Hop on over to Sew, Mama, Sew they are featuring my tutorial for this ruffled apron and have got lot’s of great gift-making idea’s. They even have some free downloadable gift tags (which are so so adorable!) Happy Thursday! xoxo

Have you guys seen all the great advent calendars that people are making out there??  It occurred to me, oh on about November 30th, that a homemade advent calendar just wasn’t gonna happen this year. Again. We picked up this German one at Cost Plus and it seems to be doing the job just fine.…

Wow a whole week already. Thanksgiving was so great. Mom was in town so it was just the 4 of us. Turkey for days… which turned into turkey/croissant sandwiches and then turkey soup. That’s why you buy a 17 lb turkey for 4 people…eek! It’s the gift that keeps on giving!  We decided that "Christmastime"…

(Just give it a minute to load and then the video won’t be choppy.) Happy Thanksgiving! http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8291053912444064019&hl=en

Let it be known: I love Spaghetti Bolognese. I think it’s one of my top 5 favorite foods of all time. I’ve made spaghetti with a regular sauce before, but I’ve never searched out a bolognese recipe, until now. Richard & Betsey were over for one last hurrah on Friday before that baby of theirs…

Almost two weeks in the new place. It’s beginning to feel like home. I think I’ve made 4 different soups in the last 10 days (something about soup, just makes a place feel like home.) I’ll share some recipes soon! Anyway, there are still some boxes, but we are making progress.  Henry was sick the…

Tuesday: "Henry, can you come here & try on your costume so I can see if it’s too big?""Tomorrow, Mama…Tomorrow" Wednesday: "Henry, it’s tomorrow, can you please come and try this on so I can fix it?""It’s too big, Mama, it’s too big. Tomorrow."At this point, he’s pretty much forced into it and hating every…

Our little Halloween party last Friday night was a hoot! I wish I took a picture of the night- but alas, I did not. Too busy playing with kids, eating food and having great visits with friends. I realized that I haven’t really posted any Halloween decorations of our place. We went kind of low…

On Monday we went up to a pumpkin farm in Moorpark. It was overcast and chilly and so very Fall. We loved it, especially  Henry. My little pumpkin-kisser carried about a dozen pumpkins from the ground onto the bales of hay. Lining them up just so. And then the kissing began. I think he kissed…

On Wednesday, my old Boston gal-pal Heidi and I finally made it to the Noah’s  Ark exhibit at The Skirball. It’s a new exhibit that just opened this Summer, but as you can imagine there was a pretty hefty wait to get tickets. Things seemed to have settled down and on Wednesday, there was hardly…