A Pineapple

According to my weekly pregnancy email:

33 weeks: Baby weighs as much as a pineapple

Your baby is proportioned like a pineapple when it comes to weight -- a little over 4 pounds. (Length: more than 17 inches, head to heel.)

Four pounds? Really? That's all? You'd think I was sharing my body with a 20-pounder for how uncomfortable I've been. It's sad, really. I walk like a crippled old lady. You would think that carrying around a pineapple would be a piece of cake! No problem, right? So why do my hips and lower back hurt so bad? And we still have 7 weeks to grow...? Oy!

In other news, I made a cute little chore chart for the school year. I'm hoping it will make school mornings go smoother. I added items like making sure your backpack is ready and by the front door, shoes are under the bench where we can easily find them and outfits picked out the night before. I guess it's more of a daily check-list than a chore chart. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I got the idea here.

I added clipart because we're not all reading yet ;) (got the clipart here.) I got the frame at Wal-Mart for just $4 and I had all other supplies on hand. It was such a simple project. I bought some fun dry-erase markers so the kids can cross the items off their list as they complete the task. Then we can erase them the next day and start over again! Yeah!

When I told Jenalyn what I was making she said, "Are you going to turn us into your slaves?" Bwahahaha...yes, that's exactly what I'm doing!

Cutesy little craft

I interrupt this long stream of updates to bring you a cutesy little craft I whipped up while I was home, sick today.

I turned this:
Into this:
Jenalyn decided that she really really really wants a FurReal pet. Since Christmas is over, and her birthday isn't until October, we decided she can EARN IT by doing chores for money around the house. Today she cleaned her bedroom for $3. She already had $4 from the tooth fairy. So she's up to $7...we're well on our way. This evening she asked if she can take her "Earn It" can around to the neighbors and see if she could do any chores for money *LOL* if I knew our neighbors, I might let her do that. We'll talk about hitting up the grandparents though.
It was very simple. Just covered it in cutesy scrapbook paper (12x12 didn't quite cover it, so I completed it with some coordinating paper and slapped on some solid color scrap paper and put letters on it. SO EASY! SO CUTE!

My New Favorite Toy

Jason bought me a Cricut Expression! I am having so much fun with it! I find every excuse for cutting!

When we got it I also purchased a couple rolls of vinyl. I had these wild imaginations of all that I could do with it! Presents, wall quotes, coasters, decorative tiles, etc. But when I got right down to it the thought of cutting vinyl was terrifying to me. Paper? No problem! Vinyl? YIKES!

Finally, after a LOT of internet research and many YouTube how-to videos, I took the dive. Turns out, it's SO EASY!

Here's my first project:
Isn't it cute? (I can't take credit for the idea. I found it here - I love craft blogs!) My boss' son is getting married this weekend, so I made it as a wedding gift. I love the way it turned out. I had so many anxieties over it! But it really was so easy!