I dusted off the old sewing machine on Friday. It's been a long, long time since I've sewn anything and there's a baby on the way (not mine) so I had to get cracking. I've never sewn triangles before but I decided to go for it. I've always avoided them because it's just all that…

We went for it- we dyed the noodles rainbow colors and took them to the get-together Saturday night.  These shorter, wider noodles were easier for the kids to thread (we just used yarn) and so they made up pretty quickly. Also, completely inspired by Pinterest, we made our own little version of the rainbow & pot…

Are you gearing up for St. Patty's Day? I went into Henry's 1st grade class today to do a project. I dyed noodles and we made necklaces with a big shamrock on them. I've never dyed noodles before but it was super easy and the kids seemed to get a kick out of it.  All…

I took Henry & Kate to the nursery on Saturday to pick up a few small plants for the hanging planters on our patio. The flowers back there always get neglected (as does our little yard) over the winter months but we can feel Spring right around the corner so it's time. I didn't actually buy…

I was so stressed out last week and you should know I am not a person that gets stressed out. Big time stress. By the time Friday rolled around and Charlie had taken a sharpie to his entire body (not a big deal) and then to the Anthropologie tablecloth Chris bought me for Christmas a…

If you follow my pinterest stream at all, you'd see I've been pinning some lemon recipes. When friends invited us over for desert yesterday, I thought it would be the perfect time to give try one out. I went for the "Lemon Melting Moments".  I've never made a cookie like this before, it has no eggs…

Emily tells me that Instagram is the "lazy man's blogging" (and I kind of have to agree!)  Since my photo's there are private, I think at the end of each week, I'll share some of them with you here (I'm leaving out the one of Kate vacuuming naked in heels). Here's to a wonderful week!…

There was a time, long, long ago when I used to make birthday cakes for friends. It started when we lived in Boston and I would make little mini-cakes using these great pans I'd bought at Dean & Deluca in NYC. Back then most of us were new in our marriages with just a child…

  Beantown. It was just as good as I'd hoped it would be. I didn't do anything super-amazing, I just drove around and went to some of the places I used to go. I hit some thrift shops (and scored a great pea coat because..um..I forgot to bring one and any socks….) I went to…

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