Ginger Bread House

I made a felt Ginger Bread House!  It's really cute, come check it out in my etsy shop!

Recycled T Shirt Bags

I keep hearing about grocery stores wanting to charge money for plastic bags, so I'm now offering recycled T Shirt Grocery Bags at my shop.  I sell them pretty cheap compared to others, I can even make them for you out of your own T Shirts if you want for a couple bucks a piece.  They're really strong and durable and hold a lot more than plastic grocery bags and of course are earth friendly!

New Items

I've added a few more items at my store

Little Dancer Silhouette 

This is a jellyfish bow holder

I made this Pillowette for my grandma's birthday

The Clinger Family Blog Has Moved!

The clinger family blog has moved to www.clingerfam.blogspot.com.  This blog will now be dedicated to my new online business, Ivy and Violets, where I will be selling a variety of handmade items, including but not limited to my Pillowettes, custom embroidery, wall hangings, and other girly type things.

My Esy Store is Now Open!

My etsy store is now open.  To visit it, go to: www.ivyandviolets.etsy.com

I have my silhouette pillows, which I'm now calling Pillowettes, on there along with a baby blessing gown.  I have plans to add more things, but for now that's all I've got!  Stop by and take a looksee!

Sea Port Village

For our after-church-outing today, we went to Sea Port Village.  I like to pack a lunch and if I have time- clothes and we head out right after church.   Again, like Balboa Park last week, it was really busy, but we got a rockin parking space right were we wanted to lunch.  The habit has been to scarf down our food, because who isn't hungry right after church, and then we lay back on the blankets and rest, while the boys run rampantly around.  Then, wherever we are we take a little walk around and look at stuff, and just as the boys start to get a little cranky we leave, so it turns out beautifully.  Another wonderful Sunday together as a family.  Sea Port Village was nice and warm, but breezy as usual, and the shade cool enough for it to be nothing but enjoyable.  We got some great pics as usual, and some with me as well, which almost never happens!

Mama Mia!

 Tonight my mom, Yessica, Candela (my mom's exchange student), Violet, and I all went to see Mama Mia!  It was totally cute, I love Abba, and musicals, Meryl Streep, and Greece, so basically it was perfect.  What was worth writing about though was cute little Violet.  Over the summer we've gone to the free movies that play on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so I already knew that she could handle the darkness and the loud just fine, plus it was already late so I figured she'd just fall asleep anyway.  I was wrong.  She wanted to watch it, and she did for about forty-five minutes.  Not only did she watch it though, she squealed and laughed, and cooed... it was so cute, she was so excited!

There was one scene where Meryl Streep is helping her daughter get ready for the wedding and she starts singing Slipping through my fingers, which is all about a mother watching her daughter growing up and here I was holding my own sweet daughter.  But, surprisingly the thought of her wasn't what was making me tear up, I started to think about my sweet little boys, and how they're about to start school and how fast time has gone and will keep going...  I love them all so much!  I

'm a little obsessed with Violet right now, but I really, truly love my little boys so much and I'm so excited for them to be going to school but I still worry so much.  I hope they fit in and I

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pe they're as good there as they are at home.  I can't believe they've grown so tall and handsome, and they're so smart.  I am so blessed.