Little Lady

Evie's getting so grown up.

We are watching a friend's baby, and when she got up the first morning to find a new baby snuggling her daddy, she didn't pitch a fit or go for blood. She stood there for about 5 minutes, then walked away and promptly set the table with some of our styrofoam dishes.

I found her later that day with a tupperware full of water (and since there's only one place with water that she can reach, I know it wasn't clean) and a wad of toilet paper, "washing" the carpet. To which she replied, big smile on her face, "I cweaning! I cweaning!"

What a big helper she's turning out to be.

St. Paddy's Day

Did you kiss someone Irish? It's pretty easy to find someone around my house.

We celebrated with corned beef hash for dinner, green sweaters for everyone, and stories about our Irish ancestors who crossed over from Ireland during the potato famine in the 1850s.

And topped it off with a McDonald's Shamrock Shake (oooh, I soooooo love those. Seriously).

Go kiss someone!

photo from here.

First Glimpse of Spring

It's been gorgeous here today.

Sunny in the 60s, still dotted with snow.

It reminds me of the days in college where it was always beautiful the week before finals, and we would lay out in the common area between the dorms (watching the guys play soccer and guitar) and get our "studying" done.

Except now, of course, I'm watching my kids play and waiting for my cute husband to get home (and busting out my new summer sandals).

I know it will snow again (really, maybe this weekend) but these few days give some much needed hope that winter may actually end around here.

2 am Browsing

Slow night shifts lend for a lot of etsy browsing

Here are some favorites:



Felted wool bead necklaces.

Option 1. I love the flowers. I think I could make something like this. (Stacey?)

Option 2: basic beads

I saw a gorgeous one in green with silver accents. Now I can't find the picture.

Okay, found it:

If you're interested, we're making earrings that look at lot like these for a Make and Take night on April 2nd:

You're all invited!

Matching mother and daughter dresses, found here. What do you think? Cute? Too cheesy?

Worth it.

Every penny.


No, silly, I don't own her.

Just borrowed (okay, rented) for a day while I was in Las Vegas for a conference this weekend.
(I needed some sun like nothing else)

We drove her to Red Rocks canyon for some hiking and up and down the Strip.

I was sad, sad, sad to say goodbye

February Recap #1 - Wild edition

I think I've mentioned this before, but we get to work (ie get free tickets and be on call for any injured/sick fans) at the Wild games. Well, Eric Belanger came to Regions to meet some of us. I found out approximately 30 minutes prior to this, so I threw both kids in the car (Luke loves hockey). Luke would have nothing to do with him -- look how far away he is standing! But he did give him "5" and we got an autographed picture. That was very, very cool for my little guy (and his mom, too).

February Recap #2

On Valentine's day, we had our celebratory red dinner (with red mashed potatoes).

Then we introduced the kids to one of our favorite traditions: fondue. Marshmallows and strawberries and cake all dipped in chocolate? They were in heaven.


Evie did her best to help clean up afterwards. Baloo helped a little, too.

February Recap #3

Finally, some updates! (It's been a little crazy). Here's what happened in February:

We made cookies:


Evie insisted on wearing her hat. And doing it all "by sewwwffff" (by my self).

Mmmmm, don't you want to eat those cookies now that you know where the frosting's been?

We made valentine pictures. Luke loves the cutting part best.