Im still stunned that today is the last day of the school year. What am I to do with these kids for 3 months?
The girls had a blast on their field days yesterday and i got a chance to take an end of the year class photo. I love seeing how the kids have changed over the whole year!
Angeliques Class
Every year i do something fun and different for the girls. Anonomously. This year I wanted to do something very neat for them. I created these neat felt and fleece dolls. The red one is a picture i found that Angelique had drawn, the other two are my creations (zoey knows im making these, and requested a bunny). I really liked making these and might make some and see if they can sell. Im also working on some cute felt barrettes. It does me good to do things with my hands to create, it makes me feel good, it destresses me, and its fun.
Happy Valentines Day to YOU, too!!!
This is a funny story. Angelique is a bit timid when it comes to losing her teeth. She has only lost 2 prior to this, even though shes already 7 years old. The top two teeth have been loose for a very long time. The dentist even commented in October that one of them should be out soon. Angelique wouldn't wiggle though, or even try. She would get so scared!
On Sunday at lunch, we noticed she was eating funny. Angelique commented her top teeth hurt when she eats, So i looked at them and saw that both teeth were barely hanging there!
At home I insisted on her wiggling it or letting me do it. She was wiggling it and crying in fear. Dad came out and with some pliers and started teasing her. When he suggested tying a string to it and her slamming the door, to my surprise she was up for it!
Flying Tooth from Angela Nussbaum on Vimeo.
Read more...I remember, back when I was a pre teen. I had decided i wanted to decorate sugar cookies for Christmas. I pulled out my moms famous big batch recipe (which is now lost, *sad sigh*) and proceeded to mix it up. My mom didnt have a full measuring spoon set, just a large Tablespoon, but i felt confident that i could "figure it out". I did fairly fine... got it all mixed, and baked. They baked perfectly in our oven.
As they were cooling, i called my friend to come over and help me decorate while i made some icings. I thought i was the coolest person to bake my own cookies. We had sat down, decorated a couple and decided to try our masterpieces.
PfHHHHhhhgaht! *spit spit*
The cookies, even with their super sweet icing were horrible!!! They were so salty, you could barely get the taste out of your mouth. As i reviewed the recipe, i noticed it said 1 tsp for the salt, and i had put in 1 Tbsp!
Moral of the story is to not think so highly of yourself that you lose focus on the task at hand!
Merry Christmas
now.. i need some cookies....
Here is a cookie recipe, i made in 2007, that you cant mess up!!!
~............Merry Christmas..............~
**This is NOT gluten free.
Family Values is defined as: values especially of a traditional or conservative kind which are held to promote the sound functioning of the family and to strengthen the fabric of society.
Goodness, thats what i am doing? yes! yup, thats what i am doing for my girls! :)
Values that we try to instill during christmastime:
Each card is different and varies. One card has a scripture, the next an activity, then back again to scripture. Slowly it tells the story of Jesus birth, with a fun activity to go along.I feel it in the air. Change. The air is crisp, cold and full of white stuff!
Change is wonderful!
I feel like this year is going out with a bang ... GO 2009!!!
I fell in love with the idea of a Daily December album. Im getting prepped and ready for it! I have right now 12 pages already to go with help from ScrapGirls.com and their gorgeous collections and Digital Layout templates.
hang with me!! I hope to post some of them here.
Oh, and maybe even keep up with this blog.
HUGS to you all...
Change is on its way!
Angela N.
Just for fun, here is my page, all ready to go for a Tree shot.
Products used from www.scrapgirls.com: Keri Schueller's Charm of Christmas, Melissa Renfro's Golden Memories, Erica Hite's A Joyful Season, and for font i used Amanda McGee's Thoughtful font. (template from someone, have no recollection on this one, sorry.)
Happy though you ask? Because we are a nation that stands! Because we have beliefs and are not pursecuted for them. Because I can have an athiest friend who wont attack my for my Christian beliefs. Because in the day that followed 9/11 God gave me one of the most beautiful gifts, my daughter. My daughter was conceived on 9/12. I know the day well. The doctor was suprised I could tell him the exact hour I know she was conceived on.
My 9/11 baby. I call her that. Because in a moment of sadness, I, unmarried sought out comfort. What followed was a blessing :). My doctor called it the 9/11 Phenonemon. He said that God was giving those souls back to us, because in the months that followed, he found a HUGE increase of women who conceived in the aftermath of 9/11.
Happy. I am happy to see that after all that sadness, all that distruction, that horror.... a baby, a pure, innocent life was given. Several given. I look at my daughter and I think of how, in the light of everything, good can come from it.
Loves to you all, Prayers to those who are missing loved ones today, may God bless you, hold you and keep you in his arms.
Angela
(image from chascarper @ flikr, Thank You)
Every once in awhile it hits me... you forgot your blog!! Argh!
Recently someone asked me why everyone online referred to me as the NUT, did I really want ppl thinking I was some crazy mom? I laughed and explained that when I married my dear husband, and took on his name, I also took on being a nut. You see, his last name is Nussbaum. Nuss - means Nut in German, and baum means tree. So... we are a family tree of nuts!!! Hence I married the perfect man for me!
P.S. I dont think it helps that I'm such a silly, happy, fun person... it makes me so much more nuttier.
a picture, one must have a picture for a post!
This picture came from our trip to Ohio. I wanted a picture of me and my three girls, and rather than hand my camera to someone I thought how fun to just reach out, turn the camera around and snap us! It took 4 tries to get us all in the camera!!!
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