tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:20:51 +0000The life and times of a Kozy family.http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/blog@kozycarrier.com (KozyWare)Blogger55125KozyKonversationshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-8475267468193115311Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-03-09T04:55:40.350-05:00AttachmentInstinctive parentingCo-sleepingfamilyraising babyI have been asked over the years how we work out our co-sleeping arrangement with all the kids in 1 bed.  Right now we have all 5 in the bed with us (pictures below).  The older 3 (5,7, and 9) would probably be fine sleeping in another room together if we encouraged them to do so.  They often do when they have friends over and they LOVE camping out in the living room, just the 3 of them.  But http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/XHnimxjGaXw/our-family-bed-how-we-make-it-work.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/XHnimxjGaXw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/03/our-family-bed-how-we-make-it-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-7989298778170649814Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:27:00 +00002010-03-04T02:27:53.768-05:00random musingsSorry I have been MIA for the past few weeks.  Get this . . . my "high speed" was out!  (note I put "high speed" in quotes, because calling it that is questionablee).  You know, I can function fine as long as the things around me function, but when my "high speed" goes out or the computer quits working . . . it is extremely frustrating . . . because I don't really have the time or mental energy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/P2u1TLiHBck/im-back.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/P2u1TLiHBck" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/03/im-back.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-1896323707488265596Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:06:00 +00002010-02-13T23:06:00.676-05:00familyHolidaysThen  1993-1994      1995-1996  Married in 1998 NOW   2003 2005   2007  2008   2009      5 kids and counting Much LOVE to you this Valentines Day Piper and Xian 2007 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/EacPoXpEJIY/happy-valentines-day.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/EacPoXpEJIY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/happy-valentines-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-6130405349993465088Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +00002010-02-12T23:00:00.468-05:00Kid CraftsSo Crafty  So we decorated these tissue boxes for Valentines day, for the kids to put their valentines in.  I got the idea from the Family Fun magazine/website.  So afterwords I was left with a dilemma.  I don't typically buy tissues in boxes like this so I bought 4 boxes for the kids to decorate and I was left with a pile of tissues.  So here I am looking at the tissues trying to figure out what to do http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/7xBWYBrEJuk/decorative-tissue-boxes.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/7xBWYBrEJuk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/decorative-tissue-boxes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-7732841285199509771Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:54:00 +00002010-02-12T03:54:00.166-05:00Kid CraftsSo CraftyHolidaysOur local natural families group had a valentines party last week.  I have been in a crafty mood for the last few months so of course I was wanting to do some cool crafts with the kids.  I really like the Family Fun website because they have cool recipes and crafts for each season and holiday.  It is a great place to get ideas and that is where I got all of these.  I also get the family fun http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/mHI8os6dp04/valentines-day-stuff.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/mHI8os6dp04" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/valentines-day-stuff.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-4364295944466683663Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:52:00 +00002010-02-11T22:20:45.875-05:00familyrandom musingsI know you may be getting tired of all my snow pictures (especially those of you who get a lot of snow like this) but I had to post just a few more.  This is totally historic for us!We got another snow last night and today, on top of our almost 3 ft. from a few days ago. We are guessing it was around a foot or so but it was impossible to really measure it because it really was a blizzard!!  The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/ffKCVkWpMJE/blizzard-of-2010-part-3.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/ffKCVkWpMJE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/blizzard-of-2010-part-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-1362596701483097091Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:19:00 +00002010-02-08T11:22:21.098-05:00familyrandom musingsHere is an update from my previous post. We figured the total snow fall at around 33-34".  We had to average because it was blowing around so much.  No place measured less than 30" but we had some spots that were 4 foot.  The stuff was blowing around a lot. Piper trying to walk around Piper and Arah in one of the many trenches Charlie dug around the house Charlie built a fort.  The snow was so http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/gkSy16moW_E/blizzard-of-2010-part-2.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/gkSy16moW_E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/blizzard-of-2010-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-8864088046713318656Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:31:00 +00002010-02-08T11:21:20.558-05:00familyrandom musingsWell technically not a blizzard, but that is what they are calling it on the news. DC has reportedly the most snow in 90 yrs. We are northwest of DC and have over 30" so far from where Charlie measured in the middle of the yard, though some areas are much deeper . . . and it is STILL snowing (as you can see in these pix).  I want to take a picture of the kids out in the snow but I am probably http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/R7hrqYTGU0M/blizzard-of-2010.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/R7hrqYTGU0M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/blizzard-of-2010.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-7824323855249917322Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:03:00 +00002010-02-04T20:24:48.800-05:00Family FunMy kidsfood recipes  Or as the kids have been calling them, squid dogs (on the count of they look like squid)!  