Thursday, August 27, 2009
Gorgeous new look for an established store..
We love Ky Baby Knits and are so excited to see their website transformation to Family Roots. Beautiful! Congrats! Beautiful dyed fibers just waiting to be worked up into something lovely. Check it out!
Mommy Days
The summers are referred to as "Mommy Days" at our house. Being a teacher, summers are sacred and, though I love my job, I cherish every moment to be with my girls on a continuous basis throughout the summer months.
I am back at school now. I am missing them.
I am back at school now. I am missing them.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Take the Handmade Pledge!
Get inspired this holiday season (and EVERY season!) to buy handmade goods. Those at the heart of it have said it best:
"Handmade items have a soul and enrich our lives in a way that mass-produced items simply can't. "
Pledge to consider handmade items and gifts for all of your purchases. Get unique items with a soul and support others as they support their families!
Peace.
Get inspired this holiday season (and EVERY season!) to buy handmade goods. Those at the heart of it have said it best:
"Handmade items have a soul and enrich our lives in a way that mass-produced items simply can't. "
Pledge to consider handmade items and gifts for all of your purchases. Get unique items with a soul and support others as they support their families!
Peace.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Perspectives from a 3 Year Old...
This morning we were driving to the sitter's house when Scout announced, quite adamantly from the backseat, that she was mad. Very mad.
"I'm so, so mad, Mommy!" she said with a perfectly scrunched up face that made me wish she was closer so I could smooch it.
"Mad! Mad! Mad!" (West echoing big sis... this will continue throughout the whole conversation. :)
"What makes you so, so mad, Babe?" I asked her.
"Moose."
"Moose? Why do Moose make you so, so mad?"
"Because they eat people."
"Oh, honey, I don't think they eat people. They just like to hang with their moose friends and graze and stuff."
"Oh." (A bit downtrodden.) "Well, I am so angry about Polar Bears!"
(With no smile on my face... but DYING inside) "Why's that?"
"Because they eat people."
"I don't think they eat people either, really. I mean they are just swimming along in the ocean and walking on the ice. There really aren't people out where they are."
"Weeeelllllll, they eat seals and sea lions."
"True."
"So I am angry because the seals just want to be alive." (Awwww! Score points for my little PETA girl already!)
"That's true, Scoots, but the polar bears want to be alive too. They can't stay alive if they don't eat... and what they eat are seals."
"Hmmmmm?" she wonders... thoroughly stumped. And then refused to talk the rest of the drive.
"Mad! Mad! Mad! Mad! Mad!" (Remained the background echo until arriving at our destination.)
"I'm so, so mad, Mommy!" she said with a perfectly scrunched up face that made me wish she was closer so I could smooch it.
"Mad! Mad! Mad!" (West echoing big sis... this will continue throughout the whole conversation. :)
"What makes you so, so mad, Babe?" I asked her.
"Moose."
"Moose? Why do Moose make you so, so mad?"
"Because they eat people."
"Oh, honey, I don't think they eat people. They just like to hang with their moose friends and graze and stuff."
"Oh." (A bit downtrodden.) "Well, I am so angry about Polar Bears!"
(With no smile on my face... but DYING inside) "Why's that?"
"Because they eat people."
"I don't think they eat people either, really. I mean they are just swimming along in the ocean and walking on the ice. There really aren't people out where they are."
"Weeeelllllll, they eat seals and sea lions."
"True."
"So I am angry because the seals just want to be alive." (Awwww! Score points for my little PETA girl already!)
"That's true, Scoots, but the polar bears want to be alive too. They can't stay alive if they don't eat... and what they eat are seals."
"Hmmmmm?" she wonders... thoroughly stumped. And then refused to talk the rest of the drive.
"Mad! Mad! Mad! Mad! Mad!" (Remained the background echo until arriving at our destination.)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
The Archives...
Just moving some blogs over here to keep all the family business together:
Monday, November 19, 2007
"I so love you..."
There are few things in life that melt your very soul and make you completely weak at the knees. That's right. Kind of like you see in the movies...
Apparently, little girls who are about to turn three have this mystic power. I am sure they can use it for good or for menace... but my little one turned me to jello on the spot.
