Look at her detail, seriously! She sprinkled candy from the candy she got at school on the table!  I didn’t even know she had some of the stuff she used.  She had taken styrofoam and some cardboard from the new crockpot I bought, our little “eggbeater” that we’ve had for years, added paper flowers to the vase, and used an Easter card that my sister sent them in the mail.   Maybe she will go into the wedding industry too as an event designer!

Wishing everyone a WONDERFUL EASTER!!

I have to be honest and let you know I am NOT a baker!  I am an eyeballer when comes to a lot of things so when I bake which calls for preciseness, yeah not working.  Cooking is a  little more forgiving, but baking not so much.  Last time I baked cookies for a Christmas cookie exchange and it was disastreous!  They tasted okay, but I like BIG cookies!  And I made then way too big  so they didn’t cook right. Therefore didn’t cool right, and just stuck together which resulted in a cookie log chunk! Some girls didn’t even want them mixing with all the other pretty cookies, SAD!  But they were still edidble but yeah pretty?  Not so much. This is my sister eating hers. She said they were good.  I think she was just being nice……

So I must say I was pretty happy with myself when I did these! I love making rice krispy treats.  No baking involved.  It’s okay if the measurements are off and you add too many of the 3 whole ingredients!  And I could go crazy with sprinkles!  The dipping was a little tricky because they had to dry upright.  And the dark and white chocolate melt differently and you don’t want it too melted.  So needless to say I had chocolate dripping everywhere! To make them extra pretty I added some Tomkat Studio  DIY labels!  Easy Peasy and PRETTY!  Yay for me!  My mother-in-law thought I bought them somewhere.  Hmmm, really?!?  That made me smile and I could feel my head get bigger too!  Ha.   I am happy to know I redeemed myself after my Christmas cookie fiasco!

See cutie patootie huh?  And YUMMY! Wishing everyone a wonderful day with all of their LOVED ones!

And her…….

And these two with mom’s TINY little butterball……..

This little Ham………..

And this Turkey! Cracks me up! Lots of fun stuff coming up!  

I am so grateful this year for so SO many things and people!  As I get older I feel more and more blessed. Stopping in the moment I am in right now and knowing I have truly everything I need to be happy.  Knowing THAT makes me SO happy. And content. And Thankful.  Wishing you and your families a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving!

I am very blessed that my children get along and love each other so much!  We just got my son a big boy bed with a trundle and they sleep together everynight!  Many times she falls asleep right away but he stays up and sings to himself……..VERY loudly.  My husband and I just look at each other and laugh.  But  all I have to do is ask him do you want to sleep with mommy and daddy? He then literally squeals Nooooooo!!! He then shuts his eyes and goes to bed.  He would rather be with his big sister than mom and dad.  I love that.

And here is a meat and cheese platter I was proud of.  I am not really a presentation person or very good party thrower or hostess.  I leave that up to my sister or my friend Kim.  But I signed up late for my daughter’s party so all that was left was the meat.  And it was take 2 kids to Costco to pick up a tray or make due with what I had.  I chose Lazy and stay at home!!  I think it would be super cute to make for Thanksgiving into a Turkey.  I thought about making these into spiders with the sticks as legs but yeah too lazy!  But aren’t they cute???

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!!

Anyway, this little one did so awesome. I don’t think she fussed once??  And I don’t think anyone got peed or pooped on?? Wait, actually I think Mom did!  Thank  you so much G and L!  Your lil girl is a doll!

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 So how cute is this lil’ cowgirl?? Her nursery is cowgirl theme and I loved it!! If you love it you can get one too, here!

Love the gentle touch of baby on your face!!!

I love the bright colors in the pumpkin!!  I love fall!!  This was actually the ONLY pumpkin picture I got, but I LOVE IT!!!

 As a kid my sisters and I were never anything typical.  My mom always inspired and brought out the creativity in us. We always made our costumes. Either sewn by my mom or constructed by us kids from paper or cardboard boxes.  One year we were Christmas themed.  I was a present, my sister a Christmas tree, one a snowman.  One of my older sister’s has been a Lady speedstick deodorant and a toilet.  Yes, a toilet.  When we went trick or treating she put her candy in the bowl.  I was a dice one year.  A flower. Raggaty Ann.  

As I got older I still made my costumes.  I can actually sew and made some cool costumes.  I was the Chiquita banana lady, Wonderwoman, even a mermaid!  I had bought a blonde wig intending to be Smurfette.  But after buying some blue face paint and putting on the wig, my husband and sisters were laughing so hard and advised me NOT to be Smurfette.  Apparently I looked pretty scary.  But the wig was like $30 and I had to use it.  So I ended up being a mermaid.  I couldn’t walk and everyone at the party I went to were calling me Donna Martin.  Unfortunately I missed that episode of 90210.  I have been a pregnant pig, what else?… the bride of Frankenstein.  This year I hope I have the time to make my kids their costumes.  My daughter is simple this year and wants to be a cat.  I want to be DJ Lance and the Gabba Friends or The Incredibles.  Ha.  My husband in a tight super hero costume.  Yeah right. 

Here are some pictures of last year of the costumes I had sewn for my kids.  I like to have them “matching”.  They were a butterfly and caterpillar the year before.  This will probably be the last year for that since my son doesn’t really know this year.  I wanted him to be the lion but he wasn’t having anything on his head.  I really wanted him to be the Mayor of Munchkin city but yeah I don’t know know to make a tuxedo!  So I went with Lollipop Kid.

And here are some ghosts I made last year.  I got the instructions from Martha Stewart.  Not as easy as she makes it out to be.  VERY messy. But turned out cute!

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE THIS YEAR???