Misc. Monday: Mini-Electric Guitar Progress

Dan is building Lilly an electric guitar per her request for her 6th birthday. You can see the schematics she drew in this previous post. The process is simply amazing, and blows my mind! The body and neck have been sprayed and are hanging in the garage to dry. Last night, Dan borrowed my old Singer sewing machine to wind the pick up. He had to explain it to me too. He used the sewing machine to wind hair-thin copper wire around a set of magnets that are mounted to the front of the guitar. This set of magnets "picks up" the vibrations made by the guitar's strings and sends them to the amplifier to make the sound. What is more amazing than me understanding what I just wrote is that Dan has had to fabricate everything for this guitar himself since it is only 3/4 the size of a regular guitar. So not only is he doing all the woodwork, but he is doing all the metal work as well. He even designed and made his own decal for the headstock, spending hours on the computer getting his font to look just like Fender's. I'm tell you, he is amazing!!

Sew Crafty Saturday: Acacia Elementary's Holiday Boutique

the official flyer.

gotta have cute bags.

tooth fairy pillows.

bandanna bibs.

dish towels.

bobby pins, earrings, & rings.

sweater pins & hair clips.

My friend, Amy and I are participating in the holiday boutique at Lilly's school on December 8th. It runs from 10am to 2pm. There are many vendors and crafters participating and the kids can even take a picture with Santa, so if you are in the neighborhood or are looking for something fun to do, come on by!

Wee-ones Wednesday: GOBBLE GOBBLE

The holidays just get more and more fun around here. I took a day off of work to help prepare the kindergarten feast in Lilly's classroom. I had so much fun watching Lilly with her teacher and friends. She really is growing up, and you wouldn't believe the technology those little pilgrims have access to!

Iris had a little feast at preschool too. Her favorite part was watching the popcorn "pop pop pop" and eating her fruit loop necklace. My favorite part was the sweet turkey she made using her footprint, definitly a keeper.

Hendricks couldn't be left out of the festivities and enjoyed trying on all the costumes the girls made at school, but what he really wanted was to get his hands on that fruit loop necklace! Next year, my boy. Next year.

Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends! We love you.

 

Wee-Ones Wednesday: Kinder Fun!

Sports day, which for Lilly equals dance day.

 

crazy sock day.

Lilly's principal dyed her hair purple to celebrate the school getting a 960 API score and the kids wore purple along with her!



Lilly is LOVING kindergarten. She is so excited about school that the weekends bum her out, silly girl!

Misc, Monday: Feel The LOVE

Sweet surprise!

I love how she signed "Dan" instead of "Dad."

Don't you love my freckles?

I came home from work the other day to these beautiful flowers and this lovely note. Boy, did this girl feel special!

Wee-Ones Wednesday: And So It Begins

 

 

 

 

This boy is on the move. He has more bruises on his head from falling and crawling into things than his sisters ever did. He stands up on anything he can get his hands on, including your pant legs. It is so impossible to put a diaper on his squirming bum that they couldn't get his pants back on him Sunday in the church nursery. Is this what little boys are made of?

Misc. Monday: Our Lil' Poet

 

Lilly wrote her first poem to our surprise last week and she would like to share it with you!

I ran in my room

To scream on my broom,

Just screaming for my wound

And when my wound was gone,

I ran in my lawn

and then I was gone

and I yawned.

By:  Lilly Michael



Sew Crafty Saturday: Costuming & Candy Collecting

Jack 'o' Lantern pizza

Our little Lalaloopsy doll

Our very own tooth fairy

 

Our foxy, little boy

 

Lilly's sign for trick or treaters

 

Our group minus two late comers

Candy lover #1

Candy lover #2

Halloween was so much fun this year. It makes me smile when I watch the shear joy on the kids' faces as they dress up, run around like crazies, and don't get into any trouble. Good for them. The next morning, Iris cried, "I want Halloween again!"

(Can you guess what parts of the costumes I made?)