Sounds gross but it is a really cool twist to the traditional hot dog (and spaghetti for that matter).  I saw them in the latest issue of Family Fun Magazine and after having a stomach bug last week (always fun right?) I figured we were due for something special. They are super easy to make (takes a bit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/gwzHaYk_uvc/hairy-hot-dogs.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/gwzHaYk_uvc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/02/hairy-hot-dogs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-814401849691051020Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:53:00 +00002010-01-26T03:01:11.448-05:00kozySo, what happens when you run out of prints that are not re-orderable?  You have to get new ones! (that is the fun part!!)  We just recently got these in so we haven't had time to take action pictures yet . . . but soon.  You can find them at the site HERE So introducing . . . Salem We like to always have a couple stripes available, and this one would look great with all 3 strap colors, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/JUhdleHnnyo/new-kozy-fabrics.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/JUhdleHnnyo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/new-kozy-fabrics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-270468792936179525Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:16:00 +00002010-01-21T05:23:59.258-05:00DIYPregnancySo Crafty  Casts of all of my pregnant bellies, from left to right.  00, 02, 04, 07, 09 I have had a few people ask me how to do these so I figured since I have done like 7 of them I'd put up a tutorial.  Well OK, so I have only really done 1 (for a friend).  Charlie (my hubby) technically did the other 6 (2 with my first pregnancy and one with each of the other 4). I am so, so glad we had the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/4DIGa0DaDds/make-your-own-pregnant-belly-cast.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/4DIGa0DaDds" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/make-your-own-pregnant-belly-cast.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-8454880377952192001Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:48:00 +00002010-01-12T03:40:04.279-05:00cultural issuesCircumcisionAttachmentraising babyI have a lot of opinions on a lot of things (those of you who know me are nodding your heads right now, LOL).  But as passionate as I am about birth, parenting, politics, natural stuff etc. I probably feel strongest about circumcision!! I could go on and on with my various thoughts and opinions, as they are many (I have 4 whole, beautiful intact boys) and believe me, eventually I will, but for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/igTWtBnNtyI/circumcision-educate-yourself.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/igTWtBnNtyI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/circumcision-educate-yourself.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-2376790569039454439Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:15:00 +00002010-01-09T01:33:06.650-05:00DIYHomesteadingfood recipes I know when you think about homemade butter you envision someone sitting on their front porch on a hot summer day, big butter churn, in dress and bonnet, just churning away for hours only stopping to wipe the sweat off of her brow. OK people it is totally is NOT like that.  It is actually pretty easy and quick. We drink raw milk (which we love) and one of the best things about it is that the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/T78oP0OrKj0/homemade-butter.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/T78oP0OrKj0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/homemade-butter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-998446201329609305Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:30:00 +00002010-01-07T11:11:35.522-05:00random musingsWe live up on top of a mountain.  It isn't a huge mountain, around 2500 ft.  It is a pretty good climb up a narrow windy road though (which the neighborhood paves in the snow thank goodness!!).  We don't have a view from our house, we have 1 1/2 acres of completely flat land . . . it is totally flat at the very top, running the length of the mountain ridge.  But we have some great views driving http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/oUe4qXKkeNY/misty-morning-gods-handiwork.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/oUe4qXKkeNY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/misty-morning-gods-handiwork.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-8264863046483049529Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:30:00 +00002010-01-05T00:30:00.335-05:00Thrace upper right first followed by upper left followed by lower right 3 teeth in 1 week at 6mo (it was a couple wks ago) Add to that him also having a pretty bad cold and ear infection (a first for any of my 5 kids) and us preparing for the holidays (you know all the stuff I had to make) and it equals a whole lot of craziness!! Love him! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/sL8mlfal1xE/we-have-breakthrough.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/sL8mlfal1xE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/we-have-breakthrough.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-7767346455894471179Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:17:00 +00002010-01-04T00:17:00.283-05:00kozyKid CraftsSo Crafty More gifts I made for Christmas.  This time 2 pointy kitties from the awesome free pattern from Wee Wonderfuls  I saw these online and I fell in love with them!!  Too cute!  I call them Kozy Kitties because they were made with scrap Kozy fabric and, well, the pictures of them were taken at Kozy!  I think I am going to make a Kozy mascot out of our most popular Windy Day print (we have some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/oBKYOKwpGUo/kozy-kitties.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/oBKYOKwpGUo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/kozy-kitties.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-6013520627485453524Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:15:00 +00002010-01-03T00:15:52.892-05:00ThracekozyfamilyHolidaysWe had our annual family new years party at Kozy this year.  The whole fam on my side (parents, sisters, 14 grandkids) all go to the Kozy headquarters and have a party, food etc. and then we spend the night.  The kids have a ball. They bring their newest gifts (this year we had lots of scooters, and RC cars . . . last year it was skate shoes and video games).  We usually pitch tents or get out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/GwupFM9UutY/happy-new-year.