Leggo

Thanks to some awesome friends and their gifting of Williams Sonoma gift cards for my Bday, I decided to splurge on this weird egg waffle pan (among other things). First of all, I cannot walk into that store, no matter how dedicated I am to only purchase what I intend to (a cookbook, for example) and exit successful. I always end up with arms full of things I must have. Must. Things that are essential for feeding the hungry mouths that depend on me.
Like this waffle pan.
How fun to make these with the kids? And isn't that noble of me to think of the children with my birthday gift? {Think of the children!}
I thought so.
As you can see, we did make them and had lots of fun but mine are no where near as beautiful. Our mouths didn't care, though. They tasted like crepes and were perf with a wee dusting of powdered sugar. YUM.

We Have Funski

I haven't been skiing in a looong time. I went a lot during High School, then tried snowboarding during college & after (but was never great at it) and then had kids. That pretty much squashes slope time for a while. But I digress...
We have talked about starting up with the kids but I keep dragging my feet, putting off acquiring all the gear to suit up the family. Scott's business partner invited us to join him recently at Mt. Charleston so after borrowing a few things and renting the rest, we met him on a Friday morning after dropping the kids off at school. Mt. Charleston is about 45 mins. from our house so we got in a good 4.5 hours before having to head home. Now Scott, he's been snowboarding with me, but this was his first time skiing and he did really well. He loved it, and I forgot how much I loved it. The snow was better than I expected and it was a beautiful day. I kept telling him that he was lucky- everyone would like snow sports on days like this. It's the windy, snowy, wet days that test your loyalty. :)
So now my focus is renewed. I can't wait to get all of us up here next season. If you have any old kids ski gear you want to ditch, ring me up!

Vogue Vent

You know what I am REALLY tired of? High fashion prices.
It is Spring. A time when wardrobe renewal receives a little TLC, a new lift. I'd like to try because mine is really overdue. But it's hard to find unique items that are designed well and not millions of beans. Is it really that hard to make a simple, flat leather sandal such as this? That is NOT around $500?! It's just leather straps; no intricate, woven, hand painted with vintage horse hair brush designs or anything. Just straps. $500. This upsets me. And you'd be surprised- you'd think you could find something like this out there, but I have been looking and you can't.
And this dress is fantastic. Way cool print, flattering and modern, {LONG ENOUGH}...Oh- what's that? $415? Faaaaantastic. I can't justify that in my lifestyle of professional domesticity.
Where are the designers making modern lines for the real peeps?

It's OUT

Preview the sounds here.
It's great stuff, peeps!

Close...

Luke has these pages in his homework every week where he needs to read a simple story and answer some comprehensive questions. Lately he has been reading the story and answering the questions himself. Which is why I review them. He kind of, sort of doesn't comprehend that much when the stories are "boring".
This week the story was "Cry Wolf" but instead titled, "A Boy And His Trick", and as the story goes, he tricked the town people by calling "Wolf!" and they responded by running to scare the wolf, which was no where to be seen. You know the rest. Here were his answers (the last one is the best; the entire point of me keeping this memory):
1. What happened the first time the boy called out "Wolf!"?
The people in the town wanted to scare the wolf.
2. What happened the second time the boy called out "Wolf!"?
The people went to scare the wolf.
3. What happened the third time the boy called out "Wolf!"?
The people did not come.
4. Why didn't the people come the third time?
Because the people thought (he had 'thinked', which we corrected) he tricked again.
5. What lesson can you learn from this story?
Kill the wolf.

Instant Love

Well, if you're a last minute Mom like me this year, then perhaps you will find these useful. I needed to make some Valentines quick-like so I googled some ideas and this owl one came up (see first image). I thought it was A) clever and B) could be improved upon. A few minutes later (+ a free vector owl) I whipped these out, all in different colors according to my kids requests.
My kids will finish with personalization, but thought I would share them with you in case you need something fast, like me. Don't I lerve you so?
Slice two openings by the feet, thread a pencil for the 'branch' & you're set. Oh-and of course glue some festive sugar on there somewhere (like I did on the top one). It is Valentines.
Click here to print the Purple ones
Click here to print the Green ones
Click here to print the Pink ones

Estate For Real

Why didn't I think of this? Genius!
A customizable, stackable doll house.
Even I would play with this.