On The Mend

Last week Gino got sick with a NASTY bug! I was hoping it would pass Isabel and I but we ended up being down for 3 days. Today, Isabel and I finally got up the energy to take a photo together. Enjoy!

I have more to blog (and by the end of the week will have even more! The Rock & Worship Roadshow is coming!) about and will try to do that hopefully soon.

The View Out The Back Window

has changed! There are actually 4 houses being built, the 4th house we can’t. I’m so very sad to see the mountain view go…

March 15th: the work actually started on the 12th of March @ 7 a.m. and has continued every day since (except for Sundays). The noise has been driving me crazy!

March 18th: the roofs are on and hopefully the noise level will start to diminish.

March 22nd: the windows went in today; tomorrow they start siding the 3rd house over from view.

Doll House

Yesterday before Isabel got her hair cut, I stopped by the St. Vincent de Paul thrift store, that I’ve been meaning to stop and shop at for the past 3 years now. Wasn’t looking for anything in particular just looking. I’m a bargain book hunter and that’s where I headed to first. While I spent time looking through the books, Isabel dug through the toys. Afterward, Isabel showed me the toys she was interested in, when I spotted something sitting on the floor. My first thought was it’s terribly dirty/gross and second it’s going to cost big bucks because it’s Fisher Price. However, it was something we had been talking about getting Isabel and I decided to see how much it was going to be; all it needed was to be scrubbed and scrubbed some more! Enjoy!

The front.

The back…

which swings open.

Close-up. Dirt/grim was everywhere!

Close-up of the dirty porch; so gross but I think I can get it sparkly clean.

I took 2 days to clean it (about 2 1/2 hours of actual clean up time), even got out Q-tips to get all the nooks and crevices.

While I was cleaning, I realized that it plays sounds as well. A basket of kittens meows, the telephone plays a busy signal and rings, and the baby bed plays several songs and messages. Also, all the stickers are in tack not a single one missing or peeled away, so it’s almost brand new! Woohoo!

Close-up of cleaned up porch.

Oh, I forgot to mention how much I spent on this fabulous place! It was only cost .99 cents! I’m so excited and Isabel is thrilled to have a doll house.

A Big Thank You

Isabel had a wonderful birthday a few weeks ago and she’s gotten a few gifts from some very important people. So I thought I would send out a huge “THANK YOU” to everyone who gave her a gift/love. Enjoy!

From Gmpa; a warm outfit to keep her warm in the winter and flower seeds because her flowers didn’t make it last year that we planted. We’ll try again this year…

From Gma; a love shirt and skort outfit. Gma said it reminded her of all the love she has for Isabel…

From the Kinne’s; she got this cool tie-dyed jacket and a “My Little Pony”.
(which btw…is a 5T!)

The front and back of the jacket have the same design; a heart.

A close up of her My Little Pony; Star Song.
(Isabel wanted me to add this photo – “So they can see it close, Momma.” she said)

From Uncle Ron, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Crystal, and cousins; $20.00 which she’ll be saving in the bank.

And last but not least…

From the Ware’s; a very adorable “Hello Kitty” backpack, which she wore all morning long and refused to get dressed because she didn’t want to take the backpack off.

Thank you, everyone! She’s showered with so much love…

Paper flowers

Today Isabel and I did a construction paper craft making flowers. I found this project online from another site. The next time we do it, I might try using tissue paper (or newspaper) to make the project a bit easier. Construction paper was a bit thick but we still had fun. Enjoy!

We made a total of 5 flowers; 2 blue, 1 pink, and 2 red.
They were super easy to make and gave Isabel more practice with scissors!

She gave each of us one of her flowers.
Gino got a red one, Gabbi a blue one, and I got the pink one.