babies

It's moments like these that remind me why I love being a mom.
The other day, after her nap, Portia woke up and started drawling a picture and telling me a story about Ceena, the girl/mermaid who got chased by a bear, and how she escaped.
Margot woke up and came to climb in my lap. She pointed to the tv and grunted. I said "Oh, do you want to watch a show?" And she nodded her little head. When did she get so big?
These girls are so cute!

I be Pinnin'

I made a scarf that I found on Pinterest. I'm on there probably a million times a day, but I rarely make stuff that I find. Well, today I did!

Here's the original Pin; http://indulgy.com/post/DHfddH4aR1/fringe-scarf-to-make-for-a-rainy-day

I took a ratty old T-shirt that I used to wear all the time (hence the stains and stretched-out-edness),

and I cut it in half.

 Then I cut strips,

and then pulled each strip.

And that's it! Took me about 15 minutes, and it's super cute!

I even made a little one for Portia.

Happy Birthday Carrie!

Ok, ok, Carrie's birthday isn't for another month. BUT I made a really awesome present for her, and couldn't wait. Here's my inspiration: http://www.hellopapermoon.com/2012/08/spellbound-harry-potter-inspired-spell.html

I bought a leather-bound book, 

And I printed out Harry Potter related awesomeness onto sticker paper, 

 and made a little Spell Journal!

It's pretty sweet, if I do say so myself.

FHE

Tonight was Family Home Evening night for us here in the Rawlinson house, and what a night it was!

If you don't know what Family Home Evening is, here's a link: http://www.lds.org/topics/family-home-evening?lang=eng

Since Halloween is fast approaching, we had a Jack-O-Lantern themed FHE! I got the idea from a blog I came across, and adapted it to fit our family. The idea was to use a jack-o-lantern as an object lesson to teach Matt 5:16 (let your light so shine).

I told Portia that we were going to learn about our spirits and letting our lights shine to others, and then we sang a song and said a prayer. I then asked Portia if she remembered what we were going to learn about. She thought for a moment and said "ummm, Harry Potter?" Yes, I probably could teach a lesson about Harry Potter. Heck, I could teach a whole college course about Harry, but that's not the point.

We got back on track, and I turned all the lights in the house off and pulled the curtains shut. It was pretty dark. I then lit a small candle.
We talked about how it's kinda scary when it's dark, but when we turn a light on, even a small one, it makes a big difference.
I started to tell Portia that we have a spirit inside of us. I said "Portia, you have a spirit inside of you." She looked at me kinda weirdly and pointed to her bum and said "In here?"

We got back on track again.

I told Portia that we all have a spirit inside of us that makes us love and learn, and that spirit can be a light to others, when we are good. We then talked about ways we can each be good. Portia decided she can be good by being reverent at church and by sharing her toys with Margot. Margot tried to grab the candle's flame and when I pulled it away, she yelled at me. She's working on it.

Then we moved our little party outside and carved a pumpkin!

He's pretty cute.



And we ate roasted pumpkin seeds.

Yum!

we love to read!

I took the girls to the Norman Library's book sale this afternoon! There were probably a million people there, it was nuts! I had to park way down the street because the library parking lot was full, along with the park accross the street.
The sale is a brown bag sale. Basically, you are given a brown paper bag, and everything that fits in it is $5.
We got about 30 books for $5. I got mostly children's books, but a few for me too. It was awesome!!

faces

Portia makes some pretty sweet faces.

Game Day

Today was the OU/Texas game! 

Check out my game day babies:

Touchdown!

We were in a great mood, since OU totally smashed the Longhorns! Wooo!

BOOMER SOONER!