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/GwupFM9UutY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2010/01/happy-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-8384856818746622622Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:16:00 +00002009-12-30T13:16:00.284-05:00Kid CraftsSo CraftyGetting around to posting more Christmas gifts. I got the idea for these cute little things from the blog Skip to my Lou.  She has a really easy to follow tutorial there so check it out!!  I made them as Christmas gifts for the nieces and Piper.  They thought they were so cool! I changed things up a bit.  I was using scraps of fabric that I had lying around (many old Kozy scraps that were too http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/9L50H52Gcjk/crayon-cozies.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/9L50H52Gcjk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/crayon-cozies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-2784648962614882727Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:42:00 +00002009-12-29T01:20:52.226-05:00kozyOk our little sister Karla (the one who just got married) did this Kozy Commercial for us a while ago.   I have been meaning to put it up and we finally put it on the site so I figured it was a good time to blog about it. She did this video all on her own, with her friends and some of the cool new prints we have (which she also picked out). Karla is just so uber cool!!  I mean I like to think Ihttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/Hu0dQMfIvNQ/kozy-commercial.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/Hu0dQMfIvNQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/kozy-commercial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-5261419398652698942Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:12:00 +00002009-12-26T17:12:03.269-05:00My kidsHolidaysWell I had this scheduled to post on Christmas day but for some reason it didn't. So I am posting it now (late). The kids wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a great holiday season!! Merry Christmas from my elves Send your own ElfYourself eCards Who can resist a disco Send your own ElfYourself eCards Yee-Haw . . . Merry Christmas Send your own ElfYourself eCards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/6TN8XEwu7-k/3-christmas-greeting-from-kids.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/6TN8XEwu7-k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/3-christmas-greeting-from-kids.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-3444376583853436612Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:30:00 +00002009-12-23T02:30:00.160-05:00Kid CraftsSo CraftyHolidays The kids made cute lighted jars as Christmas gifts this year, but I saw this idea for making felt coasters in the Family Fun magazine and I really wanted to try those too. The article called for a roll of cork and self stick felt.  Well I didn't find either.  So I used these cork tiles that I found at Walmart in the office section and we used regular felt squares (super cheap at JoAnns or http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/lRltDS1ZZ3o/homemade-felt-coasters.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/lRltDS1ZZ3o" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/homemade-felt-coasters.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-8741532345282983845Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:14:00 +00002009-12-22T02:14:04.130-05:00Kid CraftsSo CraftyHolidays OK now that our family Christmas party is over I can post about some of these! I saw these really cute decorated Halloween jars after Halloween. I was so bummed that I had missed my chance to make them, but I figured that hey, we could just do Christmas jars instead!!  I really thought the kids would enjoy making them, so we made some for us and then we decided to give them as gifts to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/qtdbQIM5RkM/lighted-christmas-jars.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/qtdbQIM5RkM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/lighted-christmas-jars.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-5553156524887552404Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:18:00 +00002009-12-16T10:18:44.920-05:00DIYKid CraftsSo Crafty  Aren't these cute?  I LOVE them!  I am making Crayon Rolls (or Crayon Cozies, for holding crayons) for my nieces as Christmas gifts (I'll post pictures of those later), but the younger one (age 2) is a bit young, so I was looking for an alternative to give her.  These crayon rounds are the perfect size for her (and Ever).  Of course were she still putting things in her mouth, I would have to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/RgWydMCCCWg/homemade-crayon-rounds.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/RgWydMCCCWg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/homemade-crayon-rounds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-7257682221657070036Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +00002009-12-06T19:22:02.683-05:00familyHolidays I finally got the family pictures from my dad!!  Here is the whole Davis (my maiden name of course) clan!! Well, minus Karla and James as they couldn't get the time off to come up to VA this year (after having just taken 2 wks off for their honeymoon). Left to Right Chris (Kristi's husband), Esther (Kim's daughter), Gingie (my mom), Kristi and Jackson, Papa (my dad), Kim and Shiloh, her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/87h7b34a4jw/our-family-thanksgiving.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/87h7b34a4jw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/our-family-thanksgiving.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188813933369732935.post-1438852207953004860Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:00:00 +00002009-12-06T05:21:34.815-05:00food recipesHolidaysSo I am finally getting around to posting about Thanksgiving.  I know I had mastitis a couple days before TG but I was determined to make this Turkey cake I saw over at the Family Fun website. I made my 2 butter cakes in bowls (they were the light meat) and a spice cake in a bread pan (the dark meat, and it overflowed all over my oven UGH).  I also made 2 pecan pies.  Then I packed it all up to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~3/6IMBXqqfe9I/pilgram-hats-and-turkey-cake.htmlkelley@kozycarrier.com (Kelley)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KozyKonversations/~4/6IMBXqqfe9I" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.kozycarrierblog.com/2009/12/pilgram-hats-and-turkey-cake.html