Melissa and Justin: About Time

Thursday, December 17, 2009

About Time

So I finally pulled out the sewing machine to do a few projects that have been on my mind. I am definitely not a great sewer and find it fun for a few minutes until I mess something up and spend the majority of my time unpicking what I did. Things did not change for this project, I definitely spent a lot of time unpicking but I am very happy with the final results.
First, I have been working on these dang bean bags since August (they were technically for Elliette's birthday) but I finally got them filled enough and had the motivation to finally finish. I got the idea from the craftblog website but decided to hand stitch the letters on instead of painting them and I like them much better.

Second, I want to have somewhat matching stockings so I decided to make them myself. I know there are only 3 done but that is because I couldn't find another style of fabric I really liked so I will do another one next year. Eventually I want to have our names embroidered across the top as well.

Well, we leave for Kansas tomorrow so hope everyone has a merry Christmas!

8 comments:

Robin said...: Cute! Well done! How did the machine work for you? I love those bean bags. And the stocking turned out cute as well.; December 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Ryan... said...: I really like the bean bags, they turned out really cute!! Poor Camryn won't get a stocking her first christmas :) They all look really cute!! Good job. Now you can start on mine :); December 18, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Ashley said...: I'm doing the exact same bean bag idea this week! Great minds...; December 18, 2009 at 2:52 PM
allegra said...: ah, sewing. i haven't sewed anything in over a year and i'm missing it! the projects look great!; December 20, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Annette said...: You are too good. I should have made new ones, but I bought them instead.; December 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Brittney said...: So cute, I love them! And I saw those bean bags too, I love your idea of stitching them instead of the paint. You have inspired me!; January 5, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Wendy said...: Hello Gleak! I am so glad that you found me. Your family is so cute.Since when did you turn into such the homemaker. Love the sewing projects and your tasty treats. i still have the same phone number if you every want to talk.; January 8, 2010 at 2:58 PM
Mel said...: Why Hello! It's Wank. Wendy sent me your way. I've been wondering what you've been up too. I can't believe you have two kids, my how time flies. And I love the Tasty treats, you always were really good at making treats. It's good to catch up with you.; January 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM

Funny Kids

8/2011
Ellie: My birthday is knocking on the door... can I let it in?

8/2011
Ellie reading a card from grandma and grandpa Bennett...
"The card says, Happy Birthday Little Elliette; and the money says Don't touch my money."

7/2011
Lindsay and her family stopped by on their way to Provo and we all went to lunch on the way home this was our conversation...
Ellie: She isn't cool.
Me: You don't like Lindsay?
Ellie: No, I like her, she just isn't cool.

5/2011
Ellie wasn't going to be so I was telling her I didn't want to see her until after her nap. After a few minutes upstairs I hear little feet on the stairs and mumbling of "I do not like mom, nope. no I do not like her"
I thought she wasn't supposed to start not liking me until she was a lot older.

2/2011
Camryn was squealing very high pitched the other day and Justin thought it was Ellie and her told her to stop. I informed him it was Cami so he told her to stop squealing like that. Since she doesn't really speak much she looked at him with a pretty stern annoyed look and pointed at the stairs so Justin said "fine I'll leave" and went downstairs for a bit. I was trying very hard to hold in my laughter.

1/2011
My mom was cleaning the bathrooms, she came out into the kitchen for something and noticed that Ellie did not follow and was being very quiet. She found her in the bathroom with a bar of soap in her hand which she was rubbing all over the wood on the side of the cabinets, Ellie looked up all proud and happy and said "I'm cleaning Grandma".

12/2010
Cami was getting in trouble for climbing up on the counter, a few minutes later Ellie climbed up on the counter and Camryn came running into the family room and pointed over at the kitchen yelling "a dah, a dah" (yeah she still doesn't really speak) trying to get Ellie in trouble for being up on the counter also.

12/2010
Ellie, for some reason, thinks that monkeys live in the fireplace and whenever anything is missing she informs us that the monkeys took it. She will then go to the fireplace and tell them to give it back. When we find it she makes sure to thank the monkeys.

