last year, when i sent isaac off to school on picture day with a check for $39, i was a bit worried about what i would wind up with, since he was in a i-hate-having-my-picture-taken stage in his life. i was pleasantly surprised. fast forward to this year. isaac is in a i’m-not-really-sure-how-to-smile-on-command phase. and […]
some thriftery
i’m pretty excited about a number of recent thrift store/consignment sale finds. bear with me. or is it bare? whatever. i scored this bumblebee (minus a hand) at a consignment sale for $2. ike was thrilled. it makes noises and sings the transformers theme song. i knew the missing hand wouldn’t be an issue since […]
Class Star
Ike is the class star today. he gets special jobs, does a little show and tell and, well, I’m not really sure what else. But he was excited about it. And he insisted on wearing this shirt for his big day. 🙂 And he took that little robot toy on the floor next to him […]
dragon girl
There’s no way I could wait until Halloween to unveil annas costume. I picked it up this morning at a consignment sale for $3!
soccer debut
it’s the moment i’ve waited for all my life. well, since my sports “career” ended. in 1999. ouch. isaac had his first soccer practice last night. it’s not even really practice. and they don’t actually play games. it’s really just a bunch of soccer fun with secret skill development worked in. he had a great […]
soul blossom quilt
Awhile back, I bought a ginormous (read: expensive) fat quarter pack of Amy butler’s soul blossom fabrics, with the hopes of making a king quilt for our bed. I unpacked them and began to have a bit of buyer’s remorse as there was a bit more brown than I accounted for. I hopped online for […]
changes.
well, i have wasted spent the entire day messing around with my blog. headers, widgets, themes, pages… etcetera. and i’m pretty frustrated. i am only ok with this theme. it looks a little business like. but, i liked that i could have a header image. and it’s customizable. the problem is, and it was a […]
great wolf lodge getaway
on wednesday night, derek surprised me and the lid kids with a getaway to great wolf lodge in concord (charlotte). i was quite nervous at first, since isaac barely likes the pool. or, hates the pool. same thing. and anna is still quite small for water slides and the like. but, we had some backup […]
living room campout
A while back, we set up the tent in the living room in an attempt to check off an item on our summer to-do list. Isaac was excited. He made popcorn with his dad. And we set up camp to watch a movie (rio). After the movie, there was a lot of flopping, flipping and […]
schroeder farewell cupcakes
we attended a little farewell party for our good friends mike and carlye who are moving to Kansas city in a few days or weeks or some such short time frame. Rather than make my typical box cake with buttercream and a stupid fondant decoration, I decided to offer more grownup options… Chocolate chip cookie […]