Pansies

This bucket of pansies has sat here since September 2011

London picked this out last fall when we got some pumpkins

I left them alone since they were fall colors

winter came - didn't want to take the time to toss them out

never watered them

nothing

just let them sit all winter

And now look at them

beautiful

full of blooms

they actually bloomed all winter

I wish I would of taken a picture when they were sitting in snow

Easter 2012

My parents were able to join us this year for Easter

They were on their way back from Arizona to Ohio

We colored eggs

This year it was very "painful" for London to cooperate in taking Easter pictures

You can see that in this picture (I had many others like this one)

So, I moved on to something a little more sweet

I made the girls' dresses and headbands

they looked adorable

We hide eggs 4 times

Does anyone else have a  family who does that?

Twice for London

Once for mommy

and one more time for Nana

those poor eggs!

Post

I have been delinquent in posting

just too many other things going on in life

it is hard to decide what to do first during "my time"

I have a lot to post and hopefully will get that done in the next week

Quick post before I pick up Kennedy (10 minutes)

I love my older daughter 

you never know what will come out of her mouth

sometimes I don't understand her way of thinking

Easter weekend - we were peeling hard boiled eggs

she wanted one to eat when we were finished

mind you, she hadn't had one in a very long time

I asked if I could cut it,  no

I asked if she wanted anything on it,  no

she skipped out of the kitchen

A few minutes later she came into the kitchen

all excited "Mom"

what?  I replied

"Look - there's cheese in the egg"

She was showing me the center of her hard boiled egg!

I explained that wasn't cheese but the yolk - etc etc

London replied  "well, it sure tastes like cheese"

Gotta love this little girl!

Craft Project

London has been wanting to do more craft projects

maybe it is because I have been doing a lot of sewing projects

and she feels the need to be creative also

London is constantly swiping my fabric scraps

and she LOVES to glue

my neighbor, Megan did this project at one of her crafts weekends

and I thought it was simple and perfect for London

 take canvas boards (we even used one that we had messed up with paint)

fabric scraps and Mod Podge (or you can use hot glue)

 then you pick out your fabric and start gluing it to the canvas

we just kept gluing away

London's we trimmed out the sides with ribbons

and on Kennedy's I wrapped the sides with the fabric

 I thought they were pretty just like this

London wanted to put their names on them and hang them on the bedroom door

 Amy D (another neighbor) cut out the letters for us

 London picked "let it shine" for the large sign

it was a fun, quick project that she really enjoyed and didn't get bored with

and a great way to use of some fabric strips

something bright and cheerful in our hallway

Need I say more . . .

Play TIme

London loves all this silly play with Kennedy

Russ is the best at making it happen

She just laughs and laughs

again daddy again