11/2010
I was asking Ellie how old she was, she told me 2 so I asked how old I was and she said 5. I told her I was 28 and then asked how old daddy was, she said 80.

11/2010
Elliette was running around playing when she came in kind of concerned and said "my poopies are really stuck"

10/2010
Elliette bonked Camryn on the head the other day so she got in trouble and had to sit in Time-Out and tell Cami sorry. Ellie is SUPER stubborn and kept saying she was tired and refused to say sorry. Finally Justin helped her sign it and I asked if she said it when she cried "No, I not saying it" so she had to stay in TO. This lasted for like 20 min when she finally yelled out "sorry, Cami, sorry" so that she could go take a nap. Stubborn little bugger.

10/2010
Elliette was being a stinker the other day trying to get into a candy jar using a stuffed dogs to do her bidding. I got after her and told her to sit in time-out; instead she put her puppy in time-out and told him to put on his listening ears and be a happy good puppy. About 5 min later he was back being bad so she put him in TO again and found out he was being bad cause he was hungry so they got to share fruit snacks. The puppy was being a stinker again about 15 min later and I didn't have to tell her anything, she promptly put him in TO and told him he had to listen at grandmas house. Silly girl.

9/2010
Elliette plays on Beanies IPod touch and I asked her one day what she was doing. She answered by telling me "facebook", what?

8/2010
Elliette LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (so much that she throws major fits when I wont let her watch anymore) whenever Mickey and the gang need help they call for toodles. The other day I heard Ellie ask for help then I heard her say "Oh, Toodles".

7/26/2010
Clover was cooing and talking to Mandy; Elliette looked at Clover and said "you talking to me?"

7/23/2010
Elliette asked for her own phone today so that she could call daddy, beanie, and grandpa. She even specified cell phone after I asked what phone, yeah she isn't even 2 yet.

7/12/2010
While I was holding Elliette Justin put his hand on my shoulder today and asked if I was ok; Elliette promptly turned and put her hand on my should and asked "you ok?"

7/2010
Elliette is normally pretty good at asking for a tissue if needed, the other day she handed my mom something and said "nose", yup she picked her nose and handed it to grandma - so gross!

6/2010
We were looking at newborn zip up ties at a boutique and I asked Elliette if she thought they were cute. She responded "yeah, cute for my daddy".

6/2010
Elliette: crying for her daddy in bed after waking up in the morning.
Me: "It isn't daddy but is it ok if mommy gets you out"?
Elliette: not fully pleased "yeah, I guess".

5/2010
My mom and Angie were looking at a Family Fun magazine with Elliette. When chicken nuggets were mentioned Ellie said "those are good". Sh'e also noticed some cookies decorated like pigs and for the next week anytime you asked her what she wanted to eat she said pigs; we finally broke down and made her some pigs.

4/2010
I had The Price is Right on while I was doing the dishes, they were giving away a trip to wine country and some other stuff and I hear Elliette mumble something I look up just in time to see her pump her arms and say "weet" and then continue to stare at the show.

pumping her arms and saying "weet" is now what she does for pretty much anything she is really excited for. Love it!

4/2010
I was watching The Price is Right and was just calling out a number when Elliette piped up and said "two, two", she was right.
We had on Let's Make a Deal another time and Ellie started calling out for curtain number 2, she would have won a pretty good prized.
Point: If you go to a game show take Ellie, she is good.

4/5/2010
I put Elliette in time-out twice since she just got up and went about her business which made her super sad. She cried for a while as I was trying to talk to her about her time-out situation. She was hugging me for about 3-5 minutes and eventually pulled off looked at me with a smile and said "I'm alright" then gave me a kiss and was on her merry way.

3/2010
Camryn: crying in the other room
Me: Camryn is sad
Elliette: she sad
Me: Why is she sad?
Elliette: throwing her arms out with a confused look and a silly grin "I don't know why she sad"