Scout woke up last pretty terrified of something. She was standing on top of her bed screaming when I got in there. I snuggled her up and laid her back down and laid with her for awhile. She was calming down and began to rub my face. She touched her nose to mine and whispered, "I so love you!"
Ahhhhh! I so love her, too. She will turn 3 on Thanksgiving this week and I am so proud of the little lady she is becoming. She is inquisitive and thoughtful, fair and precocious. Everything I've hoped for. I'm so very, very lucky.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A big, fat TO - DO!
Arg! Why is leaving town with 2 small children and 1 large man-child so difficult? :) We are scheduled to leave tomorrow morning before the sun rises and I have so much to do tonight...In no particular order... my "Turkey To-Do:
"Turkey To - Do:
* Finish laundry for myself and girls. This is what we are wearing in the car and to change into. * Remember to bring extra changes of clothes for diaper compression leaks and the occasional vomit/spit up/drool that seems to land nicely right as we are about to go somewhere... or juice box/chocolately substance that I use to pacify them in the car.
* Remember juice boxes and chocolate.
* Take the dog to my mother's house and thank her 10,000 times for taking the obnoxious brute.
* Go to the grocery store and RE-BUY the food that I bought for the car trip already. Yes, I brought it home last night and this morning there was a severe dent in the crackers and there were water bottles missing.
* Stop by the post office and mail out two dresses.
* Pick up my girls from the sitter's.
* Take my nephew to his grandmother's (who lives across the river and into the next state.)
* Make sure the DVD player works and install it in the car.
* Clear out the lumber that my hub has been stockpiling in the garage so I can pull my car in. It is supposed to snow while we are gone.
* Stuff the cloth diapers and pack them to go. Remember wetbags and Tea Tree Oil.
* Don't forget to take Snoopy! Scout will never forgive me and no one will sleep if we do!
* Pack movies to use with said DVD player. (Wouldn't that be nice? A working DVD player, a crying 3 year and 1 year old and no movies!) Ahhhhhh!
*Lord, don't let me forget my license!!!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Back That Thing Up!
We are back in town! Whew! Lots of fun but soooo very much work. Traveling with small children should earn you angel wings, extra lives, or Congressional Medals of Honor. LOL! They were very good. It was just l-o-n-g.
Scout turned three years old while we were in Denver. Three years old. I cannot believe that I have such a big girl. When we came home from our trip and were talking about what we did there her Dad said, "Scoutie, what did you do in Denver?" "I turned THREE!" she shouted! Love it!
West had a milestone in the Mile High City as well. Something about the altitude must have given her the confidence of 10 men because she began walking. I went to CO with a 2 year old and a crawler and left with a 3 year old and a bi-pedal toddler. What a productive trip! :)
Now to get that luscious fabric out that I have been sitting on and get everything uploaded to my sites. The time off was sooooo needed but it is time to get BACK into the swing of things again. These fingers are itching to sew, baby! :)
Hope the Holidays were wonderful for all of you as well.
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Monday, November 19, 2007
"I so love you..."
There are few things in life that melt your very soul and make you completely weak at the knees. That's right. Kind of like you see in the movies...
Apparently, little girls who are about to turn three have this mystic power. I am sure they can use it for good or for menace... but my little one turned me to jello on the spot.
Scout woke up last pretty terrified of something. She was standing on top of her bed screaming when I got in there. I snuggled her up and laid her back down and laid with her for awhile. She was calming down and began to rub my face. She touched her nose to mine and whispered, "I so love you!"
Ahhhhh! I so love her, too. She will turn 3 on Thanksgiving this week and I am so proud of the little lady she is becoming. She is inquisitive and thoughtful, fair and precocious. Everything I've hoped for. I'm so very, very lucky.
_____________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A big, fat TO - DO!
Arg! Why is leaving town with 2 small children and 1 large man-child so difficult? :) We are scheduled to leave tomorrow morning before the sun rises and I have so much to do tonight...In no particular order... my "Turkey To-Do:
"Turkey To - Do:
* Finish laundry for myself and girls. This is what we are wearing in the car and to change into. * Remember to bring extra changes of clothes for diaper compression leaks and the occasional vomit/spit up/drool that seems to land nicely right as we are about to go somewhere... or juice box/chocolately substance that I use to pacify them in the car.
