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.

I seem to have started a quilt – without even thinking about it much. Well that’s not exactly true. I’ve wanted to make a big postage stamp quilt for a long time. I cut a bunch of 2 inch squares about four years ago. I started cutting them because I can’t stand to get rid…

This time of year I need some color – so the girls and I did some paper marbling. You can find directions online – it’s really fun and easy! I recently bought some liquid watercolor paints that are perfect for dribbling onto the shaving cream. I also bought a gold paint that looks beautiful mixed with…

For the past several months Bea has preferred sleeping without a nightlight. She’s growing up. For me it feels like a huge change because nearly every night that she has been my daughter I have looked in on her before I went to sleep myself. Now her room is dark and I can’t see her sleeping…

I finally got around to un-decorating the house this week. It’s no good to do it while the girls are home – they just whine and protest and get in the way too. But I sort of love getting all the trinkets and little bits of Christmas packed away. It feels good to leave a bunch…