Helping Others! Kijabe, Kenya!

Ok, here is a link to my shop blog site. I am trying to get the word out about sending handmade clothing, blankets,ect... Also any catheter supplies or medical supplies, they could use also. So if you know anyone who sews and likes crafts, spread the word. Thank you!

http://jennylynnbowtique.blogspot.com/

Crochet Flowers and Pillowcase dresses.

This is the latest pillowcase dress. This dress has a fabric ribbon tie.  The ribbon can be made longer if you like.

Also a new product is the handmade crochet flower with gem center. 

 These crochet flowers come in an assortment of colors, not all colors shown. Can be clipped on headwrap, headband, or hat. I do have some crochet beanies availabel.

 This pin comes in the letters above. A, B, D, H, M, N, P, S.

I have every letter of the alphabet in this monogrammed pin.  I can use it as the center of a crochet flower or as a fluffy clip as above. 

I am going to be making Valentines Dresses this month. 

Email me at jlbowtique@gmail.com with any questions or inquiries.

Caterpillar.

I was dashing around the house today cleaning up, you know, sweeping, sorting, organizing, etc.....
I walk by Sammy's door and spotted her peacefully playing by herself with her ponies and dollies.  It just made my day hearing her soft little voice say "jacket", as she dressed her little pony with some baby doll clothes and "sippy" as she pointed at the dollies play sippy cup. I could have ate her up with a spoon.  She is growing up so fast, my little caterpillar, and becoming a butterfly way too soon!







I love this little girl!  She is the sunshine of my day.  The first thing in the morning she hollers is "Mommy" so I can hear her from the other room  and it just melts my heart and when I push open her door she just smiles from ear to ear.  Love you Sammy! Just keep being sweet ok! Spread your wings and fly pretty girl!

On a whim.

Don't you just love to do something spontaneous! I all of the sudden remembered I had some white chocolate and chocolate morsels and had to use them in something. 






It was much fun and the kids really enjoyed helping and then eating.


There is nothing like a rainbow of sprinkles left for Mama to clean up. That's what Mama's are for Right!!



Earlier before we played with chocolate and sprinkles I tried to capture some of the beautiful Fall colors. I was a little disappointed because I forgot how fast it gets dark in the evening here in North Carolina after the time change. Well, I got some good shots despite the darkness falling. We took a trip up our road to see what we could find.

















This is a big oak tree behind my house.  The sun was setting, it looked like it was on fire as goldish orange as it was.  I Love Fall!!!!! Going out in the morning to see if I can get anymore beautiful colors caught on camera.

Costumes, Food, and Fun.

I finally got around to uploading pics of the Halloween party we had Friday night. The kids had a great time.  Before we had people over I had to decorate and that took some preparation and most of all time. We made some homemade Halloween decorations which I believe turned out really cute! We spent the whole week making these.

Glittery Bats.......


A huge trash bag tarantula.........


Milk Carton Ghosts......... Which by the way look really cute at night.

Check out the scary cemetery




We had some really good food.


Yummy Halloween cupcakes.....


and chocolate covered marshmallow spiders.



We played games like pumpkin bowling.....


The kids wore some really cute costumes........






Let's see... We had a race car driver, a fairy, a butterfly, a princess, a punk rock star, bumblebee transformer, a policeman, a ninja warrior, a pirate, spider man, a cat, a skeleton, and think that is all, not sure. The funny thing is the kids loved the hay the most. When all else fails, get a bale of hay, lol! They love that stuff. They jump off of it, sit on it, jump from one to the other, and rearrange it. 

I will have to say it turned out pretty well and I was exhausted for like 2 days afterwards after all of the preparation, but it was definitely worth it.

Cheap Halloween Fun.

Ok, so I am planning this Halloween party. In my head I have all of these ideas zooming around and have been googling ideas and how to make this and that. So far we have made a trash bag spider http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/trash-bag-tarantula-665445/ and some trash bag ghosts http://www.ehow.com/how_4528099_garbage-bag-halloween-ghost.html. In our Halloween decorations/scene I am going to make a spider web out of white yarn and put a stuffed cat and some little black spiders, and some of those plastic jack-o-lanterns you can get for 50cents to $1 pretty much anywhere like walmart, dollar general, dollar tree.  We got ours at target. 

It is fun for the kids too, they loved wadding up the news papers to stuff the ghosts and spiders. We did a Mr. Potato Head Pumpkin too, those kits are $6 at Target, I couldn't pass it up, the kids loved those too. It's always fun to print off Halloween and Fall coloringhttp://www.kaboose.com/ pages and activity pages. We got ours from http://funschool.kaboose.com/, http://www.kaboose.com/,  and there are tons more. Just google it. There are Disney themed ones and so many more fun sites to print from.  I made coloring books to give out at our party. 

One last thing I did was go to our local library and get some Halloween and Fall books, Halloween movies, and Halloween Cd's.  If they don't have what u want at that particular branch, they can look it up in other branches affiliated with them and let u know what they have available. Our library has a courier who will deliver the items to our branch. CAN YOU SAY FREE FUN!

I will post pictures of our creations soon!

Halloween fun for everyone even ideas for our special needs kids.

So I came across a blog today that I thought had some really great links and ideas for either just playing with your kids or having a Halloween/costume party. I just printed a bunch of the Halloween  coloring pages/activity pages. The kids love them. Also started drumming up in my head about having our own Halloween party. I really enjoyed it because it has some great ideas for kids who are tube fed and/or not as mobile as their peers.  Enjoy and let me know if you have any other fun ideas! !

 (This is a re-post. Original post by Colleen of Finding Our Way Home.)

Kennedy has always enjoyed trick or treating and candy, up until last year. She is now totally reliant on tube feedings and does not enjoy eating, so the typical trick or treating is out! This year I would like to make Halloween fun still and found some great ideas I wanted to share.

Want to have a Halloween party, or celebrate with the family...how about some fun games!

~ Pass the pumpkin is a musical chairs type game involves passing small pumpkins and gourds and when the music stops the person without a pumpkin is out. Play until there is a winner. This sounds like such a great idea for kids that are in wheelchairs vs. the traditional musical chairs. You could play some spooky halloween music.

~Eyeball bouncing by decorating ping pong balls like eyeballs and having the kids try to bounce them into plastic pumpkins...give out small prizes for getting the ball in.

~Halloween Bingo ~make your own bingo pieces with halloween pictures...you could find pics online or have the kids create some themselves.

~Print out some halloween puzzles, games or coloring pages

More Halloween Activities:

Paint/decorate pumpkins ....cutting and painting too hard...try some cool Mr. Potato head kits

(here is one we did)

~Watch a halloween movie

~Read some Halloween books ~We found a cute one that is a sticker book, Skippyjon Jones Costume Crazee. You can dress Skippyjon Jones in different costumes. It is very cute! Need to practice counting...check out A Happy Halloween.

~Visit a pumpkin patch, corn maze, or go on a haunted hay ride.

Have your own costume party, scavenger hunt, or trick or treating with non candy items:

~pencils

~crayons and coloring books

~temporary tattoos

~playdough

~hair accessories or jewelry

~bouncy balls

~plastic animals

~bubbles

~stickers

Want to enjoy some tasty treats? Try tastes of lollipops, spray candies, and Fun dip, cinnamon sticks, and popsicles.

Whatever you do try to remember that Halloween is about having some spooky fun, not eating candy! Does your tube fed child still want to go trick or treating....Trick or Treat for Unicef! Help kids in other parts of the world get the things they need to survive and grow!