felt food craze

I have a new craft obsession - felt food. Most of these ideas are shamefully copied from the internet. But imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? pepperoni pizzacheese ravioli with marinara sauce
or if bow tie is more your style...taco and chips

fried egg

The grocery sack - I sewed it out of those sheets of fun foam you can find at the craft store.

Still have a banana, hot dog w/ bun and waffles to make. They should start a 12-step program for people like me. Hello, my name is Mia and I am addicted to making felt food.

Gimme a "B"

We're getting pumped up for the game on Sunday.

Oh, and not to forget Grandpa and Papaw's team too!

09/09/09

It represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101)

Any grade-schooler could tell you, for example, that the sum of the two-digits resulting from nine multiplied by any other single-digit number will equal nine. So 9x3=27, and 2+7=9.

Multiply nine by any two, three or four-digit number and the sums of those will also break down to nine. For example: 9x62 = 558; 5+5+8=18; 1+8=9.

Sept. 9 also happens to be the 252nd day of the year (2 + 5 +2)

Have any special plans this 09/09/09? Well we don't, but here's 9 pictures of Sidney to get into the spirit.

the early party

cutie pie

dinner with my girlfriends

pink

red

my hero

so the other day my computer crashed. i about had a mild freak out but knew it was my own fault for keeping a bazillion pictures on the hard drive and being too cheap to buy antivirus software. after listening to me worry and complain all day about "what if i lost everything on my computer! and i need the internet to see how to make felt food." (felt food post to come later, my new obsession.) my loving husband, knowing my OCD of "I NEED THE INTERNET TO SEE HOW TO MAKE FELT FOOD!" sat down with my computer to see what he could do. lo and behold, he found the problem. a bit embarrassed to admit, but somehow my computer just got locked up. no virus. so today (after this blog) i am burning my pictures to a disk and looking for antivirus software :)
and because you don't make a post without a picture, here's some from our zoo trip this week.

my little beauty

just playing around with an old camera lens i never use.

lunch with charlie and lola

although i'm not believer in putting on a dog and pony show to get my kids to eat, i am willing to believe that picky toddlers may be more likely to eat if their food looks like dogs and ponies. and while i can't imagine concocting culinary creations like this every day, it was still fun.

just one of those hot summer days...

...were all you want to do is hang out in your underwear and eat popsicles.

and that's just what we did...

magic shell

you can dip just about anything in it.

my girls

apparently something was really funny... kinz looks like such a big girl. where did my baby go?