For the birds

A while ago, Dan bought a bird feeder and two kits of make-it-yourself items: one birdhouse and another bird feeder. The pre-made one has been up for a while and the birds go nuts over that thing. So do the squirrels and rabbits.

Here's a bluejay, cardinal, and squirrel.

Dan put together the two kits and he and the kids painted the birdhouse to go in the front yard.

Here's a cute video of our kids taken last week. I love how Sam flexes his muscles and wanted to get it on camera. Sorry so much of it is blurry. I was taking it with my digital camera and I didn't know I had to manually focus it. About halfway through I figured it out, but they're always moving, so it was tough.

And proof that Afton loves pretzels.

(Isn't she gorgeous??)

Sam's handsome, too.

Yesterday we went back to the gym so that I could videotape Dan climbing the whole crack. Here it is:

This morning before church I took a few pictures of the kids.

 Sam picked out his outfit.

I used some of my knit fabric to make a skirt. I decided that with this fabric I should go with a circle skirt - not a pencil skirt. I think it turned out pretty cute. I was going to try and do cheesy poses like all the sewing bloggers out there, but I couldn't bring myself to do it... So here's the pic that shows off the skirt the best. Even though it's the one where I'm brushing away a strand of hair.

This is the first skirt I've made for myself that I'm not embarrassed to wear. So that's a start! It looks a little uneven, but I think that's just the way I'm standing.

Afton had her second-ever popsicle today.

She loved it. But it took her so long that her chin and arm are now stained a weird navy blue color.

That's all for now!