Mission Accomplished!

A long, long time ago, I wrote about some fabric that I was going to use to make a dress for Emilia.

And then life does what it always seems to do to me...it happened. Crazy how that works, isn't it? :)

Well, way back when I showed you this material, my grandma said she wanted to see the dress when I'd finished it. I'm happy to say that I can FINALLY show you the finished product!!

These pictures aren't the best but it's all I could get from a tired and pouty 3 year-old who had a scrape on her elbow that she HAD to hold a tissue on for the rest of the night because "it had a bleed." And I do mean the rest of the night. The girl went to bed and fell asleep (an hour and a half later) holding the tissue on her elbow. It was THAT serious.

Anywho...THE DRESS:







A great big THANK YOU goes to Tom and Carole for watching all 4 kids for us so that John and I could get some stuff done around the house...including making this dress. Also, THANK YOU to Bruce, for losing all that weight and getting so skinny that you gave us all of your old shirts...including the purple one that I used to make the top part of this dress. And THANK YOU to my mom who gave me the brown ribbon that was wrapped around the present she got from someone at Christmas. Doesn't it make a nice tie for this dress? :) My family is THE BEST!

{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Happy Friday!

Potential

Raising four kids and homeschooling on one income is tough. There's a lot of budgeting involved. A lot of doing without. But we're good with it...we knew what we were getting into. But something happened yesterday that made me realize that we aren't using all of our available resources. We've got some income potential around here that we aren't taking advantage of. And so, my friends and family, here is the chance of a lifetime for you. I'm offering this to you first, so you can get in on the ground level because I KNOW this is just going to TAKE OFF!

May I present to you...

The Tooth Remover 2010


Forget about dropping the toaster over the balcony or slamming doors, this girl is guaranteed* to remove that pesky tooth on the first try. Her aim is perfect, her strike is true. You won't find a better deal that this, my friends!

Just so you know that this actually IS a working model, I present to you exhibit A:
Micah at the party on Sunday


Micah after trying out the Tooth Remover 2010



PLUS, she's walking on her own these days so whenever you need her I can just send her your way! :)

(As long as you don't live more than 5 steps away)

Not valid with any other offer. Not available in all states. The Mustaleski family is not responsible for any injuries that may occur from the use of this product. *Guarantee only valid if tooth is already loose and barely hanging on by a thread.

Today

Our new three year old, hanging out on the porch with some friends. If you ask me, it even looks like Shadow is smiling! :)

{this moment}

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Happy Friday!

Photo courtesy of Josiah Mustaleski

Lots of Rain

This was our backyard yesterday afternoon


Our basement didn't look much better. With the help of my mom and Sue and Tom and Carole and John (who came home early from work) and 3 shop-vacs it only took a mere 6 hours to clean all the water out of our basement.

To aid the drying out process we have at least 6 fans blowing down there.

In other news, Audra apparently inherited my fidgety hands and we all get to trek to the doctor's office this morning because Emilia was up most of the night crying because she's just that sick. It's good times here.