Bill & Natalie, Audrey Anna, Olivia, & Emma The Jost Family

Well, Bill is finally home now after having been up in Tipton (250 miles away) working. There just hasn't been any work here and it's still week by week. So in the meantime I'm moving away from web design and working toward something more residual to help earn some money while I take care of the kids (web design just took too much time away from them).

I'm designing fabric now!



I have a shop online where I am selling some of the fabric and there is another online store who will be selling some of it too. And I'm making things with it, mostly pillow covers right now because they consume less of me design-wise and time-wise.



Take a look, and tell a friend!

Most of my handmade goods and fabrics: http://olivemanna.etsy.com
My main store: http://olivemanna.com

I was cleaning out the old website and found all of Audrey Anna's old sayings from before and around the time the twins came along. Here they all are!

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regarding conjoined twins
“…but Mom, how would they play hide and seek?”

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“Mom! I forgot to tell you! Blue Light has everything for Easter! I saw it on TV!”
(in a hurt tone, as though she was upset that we didn’t get “everything for Easter” and missed something)

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on a walk
“Mom! Wait for me! I’m the only Audrey you have, remember?”

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AJ: Mom.
Me: What?
AJ: um... Mom?
Me: Yes?
AJ: Mom.
Me: What is it?
AJ: Um... I love you.
Me: Aw, I love you too.
AJ: Heh. I forgot what I was going to say, so I just said I love you.

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“Mom… there’s this movie… called Horton Who… and it has a monkey named Steve Carell”

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“Mom, I like the way you look in this picture. That’s a pretty dress. How come you never wear it?”
(looking at our wedding picture)

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When she's in trouble
“Mommy, can we start the day over again?”

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Knock knock.
Who's there?
Olive.
Olive who?
I love you too!

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“You know what, Mom? I think “Peaches” is a great name for a yellow guy. If I ever see a guy who’s yellow, I’m going to call him “Peaches”.”

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Road Hole
Me: Whoa! Did you feel that?
AJ: What was that?
Me: That was a pothole!
AJ: What's a pothole?
Me: It's a hole in the road.
AJ: Why don't they call it a road hole then?
Me: I don't know. That's a good question.
AJ: Maybe they call it a pothole because it looks like a pot.

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When she's up to something
“It’s okay, Mom. Everything’s okay.”

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“I wonder what happens when you run out of caterpillars.”

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“Mom, I’m hungry. Can’t you see this is my hungry face?”

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“Mom, I need my sign on my door so I know it’s my room. Or else I’ll think it’s the bathroom and I’ll go in THERE when I need to go potty instead!”

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Pause the movie Mom. I'm going to get a straw for my soda.
OK.
And don't play it till I get back.
I won't, I promise.
Mom! Remember? You said not to promise because you might not be able to keep it.
You're absolutely right, honey, I shouldn't have said promise.

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Not a commercial
“It’s not a commercial, it’s the show between the show.”

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Imaginary Friends
“Mom, Annie wants magic lucky charms and I want Cheerios.”

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Obedience
Do you remember when we talked about obedience?
Yes.
Do you remember what it means?
Listen to Mommy and Daddy and do what you say.
Very good! And what does it mean when you’re obedient?
That I love you.
Right! And it means you love God because God made us your parents and being obedient makes God happy too. So what else does obedient mean?
You and Daddy listen to God and do what he says.
Smarty pants. What does it mean when Mommy and Daddy are obedient to God?
That you love Him. And me.

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Now or Later
Do you want one piece of candy now, or 3 pieces of candy later?
Now.
Are you sure?
I sure.
You’re sure you don’t want 3 pieces of candy and you only want one.
Now.
Okay, but you won’t get 3 later.
Now.
Later comes…
Remember when we played Now or Later? Well it’s later now and you could have 3 pieces of candy, but you said you wanted one.
Can we play again?

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Who was that, Mommy?
That was a man who doesn’t have a home.
Oh. Then we have to take him to our home.

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“…and Mommy and Daddy are married.”
“I didn’t know you were married! Who are your kids?”
Sweeping my hand across the room to the girls, “The three of you!”
“There’s three of me?!”

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ME: “Honey, I need to work for a few minutes so I can make some money.”
AJ: “No… Dad makes the money.”

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