I'm getting a bit more confident in my sewing skills, so I decided to take the plunge and follow a PATTERN and make a DRESS. (I know, I know.) I turned to my pals over at Prudent Baby, because they have so many wonderful beginner...
Have I mentioned B's preschool class has 4 full-time teachers? (1 head teacher, 2 aids, and a speech therapist, because some of B's classmates have developmental delays). That translates to a lot of one-on-one attention for the kids...
. Our little doll stroller has seen better days.It was an impulse buy. $10 at Target last summer. Sometimes I wonder if companies intend for their toys to be disposable?The cloth liner ripped off the first time Miles tried to sit in it. So I...
There's nothing like a bow tie to make any little dude look like a gentleman. Kind of like wearing pointy-toe shoes with jeans...
Aren't these handcrafted marshmallows lovely? Can you tell how light and fluffy they are? Like little drops of heaven, I assure you.I didn't make them.I did, however, TRY to make my own homemade marshmallows. I HAD to. Last week was a toughie. Several people I...
The weather is a little dreary today, so we spent the morning indoors playing with these fun printable paper dolls from weelife. They're free (woohoo!) and oh so adorable! I printed them on my home printer using heavy cardstock, then I made little cardboard stands...
Actually, the neighbors handed us lemons. An enormous bagful from the trees in their backyard, along with some tangelos and grapefruit, also from their yard. Gorgeous, right? But what do you do with 50 lemons? You make lemon curd. You can blame Charlie and Lola for this...
I wasn't going to do an advent calendar this year, but B is at an age where she is quite aware of Christmas...
This was a fun craft project that the kids and I worked on together. On Halloween, we missed the crunch of fall leaves beneath our feet, and I decided we should make our own fall leaves. That evolved into our making a Thanksgiving centerpiece out...
Miles has been chewing on our plastic fridge magnets, and since they're all secondhand (read: old), I got a tad worried about phthalates and other toxins. So, I had the idea to make him some fabric magnets that he could gnaw on. THEN I thought,...