Booster Seat

Sometimes I feel as though every time I blink we hit another milestone! The move to a booster seat was the most recent. Only one car so far as the carseat in mine has higher limits. But, when Dylan hit the 40" mark last month, he hit the height limit on the carseat in Trent's car so we went shopping for a replacement and moved up to a high back booster. He's loving his new "big boy" seat and, thankfully, not refusing the carseat still when he rides...

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Chalkboard Wine Labels

What happens when a friend is planning a party and also follows you on Pinterest? You get random emails asking you to recreate something you just pinned. ;) Which is how another pin that might have been a "someday" became a quick reality! The party was for her husband's 40th birthday and she wanted to give out small wine bottles for favors. Where I came in - creating custom chalkboard labels to add to the bottles. The tutorial I had pinned was...

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Blurb Flash Sale

If you've been considering a photo book, a custom planner, a book of your blog, etc - now is a good time to mark it off the to do list. Blurb is having a flash sale today through Monday, February 25th which means you can save 25%. Blurb Flash Sale| 2/22/13-2/25/13 | Discount Code: FLASH25OFF I've been very happy with my Blurb custom planner. Now that I'm working again, it's filling up with events and appointments. I...

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girls night

Admittedly the title is semi-deceiving as our husbands were there too. But, given the rare occasion we get out of the house without kids, dressed up and get together - the night deserved a girls only photo and it's own page. :) These are 4 of the 5 ladies that I am so blessed to have become friends with during a prenatal water aerobics class 4 years ago. Amazing how that one class led to our playgroup and friendships that I have relied on a lot...

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Paper Plate Dinosaur

Dinosaurs continue to be a big hit in this house. As part of celebrating Draw a Dinosaur Day at the end of January, we also made a paper plate dinosaur. Here's how ... Supplies paper plate markers, crayons or paint to color the plate scissors brads (glue or tape could also be used) Start by coloring a paper plate. We used markers, but crayons or paint would also work. Cut the plate into 3 pieces as shown below by cutting it in half and then...

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The Toddler Room

Grateful I thought to take photos last week of Dylan's "toddler room" as it's already transitioning into a "big boy" room with the arrival of his new twin bed this past weekend. His room was the first to be completed after our move. I wasn't sure how he would take the new room and new house so I set out to get his room set up as fully as possible before he even arrived. That meant little details like getting curtains hung happened immediately. A...

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[almost] Wordless Wednesday: Valentines

Glad I thought to grab these on clearance last year after the holiday so Dylan is ready for his class party tomorrow! Linking up to Wordless Wednesday and Sarah Halst...

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Heart Penguin

Dylan created this adorable penguin a couple weeks ago: It started off as a bunch of hearts. I forgot to take photos of the pieces & process, but if you want to help your child make one it's very simple. Cut 5 hearts of various sizes out of colored construction paper - a large one in black, medium one in white, and three smaller ones in orange. Cut a bow of out another color if you would like. Ours was a blue bow tie, but you could also make...

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Afternoon Treat

Earlier in the week, Dylan & I took advantage of the warm weather and stopped by Goodberry's for an afternoon treat. Supplies: February Blueprint Challenge template; Love is in the Air mini kit by Sara Schmutz; Little Beachy papers by Sarah Sullivan; Layered Stitches by Vanessa Fenton; Vanity Fair - Persimmon elements by Jen Allys...

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Wordless Wednesday: Paper Heart Wreath

Inspired by this Pin Linking up to Wordless Wednesday and Sarah Halst...

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Super Bowl XLVII

Yesterday was our first at home, by ourselves Super Bowl Sunday in several years. It was perfectly awesome too. While I've loved our fun with friends the past few Super Bowls, it was nice to spend a quiet evening in the night before a work/school day when we all have to be up early. The boys (bless them) went grocery shopping in the afternoon without me so I could finish some stuff around the house. They returned with food for our week's dinner...

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Miscarriage

It's been just over a month. In some ways it feels as though it's been longer. Other times as though it was just yesterday. I am in a better place than I was even a week ago, but certainly not healed. Not "over" this. And, truthfully, I'm not sure I ever expect to be. There are many different views of everything and miscarriage is certainly one of those things. I told a friend recently that I was glad I at least had enough sense almost a year ago to tell her to cry, to mourn. Miscarriage was the loss of a baby, a loss of her dream and she had...

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