Dave and I aren’t new to camping – both of us had hiked a respectable amount before meeting and getting married – me in Denali and the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, and he sections of the Apalatian Trail and other rustic trails in the southeast. So the problem isn’t that we lack experience {…Continue Reading}
We interrupt our normally scheduled post about Mother to Be, Being, Been to bring you… Yes, I do have a life outside of hosting my first blog competition. Today, Michigan weather played nicely for a change and it was sunny and semi-warm so we played with chalk in the driveway for a bit before bedtime. Arden {…Continue Reading}
In preparation for baby #2’s arrival, we ordered a toddler bed to free up the crib for the new nursery. It arrived a couple of days ago and I put it together in the evening while Dave was putting Arden to sleep. The plan was originally to wait a little bit, but we had shown {…Continue Reading}
Arden loves to “cowee”, or color – a term she uses to refer to coloring with crayons, paints, or watercolors. My Mom introduced her to watercolors while visiting in Florida, and I recently continued this activity for her here at home. Rather than risking a dumped over glass of water, we just run a little {…Continue Reading}
When we were trying to decide on a theme for Arden’s 2nd birthday party, we wanted it to be something that was meaningful to her. Arden loves to dance whenever there’s music playing (and frequently when there’s not!), and the iPad commercial music never fails to get her bouncing to the beat! So, it quickly {…Continue Reading}
To my beautiful baby girl on her Second Birthday: I always tell you at night that “I love you more than my arms can hold”, and this is true. Even more so now that your growing body is beginning to push the boundaries of what I can easily carry for long stretches! I think back {…Continue Reading}
I made it much futher than I could have possibly hoped. I’m “out” this week from Project Toddler Runway – just one week before the finale. My project this week was the Every Occasion Dress: I’m a little conflicted about being done with this – it was a really great challenge and definitely pushed me {…Continue Reading}
Here’s a quickie table runner quilt I made for my Mom from the remnants of my 12 Days of Christmas tree skirt, plus a few more strips from the Moda jelly roll: Remember the tree skirt? After cutting my triangles, I was left with some pretty good-sized strips that I thought would be just right {…Continue Reading}
We’re getting quite a bit of fluffy wet snow here in Michigan, so we bundled up Arden for her first foray into a winter wonderland! The images from A Christmas Story where the kids are so bundled up they can’t move their arms keep running through my head. We made our first snow angel (with a {…Continue Reading}
The best laid plans must at times be put aside, and then somehow, everything works out anyways! Arden was sent home yesterday from daycare, vomiting with a stomach virus that had been going around. She threw up every hour or so until 10:30 at night, and then slept relatively peacefully. I had high hopes that {…Continue Reading}
