Freckle Face Pancakes and Noodle Necklaces

I am one cool mom! Will had been asking about the pancakes that we had a long time ago with the smiley faces. So I bought the whipped cream and made them again.

Everybody loves these and I only have to cook one for each kid because they are so filling. (Each kid usually eats about 4-5 pancakes whenever we have them. Seriously!)

Notice Will's noodle necklace. He made it in Co-op. He has to wear a necklace everyday. He went shopping with his Paw Paw this summer and got to pick out several pirate necklaces. They eventually all broke. His Paw Paw just sent him some new ones in the mail. He now is always wearing one of them, along with a bead necklace that we can't take off without cutting and he does NOT want it cut off.

It's funny that he doesn't like his long hair because he thinks it makes him look like a girl, but yet he will wear this noodle necklace and thinks it makes him look like a boy!

Indians!

We had a Thanksgiving party with our homeschool group last week. We were allowed to dress up if we wanted to, so I decided to get out the sewing machine and see what I could come up with.

Will's costume looks pretty good for someone who's never REALLY sewed before. At least I think so. Will thought it was great the day before this picture, but the day of the party he realized that he was right when he said, "Grandma is a better sew-er then you, mommy." The crotch of hid pants hangs down really, really low. I tried to explain that if you just pulled the pants up to your shoulders then the pants would look all right and your belly would stay warm. He didn't really like my idea. Oh well, I tried.

Lucy's dress turned out way to big, but when I cut a good chunk of the sleeves off, I think it looked really cute. She would disagree with me. She was NOT happy about wearing her dress. But I made it and she had to. (There goes mean mommy again.)

Now Briley really liked her dress. At least she appreciates her mom's hard work.

And I'm telling you what. My thumb and index fingers are still sore from stringing the beads on the fringe and tying those knots. Ouch!

Tutu

Briley's birthday is coming up and she wants to have a ballet party. I was trying to come up with things to do and came across a way to make tutus. I decided to try one out on Lucy to make sure I knew what I was doing. I think it turned out great. She loves it!