since we live fairly close to the coolest fireworks show in town, we have had a party with a few of our closest friends each of the last few years. this year was no exception. well, it was an exception, because “a few” turned into “50” and the outdoor cookout was rained out and we […]
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colored rice. the making and the playing.
one item on our bucket list was coloring rice. not because isaac wanted to, but because i had seen it in internetland and decided i wanted to try it. once we got started though, isaac was all in and just as happy as if he had come up with the idea himself… shaking the bags […]
homemade popsicles.
knocked off another summer bucket list item, by pouring orange juice and lemonade into popsicle containers, waiting, and then consuming…
our new favorite pool
this summer, i researched joining a bunch of different pools, before deciding that the cost to go to tanglewood park’s pool was only $7 per trip and we’d have to go a lot of times to justify paying $400 or more to join any of the “private” area pools. plus, we finally paid the yearly […]
summer checklist
once again, i ran across a cool idea on pinterest and couldn’t rest until i had implemented it in my own home: the summer bucket list. i saw a few, from simple poster boards, to colorul picture frames backed with scrapbook paper, to my favorite: a giant chalkboard. unfortunately, we don’t (didn’t) own a chalkboard…. […]
romper room
after reading a blog post about how easy it is to do shirring and make a romper, i decided i needed to make anna a sweet summer outfit… so, bridgette and i hit up karen gray’s, a local fabric store and i picked out a pretty little fabric (to match anna’s pink sneakers, of course). […]
comin’ ’round the mountain…
derek’s parents have a time share in blowing rock nc. last week was their week. we are bored and tired of the same old same old. so on tuesday, we visited. i got us all packed up and when the two lid kids awakened from their beauty sleep, we hit the road. the trip up […]
ridiculous belated 1 year checkup post.
i forgot to post this. because it’s for my second kid, i suppose. slacker mom. anna had her 1 year checkup a few weeks ago. slightly after her one year birthday (see: slacker mom). she had all the usual examinations, plus a whole whole whole lot of shots and pricks. isaac came along for the […]
mini water park.
while in ny recently (which i haven’t posted about or even mentioned), new gramma bought theannababy a first birthday present. the problem is… anna has all of ike’s old toys, plus some of her own, plus limited access to all of isaac’s current toys (which is what she enjoys the most)… so what do you […]
apron mania
while i finished up isaac’s quilt, my friend bridgette waited patiently to begin our next craft project… making aprons for addison and anna. while i was at it, i decided to make one for my sister’s baby’s 2nd birthday… we invented our own patterns and pretty much were winging it the entire way. here are […]