Made these for ike’s teacher’s birthday tomorrow. Her name is Mrs. Lyon.
s.p.i.r.i.t. spirit.
It was spirit day at ikes school yesterday (even though all the really fun activities were canceled due to weather). Anyhow, he wore all blue and white. Even his socks and underwear were blue, at his request. Also. My camera does not capture colors very well indoors.
there’s a wocket on my cake
Our friend graelyn is turning two. I think today, actually. And, though adamant about my hiatus, I convinced her mom I would be willing to make a cake for her, since we are pretty good pals. We compromised on me decorating a plain Costco cake, which I can completely get on board with, since I […]
linus 2.0 and making my kids like the things i like.
first, some background info: isaac had a favorite blanket. we never left home without it. he couldn’t sleep without it. we worried about what would ever happen if it were misplaced. we scoured the internet for backup blankets. we asked my gramma, who bought it for him in the first place, if she could rustle […]
school photos.
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 […]