This past Sunday the weather was per-fect for sledding: 40 degrees, sunny, and there was plenty of snow on the ground. So I gathered up the girls and headed to our local sledding spot – the slope off a bridge over a river. Arden’s first trip down a sledding hill: And Hadley and me (with {…Continue Reading}
The trip I took with the girls to visit my parents in Florida coincided with the 29th annual Goodland Mullet Festival. A main attraction of the festival is the crowning of the Buzzard Queen and Princess. Arden competed in the Buzzard Princess contest and she won!! Here she is at my parents’ house getting all {…Continue Reading}
Now that Hadley has passed a year, I’ll do quarterly updates until she turns two. Since her birthday, Hadley: Attended her first parade. We went with gMa & gPa Sunshine to CMU’s homecoming parade. That’s my sorority house in the background. Went Trick or Treating for the first time. She is so definitely an extrovert. {…Continue Reading}
Did you notice my new blog header? I’ve only had the old one for oh… about two and a half years. I had big plans to “craft” a new one over the summer and get all mixed media on it with embroidery, rolled and crocheted flowers. Then yesterday I was playing around in Picmonkey and {…Continue Reading}
I wanted to share a couple of pictures I took of Hadley the day after I built my counter height craft table. She crawled right over and shoved the basket through. And then went through herself. Little stinker! I told her no and she’s left it alone since then. She melts into a little puddle, crying and laying {…Continue Reading}
I’m a bit late to the bento party. I’ve always thought they were cute and creative and a great way to encourage kids to eat a variety of foods. I didn’t delve into the world of bento previously because Arden was mostly eating lunches at daycare and didn’t have a real problem eating lunches. Now that I’m working part {…Continue Reading}
I’ve had this post saved as a draft for over a month, waiting to do the final photo and collage on the quilt. It’s just not happening, so I’m going to just finish it before I forget what I want to say and come back later if I ever get the collage completed. 1 year. {…Continue Reading}
Who’s behind that false face, Nobody knows but me, Who’s behind that false face, Nobody knows but me, I won’t tell you, you will have to guess, If your guess is right, I will answer “Yes!”  Did you do a costume parade when you were growing up? We would go in a long line {…Continue Reading}
We could not have asked for a more perfect day to host Hadley’s 1st birthday party in our backyard. 70 degrees and sunny at the tail end of September is a rare treat in Michigan! In keeping with the bird/tree/nature theme I was going for, I decorated with burlap as the table coverings and also {…Continue Reading}
Well, Hadley is ten months old (or… nearly 11 months – at least I’m consistently late!). Capturing her picture on the quilt was literally an aerobic activity this month – every time I got her on it and picked up the camera, she’d roll over and crawl off. Then I’d have to put the camera down so I {…Continue Reading}
