Alas, ’tis true. My parents loaded up their air compressor and serger, and left us last night. They did a ton of work for us, and we made some great progress toward my ambitious goals of decoration and organization before #4 makes his appearance later this Spring. Despite all we accomplished, I get a little…
So the “miracle workers” are still here, and I really don’t have much time for blogging, but I needed a break from paint fumes, so I thought I would share a quick post. This isn’t about what we have been working on (just wait until I show you the bedskirts my mom just made for…
Too busy to blog! But I thought I would leave you a few pictures of some of what we have been up to this week, lest you thought I had fallen off the face of the Earth. Also, in case you are too impressed, I should mention that my parents are doing the vast majority…
I know, from comments I received, and emails asking for advice, that several of you were planning an adventure date similar to our “Amazing Race: Valentine’s Edition“, that I blogged about here. I am dying to know how all of the dates turned out, and what creative spin you all put on them. So here…
One more quick Valentine’s post for those who are still searching for ideas for dinner tomorrow. Nothing says romance better than chocolate, right? My friend, Trish, shares a couple of ideas of ways to use chocolate for serving food or goodies that look fairly easy to do: And awfully cute!I had seen the ballon trick…
So tell me this doesn’t just melt your heart a little… I guess I am a biased mom, but I think he makes an awfully handsome valentine, don’t you? These were my son’s Valentine’s for school, this year. I had purchase heart-shaped suckers to stick in each card, but found out at the last minute,…
My sister sent me some photos of some fun valentines she made yesterday. She was inspired by these cute valentines she found at Pink and Green Mama: Shanda made used fabric scraps to cut hearts and sew them on to cardstock. She said it was really simple and fast to do. Of course, I think…
Did you realize that Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year land on the same day this year? If you are wanting to do something a little different for Valentine’s Day, or if you like to celebrate both holidays, I have a few ideas for you!Our Best Bites has the perfect solution for combining both holidays….
So we’ve talked about some fun you can have with your husband and friends this year, and some ideas for cute school valentines (& I keep finding more online), but Valentine’s Day is on a Sunday this year, and so there is a long weekend to spend with kids who may want to do more…
This progress report has turned into a more lengthy endeavor than I had planned. I guess that means I made a lot of progress. I am going to outline some of the things that were accomplished and some of the lessons learned from the process. Don’t forget to link-up your progress reports/lessons learned/projects accomplished at…