T-R-O-U-B-L-E

When I was a little girl, my nickname was "trouble!" I'm not sure how I got that name, it was something that my uncle use to call me.

If anyone should have the nickname "trouble," it should be my youngest Alexander! I'm not sure if you remember what he did to my Christmas cookies, but you can read about that here! He's always getting into something, like the time he threw half a dozen raw eggs all over my kitchen! He always keeps me super busy and super exhausted!

Anyway, I try not to have many knickknacks sitting around, but I do have a few things that I collect. Gnomes of course and Willow Tree figurines. Willow Tree figurines are the ones that resemble carved wood and are faceless. Here is a set of sister figurines that my sister bought me. They are supposed to be holding hands, but Alex thought a tire would be more appropriate! I had to laugh. If you were to come to my house and see this figurine, she would still be holding a tire...it just makes me smile that way!
A lot of people don't like the fact that these figurines are faceless....apparently Alex does not like that either! Check out what I found one day!

This figurine was bought for me by my husband after Alexander was born! I guess one day my little Picasso got bored and decided to create his own work of art! lol Thank goodness for washable markers! Even though it'll wash off, I choose to keep it this way because this one makes me smile as well! Hope my little trouble maker put a smile on your face!

POTD: Candy Bouquet

Here is a photo of the "Candy Bouquet" that I had made yesterday for my nephew. He's leaving for basic training tomorrow, and I wanted to make it with a patriotic theme. It was my first one, so it's not the greatest, but I think it turned out cute!

I found some really cute mints with a flag wrapper so I added them in there as well as various red, white, and blue packaged candy. And yes that is "Chewbacca" from Star Wars in the center of the basket with a gun! My nephew is a huge Star Wars fan and when I found a Chewbacca dashboard figurine for the car, I knew it would be perfect!
The basket is a totally cute find from the dollar tree. I just made a bow and hot glued it to the front. I'm making a pink basket here in the next week or so for a friend...can't wait to share that one with you too! Have a great week!

POTD: Eyelashes

This is my first "Photo of the Day!" I love taking photographs and I just wanted to share my passion with you! I get my inspiration from a lot of different things, but especially from my friend Kristen's blog "The Goat." Be sure to check it out. She is an amazing photographer!

Today I was taking some photos of Alexander. It was a rare time that he was actually enjoying being photographed! Both my boys have the most amazing eyes and super long eyelashes. It's one of the traits that they got from me! I'm lucky enough to have super long eyelashes as well! It's one of the few things that I actually like about myself! lol

Normally long eyelashes is a great thing to have, but not when you have eye infections like pink eye! A few weeks ago this poor little guy's eyelashes were glued shut with goop! He has such long eyelashes that it took me about 10 minutes to be able to get them open!

When he gets older I think there will be a lot of girls calling our house!
Hopefully not in a very long time!

Puppy Love

This video was taken about 4 years ago when Allie was a puppy. I came across it the other day. The other dog in the video is Sam. Sam passed away two summers ago! He was just the best dog! Ever since Allie was a puppy, she always loved laying on Sam in the yard!

Many neighborhood people would comment on how cute it would be as they drove by. Wherever Sam was...Allie would be laying right on top!

In this video Sam reminds me of a gentle lion. He definitely was king of the yard! We really miss him. Ben remembers him and always asks when we're going to see him again. His latest question was: "When we die will we see Sam then?" It's just amazing at the things kids think of!

Thinking of you and missing you Sam!