Today I wore a skirt

*because two days ago I didn't have to wear a coat outside.
*because I have a wonderful husband who takes care of the boys so that I can have time to craft.
*because I happened to find the perfect shade of turquoise binding in my Grandma's stash to go with this tablecloth skirt.
*because it matches my pretty necklace.
*and because it makes me feel just a little bit more girly in this house full of super boys.

how, exactly, dinner is assembled whilst the H is gone.

reason: H is on a(nother) ride-along with a Catt county sheriff as part of his college internship. Usually this means leftovers for us, but I knew this was a good chance to try a new recipe I'd been eyeballing.
method: new activity for the olders and a s.p.o.c. for the youngest (yes, it's ok that his head is sagging like that. No, I did not know he was going to fall asleep in the 15 or so minutes he was back there, otherwise I would have planned a bit better for head boppage).
recipe: Rockin' Moroccan Wrap. Originally from the back of a can of garbanzo beans (found online here). I added a big bunch of spinach, ground up the garbanzo beans a bit, used regular onions instead of green, added some chopped tomato and toasted wheat germ, and served it all in a whole wheat tortilla instead of pitas. delicious!

baby blue eyes (and why I rarely make time to exercise)

a few notes:
1)the quilt that my mom's cousin Susie asked about is in the background here. When I finish repairing it, I'll post a better pic.
2)I LOVE these hats. so quick to make (3 pieces plus binding and only 4 lines of stitching) and really do an amazing job of keeping boy3's head warm in this old house.
3)the boys thought perhaps I needed a little extra resistance while doing crunches recently. you can see how well that is working out for me.
4)I'm really going to miss my camera until we can get to a repair shop. It was knocked off a shelf (not by me, surprisingly) and the threads on the lens were snapped off, rendering the entire camera useless. Anyone know if this means I have to replace the entire lens?