Grandma Sandys Chrismas Gift

So I have been trying to think of things to get my mother-in-law for Christmas and I had a few okay ideas. I dont think she reads blogs or knows I have one and so I thought it wouold be okay to put her maybe gift on here. And if she does read then, sorry Sandy you may not be surprised for Christmas .

Last night I was looking on Anthropologie online and they have such cute stuff. I want it all. But I was looking in their holiday stuff and saw this apron:

I know it is way small, but hopefully you can see how cute it is, and it even has a matching hot pad. So I dont even know if she wears or likes aprons. I tried asking Callie because she has baked with her, but she didnt know. So after seeing this one I decided to look at some other aprons.Here are some I liked from Heavenly Hostess:The first two are actually gardening aprons, which she does work in the garden, I mean ya know in the summer and stuff, and they have hair bands to coordinate with some of their aprons. Both the gardening ones had one to match. The last two are for the kitchen . They also have a lot of other really cute ones, but they are really pricey.

Then there is one at Domestic Darlings. This one is pretty cute and also has a matching head band. They also have a matching kids apron which is really cute. I dont really bake or anything very much and I am not much of an apron wearer, but there are such cute aprons out there I think even I would wear one. So what do you all think. Do you like the apron gift idea or should I go a whole different direction. And if you like the aprons, which one ? I welcome all other Mother-in -law gift ideas. Thanks for the help.

Happy Halloween!

Here are the Girlies in their little costumes. In case you cant tell Bailey is a Bee and Callie is some kind of pink fluffy puppy. Grandma and Grandpa Stewart came over tonight to check out the costumes and we decided to go out to eat together. We went to the Royal Wolf which is this local pubb and it was sooo good. The top pic is at the pubb and the reason the girls look so thrilled is because they were both very impatient waiting for their food.
After din din we decided to just take the girls to Halloween on Main. It was just basically all the businesses on main street were open to go trick or treating to. So we got some candy and went. Bailey couldnt wait to get home to eat her candy she started a sucker in the car.

And then she would switch off with the sucker and other candy. Here she has the sucker in her mouth and a snickers in her hand. And done here is the two of them hogging out . The back of the bee has a little stinger which everyone seemed to get a kick out of. Thats it woo-hoo. I hope you all had a good Halloween!

Twilight

Okay so I have been reading this book, yep thats right I Michelle have voluntarily read a book. Which I didnt think was that big of a deal , but everytime Josh saw me reading it he was like, 'this is wierd I havent seen you reading like this before.' so I assured him that I have read books before though few and far between, I just havent finished any books. In fact I couldnt remember the last book I actually read all the way through. But, I did it, i read this book, the whole thing. I just finished about 20 mins. ago. Hoooray me! I have to say it was really good.(obviuosly or I would have stopped a long time ago.) A friend got it out and had me borrow it about a month ago which from what I hear is about 27 days longer than it has taken most people to read this book, but whatever. I do however since beginnning this book find myself suggesting that maybe so and so is a vampire, and other such comments. So thanks to other bloggers( Em and Morg) who have posted about these books. If I hadnt heard all that I had about it I probably wouldnt have opened the book after bringing it home. Who knows I may even read the next book, New Moon, in the future.

Other than that not much going on. We did finally name the kitties. Well, Callie did anyways. The fluffy one is Fluff. I know, I know, Original. and the other one is Lucky. I dont really know why, I think she thinks it is lucky for him that he got to come live at our house. Josh went hunting last night and got a Chicken, I think he actually called it a Grouse which I dont know what that means or if I spelled it right. Grandpa Craig Fried it up and we al had a taste. Josh and the girls liked it esp. Callie, I however though it was disgusting. it was too chewy and tasted yucky. Football has FINALLY ended, they had their last game on Fri. I am so glad to no longer be a football widow. But, in a week or two I will become a Basketball widow, as Josh will begin coaching the Freshman team. Hip Hip Hooray! So thats it thats all got.

Feeties

Bailey has a few of those soft pajamas with the feet that Zip up and Callie is way jealous and wants some . I have only been able to find them up to 5T. Callie is five but she is too tall for 5T. So does anyone know where to find them in a size 6? I know I have seen them for adults before, which would personally drive me crazy. My feet would suffocate. So if they have them in adults they must be out there for 6 year olds right?

