Its like we didn't know what a treasure we had in our neighborhood until the the snow melted. The Boise Greenbelt, we sing your praises. It was on this beautiful and friendly path, that we now try to walk at least once a day, that Madeline discovered the lipstick shade for her, Dandelion!! Tonight Noah declared "No goose poop in this town," which is the farthest from the truth that he could get. In our "pretty good adventures" as Noah likes to call them, we have also seen a fisherman, a man being pulled on a skateboard by two dogs, a drunken wanderer, two cats which could have also been the same cat twice, and a firetruck complete with firemen. This was a huge highlight! One of the men noticed our curiosity and came over and offered us three official fire fighter stickers. Noah gave one to Daddy as soon as he got home, and Luke wore it to class that night. Stay tuned for pictures and potty updates. That's right, Madeline wore her first pullup today and has gone on the potty four times in the last week. We're uber ecstatic!!

Roll back the cruel curtain of winter, ladies and gents, and kindly make room for Noah the Great and Madeline the Marvelous. Here is a true account of their feats to date. First up are Chickens Daringly Defying Gravity!

Next up, Dashing Disguises. You may recognize the Hottie from TopGun and also Blue/White Collar Confusion Boy/Man.

Hot on their trail is Bunny Bellie!! (Special thanks to Gram Gram and Pop Pop, who made this trick possible.)

Please hold on to your hats for the fantastic finale, Puppets Galore!!!

That's All Folks!

Some of you may know that I've had a lull in my sewing projects because of a non-functioning machine, but those days are finally over. Grandma B. was kind enough to lend me a machine she picked up at a garage sale a while back, and once I figured out through an online diagram how to load the front loading bobbin, (which took a sizable amount of tries) I was all set. So here are some photos of the finished projects. I've been focusing on grocery totes and bags so that I can reduce the amount of plastic that our household uses. PS. I still have tons of ideas in my head and material to reuse in my closet for more.




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