Little Girl’s Headscarf Tutorial
My dear friend sent my kids a package today, and one of the gifts inside was a lovely little girl’s headscarf. It looks absolutely darling on my daughter, and it looked like it might be so simple to make. Turns out it was –…
Mapping My Mind
Working on a ‘mindmap’ today to help outline a writing project I’ve got buzzing around up there in said mind. Also, take a look at the bunny we made for a rousing game of ‘Pin the Tail on the Bunny’: Its hard to tell…
Creation Station
I went to such a fun place today – my daughter went to a friend’s birthday party at Creation Station. It’s a crafts store meets junk shop meets art studio. The party was in the back studio room, and the kids (and grownups) had…
Picnic Madness
What a busy day today – I have been going nonstop since early this morning! My projects today drew on my mom creative juice, since I had to come up with two separate picnics for two different concerts. First up was a lunchtime picnic…
50 Things To Make And Do
Vivi got a book for her birthday called “50 Things to Make and Do” and it seems like a pretty fun book. She spent the morning looking through it and picking out projects to try. She originally had a list of six things she…
Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
Today my baby girl turns five, and we made this cake for her party with her family tonight: Its surely a candidate for Cake Wrecks (although that’s professional cakes) but we had a lot of fun decorating it. Princesses courtesy of Vivi (FYI the…
Fairy House Underway
I’m making a fairy house for the garden as a surprise for the kids. Tonight I got the house framed and glued. Next I need to figure out how to side it and work on the roof. Once the house is done I’ll find…
Clown Bean Bag Toss
We made a family project this morning at the suggestion of Vivi – a clown bean bag toss game. I took a large sheet of cardboard and drew a clown face on it, then cut big holes at the eyes and mouth. Viv colored…
Salmon Burgers and French Fries
Tonight I made a delicious dinner of salmon burgers with spinach and tomato slices, oven french fries and cucumber salad. However, if I didn’t photograph it did it really happen?
Coloring with the Kiddos
This morning the kids and I all sat down on the living room floor and had a major drawing/coloring session. Unfortunately for this post, it eventually segued into a wrestling/fighting session and my drawings were destroyed in the melee. It was nice while it…
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