Twins Room, Drab to Fab

Before and after-- Only let me load one pic of before, but obviously drab :o( and the rest obviously FAB!! I didn't decorate their rooms when they were babies because since babies really don't care what their room looks like, we saved the money for diapers and wine.

I think their room turned out awesome, I know some folks have EVERY thing matchy for the preppy baby store, but I did this for less than $100. Yes the twins love it :o)

The Zoo

Summer fun

Jackson thought it was so fun to spray Renae with the water.

How to make a Neck Cooler

Turned out so COOOOL!! LOL. I sewed a tube of fabric and reinforced the seem with fabric glue, because the silica beads are so tiny. You are like--Hey Connie what is up with the whip stitch and running stitch--that is because I have ADHD and was getting bored. Then used a piece of wire to turn it inside out (you can use a metal hanger) . I sewed a line to hold the silica beads (that I took out some diapers). Filled it with the beads using a funnel and a giant straw. Then sewed the other side to keep the beads in place. DUDE!! I only used maybe a little more that a tablespoon of beads. As you can see in the second to last pic--just a tiny bit and you can't even tell that they are in the pocket. I got it wet and Look how much they swelled UP. I think It will work of my Cole to keep him cool while he is detasteling corn. At first he will think it is so lame and won't even consider wearing it, but when he gets hotter than a turtle in flannel pajamas--he will wear it.

Close Encounters

The other night--"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" was on TV. Me JIm-cole- and renae started watching it. We noticed it was made in 1977. So Renae asked why the soda cans looked funny, I explained how the pull tab worked. Then ya know grandma was living with the family on the movie. Cole asked "is that how people lived--grandma living with them?". I said, yeah alot of people have grandma and/or grandpa live with them. I told him "when grandma and grandpa get old, they will live here with us" Cole said "Where will I sleep" I told him that it prolly won't be next week and chances are that he may be grown up when mom and dad Bingman get so senile that they have to live with us. Oh and also in the movie when the aliens are coming, cole askes "did you have basements back then?"

Real life close encounters. UUuuughhh, I am working on fixing up my club house. The dogs were scratching at some floor boards, so I had jim move them. Low and behold--3 snakes. On was really big (according to Jim). So at 8:30 that night, I went to Menards and bought some Snake Away. I called my country friend, Becky, to ask if that stuff works. Welll did I mention that Becky is country? She likes snakes!!! She is like "Connie, they aren't gonna hurt you, ya want those big black snakes in your yard to keep out the bad snakes". She then explained what the bad snakes looked like. To be on the safe side, Iavoid all snakes. That didn't make me feel better. Oh and if ya wonder what Becky looks like, she dosn't look like a big, country, butch woman. She is really pretty and has a voice like a Disney princess. I talked to Cheryl later and she was able to commiserate with me.

Big Boy

My hippie boy needed a hair cut-- but kinda made me sad that he is a big boy now. OK he is still in diapers and takes a bottle, so not completely grown. However he does think he is a grown man and doesn't have to hold mommy's hand across the street. Maybe he doesn't want the ladies to think that he is a mommas boy or something

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