* Remember juice boxes and chocolate.
* Take the dog to my mother's house and thank her 10,000 times for taking the obnoxious brute.
* Go to the grocery store and RE-BUY the food that I bought for the car trip already. Yes, I brought it home last night and this morning there was a severe dent in the crackers and there were water bottles missing.
* Stop by the post office and mail out two dresses.
* Pick up my girls from the sitter's.
* Take my nephew to his grandmother's (who lives across the river and into the next state.)
* Make sure the DVD player works and install it in the car.
* Clear out the lumber that my hub has been stockpiling in the garage so I can pull my car in. It is supposed to snow while we are gone.
* Stuff the cloth diapers and pack them to go. Remember wetbags and Tea Tree Oil.
* Don't forget to take Snoopy! Scout will never forgive me and no one will sleep if we do!
* Pack movies to use with said DVD player. (Wouldn't that be nice? A working DVD player, a crying 3 year and 1 year old and no movies!) Ahhhhhh!
*Lord, don't let me forget my license!!!
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
____________________________________________________________________
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Back That Thing Up!
We are back in town! Whew! Lots of fun but soooo very much work. Traveling with small children should earn you angel wings, extra lives, or Congressional Medals of Honor. LOL! They were very good. It was just l-o-n-g.
Scout turned three years old while we were in Denver. Three years old. I cannot believe that I have such a big girl. When we came home from our trip and were talking about what we did there her Dad said, "Scoutie, what did you do in Denver?" "I turned THREE!" she shouted! Love it!
West had a milestone in the Mile High City as well. Something about the altitude must have given her the confidence of 10 men because she began walking. I went to CO with a 2 year old and a crawler and left with a 3 year old and a bi-pedal toddler. What a productive trip! :)
Now to get that luscious fabric out that I have been sitting on and get everything uploaded to my sites. The time off was sooooo needed but it is time to get BACK into the swing of things again. These fingers are itching to sew, baby! :)
Hope the Holidays were wonderful for all of you as well.
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Keeping Up With the Munoz'
Whoo-hoo! Look who found a big, fat blogspot! My own little space on online real estate. :)
Hi! My name is Kate. It is my head that you are in and you are more than welcome to come along for the ride. I am the wife of a lovely husband (7 years) and the mother of two amazing little girls. Scout will be 4 on Thanskgiving and West will be 2 right before Christmas. I know, I know... two holiday birthdays. Well, at least when they are older they can commiserate together about how horrible the holiday birthday fate is.
I am a Special Education teacher at the junior high level for children with behavioral disorders. I also have a little shop called Dressing West which sells specialty dresses and other such notions. I love this outlet to be creative, as my Master's Degree is in art and I love the palatte that fabric provides for creativity.
You can check out my creations at:
www.hyenacart.com/dressingwest or at:www.hyenacart.com/takeoffyourshoes
I have a business blog at: dressingwest@blogspot.com
But this one will be reserved for family and the other craziness that seems to filter in and out of my head. Welcome!
Hi! My name is Kate. It is my head that you are in and you are more than welcome to come along for the ride. I am the wife of a lovely husband (7 years) and the mother of two amazing little girls. Scout will be 4 on Thanskgiving and West will be 2 right before Christmas. I know, I know... two holiday birthdays. Well, at least when they are older they can commiserate together about how horrible the holiday birthday fate is.
I am a Special Education teacher at the junior high level for children with behavioral disorders. I also have a little shop called Dressing West which sells specialty dresses and other such notions. I love this outlet to be creative, as my Master's Degree is in art and I love the palatte that fabric provides for creativity.
You can check out my creations at:
www.hyenacart.com/dressingwest or at:www.hyenacart.com/takeoffyourshoes
I have a business blog at: dressingwest@blogspot.com
But this one will be reserved for family and the other craziness that seems to filter in and out of my head. Welcome!
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