So…I’m trying my hand at making my own baby food for Molly. Yeah, I know I’m not special. A lot of people do this. But the thing is, I never once even attempted to try to make my own food with Owen. I think I was a little overwhelmed by the fact that the child [...]
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who knew baby food could be so much fun?!?
Posted in crafty things, emily on October 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
why i love hgtv…
Posted in crafty things on August 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Maybe if I didn’t dedicate hours of my life to watching home decorating shows on HGTV I wouldn’t have thought to recover these dining room chairs to make them work in my house. See…now I can rationalize the time I’ve spent on the couch NOT doing laundry and cleaning up kiddie messes.
As I mentioned in [...]
jazzing up the basement
Posted in crafty things on July 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Travis’ parents were kind enough to give us their old living room furniture when they no longer needed it. It’s great basement furniture. The couch is super comfortable and the tables are very functional. I love the size they are and they are very sturdy…great for a basement where little kids play. A lot of [...]
fun with play dough
Posted in crafty things, emily, owen on January 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today we had another snowy day! Owen and I have not left the house since Monday, so I’ve been trying to think of things to do to keep us busy. I had been given this recipe for play dough from my parent educator through Parents as Teachers, and today was the perfect day [...]
spreading christmas cheer…and a baby #2 update!
Posted in Baby #2, crafty things, holidays, owen on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today Owen and I went over to Anna and Ella’s house for playgroup. Anna had the great idea to have the kids do a craft that we could share with some elderly members of our church. She was very brave to have all the kids (who ranged in age from 3 months to 4 years) [...]
home improvements
Posted in crafty things, emily on October 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ever since we bought our house 3 1/2 years ago, I’ve always hated this:
For one thing, the microwave’s numbers didn’t show up. I had to just guess that I’d typed in the desired time correctly. So annoying. Plus, that black shelf is hideously ugly!! I mean really, did the previous owners [...]
owen’s table…from start to finish
Posted in crafty things, emily on September 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
A couple of months ago I began a search to find the perfect child-size table for Owen. I wanted a place for him to color without getting crayon all over the kitchen table and a place for him to eat his snack and get used to not being in his high chair. I found the [...]
owen’s artist experience…
Posted in crafty things, owen on August 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Today I got out the markers and paper and set out to let Owen’s creative juices flow. He worked very hard on figuring out how to get the marker to mark on the paper.
He also spent a good amount of time kicking back, trying to figure out what was making the marker mark on the [...]
last day of summer…
Posted in crafty things, emily on August 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…because school starts tomorrow! As most of you know, I take care of Rowan and Savannah every afternoon after school during the school year. Over the summer, I took care of them a few random days…including the first three days of this week. Because sitting in the house with 3 kids for 10 hours gets [...]
