Extreme Makeover: Fabric Edition Contestants

First I wanted to say a great big thank you to all of you for all of your encouraging comments on my last post. I was beginning to wonder if I was making a big deal out of nothing or being overly dramatic.  But it is a BIG deal and it's my responsibility as Elijah's mommy to be his advocate... and so I will!

And now, the moment you've been waiting for!  

Meet our contestants

 -in no particular order-

Andi @ Laundry on the Line

Ellie @ Homestitched

Angie @ Mama Lusco Handmade

Katie @ Emerald Hills

Erin @ Munchkin Makings

Kristen

Mandy @ Sugar Bee Crafts

Amy @ Little Country Bumpkins

Bumps, Bruises, Cuts, Scrapes & Staples

If you're a mom then you know the feeling you get when you see the name of your child's school show up on the caller ID.

Before anyone says a word on the other line of that phone, your stomach drops to your knees and your 2 mile long to-do list gets shoved into the trash.

Most of the time it's something really silly.  Mikey forgot his glasses.  Elijah has pink eye.  Mikey's got a tummy ache.  Elijah has pink eye again.  Mikey broke his glasses.  You get the point... nothing Earth shattering right?

Yesterday I received that dreaded phone call, only this time, as the school nurse tried to explain what had happened, the sound of my 5 year old crying in the background was all I could hear.

I scrambled around trying to find two matching shoes & cursing myself for not following the Fly Lady's instructions in case this very thing happens.

I made it to the school pretty quickly and by then Elijah had calmed down.  The nurse explained that he had been pushed by another student into the metal door frame in the hallway and busted the back of his head open.  The cut was fairly small but it was still bleeding after applying pressure and she was worried that it might need stitches.

We left the nurses office and passed the little boy responsible... sitting on the "sad stump" with a smug look on his face.  I knew before I saw him who he was.  I knew before Elijah said his name exactly who had pushed him.  I knew it was the same boy that spits on my son.  The same boy that calls him names.  The same boy that I saw run over another little boy half his size on a tricycle.

In the emergency room the doctor takes a look and quietly tells me that Elijah needs two staples.  

It was over and done with as quick as it took to pierce a little girls ears and with a tool that looked remarkably similar.  No tears.  He was a champ.

via wikimedia.org

We drowned our sorrows with a couple of milkshakes and headed home to show Daddy the metal in his head as he calls it.

Now

I'm not mad at anyone.  I don't feel the need to place the blame.  Boys will be boys and push and shove and I'm sure Elijah has a dozen more head injuries to come.

BUT

As Elijah's Mommy, I need to know what we can do to make sure this doesn't happen again.

I need to know that I did what I could to prevent any future injuries.

AND

I need to know that this kid wont be pushing my son (or anyone else for that matter) around anymore.

SO

I took Elijah back up to the school.

To show off his shiny staples.

And make sure they know that this little boy put staples in my sons head.

But

  

Instead of being reassured that they take bullying seriously and they would be watching this little boy closely, they tell me that Elijah was pushing too (THEY WERE FIGHTING OVER WHO WAS LAST IN LINE AND WERE TOLD TO STOP AND THE OTHER BOY TURNED AROUND AND PUSHED ELIJAH WITH TWO HANDS) and the boy has been "punished".  

Case closed.

I used the word bully and they grimaced and acted like because the boy is aggressive with all the kids in the class and doesn't seem to single Elijah out that this isn't a true case of bullying.

Huh?

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Wow.  I guess I didn't realize how angry I was about this whole thing until I started writing up this post and trying to get my head around it.  All day today and yesterday I've been having flashbacks of another incident that happened to Elijah 3 years ago at daycare.

Click here for the story on kltv.com

Since then I've tried to just sort of forget the whole thing.  It makes me so angry and there's not any good that can come from being that angry.  

But now it seems that these staples have stirred all that up again.

Honeysuckle Pettiskirt Giveaway

Are you on the edge of your seat!

I've been so excited, all morning, to post the winner of my first giveaway ever!

But first I had to learn how to get the random number.

Super easy with the True Random Number Generator from random.org

After I figured out that my winner was the 30th comment I had to go count the comments.  Thank goodness it wasn't #67 or something like that huh? 

