Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Approaching Twenty


*To put a spin on Dr. Seuss' Oh the Places You'll Go!

Congratulations to us!  
That was our day!
We were off to Great Places! 
We were off and away!

We had brains in our head. 
We had feet in our shoes.
We commenced on our journey, 
and followed Life's cues. 

With our head full of brains 
And our shoes full of feet, 
We've marched through the years 
Like we'd march down the street.

As we marched along, 
Things did happen, you see, 
To people as brainy 
And footsy as we.

Three kids and a mortgage.  
Retirement, too.
Operations and setbacks, 
Huge windfalls--it's true.

Parties at New Year's,
Christmas lights in the yard!
Fire seasons' demands,
(Sometimes it was hard).

Glass floats on the beach.
Teenagers, my mother.
Grey hair coming in.
No year like another.

A dog, fun vacations, 
And housework galore.
Car trouble, the sweet times, 
And very much more.

There was more good than bad
As we've marched along.
And now we're at 20
We're still marching strong.

Oh!  The places you'll go
After you say, "I do."
I've lived it myself.
I know that it's true.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Four Claires All in a Row

 Once upon a time, there was a baby named Claire (front right) . . .

who had a baby named Claire . . .

who had a baby named Clar-. . .

who had a baby named Claire.
And they lived happily ever after.
The End.
The Beginning.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Spider Fest

OK, any of you who have already seen these on my Facebook post, ignore them.  I think the spider hair clips or lapel clips are so D.A.R.N. cute that I need to post the pictures here, too.


Here are some of the beaded spiders we made at Young Women yesterday evening.  I made the green and black one, third from the left on the top row.  The girls made all the rest that you will see here.


Here is KS's cute spider.  I like how long the legs are on this spider!


Here is KH's spider.  I love that sparkly jeweled rear end!


These were made by two sisters, BG and MG.  They made the first one for their mother who is my 2nd counselor.  I love it--school colors! The pink one is very pretty and the green one looks a bit like mine, huh?


This one my daughter L made.  I like the pearl-look of it.

I haven't been more excited about a YW activity ever.  I love creating things.

Here is a YouTube tutorial about making spider hair clips.  This would be a fun project anytime but particularly as Halloween approaches.

I just noticed that these particular spiders on YouTube don't have a bead for a head.  Perhaps you could go to about.com and see written instructions about making beaded spiders and between the two of them come up with an idea of how to do it.

TTFN!