I've been working on two projects for my mom; one for mother's day, and one for her birthday. Both of them involve taking photos of some things and places in our area. My mom was moved into an assisted...
I know it sounds a little like playing with fire, and I'm certain that in the most literal of contexts that dancing with an actual cobra is not a recommended practice. It reminds me of the mission trips I...
I finished the top part of Unmentionables last night. I knit all the way through church, in the car to and from Costco, during most of Marley and Me, and while sitting in bed to make it happen. And...
If you ask me, there's just nothing cuter than a baby in blue jeans. Those little jeans up there are on boy number two, and after two "crawlers" they are starting to show their age a bit. We love...
Some photos of our busy Saturday climbing in trucks, BIG trucks, and seeing the Marching Cobras at a friend's birthday party. Many thanks to Aunt Kate for putting on Trucks and Big Rigs for Kids and our friends Roger and...
While I am no an existentialist, as a stay at home mom you learn very quickly to seize opportunities when they present themselves. This week has been an especially stressful one at our house; so when the toddler chose...
The April SSS block was finished on Monday night, but I've been a bit under the weather. The boys both also have some kind of nasal funk, so things really haven't been getting done around here, but that's another...
We're having a pretty lazy day around here. After a six in the morning wake up call from the baby, we had a leisurely family breakfast, played for a while, saw Hubby off to work for the morning, and...
It's been rough week around here. We're just having one of those weeks where no one's been in the best of moods. The baby is going through one of those clingy, developmental phases, the toddler has kicked up his...
This is Alba, our newest family member and finned friend. Hubby and the toddler picked him out while the baby and I were in Texas a couple of weeks ago. I have to admit that I love Alba. He's...
The toddler stayed perched here for quite a while this morning while the baby was napping. All because he was watching this: I'd love to say that I capitalized on it and got a ton done around here, but...
Last year I saw a post about Easter pants some where. I'll go look for it later and post an update if I find it; it may have been at House on Hill Road... The idea sparked my interest;...
A while back I saw an article in a magazine about kids toys that included some bean bags that you could stack up to create nonsense creatures, and I really wanted to make some for my boys and their...
I had another one of my crazy food ideas: fried apple empanadas. Truthfully, the idea was for carmel apple empanadas, but good dairy free carmel has not been easy to make. So I made a recipe for fried apples,...
We have one of those "new" flat top stoves at our house, and while we are generally both good about not putting stuff on it when it's still hot, we both smelled smoke the other day while making dinner....
It's like being caught with your hand in the cookie jar, right? I headed down to old Overland Park last Saturday with the baby to do some much needed shopping. We were out of garlic powder and pepper, people;...
It's actually sunny in my part of the "woods" today, but we've had some down right blustery and wet weather here for a bit. And although it is sunny, our high will only be in the low 50's today;...
That's what there is so far of the unmentionables. I'm finished with both the legs and have joined them, *ahem*, at the hips. I've even knit a few rounds since then. And I just can't seem to stop. I...
Yep. I'm just that crazy! Truthfully, I'm not fond of Easter grass. It is messy, not very environmentally friendly, and with a tiny one around the house a bit of a choking hazard. I love Easter, though. It is...
Why, I ask, why when someone is being a wimp about something do we refer to them as a "pansy"? If you know anything about gardening, you'll know why I ask the question. Pansies are very strong flowers; the...
You know, sometimes you think things are going along swimmingly, and then you realize you were really just living in blissful oblivion. Oh, how I had such big plans for the month of March. God had other plans. Life...