For Halloween (aka Nevada Day!) E is dressing up as Princess Leia from the medal scene at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope. I managed to find some plastic beads that were square and silvery for her necklace (you can see the original here). Having her string the beads onto some silver chain … Continue reading »
Posted in October 2011 …
Harmony Park Photos
We biked to Harmony Park the other day and enjoyed a morning with the park mostly to ourselves. Be forewarned, there are no bathroom facilities at the park but it is fenced in and nicely covered with play structures and swings that are in good repair. So many parks don’t have classic basics like slides … Continue reading »
“The Little Children”
E is very concerned lately about all “the little children” that don’t have what we do. I don’t want to make her fret about suffering in the world but we do look at pictures from my brother’s post in Afghanistan and we talk about the reconstruction efforts over there. She sees little kids in the … Continue reading »
Orange Spritz Cookie Photos
A cookie press is a bit of a uni-tasker. . .okay, it really does only one thing but it is a useful thing! I made these for a Valentine’s party (using the heart shape you see pictured above, the wreath and umbrella don’t hold up well but most of the other shapes are pretty good) … Continue reading »
Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Photos
Can you tell chocolate and I picked up where we left off? Yum. E was scraping cookie dough off of the mixing paddle, I really wish they made her firework shirt in my size by the way. What I like about cocoa powder in gluten free baking is that it covers up a little of … Continue reading »
Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll Photos
Learn from my mistakes! I have made these before and they were great, so when it came time for father’s day I knew I wanted to make them for my husband. I thought “why don’t I put them in a springform pan instead of the regular round pan?” and did, managing to not put the … Continue reading »
Sing Your Life
We were in the car heading to “Mommy & Me Ballet” when I started setting the radio presets in the Pilot. When a classical station came on, E yelled “stop!” so we left the music on to play awhile. E’s voice reached me from the back of the car: “Mommy, what woman write that song?” … Continue reading »
Sewing for Toddlers
I often “pin” crafts on pinterest (my craft “board” is here, pinterest is a site where people can easily share ideas and images while discovering others with similar tastes) but don’t usually try them out so this is a first! I saw this (from “Just One Mom Trying”) pinnned (via Allison McDonald of No Time for Flash … Continue reading »
Gilcrease Orchard Pumpkin Patch
On October 1st the pumpkin patch at Gilcrease Orchard in North Las Vegas opened up and I’d seen some cute photos of friends and their kids enjoying it out there so I resolved to make the long drive over to check it out even though the Yelp reviews were not promising. It had been raining the … Continue reading »
Ode to a Car (or, Getting out of Dodge)
We gave the Dodge Intrepid to National Public Radio the other day. Sent the title away to them and they sent someone to tow it. I wanted to document it because this car has been through a lot with us. We actually borrowed it from my (future) mother in law for a long road trip … Continue reading »
