Melted Crayon

On Jayden's birthday, 1-28, I did a load of wash so I could wash the shirt and the back up shirt for Jayden's pictures later that day. In the load of wash I included some new pairs of pants for Jayden, the next size up. I decided his pants were getting too short and I was going to pack some of them away and get out the next size. I normally stock up on bigger sizes during the end of season sales. And now that I have 2 boys born in different seasons I figure if it doesn't fit JJ during the right season it's bound to fit Tanner. Anyway... as I was pulling the clothes out of the dryer I noticed a stain on the knee of a new pair of pants and I was so confused as to how that got there. There was a big brown blob with a grease looking stain around it. Well grease stains are normal in our house, I have no idea why, but they are. I spray them with Lest Oil and they come out, but this was a brand new pair of paints that I just took the tags off. As I kept taking things out I kept noticing similar spots. Then I pulled one piece of clothing out that had purple and yellow spots all over so I tore through the dryer until I found the plastic bag that was the size of 2 crayons that said "Perkins" with some melted stuff still in it. That's right, some generic restuarant crayons just got melted all over my load of wash including the shirt, back up shirt and pants for Jayden's pictures! Luckily the original shirt I wanted him to wear only had a tiny spot on the collar.

So I immediately call my mother in-law and she was wise enough to tell me to look it up on the internet. And this is what I found....

2 max amounts (line 3) of concentrated Tide
1 cup Oxiclean
1/2 cup 20 mule team Borax
1 cup Shout liquid
1 cup white vinegar
I went with warm water...if you can use hot, it will probably be better yet, but I was concerned about shrinking the clothes....Let this agitate for a minute, then add clothes, agitate for another minute to work through, and soak for about an hour and run on a regular, long cycle with extra rinse.

I had to buy the Oxiclean and "20 mule team boarx" so I didn't try it until Saturday and it worked for most of the stuff. There were about 5 pieces that still had stains so I re-soaked those pieces and it got it out a little more and then I just decided to live with it. At least it was out of the new pairs of pants!

Now I just need to make sure to check Jayden's pockets. It's all my fault. Although I would like to blame Dave for putting them in Jayden's pockets... I should always check! I'd like to say "lesson learned" but I'm sure it will happen again.

Here are Jayden's pictures. I didn't get the CD so I scanned them in and they look really dark. His shirt is blue and the back drop is a dark blue.

He did so good and I wish could afford more than 2 poses, but I guess I take enough regular pictures.

The Cake

It's all edible, except the wooden skewers inside the twizzlers!
Isn't it nice?

I found this design on familyfun.com and Dave modified it a little.

Yes, that's right... Dave made it.

He loves to do stuff like this!

I just think it is so cool!!!!!

The cake part is pound cake, we made it from a mix. The kind you buy is just so greasy. The digger part is a twinkie.

The cupcake is supposed to be a pile of dirt. Oh the dirt is crushed oreo that had fudge in the middle instead of the white cream.

JJ's Shirt

Here is the shirt I made for Jayden to wear on his birthday. And he just loved it. He was so excited to wear it. He wore it to the place to get his pictures taken and he was rather upset when he had to take it off. It makes me happy that he likes it.

This is the back. It is supposed to be the number three made out of his hand prints.

Hooter Hider

Here is the first Hooter Hider I made. I made it for my brother's wife. Although I make quilts it's different than sewing seams on something like this. So I did really good and sewed nice straight lines, very close to the edge. I should have taken a close up of my seams because I'm proud of them, but oh well.

For those that don't know, a hooter hider is a nursing cover. You can nurse the baby and see your baby but no one else can and the baby can't rip it off like they can a blanket.
Natalie Edwards made me mine and I love it!!!!!