if you’re a blog follower, but not my facebook friend, instagram friend, or real life friend, then you may have missed this announcement… the details are. i’m about 9 weeks right now. tomorrow i think. and i’m due on december 4th. the kids are excited. so far. we’ll see how that goes once their attention […]
kindergarten quilt
isaac’s kindergarten year is winding down. this week, they have a spring carnival, accompanied by a silent auction. his class is auctioning a quilt… his teachers had the kids all draw a self portrait onto fabric and i took over from there…. sorry. the lighting wasn’t great. i waited until the last minute (this morning) […]
so much miscellany.
one last post for the night. i promise. i am the worst about letting blog posts (picture on my phone, really) pile up… anyhooo…. here’s some recent happenings. cupcake taste testers. lunch at an english pub in blowing rock for jude’s 40th birthday girls weekend in the mountains. derek organizing (and cataloging) all of isaac’s […]
hatchlings.
we returned from the mountains to find four, fuzzy, cute, little friends in our chicken coop. and one angry, vigilant, protective mama. we knew there was a chance the eggs would hatch over the weekend, based on when she went into egg incubating mode… the kids are in love. even isaac will hold them this […]
big fat family vacation.
last thursday, we departed for a big fat family vacation to the mountains. derek’s parents and his sister’s family stayed in a cabin and our family stayed in a nearby little condo/apartment type setup. nearby like less than 100 yards. it was my fourth weekend vacation in as many weekends. we kicked off the trip […]
blue blanket 2.0.
if you are a friend of the family or a long time reader of this blog, then you know the sad tale of isaac’s blue blanket. if not, you can read in detail here. and here. the short version is: isaac had a blue blanket that he loved more than anything. like linus. it went […]
camera cupcakes.
hi. i only have one picture of my most recent cake baking adventure… i went on a little 40th birthday girls weekend for my pal jude. she’s a photographer extraordinaire. and loves tie-dye. so i made tie-dye cake (rainbow-y-ish). and little fondant cameras. (i can’t not say camera like jenna maroney). the end.
sew south (a way belated post).
a few weekends ago, i had the opportunity to attend my very first sewing retreat, in charlotte. sew south was organized by jennifer mathis of ellison lane quilts. there were fifty of us and it was a fun weekend of open sewing. eating. and classes. oh. and fun. duh. i went with 4 other folks […]
batavia easter fun.
beware. long post. isaac and john’s spring breaks overlapped a bit, right around easter weekend. so, we decided to load up and head to new york for easter in blah-tavia. we had hoped to make the drive up in one shot. we picked up ike from school at 130. which would put us there around […]
