featuring unique and handmade items to make the world a brighter place
Well…eating chocolate rabbits, that is. This year, the Easter bunny brought solid chocolate bunnies..not hollow. Everyone decided the solid bunnies are much harder to eat!!
But they did agree that the solid bunnies are just as delicious as the hollow bunnies……
After taking the photos and going through the pictures..I couldn’t believe how many times River and Tuesday had almost the same expression……it was really funny. I don’t remember that ever happening before.
Well..today’s photo is just about being silly…sometimes I know I need more of that….to just relax and have fun….River is good at reminding me about that….Happy Thursday….
We had a lovely Easter weekend…we dyed eggs..and had the worst batch of egg dye….waiting for the eggs to turn into any type of color…took a LONG time……
But it was still fun…..though some of the eggs looked like they hadn’t even been dyed.
We got out the Easter baskets and set out carrots and water for the Easter bunny……
And then Easter morning….everyone searched for their basket and eggs!
So, we got inspired to make a butterfly wall after seeing Dana’s post about her butterfly wall on her blog, Made.
Everyone had a great time making butterflies. We almost couldn’t fit them all on the spot I chose.
Next year, we will have to choose a bigger area for all the butterflies.
Some butterflies were made from paper. Some were made from clay. Some were made from pipe cleaners. Some were made from newspaper. Some had stickers, others had pom poms…..there was everything!!
And now that area looks awesome…some have even tried to fly away!
So, today is the first day of Spring Break for my kids…so what better way to spend it….cleaning their rooms! Aren’t I a mean mom!!??? We had such a productive day!! Spring cleaning..a bit late!! And River got lots of new stuffed animals!!
Closets were cleaned. Bird cages were cleaned. Beds were cleaned. Shelves were cleaned….and many more things….and things even got dusted!
River’s room still needs some work…but we are working on it….and I wanted to get it all out of the way…so we could have the rest of the week to relax! We filled lots of bags with trash and lots of bags to donate!!
Hope you had a great Monday!!
So, today, River watched a TV show and on the show, they made a doll…so she decided we had to make a doll. She drew the doll and then cut it out. She picked out material and we made the face on the embroidery machine.
Then we had to sew everything together and stuff it….and pick out hair. I think she likes the finished product. She hasn’t decided on a name yet….I’m sure she’ll think of many……..
Today was a crazy hot day…..hot like summer. We had to go outside and play. After about an hour and a half, River had had enough….me too. But she still had fun playing out in the sun….she played a bit of croquet…..
set up an obstacle course….which involved taking out almost everything from the garage…..
And then of course running around the obstacle course a few times….
And then declaring herself exhausted! But then, she had to do a bit of digging…before we headed in for a glass of cold water!
River loves to draw pictures of me with the babies inside of my tummy. They are all adorable…but this latest one I found extra cute!
And I had to include a picture of my actual tummy…it’s not easy getting a good shot of your stomach…when you are taking it yourself…..
River got some new craft items and I think she is going to spend the day coloring, markering, stickering, glueing, scissoring, taping, painting and all that other good stuff.
Her latest obsession is butterflies..for our butterfly wall..which I’ll have to write about in another post…we are all about butterflies and Spring!
And speaking of butterflies and Spring..it was so nice to see the sun coming in through the kitchen window..warming up the tomatoes..maybe Spring has arrived…..
Last week was my husband, Christopher’s birthday….so it was banana cream pie time….a birthday tradition. I only make this recipe once a year. Tuesday and River had great fun helping me make it.
There are a lot of components to the dish and they helped do most of the work…from the cutting to the assembling.
It is always more fun when you have help in the kitchen!
I think Tuesday’s favorite part is the eating of the pie…..it is only good for a few days..so it has to be eaten quickly, which Tuesday doesn’t mind!
