Family

The Zoo

This little one (and his brother) have been keeping me busy when I’m not working. Life is so much harder with two. It’s not just doubly hard as one, it’s like four times harder, especially when they’re not in sync.

Oliver is still under a year old. His birthday is in April. I’m hoping things will become easier after he’s a year old and I really expect things to become easier in June, when I’m out of school for the summer. We can begin to re-establish some routines.

Oliver still doesn’t sleep through the night. We’re trying, but he gets up to eat. He goes back to sleep very easily, but still wants the food. Gotta work on weening. If we can get him sleeping through the night, that will also help immensely.

We went to the San Francisco Zoo today. Liam had a great time seeing all the animals. We had never been before, so it was fun to go check it out. Plus, with our Happy Hollow membership, we have reciprocity, which means we only paid $15 to get in. A steal! We also want to check out the Oakland Zoo. Maybe this summer or during my spring break.

I hope you all are having a great weekend and, if you have tomorrow off from work, a relaxing day off!

My little helper

I got some sewing time in this morning along with some help from a little person. He helped me decide which scraps to sew together for a couple of scrappy blocks.

This held his attention for about 10 minutes, but he did go onto other activities and give me about 45 minutes of sewing time. Enough to finish the blocks. Yeah! It feels so good to have some sewing time and to finish something in the short time that it was.

Time!

Where has it gone? I have been super busy with work and can't seem to balance life enough to find time to craft. When I have the moment in the evenings, I sit on the couch with a T.V. show and knit. It's somewhat mindless, more so that quilting is.

This little guy has been keeping me busy.

He turned six-months on Thursday. He has two teeth and is {painfully} working on his upper teeth. He can crawl across a room, slithering like a snake. His favorite place seems to be the bathroom. It may be the cool tile floor. But, our bathroom isn't entirely the cleanest place for him to crawl! Overall he's a great baby, but we really need to get him on a sleep schedule. Liam was a much better sleeper. This little guy, not so much.

Here's Liam:

who can ride a bike almost like a big kid. He is so grown up! He can balance on two wheels and we're just introducing him to pedaling. Soon, he'll be able to ride with Jordan and me and we'll be able to put Ollie in the baby seat! Anyone have any suggestions on how to get him to sleep before 9pm? Seriously, we put him down around 7 or 7:30, but he's up {destroying his room} until 9 or 9:30 pm.

On another note, my husband and I have begun a sort of side business. I know, like we have the time, right? But this is somewhat easy.

There's a web site called, Teachers Pay Teachers, where teachers create and sell things, mainly activities and curriculum. We've decided to make products out of some of the things I use in my classroom and "cutify" them to sell. We just started on Monday and have been able to put up three things this week, with plans for much more. Nothing has sold yet, but we're hopeful.

We've heard some great stories about how teachers have made some substantial money from the web site and look forward to seeing where this new journey will take us.

Social marketing is a bit component of it, and luckily, I already know how to do that through my quilting blog. I did start a teaching blog, and will be blogging there fairly regularly. It's called: What I have learned. I'm able to tell about what I do everyday, so there's a bit more content to tell about.

If you're a teacher or know someone who is, pass along the information about Teachers Pay Teachers. It's a wonderful resource and has transformed my teaching this year!