Da Bumbo!

I have always had serious misgivings against this thing, but

desperate to be able to set my child down without her screaming.. i bought one.

louisas review-

" I dont know about this mom.. this is oddly spongey.. and blue? The people at

walmart already think im a boy"

"its kinda fun"

"alllright."

Things I Made This Week!

1. A homeade topsy-turvy.

made with a sprite bottle.

purple duct tape

string and a tomatoe plant!

2. A painting!

I didnt do a close up.. cause I dont really like it.

but whatever, I can check "use dried flowers" off the list.

3. A bracelet from one of Louisa's premie onesies :)

this is my favorite..

The Whale Binky

I was sent this link : http://www.wubbanub.com/

after posting on facebook that i wish there was a "smart binky" :)

and instead of buying one i made one!

The point is that when she gets older she can easily pick up and hold her own binky.

So this is lou's new "whale binky" that I made and I hope she someday likes it!

Here's how its not really supposed to be used:

it looks like she is making out with a whale...haha

And this is how it is supposed to be used:

success!

Easter!

I made a bunny cake this year.

I don't know about everyone else but I like to celebrate holidays full blast..

egg dying, hunting, cake decorating, picnics, Easter eggs baskets. 

apparently if not for me my fam would have done nothing for Easter... :)

anyway here is my bunny cake.

And here is Louisa as compared to a bunny cake.

                                    

                              I wanted to put some frosting on her binky but mom wouldn't let me.

Beautiful Thing #1

Sun warmed rocks

Sun warmed things are amazing. This time its rocks, but I am certain I will

someday do a post about "sun spots" (those spots of sun that come through your window and warm

your carpet. um hum) because sun spots are probably the best thing ever. But today I shall post rocks.

We had a picnic yesterday for Easter and we sat on these particular rocks looking

over the creek, watching Lumpkin jump in the freezing water for his precious (the tennis ball)

anyway I had a moment with these particular sheets of stone so that was my little beautiful thing of the day. laying on something warm (and somehow cozy for a rock) while the breeze cools of the top of you. um.

Is there anything better on a cool day than a giant warm rock?

I submit that there is not.

Anyone ever lay their face on a warm rock? do it.

A 100 Beautiful Things

Yes I am blogging again. I know I stopped for... a year? I dont know. And I might stop again at any moment. But for now I begin again.
A new "series" I am going to do is more a reminder for me than anyone else.. but I am going to (once a week or so) name a "beautiful thing" a moment, a feeling, a sight; something small i appreciated that week, to remind me to appreciate all the beautiful little things.
And no I didnt come up with this idea. I am totally copying it from another blog I saw. I will never process to be brilliantly original but I do profess to know brilliance when I see it ;)
So I will begin.. tomorrow. Probably.

a kid craft, a solution, and a granola bar.

A kid craft

The homeade Advent calendar! 



easy countdown to christmas calendar.
open the little envelopes (made of scrapbook paper folded up)
and inside is a note telling you what suprise you get today. so far very succesful. :)
but we havent gotten to the card that says make someone dance like a chicken...



                                                                      A Solution


                                 

                                                sooo happy i thought of this. macy and her sister share  a room
                                                 and a playroom and all their toys and clothes.
                                           but of course they each have their "special toys"
                                        that they freak when the other one touches.
                                            so we made boxes and they put their special stuff in them.
                                        and they arent allowed to touch the others box. done!



and i found a granola bar stuck in this tap shoe.