Our ballerina

Megan has started taking a ballet class. She loves it and even slept in her ballet slippers the first night. She loves to twirl and move around in her new clothes. At this age they mimic the teacher and move about the room. Every day she asks how much longer until Thursday.

Burns and McDonnell Prom

We got all dressed up the other night for a fun night with each other and about 2600 other people from Gordon's work. The CEO joked about it, welcoming us to the Burns and McDonnell prom. The company was celebrating 25 years since it became an employee owned company and to honor the original 10 men who put their own money into it. It was nice to have something to dress up for and enjoy ourselves. I had a friend do my make-up for the special event and she even talked me into fake eyelashes. SO FUN!

The company went all out with a great dinner, entertainment and dancing. The club style dancing wasn't exactly for us but we danced a little or should I say dodged happy, intoxicated people. I was more than happy to visit the dessert bar instead.

Pride in ownership

I don't think I ever posted a final picture of the front porch addition. Some of you have already seen it in person and some have just not seen it in its completed beauty. My dad and I built this together with no prior deck building experience. We both did our research and asked a couple professionals for advice but otherwise we did it with our own hands. It adds so much to the house.

Sandra over at Sawdust and Paper Scraps is highlighting safety gear that goes along with projects like these. I'd rather you admire the beauty of the porch but she wants to see some safety gear pictures out here in the blogosphere. Here's mine, nothing fancy and pretty basic~The gloves use to be for gardening but the fingertips wore out and I needed some woodworking gloves anyway.

Speaking of which, why isn't safety gear a little prettier? There seems to be a lot women building out there so where can we buy the girlie stuff? I'm not talking ruffles and lace but maybe a little pink or pretty colors wouldn't hurt.

Time for the twos

Jacob had a birthday in February so we celebrated with some cake and ice cream. When he is older he might understand the prince like power he could have on his birthday like no chores and first choice on the tv. For now, we just tried to keep him out of time-out a little less. Jacob could be compared to a tornado with teeth. (Just ask Megan about the teeth part and oh yeah, that little boy at Toddler Town last week~Sorry, I just wasn't quick enough!)

He is full of sillyness, kisses, and is a jumping machine. He loves to watch the Swedish Chef on YouTube (the popcorn one, look it up if you haven't seen it), play with trains, watch for trains, listen to trains and sleep with as many stuffed animals as he can get away with. Jacob loves to brush his teeth and eat the toothpaste. Eating snow and playing in the mud is big time entertainment for this guy. He loves to dress up for church, including a bow tie and is always running. We love this guy. Watch out for the rough and tough but the sweet kisses can't be beat. (The birthday crown was compliments of his sister, Anna)

Christmas 2010

The kids had a great time opening all their presents. With some family farther away I wish I could have taken better pictures to capture their joy as they opened the presents from you. Everything was a big hit! I hope everyone got their snowflake thank-you notes.

I wish all this snow we have would melt away but maybe that makes okay to still post Christmas pictures.

Feel the Love

This is the pillow formerly known as a dishtowel.

I had most of the supplies already for this cute heart made out of buttons.

I am way behind on my posts. I know Thanksgiving and Christmas are somewhere in my camera. Until then, let's start with the holiday of love and friendship. I needed some Valentine's Day decorations so I found a cute striped dishtowel at the thrift store and then another project I found on-line that was easy and fun.

Handy Hubby

Gordon has been really earning his keep around here lately! I thought I would brag a little for him since he is not the bragging type. He successfully changed the spark plugs on the car, unplugged a major pipe coming from the bathtub, spackeling here and there, paint touch-ups , hanging a drapery rod, and lastly he installed a new kitchen faucet. I can tell he loves to learn how to do new things and save money in the process. Jacob likes to help right along side him too. He has his own set of toy tools but he has been found with the real stuff once or twice. YIKES!

The bathroom drain works so well now that Jacob is scared when the water goes out be. It makes a very loud gurgling sound which is music to our ears, but to him it means fast water going out and trying to take him with it.