window star tutorial…

http://gardenmama.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/01/as-the-snow-continues-to-fall-outside-of-our-windows-we-gather-together-at-the-table-to-create-waldorf-inspired-kite-paper.html sorry forgot to share this amazing tutorial on how to make those gorgeous sun stars!!!Have fun making some!

My favorite moment of the season is when it finally clicked to our oldest what Christmas is all about…. at least to us what it is all about. I feared that she would get caught up in the presents, the gimmies, the I wants… and I kept telling her what I love so much about … Read more

Mamma’s Birthday…

my birthday was everything I wished for… magical not only did I wake to the giggles of our girls helping make me breakfast in bed… I pretended to sleep and tried so very hard to not giggle myself… but after I was sung to so beautifully by our girls and Pappa… had a beautiful breakfast… … Read more

cousins…

so fun! my girlies and their cousin hanging out in the kiddie pool at Uma & Umpa’s (Grandma & Grandpa’s) … life is great… to sit in a kiddie pool and have fun with cousins it’s great! and of course my brother… their uncle… loves to spoil them rotten!

lucky me…

I really feel lucky… what a life I have… it’s simple and beautiful and just the way I like it… The past week I had my 31st birthday… it was so fantastic… one evening we got together with friends at the beach for a sunset picnic… the next night my parents had a family bar-b-q… … Read more

a little doctor play and some pilates…

it’s so fun to spy on our girlies…. they do the sweetest things… This is little Isabelle… I love when she is imagining… I can see her mind dreaming up something great… full of imagination to the fullest… from pretending to be a doctor to a pirate to a pilates student… she’s full of it! … Read more

life is good…

it just doesn’t get any better than this… playing together… making memories… enjoying each other… these girls melt my heart and I could just watch them play their magical lives away forever!

proud…

lately… well always… I get that heart in my throat feeling… as I watch my girls growing… growing from babies into little girls… I try so hard to take everything in… it’s the only way to slow life down….. watching her learn something is huge I know… watching the pride in her face as she … Read more

a little tamborine fun…

so fun with a little crafty project playdate! I remember making these when I was a kid… I loved it! I totally had to share! The kids loved it too… as did the mammas! something about digging your hands into a bowl of rice and then that rice becomes music… I love getting kids senses … Read more

Play Dough!!!!! real!

this morning we made real play-doh…. Play Dough! It was great! Our girls love to play and sculpt the squishy colorful stuff… soooo when I saw this recipe in one of their “Highlights” books… we dog eared the page and told Isabelle REMEMBER we HAVE to make this in the morning! of course she didn’t … Read more