i picked up this sweet melissa and doug alphabet train floor puzzle at a consignment sale for $3 for isaac, who loves trains, puzzles and letters. (run on sentence? wow.) anyhow, he put it together with no problems, but then he wanted to sing the alphabet while pointing at the letter. this presented a bit […]
isaac
warm days
we’ve been getting quite a few warm days here lately. and we’ve been taking advantage, getting outside as much as we can. for walks, to the park, or even just sitting in the hard, crunchy, mostly dormant grass in the front yard.
o.u.t.s.i.d.e.
it’s 73 degrees right now. it’s been the most beautiful of days, and we took full advantage. we started our day with a visit from our small friend maya, daughter of heather, who went up to the hospital for the day to spend time with her mom. isaac and maya played for a bit, while […]
north carolina february…
the weather has been amazing this week, so we have taken every opportunity to go to the park. we’ve been three times, i think. and we’re scheduled for trip number four tomorrow with some friends… it’s been so nice to get out of the stupid house of germs and run around and get some sun.
rainbow cake
somehow, over the past couple of weeks, i have amassed a great deal of leftover frosting. in an unrelated story, i had promised my friend bridgette that i would show her how i get smooth (ish) frosting on my cakes the next time i made a cake. since there are really no cakes on the […]
anna, lately
future cake baker: food enthusiast: frosting quality control analyst: drama queen: passenger on the isaac express:
my waxy valentine
i don’t know what possessed me to do this. i saw the cute ice cube trays at ikea. i had seen the idea on blogs. we have approximately 517 used crayons in our house. so, i decided to make heart crayons for isaac’s valentines for his preschool class. it took a little bit of trial […]