Been Too Long!

John told me today that I needed to update our blog....he said it had been too long! So, here is the only picture I have taken in weeks:

This is what Timothy has been up to. He thinks it is really fun to put anything in his basketball goal. Like his little shopping cart, you never know what you are going to find in there. He really loves to hide things. One night we were all in the playroom & John couldn't find his phone. We looked in all of Timothy's favorite hiding places but couldn't find it. I finally found it in my tennis shoe. Funny little boy!

We have been busy around here. I have been doing some appliques for friends as I prepare to actually open a couple of online shops in the next few days. I'm so excited about it! I'll post links on here when things are up & running. If you are looking for affordable appliques, let me know!

If you recall, I had 12 books that I am planning to read this year. I read Through My Eyes first. A bit too much football talk for me, but it was a good book anyway. I think John will enjoy reading it more than I did since he will appreciate all of the football stories. I also read a book that wasn't in my list of 12, Money Saving Mom's Budget. Also a very good book. I have been reading her blog for a while & share many of her values. I'm looking forward to putting some of her ideas into practice. And then I decided it was time for some fiction so I bought the first book in the Twilight Saga. I thought I would read them throughout the year as I read some non fiction books. I really underestimated these books! I ended up reading all 4 books (yes, that would be close to 2500 pages) in 11 days. Loved them! I mean, I could not put them down. I stayed up very late for 10 nights in a row. I was so tired but I HAD to know how it all ended. I went into this not knowing much about the story except that it was wildly popular. After reading the books, I had to see the movies, so John & I watched all four of them Friday-Monday nights after the kids were in bed. We both really liked the movies too! John is actually reading the end of Breaking Dawn right now since the last movie doesn't come out for several months.

One funny story about all the Twilight stuff....Timothy has a habit of referring to men as "Daddy" when we are out. I have no idea why, but when he sees men while we are out, he will look at me & point & say "Daddy". I tell him over & over that those men aren't Daddy, that Daddy is at work. Thankfully he isn't too loud & he doesn't say it to the men! The men usually look nothing like John.....they can be any age, any hair color, any height....you get the picture. Well, when I was buying one of the Twilight movies, he saw it sitting on the checkout counter while we were waiting. He pointed to Taylor Lautner & said "Daddy!". I told him that would his daddy very happy! Then today, he saw one of the dvds upstairs & pointed to Robert Pattinson & said "Daddy!".