My Little Turkeys

So, I saw on my friend Stacey's blog that she had decorated some cookies with her son and made them into turkeys. I thought that was a great idea. After the girls got home from school today, they put their aprons on and helped me make a sweet potato pie for Mike. Then, they decorated cookies. They had a lot of fun doing it, and I think they look cute as anything in my aprons. :)

Only 4 Days Left . . .

in the Year of Jill.

Only 5 Days Left . . .

in the Year of Jill. :)

Me - Only Not Me

A few weeks ago I met a woman at the girls' bus stop. I noticed right away that she had a set of identical twin girls - I mean, they're indentical - how could I not notice. So, we start to talk and I find out that her girls are in 2nd grade - a year ahead of my girls. Then, I find out that she has a son who is 18 years old - a year ahead of Logan. She's me - only next year me. Anyways, she gave me a huge bag of clothes today for Madeline and Amanda. I haven't gone through it yet, but her gals are clotheshorses so I am sure there is plenty in there to make my girls happy. This is only the second time that I have had anyone give me clothes for my girls - and the fact that she dresses her girls like I do - similar only in different colors - makes me really excited. :)

6 Days Left in the Year of Jill

The countdown has begun!

Birthday Dinner

So, for my birthday, I told Mike that I wanted to get some friends of ours together and go out to dinner. We went last night, and I had so much fun! The LIMO (yes - I said limo) got here at 6:00. James (yes, our driver's name really was James) rolled out a red carpet for us and we were on our way. We picked up the other people and headed to Maggiano's. I loved it! Everything was exactly what I wanted it to be, and it was one of the best birthday presents Mike has ever given me. Katie's husband, Kyle, couldn't be there, so I took a picture of him and glued it over the face of Elvis on this cardboard cut-out I have. We had a lot of laughs about Mini-Kyle.:) This is the last week of the Year of Jill , and this dinner is one happy memory I will have for a long time.

It's OVER!

After weeks of phone calls and meetings and everything else that went with it --the MOPS Craft Fair is finally over! I know it was all for a good cause, but it was very stressful. You would think people that handmake crafts would be friendly and intelligent. You would be wrong. Enough said.

I can say that it was successful - our most successful fundraiser to date. I am happy about that. And I got to work with the great gals who are on the MOPS Steering team with me, so that was a blessing.

I'm going back to bed now. :)