Home with Tracy

I have never really liked celebrating Valentine's Day. I don't know why, but I've never felt it an important holiday to celebrate. My kids, however, see all of the hearts and candies in the store or treats in magazines and they want to celebrate the holiday. I tried to think of a way to celebrate the holiday in our own way. I came up with Love Bug Bags. I took the kids to the store and each of them picked out four different colored felt sheets. I chose the bottom sheet, red for boys, pink for girls. I then had the kids each sew their own bags. Oh what fun that was! It was their first experience with sewing and I am sure it will not be their last. I cut the bottom sheet in a square, the size of the width of the other felt sheets. The kids sewed up each side with yarn and a yard needle. They sewed the bottom all the way around and then the sides up to 1 inch from the top. After it was all sewn together, I turned it inward so the yard did not show. I then made 1/2 cuts ab

I am very much a home body. I love being home with my kids and I am completely content never leaving. I am trying to change this...slowly. Today the kids and I ventured out to take our two, four month old puppies for their veterinary appointment. I told the kids to get on their shoes and coats and told the boys to get the dogs on their leashes. My oldest daughter could not find one of her boots, so we all stopped what we were doing and looked for it in their room. We couldn't find it. I told her to just throw on her tennis shoes because we were going to be late. The boys put on their shoes, hooked the puppies to their leashes and then tried to get their coats on while trying to hold on to the puppies. It was not going so well. My daughter was taking her time getting her shoes untied so she could put them on so I went over to help her. As I was kneeling down to help her, I found my daughter's boot under the coffee table. I don't know why it took so long to find it since