. She used the recipe from "The Art of Cooking" DVD we recently watched.
I watched and was available if she needed me, but she mastered the cobbler on her own.
We keep some milk in a quart jar in case the kids need to pour a measurement of milk. It is too difficult for them to handle a full gallon.
NOT her favorite part, but she got use to it and made the most perfect looking meatballs I had ever seen!
She had her potatoes peeled, cut up, and boiling on the stove while the meatballs simmered in the sauce she created. She got the french styled green beans and onions in the skillet with sweet butter.
If you have never had these, they are so easy and SOOOO good!
Charlotte's Peach Cobbler came out of the oven looking and smelling fabulous!
Her dinner was one of the best I have ever eaten! We added some Lipton Onion Soup mix to the meat mixture this time and, boy, was it good! She did a beautiful job of creating a wonderful dinner for the whole family. She was very proud of herself, and the joy on her face was worth millions!
PLUS she cleaned up the entire mess!!! I am going to LOVE Charlotte's dinner nights!
I got a huge scolding for putting rice and coffee grounds down the disposal. Why the heck have one if you can't use it? He told me to not put anything down there smaller than a basketball. The Roto Rooter guy is not a fan of disposals!!!!
I know my sweet mother-in-law is cringing as she looks at this. LOL See, Dianne....it is all organized and tidy once again.
The shelves all got a good scrubbing and everything was put back where it belonged.
I was inspired by this clean cupboard to bake something.....
Whole wheat, sugar free, oatmeal cinnamon muffins. They did not look all that different after they came out of the oven.
The kids LOVED them, (Emerson included), but they really did taste just like they looked. Heavy and Blah! I will tweak the recipe next time for sure.
She sure loves Kyle, and he really loves her!!! Sassy got into my cone of thread that is set up at my sewing machine. She got it hooked in between her teeth and strung thread from that cone all over the basement. What a mess! The cone was still in place, she just drug the thread with her like a runaway fishing line off a pole! ( I know this is dangerous for her and promise to watch her more closely in my sewing room. She has never gotten on my table before!)