i used the pattern i made for the bird in anna’s mobile to make this ornament yesterday.
gingerbread boys
last week, for thanksgiving, the new york family traveled down for some festivities. we kept it pretty low key and easy. on thanksgiving day, we went out to michaels and picked up a gingerbread man decorating kit on the cheap and jake and isaac did a fantastic job of decorating them…
monkey cakery
made this today for kessler’s 1st birthday. a smash cake and accompanying cupcakes in a cute monkey theme..
turkey cupcakes…
…for isaac’s class for their thanksgiving feast. (special thanks to amanda deaton who came over to lend a decorating hand and to claire ketner who occupied the lidkids so that i could accomplish this).
mobility
well, the anna baby is 100% mobile. she was utilizing a combo belly crawl and inch worm technique for a week or so, but has developed a nice little rhythmic crawl. an efficient one. shortly after mastering (slightly obtaining?) this skill, she moved on to pulling up. onto everything. which has increased the occurrences of […]
a-n-n-a flannel letters
made these awhile back to hang in the anna baby’s room. i had been on the search for some letters for her name, but couldn’t decide what i wanted to do. i saw a tutorial for a whole alphabet of these letters that i had filed away for a rainy day. then it hit me… […]
the great sick week
last monday, isaac got a fever. two doctor visits, several vomits, lots of sleepless nights, hundreds of coughs, much whining and crying and it finally left his poor little body around saturday. here is our week in pics.
anna baby’s quilt
yesterday was my birthday. isaac finally went to school in the morning (after a week off from illness). and anna slept for 2.5 straight hours yesterday morning. glorious. anyhow, it freed me up to make some really great progress on her quilt. enough that i was compelled to stay up late last night and finish […]
new and improved robot
awhile back, early in my crafting days, i made a robot for isaac. after a couple of years of play time, he’s seen better days. one leg has almost completely fallen off. most of the stitching is pulled and snagged and not looking so hot. and the cheap-o craft felt that i used is all […]
grampa schiavone (aka: peter grampa)
yesterday morning, i got a call from my dad in florida, telling me that my grampa had passed away. he’s been battling alzheimers and other medical problems in these last few years, and had been in the icu for the last couple of weeks after a heart attack. he never fully recovered. thankfully he was […]