Kat's Drawing

Today was also the first time I was able to look at a drawing from Kat and know exactly what it was. It was the baby Mackensie in her baby papasan chair. The likeness was uncanny.

New Invention # 2

Emy has gotten in the habit of taking just a little bit of clay with her on the schoolbus to give herself something to do while she's waiting to come home. She has been making creatures for her friends that I have been dutifully baking for her. Today's was this black and white guy that I must have gone a little too happy over since she decided from my reaction to go make a family of them. I am rather sad that they will all be gone back to school tomorrow from whence they might never return. I think they would make cute bracelet charms, or earrings.

Feast Fit for a Squinkie

Em is using her Sculpty clay, the kind that gets hard when you bake it (a Xmas present from Auntie Carrianne - thanks) to make the Squinkies food and furniture. Which Randy and I think is pretty cool considering we are sure we never made anything like that with clay when we were 8. I think I may have attempted snowmen, or maybe snakes. I am not sure if I like the carrot cake the best, or the pie, or the plate with the pizza. Somewhere currently lost in the playroom universe is a gold platter with a baked fish (not shown).

Sunday Visit with Grandma Betty

Treehouse Interior Inspiration #2

This is a photo of the inside of someone's playhouse. Someone's freakin' PLAYHOUSE. The only thing I hate about it is the TV. Is that a sectional bench?


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Carrianne's on Etsy

I just found out that Carrianne is selling artwork on Etsy.

Here's the link -- LINK.

Kat's 1st Time at the Ocean

We went to Robert Moses Beach with Grandpa Felix. It was Kat's first time being at the ocean.

Atlantis Marine World with Jojo

Feeding the Manta Ray

My New Niece, Mackensie

Suffering from Wrong-camera-itis.

Sometimes I just have the wrong camera in my hand.

Kat Kat's "bad guy" dance is truly a sight to behold. It was over too fast for me to grab the video camera; and the most our still camera could do with all the motion was blur it.

I Love Cheat Sheets

I like when people sum things up in simple bite sizes. Especially really complex things. Like if I were to say the secret to a long happy marriage is for both people to have a great sense of humor, that pretty much says it all and cuts right to heart of the matter. Well, this article puts together lots of things I have been working on mentally for the last decade or so. And it puts it into step form. And thanks to it, I know what my next step in life is. And that's just a cool thing to find unexpectedly.

Article Link.

Easy Baking

I taught myself how to ride a bicycle at 30 while pregnant (with Randy's help), I went sledding for real for the first time in my own backyard our first winter here (we've owned the house now 4 years), and a few days ago, I finally got to bake (or at least help bake) in an Easy Bake oven. I have realized that I am not "reliving" my childhood as a mom; I'm rewriting it.