We are celebrating our boy's birthday at Disneyland!!!
The main reason behind my lack of posting.
This has been going in since January and I'm about at my wit's end. Eating out, microwaveable meals, no counters to put anything on and nothing but a toaster and microwave have aost killed me-- BUT not having a kitchen sink has been the worst. I will never take a thing in my new kitchen for granted again!
Countertops are to be installed next week, then it's tiling the backsplash, appliances hooked up, cabinet lighting and finally the floor!!! I can do this... I can do this... I can do this...
I've waited along time to use those words...
It was worth it.
This year was a very robot-y Valentine's Day.
Miss Scarlet handed out these Pixie Stix wands to her class:
And our sweet Keiran handed these out to his classmates:
It's hard to see in the pic, but I made little robots out of a juicebox and candy.
KK thought they were pretty neat.
Even my 8th grader, Chandler, got in on the robot love!
Happy Valentine's Day, loyal readers- if there are any of you left out there.
Maybe drop me a line and let me know if you are... :)
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I sewed this dress for Scarlet last year and was so sad that Halloween was over because she couldn't wear it anymore. Well, when I found out we were having Wednesday Jones, I KNEW another Halloween frock had to be made. This is what I came up with. I'm in love!
So that is Halloween around the Greding home! I left out the bathroom and the "littles' room" because I forgot to take pics of those places, so I'll have to remember next year!
The funny thing is, my FAVORITE decoration this year is Dan's drawing of Jack Skellington and the Haunted Mansion on our closet door. How FANTASTIC is that?!?!?!? He rocks!!!
Now onto my Thanksgiving decorating!!!
That's right, I turned 40-- and no one got hurt.
I have NEVER dreaded a birthday before, but for some reason this one was freaking me out. (OK, I admit it-- still is kind of freaking me out)
But I have to say, between Dan, my parents, my kiddos and all my lovely Facebook birthday wishes, it was an AWESOME day!!!
I started the day waking up to my favorite naked, crazy lady.
Then shopped to my heart's content at one of my favorite places on earth!
Then had the most relaxing mani/pedi ever. (me in the massage chair in heaven)
Then a trip to the Topanga Mall for some fall/winter clothes shopping.
Then the grand finale!
Dinner with Dan at Morton's.
H E A V E N
Oh, and let's not forget THE WORLD'S MOST DELICIOUS red velvet cake from Susie Cakes in Calabasas!!! Seriously, people who aren't even into red velvet DIE for this cake. YOU MUST TRY IT!!!
So here I sit typing, 40 and happy.
40 and blessed.
40 and grateful.
40 and
wondering if I should go with Botox or Restylane.
So I needed to come up with a craft that Scarlet could make as a gift for the opposing cheer squad, but I wanted it to be something she could totally do on her own and that wasn't expensive. I then saw these masks at Michael's and KNEW just what I'd do!!!
Here’s what I came up with:
So here is what Miss Scarlet did and did so well!!! 1. You will need a giant Pixie Stick, a glue gun, some Halloween ribbon and a kitty mask from Michael’s. 2. Take the paper off of the top of the Pixie Stick. 3. Punch a hole in the mask. 4. Thread the ribbon through the mask. 5. Tie the ribbon in a knot. 6. Using a glue gun, attach the mask to the Pixie Stick. PS-- They were such a hit!!!
Autumn always begins around here with a wreath on the gate...
So this is the PB chalkboard that sat in Scarlet's room for years and boy, did she trash it. I don't know exactly what she did to it to destroy it so, but it is not pretty.
So last year it was sitting in the garage "throw away" pile and I kinda felt sad about that so I took it and put it on my porch and it's now one of my favorite ways to welcome the kids home from school or ring in a holiday!
Oh, and the fact that I'm not even kind of an artist doesn't stop me from drawing away on it! Bad doodling= love anyway! ;)
I LOVE to surprise the kids with a yummy breakfast treat! Just a little something to ring in our favorite season...
I don't mind waiting for the carpool when I've got these by my side.