Last week’s warm temperatures had me thinking of pretty colors and flowers. I don’t like to rush it, but since there is no snow outside (only dreary brown all over) I couldn’t help looking forward to Spring. I made another egg carton wreath. I love, love, love the thick cardboard of egg cartons – how they feel and…

All my girls got together in Southern Michigan to celebrate our February birthdays last weekend. What a memorable weekend it was – mainly because of the weather. It’s February, but we spent time at the beach and climbing the dunes barefoot and without our coats. The sun was shining and it was in the upper…

I made these surprise balls for the birthday weekend. They were really fun – I bought a bunch of mini gifts like candy, jewelry, bath bombs (made them smell good), little collectible trinkets and I also included some money. Then I carefully wrapped them in crepe paper streamers one at a time so they formed…

We celebrated Bea’s Birthday as a family last Friday. I can’t believe it’s been ten years since this sweetness came into our lives. It was a very Simpsons birthday.

Work In Progress 6 blocks x 8 blocks = 48 blocks (so far) Each block is made of 36 two inch squares. So 48 x 36 = 1,728 itty bitty squares. So there, Bea, that is why we have to learn to do multiplication: – so we can know just how silly our obsessive hobbies are.

Bea invited four of her friends to celebrate her birthday last night. We went out for pizza and let the girls sit at their own table. Then we came home and had a sleepover. Her actual birthday comes in a week. She had a really fun time with her friends. I made s’mores cupcakes – they…

We made pretzels for our Super Bowl feast last weekend. I’ll take any excuse to celebrate this time of year. The pretzels turned out great. Brian won our Super Bowl bingo and surprise, surprise the Super Bowl was actually an entertaining game this year. Fruit pizza, deviled eggs, pretzels with cheese sauce, stuffed mushrooms and sausages with mustard. Mmmmm.

We’ve had some epic lego building lately. And some penguins…

No sun or snow these days. To cheer myself up I bake and sew.