Washing Dishes Daily life is full of lessons and fun when you have tots. We washed the dishes (just the plastic ones), played with bubbles and enjoyed ourselves. They love water but even more than that, they love to help…
NOW *Update* After a compromise, we settled on Pumpkin Butter. Lowes has paint on sale this week…the paint I’ve been using to do the house. I have enough of the green left from my room to do our sitting room…
Participating in the first challenge of Project: Simplify! I tackled my master bedroom closet. The Details: My husband and I share a walk in closet, about 8’x5’ I’d say. The back half contains boxes that can’t go anywhere else. Sad,…
Photo by Aelle This fall I was encompassed about by dark clouds. Thank you to those who took the time to comment or email me, sharing encouragement and personal stories. Sharing our stories brings depression out of the dark and…
I remember when my husband and I first looked at the model home before building ours and I said jokingly {but not really joking} that we would have to hire a cleaning lady because of all the tile. The main…
Last year Chloe and I attended the 3rd breakfast. This year, Chloe, John and I attended the 4th Annual Kids Can Fly Storybook Breakfast with friends. Mommy, John and Curious George & John with the Bernstein Bears (his…
Swimming We’ve been swimming a couple times in the past few weeks. The littles have enjoyed it and so have I. I feel light and graceful in the water, two words I certainly wouldn’t use to describe myself out of…
Baby Banz sent John a pair of their glasses to try; the adventure banz. Trust me, this little boy has had a lot of adventures in his banz! He loves them. Sun Safety was one of the hot topics in…
Today is a short post on the fly about vision and inspiration. I wanted to share with you this picture; my inspiration for the rest of the house. For 2011, my vision is simplicity. It’s going to look different for…
Doesn’t look like much but these were all over the walls in the corner from a puppet house we had. It was original builder’s paint and even the finger smudges around the lightswitch wouldn’t wash! I’m going to paint…