Making choices

As a parent one of the hardest part is.... making choices. Making choices like vaccinate, circumcision, surgerys, girls ear piercing. I realize most of this is minor to some people however as a parent I never want my children to come back to me and say I wish you wouldn't have blank. We make some of these choices because society tells us to like circumcision and vaccines. Other are a personal choice like ear piercing. The last example surgeries are because they are or we beileve they are necessary.
Let me explain my thinking society choices like circumcision we hear case after case of how men who were uncircumcised go to become circumcised however you never hear the the other size. Mostly because it's already done there's nothing you can do to change it. I want my son to make the choice however he can't when he's born. I make that decision. My vote without society tell me what to do. Leave it the way God made it if he wants it changed he can change it once it's done you can undo it. Ear piercing also fall into this category for me. 
Vaccines are a sensitive subject as I found out this last week.  I vaccinated my oldest on schedule exempt for once because she was already sick and I didn't want to put more stress on her immune system. However my son didn't get any except the one at the hospital. Why? Because I was not sure what to think. Give my child something that will cause them pain. Plus has harmful ingredient like aluminum, formaldehyde, and "the orginal infect person" most of the time is an aborted baby or aborted animal. Why would I put this in my child expecially when "we" don't know the long term effects of these ingredients over our lifes. Here's a for instance (this is not medically backed or medically accurate in anyway just an example). We know aluminum is a Nero toxin, however with it being in shots like Pc vaccine how do we know it not slowing hurting our brain and cause brain diseases. They say there in no harm in miniscule amount. That like saying a little Crack won't kill so I'm going to do it. These vaccines do keep our country from having huge epidemics of diseases that can kill people as well so what do you do? My answer research and figure out what your comfortable with. (I suggest reading The Vaccine Book by Robert W Sears).
So what do we do as parents? We try our best we make the choices hope and praying we know enough to make the right choices. We question the doctors, society, and ourselves to figure out what is right for our children. Let me say just because it was right for one child doesn't make it the right choice for another.

Sewing Projects

I have recently been hard at work on many sewing projects. I have taken two of my husbands tee shirts and made one really long tee shirts since he has such a problem finding long tee shirts. I have patched up a pair of his cargo shorts and still have to replace the zipper on another pair. I have never replaced the zipper so it has to wait on my mentor (My Mother) for help on that one.
The other projects were my daughters I took an old tube top I never wear since my conviction on modesty and converted it into a long skirt for her. I also had a skirt that was way too big but was on sale for 1.00 that I have fixed. I have to say making skirts for her is one of the easiest projects and may take one full hour to completely sew together. I have plans on making her and Anna our soon to be new addition matching peasant dresses. However I don't have a pattern so I'm using on old dress that RaeLynn my oldest has just about out grown for my basic idea. I also have to get her a swimming suit ready since its getting about that time of year. I also have to make one for myself which should be interesting. My plan is to go to the sporting store and find some speedo type long shorts and sew a skirt on it fro my old bathing suit which has started coming apart at the top and buy a swimming tee for her. Our son is easy he has handy me down swimming trucks and he can go in a regular shirt but I still plan on buying him a swimming shirt. Mine is the hard one since this summer I am pregnant and I don't want to spend 50- 100$ on a bathing suit while I'm pregnant. so ill have to figure something out.
For my sewing project I have taken a pair of scrub pants and made them into a light wait skirt!!! Most of my skirts are maxi type skirts which I LOVE however they do not have pockets and I don't really carry a purse. My son is into backpacks so he carries a backpack with his stuff and I just put my wallet in it and carry my phone or something. I do have a small quilted saddle purse I carry around sometimes. So came the idea of a light weight stretchy (for my ever growing belly) pocketed skirt! I love scrubs anyway and I use to have some before that I wore all the time.
I want to start making most of my daughters cloths and only buy a couple of things here and there. However since I'm not the best sewer I am doing lots of projects to get knowledge and skills of sewing. My mother has agreed to give me her sewing machine at any point I want to take it I just don't have the cabinet clean off and useable or the space to put it where I can use it weekly. Plus I get to use all of her scraps and multi colors of thread if I do it at her house. LOL!
So soon to come will be pictures of the many projects I have completed! hope this inspires some young mom to do more sewing or just learn how. It takes time but it sure is fun the little things that you learn and watching you children in something you made!

Crocheting and update

So I have been slacking on my blog recently. however a general update is that I have found out I'm expecting number three and we are excited to be having another girl. Her name will be Anna Elizabeth Lyons. We plan on giving her a nickname of Annabeth. I have pretty much given up on my paleo diet and am trying to focus on just cooking more at home than going out to eat and balance the meals.
I planned on starting my oldest daughter on her homeschool in January however with finding out I was expecting it delayed things a bit. I sill work with her on her basics. My son is really starting to increase on his vocabulary which means it really time to start working on his sight words, color, and animals. I still haven't found a program I 100 percent am sold on but I still have time.
I have found a new hobby of crocheting. I tried it out with my son and made him a beanie however I wasn't that impressed. Since I found out I was having a girl I have picked it back up and I LOVE IT! I have done two bows a flower and a pair of shoes. My plan now is to crochet a hat for my husband and then another pair of shoes for a friends granddaughter. I have so much I want to crochet and I'm so happy I'm getting better where I don't need my mom to show me or help me read the patterns.
 I plan on sharing some of my creation along with the web address or blog I got them from. Im a cheap person so I haven't paid for any patterns yet.
I also plan on trying my absolute hardest to come up with a schedule before baby Annabeth is born even though I know she will probably disrupt it greatly. I just have never been a schedule kinda person I've tried many time and I will keep trying!