We went to Bear Lake for a while. Pre-emptive answer: No, it’s not particularly warm there this time of year. In fact, it snowed a little on Monday morning.

We made Kit Kittredge another Helen Keller dress, as the old one is on loan. (Sidenote: Tricia, if you’re stalking this…you can keep the doll dress. It’s been replaced.)

We took naps.

We made a zipper pouch (similar to this) to hold Scrabble tiles. Seriously people, if you’re still turning them all upside down at the beginning of every game….STOP! Put them in a bag of some sort.

Campbell split his face open 3 times.

We watched American Idol.

We ate dessert every night.

We debated the difference between cherubs and cupids (the jury’s still out).

We made wallets out of juice cartons.

We put a baby on a Lazy Susan and spun him ’til his eyes went wacky.

We rode bears.

And now we’re home. We had a great week.

(The spacing on this is giving me fits. Stupid Blogger. It looks fine ’til I hit publish.)

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So, we went to the Draper Temple open house this morning. As we were getting ready, Keller came in and said…

“Don’t worry, Mom! I changed my undies so my butt won’t stink at the temple!”

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See that wonky party on top? Totally stuck to my towel. And see how it’s kind of flat? I think I need a smaller, rounder pot. Mine’s like 9 quarts and oval-y. Bread flour worked better than regular flour. See? Obsessed.

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I got this idea from a friend several years ago, it’s just taken me forever to get around to getting it done. We’re coming up with 10 family values and we’ll be putting one in each frame. I figure we can talk about one a week for FHE and kill 2.5 months of my New Year’s Resolution right there. Frames from IKEA, vinyl from here again. And the silhouettes found a good home.

In other crap making news, several ladies from my neighborhood came over yesterday for a sewing group. We made a dozen or so school bags for the LDS Church Humanitarian Center. If you’re my neighbor and you’re reading this (I hear my blog was discussed in Relief Society a couple of weeks back, which makes me giggle a lot), come join us next time!

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1 cup ammonia
1/2 cup vinegar
1 gallon hot water
1/4 cup baking soda

Mix together and wash your walls. No rinsing is required.

We tried this on Saturday. I made half a batch and put it in spray bottles and turned the kids loose. It appears to have worked pretty well. If my paint starts peeling off in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be sure to let you know.

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Not me, that’s for sure. Macy’s wax museum thing at school was today. Here’s a gratuitous pic for you lurking family members:

Macy came home last night and announced they HAD to have props. We made a quick trip to the DI for some dark glasses and some dead guy’s cane (you know that’s why it was there). She also found that battery operated candle and had to have it. We were trying to come up with something else, when she remembered the story of Anne giving Helen a doll and signing “D-O-L-L” into her hand. So, Kit Kittredge got to dress like Helen Keller and participate in the wax museum, too. I might have skipped Enrichment to get the doll dress done, but Macy’s giddy-ness about it this morning was totally worth it.

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If you’re calling to tell me how to treat constipation in my 3 year old and there’s any chance your cell phone might ring mid conversation within ear shot, please choose a ring tone other than “Push It”.

I will not be able to control my giggling.

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Here’s where I confess that I always use the “free” (but please send us money) address labels that come in the mail. You know, from the American Cancer Society or Cystic Fibrosis or whatever. Have I ever sent any of them money? Not even once. If you’ve ever gotten mail from me with a Ziggy return address label, now you know why.

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