Today we are making our Thanksgiving turkey shirts. They are the same as the ones we made 2 years ago, but I'm hand-stitching them with embroidery floss instead which I like so much more. There were no turkey shirts last year as there was an overdue turkey in my oven (Charlie.) Kate's shirt was finished…

(click picture to enlarge) Mark your calendars! The next Holiday Craft Night will be Saturday, December 4th @ 6:00 p.m. here in West L.A.  One night only! Check back for in this space for what we'll be making. Dinner & munchies will be provided. Come and have a great night out with the girls and…

Henry and a friend dragged a giant tree branch from the park to our backyard last week (it was of mammoth proportions.) I finally had some time to pull off the dead leaves and break a few branches for our project. I wanted to do something where we could collectively sit and think about all…

It's been on my calendar for weeks. Nov. 11th. That's when I would finally get to meet Ina Garten. I was majorly geeking out about it. Majorly. I can honestly say that she is pretty much the only celebrity in the entire galaxy that I had any interest in meeting (I've been watching too much…

Charlie turned 11 months at the end of October. This little whipper snapper is almost a year old. I can hardly believe it. He's pulling himself up alot, has mastered straws & sippy cups and is overall an absolute dream. He started the month of October with no teeth and ended it with 8: He…

I poked my head into their room only to find that Kate had climbed out of her bed and into Henry's to read books together.These two are just crazy about eachother.I am crazy about them, too.

This week was a busy one. I feel like I need a 2 week nap. I am one of the room parents in Henry's class and volunteered to make the Halloween goodie bags (inspiration here) for the children for their party. It was a simple bat clipped onto a brown lunch bag. A handful of…

We had a few friends over this weekend for a bit of a Halloween Dinner if you will. Corn Dogs, Chili,  Cornbread, etc., We decided to make our own corn dogs and I am here to say they were fantastic. Did I just say  corn dog & fantastic in the same sentence? I did and…

was loads and loads of fun. It was a wonderful group of gals that came and the night was spent chatting & crafting (and eating) away. I unfortunately didn't take a single picture that night but have a few snapshots of what we did. First up, the "SPOOKY" banner above. There are black felt bats…