Today’s summer activity was a nature scavenger hunt. Not my older kids’ favorite thing but they were great sports for the younger kids. The kids split into boy/girl teams and took off through the neighborhood. To my surprise, they found everything on the list … … including a lizard! A scavenger hunt is such an […]
The Cutie Pie Onesie
One of my closest lifelong friends just had her fourth baby so I put together a little package of goodies to mail this week. The package included two onesies that I embellished. I’m lovin’ this first one. This idea has probably been done before although I’ve never seen it. The idea is similar to my […]
Wrapping Up May
Do you read See Kate Sew? I love that blog and all the beautiful things Kate makes. She just posted a May Wrap-Up and I thought the idea was really fun. I decided to do my own monthly wrap-up with some of my most popular posts in May. In May, I finished five years of […]
Free Outings in the D/FW Metroplex
The Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex is full of great {free} places to take kids! I’ve made a list of ten of our favorite free outings to help you entertain your kiddos this summer … or anytime throughout the year! Free Outings in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex 1. Nash Farm Nash Farm is a small, historical […]
A Mason Jar Chandelier
To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to do something a bit different this year. Rather than eat at a restaurant, I set a table under a tree in our backyard {lit by a mason jar chandelier}, Phil ordered steak and lobster from a local restaurant, and we dined al fresco. I kept the table very […]
Monogrammed
I know this drink dispenser has really made its way around blogland {it’s been viewed thousands of times, first in its original form and then in the grammatically correct form} but I had to change it up. I decided it would look really cute with a whimsical monogram. I love it. Third time’s a charm. […]
A Crown for a Princess
Tate is like the Hand Me Down Princess. As the youngest of five and the third girl, she gets a pile of hand-me-downs. I decided she deserved a little crown of her own. {Okay, I may have just needed a little knitting project.} I knit this little crown from yarn in the scrap pile, using […]
The Messenger Bag
I’m a total messenger bag kind of girl. I think it has something to do with having my hands free to corral children and not worrying about a purse strap falling off my shoulder. What I’m not is a pattern making kind of girl. After sewing many messenger bags over the years, I decided I’d […]
The Pouf
I just finished knitting a large pouf. The pouf needed some defining upon completion since no one was sure what it actually was. I followed the Puff Mama pattern from Pickles but used much cheaper yarn {which may pill and annoy me as the days wear on}. I stuffed it with fiberfill and old shirts […]
Rustic Hand Pies
I had some leftover crusts and pie filling after making the pies in jars for teacher appreciation, so last night I made rustic little hand pies. And how timely … did you know today is National Apple Pie Day? I didn’t. {Don’t you love the word rustic? It’s like an excuse for imperfection.} I divided […]
Tea
My mint tea has become very popular among my friends. I get requests to bring it to parties and facebook messages about cravings. It may just be that I have the biggest crop of mint in the neighborhood. Earlier this week, my friend, Elizabeth, left me a message telling me she was craving the tea. […]
Handprints
Long ago, I blogged about the {Martha Stewart} handprint keepsakes I had started with Luke and Lila. I started tracing their little hands at one month of age and continued to trace them till now: age five. Initially, I traced their hands every few months and then only once a year as they got older […]
Pink
This weekend I had the pleasure of attending my first gender reveal party. Shortly after my friend, Emily, announced she was pregnant, I sent her a link to a reveal party and suggested she have one. I honestly didn’t think she’d go for it but she did. Through a last minute turn of events, Emily […]
Cinco de Mayo
We’re having some minor Cinco de Mayo festivities at the casa tonight. Mexican sodas with papel-picado-adorned straws {cut with my Silhouette} … … a platter full of nachos, and a little flan for dessert. And if my kids continue the morning’s fussiness, I might be adding a large margarita to my place setting.I’m linking to […]
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