Kitties

Well, Lucky us we got 2 Kitties. This was not my idea nor did I want them. Grandma Stewart has this cat named Dot (that is kind of a Skank) that keeps having babies. I think she had four the last time and Grandma has been trying to get us to say we will take some ever since Dot was pregnant. Well I have been firm about no I do not want any, but Josh and the kids wanted some. Last week Grandma was over and brought it up again cause she needed to get rid of some of the kitties, so after she left Josh guilted me into saying alright. They have to stay outside and Josh and Callie handle the feedings, so I really dont have to do anything with them, so I guess it is not so bad. I just realized while writing this that we havent really given them names yet. They are kind of wild cats and dont want us to touch or hold them . The Orange fluffy one would not eat in this pic because Bai and I were sitting to close.
This one is not as scared and Josh and Callie can catch him. Callie always grabs it by the back of the neck. It looks kinda funny cause he is not that little anymore.These big cat hanging by its neck It looks like it will choke or break or something. She handed it to me last not and it scratched me to death and so I am done holding cats.
Here the prettier, fluffier, scardier (is that a word) cat kept looking back while it was eating to make sure we werent getting closer. So these are our first pets. how fun. Ugh.

The Little Skittles House

Okay I would like to give a shout out to my girl Smelly ( that is my sis Dani, I dont know why we call her smells, as far as I know she does not have issues with B.O. or anything like that.) After my last post she left a comment on how at first in some of the pictures it looked like there was some nice wood flooring that matched our book shelves, but she later realized that oh no, that is not wood that is booty ugly burnt orange carpet. So , while we are not in love with our burnt orange which is in the living and dinning rooms as well as the hallway, that is so not the worst of it. Here in the Skittles house ( as our frinds and the previous renters used to call it) we have a array of colors. Let me take you on a tour:

So first we have this very attractive shag neon green carpeting which is located in the spare bedroom which we use as the office/ workout equip/ storage room.

Next we have the bathroom which besides being really small and have no drawers only cabinets isnt that bad except it has a strange choice in bath color as you can see the um blue, which does have a matching sink .

Then we move on to the Master Bedroom( if thats what you can call it) the carpet is a lighter blue which isnt all that bad but then you look up to the top of the blue walls to find these guys watching you. Thats right all the way around the room you will find a lovely wallpaper boarder with an enchanting scene of deere and bare bushes. I guess it is fall though huh?We also have a very Modern and chic Kitchen which is a good size, really, and what could beat yellow countertops with matching yellow sink. On to my personal favorite of the Dining an kitchen areas is the flowery wallpaper topped of with none other then these beautiful hens and well, wreaths.

But that Is not all my friends, oh not that is not all. You see I have saved the feature that tops all the rest. It can be found in the girls room. I am still dumbfounded at where and why you would find a carpet such as this.

That is correct it is some kind of scottish tartan pattern that looks like an ugly throw blanket. ?

But there is something about the house that is really, truly beautiful. It is not actually in the house, but here it is!

Thats right we have a beautiful four peak view right out back. We really do love our view, this shot was taken one morning when Bailey woke me up at here usual way to early time, and I was lucky enough to look out the back window just before the sun came up over the mountains. I put me in a slighty less onery mood.

I hope you have enjoyed this tour of our beautiful rental. Maybe after seeing that you can think about the place you may be in at this time and maybe, just maybe you can hate it a little less knowing that someone else out there is living in a wierder and less attractively decorated home.

A few cute pics

The Ladies like to dress up in my clothes and have me take pictures.

Callie wanted me to take an action shot!

Here is Callie doing more of her Model poses.
And here is Little sis trying to do the same pose. She cracks me up sometimes.

Here she is trying another pose.

This pic is hilarious she ran out of regular panties, so I had to put these on her which are really the kind that come with a dress and I just thought it looked so funny.

This one is a favorite of mine it is from about a year ago. We have this old Barbie house that my folks made for me and my sis when we were little and it has a little open spot for barbie to go done the stairs. So Bailey climbed in and tried to go down them and got stuck. I was laughing so hard. Oh and she is wearing a diaper, just so ya know.