crafting & dirt {our weekend}

There were a lot of other things I should have been doing this weekend,

like organizing papers (which I am still working on).

But Joel was planting corn and I needed something a little more fun to do.

So I decided to make some pillows for my living room.

This was the perfect project for a long weekend without my hubby 

and I am loving how they are turning out.

I have two made and several more to go...hopefully I'll finish this week.

I also did this quick little project.

These are the birdies before (from Hobby Lobby).

And here they are after.

Now a place to hold a few pictures and our keys.

Joel told me that he was surprised I liked the birds.

He said they looked a little grandma-ish to him.

That made me kind of nervous.

No offense to any grandmas who are reading (grandmas are wonderful of course).

But, I am far too quickly approaching the big 3-0.

The last thing I want to do is age myself any quicker.

But I like the birds.

So, I am keeping them up...grandma-ish or not.

Don't worry I didn't spend the whole weekend inside crafting.

The only crafting that happens around here these days is when Mr. Levi is sleeping.

Levi and I spent plenty of time outside too.

We were lovin' the sunshine, but this is how we felt about the wind...yuck!

We tried not to blow away while we played.

(Levi does actually blow over sometimes!)

Since it was too windy to plant anything in the garden,

we got out the shovels to play in the dirt instead.

Levi had to check out every tractor that was passing by.

He thinks every tractor is his daddy's tractor.

Dirt everywhere.

In his shoes, in his pants, in his diaper...

everywhere.

Check out the hair.

The wind is even hard on a little guy's hairdo.

Of course Levi thought he needed to taste the dirt too.

Joel said...why didn't you stop him??

I figured he had to learn somehow.

I warned him that it was going to be yucky.

But he still thought he wanted to try.

He thought it was okay at first.

Just a few funny faces...but he kept eating.

And then he figured out that he should have listened to his mama.

You should always listen to your mama.

How was your weekend?

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