Every time I counted I got a different comment thanks to the 3 year old helping me count... there has to be an easier way to do this!

Well there is! 

So I had to go learn how to number my comments and let me tell ya... it just looks easy folks.

But I couldn't possibly drag this post out any more than I've already done so the winner of the Honeysuckle Pettiskirt is...

Congratulations Kristen from Hudi's World!  

It looks like you've got a cute little girl that it should fit perfectly too!  

Enjoy!

Sometimes... I'm a dingbat.

So I was reading over some emails and my last Extreme Makeover post and realized that I told everyone we'd reveal our contestants today! 

Ooops!

I can't imagine what I was thinking?  April and I have had the 11th of April down as the starting date for our destash competition for some time now.  

Sometimes I'm just really flighty.

So if you're here to see us announce our contestants I hate to disappoint... really I do.

BUT

That means you have more time to send in your photos to be considered as a contestant!

What are you waiting for?!

More details?  Maybe you're just being a big scaredy cat?  Maybe you don't think you've got enough fabric to qualify?  Maybe you've got so much fabric that if you open your fabric closet to take pictures, it'll all fall down on top of you and no one would find you for days?  Hey it could happen!

How about I share some more details so you'll see how things are going to work?  Then you'll be excited... not scared right?

Okay, every week we'll have a theme and you'll make something, anything, you'd like for that theme.  

For example, if the theme is... ummm...  "Road Trip"... you could make a fabric book for the car or a giant mat for toy cars or a pair of pants out of fabric covered in cars! (okay bad example but you get the point right!)  

Readers will vote on the item(s) you made.

You will be awarded points based their votes and the total amount of fabric you used! (the more the better!)

So if you make a comforter that uses a ton of fabric and the voters think is pretty awesome then you could easily take the prize but a pair of baby shoes (even if they're absolutely adorable) not so much!

See!  That's not so bad!  You can totally do that!

Now go grab a camera and a hard hat and go open that fabric closet!

Spring Fling Pettiskirt!

Today's the day!! 

The day I get to give away a fun, fluffy pettiskirt to one of my lucky readers!

And even though I'm super excited about my 1st giveaway EVER, I'm so tired that I'm literally nodding off while writing this (more on that later)!!  So if my post is riddled with typos and misspellings don't write me off as a lazy and uneducated ... just tired!

But here's your shot at getting a brand new high quality pettiskirt in the official color of Spring 2011, Honeysuckle!

So how do you enter?

Mandatory Entry

Follow me and leave me a comment letting me know you do!

Additional Entries 

Follow Wildflowers & Whimsy's page 

Grab a button for your blog (Bree and/or Extreme Makeover)

Please leave separate comments for each entry.

This giveaway closes at 12:01AM April 5th

The Spring Fling is almost over!

Have you enjoyed it?

Have you been lucky enough to win anything?

You've still got a handful of chances to get in on the action!

Here's today's giveaways!!

Bare Feet on the Dashboard
$25 credit to Bare Feet on the Dash Designs

By the Bluegrass

 Fabric Tray

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for MY giveaway!

Textationary

Last week I was running around in town.  Doing some shopping... a doctor appointment... you know, normal mom stuff.  It was just about noon so I thought maybe it would be nice to meet up with Mr. Extra Ordinary for lunch.  

So I did what everyone does when they need to talk with someone on the other side of town.

I drove to his work and left a note on his truck.

Huh?

What are we in high school again?

How primitive, right?

You see, last week I didn't have a cell phone.

No.  I didn't just lose mine somewhere at the bottom of my purse or forget to charge it.  

I was simply the last person in America to get a cell phone!

Later that night I got on AT&T and ordered one.

$19 and 2 days later my iPhone 3GS arrived on my door step.

So I've been playing with it and getting to know it over the last couple of days.  Wowee!  What took me so long!  I love this thing.

And because it's mine, all mine, I can make it as girly as I want without hearing it from Mr. Extra Ordinary!

Yesterday I found this app that dolls up your emails and text messages.

It's like text stationary... textationary?

Anyhow, it's called Red Stamp and the app is completely free!!

 Some of my favs

It's so easy to use and did I mention that it's free!!

Definitely go check out redstamp.com